Patent ID: 7311583
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: A41C

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a breast pad for a garment for at least partly covering a breast of a wearer, comprising: providing a first mold having at least one graduated recess; holding a first sheet of resilient and formable material having a uniform thickness in the first mold with at least some of the material in at least one graduated recess of the first mold; removing some of the resilient and formable material from the first sheet by shaving or cutting to leave a graduated sheet of the material having at least one graduated thicker summit area of the graduated sheet corresponding to the graduated recess of the first mold and a surrounding thinner area of the graduated sheet corresponding to the first mold around the graduated recess; adhering to the graduated sheet opposite a surface of the graduated sheet from which the at least one graduated thicker summit area protrudes, a further sheet of resilient and formable material using adhesive to create a breast pad component; and cutting the breast pad component to a desired pattern which includes at least one graduated thicker summit area to obtain the breast pad.