Patent ID: 6299504
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A41C

Abstract:
A plastic substantially U-shaped integral support for use in conjunction with a breast cup of a brassiere including an interruption in said U-shape, said support comprising front and rear fabric plies of fusible plastic fabricated into a said brassiere breast cup, two cooperating halves of said U-shape in an interposed position between said front and rear fabric plies and operatively arranged in surrounding relation about a bottom of said brassiere breast cup and in a selected relation to each other, said halves of said U-shape having semi-circular shapes in ends thereof presenting in said selected relation to each other edges of corresponding semi-circular shapes in facing relation to each other on opposite sides of an interruption of said U-shape at a medial location at a said bottom of said brassiere breast cup, and fusing of said fabric plies to each other along side edges of said U-shape and about facing edges of said interruption of said U-shape.