Patent ID: 7427226
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A41C

Abstract:
1. A floating cup bra construction comprising: a torso band configured for retention immediately adjacent to a wearer's torso, said torso band having an upper edge; a left cup configured to accommodate a wearer's left breast, said left cup having an upper edge and a lower edge; said left cup being connected to said torso band solely by a left strip of limp material joining said left cup lower edge to said torso band upper edge; said left strip of limp material being less stiff in three mutually perpendicular directions than said left cup lower edge and said torso band upper edge to permit relative movement between said left cup and said torso band in each of said three directions; a right cup configured to accommodate a wearer's right breast, said right cup having an upper edge and a lower edge; said right cup being connected to said torso band solely by a right strip of limp material joining said right cup lower edge to said torso band upper edge; said right strip of limp material being less stiff in three mutually perpendicular directions than said right cup lower edge and said torso band upper edge to permit relative movement between said right cup and said torso band in each of said three directions; and wherein said left cup and right cup upper edges are structurally isolated from said torso band.