Patent ID: 6203400
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A41C

Abstract:
A lightweight, substantially unpadded, push-in underwire bra comprising, when worn by a female wearer:(A) a front including:(i) a pair of cups, each said cup defining upper inner and outer portions, lower inner and outer portions, a top connecting said upper inner and outer portions and a bottom connecting said lower inner and outer portions; each said cup being configured and dimensioned to hold substantially one breast of a female wearer, each cup defining an underwire-receiving channel extending downwardly from said cup upper outer portion and then inwardly across said cup bottom to said cup lower inner portion where said channel terminates;(ii) a single underwire-free channel extension connecting said channels of said cups only at said lower inner portions thereof, said cups being connected at said front only by said channel extension, thereby to provide a deeply plunging cleavage and enable substantial independent motion of said cups relative to one another; and(iii) for each said cup, a thin, arcuate underwire disposed in said channel and biasing said cup upper outer portion inwardly, said underwires biasing said cup upper outer portions inwardly to provide push-in cleavage on the wearer's breasts; and(B) means secured to said front for releasably supporting said front on a female wearer with the breasts of the female wearer substantially within said cups.