Abstract:
An anomaly-correcting brassiere of assumed positions of asymmetrical bosoms using interconnecting patches of Velcro loops and hooks for shoulder straps constituted as closed loops and non-elastic construction material to maintain symmetrical and obviate asymmetrical bosom conditions.

Description:
The present invention relates generally to improvements for a brassiere for a female having cognizable asymmetric bosoms, and more particularly to improvements whereby the bosom&#39;s lower breast cup is urged in ascending movement as a result of its shoulder strap size adjustment to contribute to the brassiere cup-supported breasts being oriented in horizontal relation during wearing use of the brassiere, all as will be better understood as the description proceeds. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of Search 
     Exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 5,152,741 issued to the patentee Farnio, but prevalent in many patents too numerous to mention, is the practice of using stretchable brassiere shoulder straps for the wearing comfort of the user during movement, and also in the sizing of the brassiere in conjunction with brassiere cup sizes. 
     As is known to occur in normal growth, a right-handed individual&#39;s right arm is larger than the left, and like anatomical situations exist, and so also is a condition in which, as noted, a female&#39;s bosoms are noticeably not in a horizontal alignment with each other to the significant embarrassment of the wearer. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the foregoing and other noted difficulties of the prior art. 
     More particularly, it is an object to provide a non-elastic shoulder strap and a size-adjustment made thereof to allay the embarrassment of the brassiere wearer. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING 
       The description of the invention which follows, together with the accompanying drawing should not be construed as limiting the invention to the example shown and described, because those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains will be able to devise other forms thereof. 
         FIGS. 1 and 2  are prior art-labeled front elevational views of a brassiere-wearing female in which in  FIG. 1  the anomaly of an asymmetrical bosom is illustrated and in which, in  FIG. 2 , it is illustrated that the anomaly persists wearing a brassiere of the prior art; 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevational view of said brassiere-wearing female having a corrected symmetrical bosom wearing the inventive brassiere according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a partial perspective view of the structural features in the area designated by the arrow  4  in  FIG. 3 ; and 
         FIG. 5  is a rear elevational view of said brassiere-wearing female wearing the brassiere according to the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Shown in the drawings is a brassiere, generally designated  10 , to be used by a female  12  having, as often occurs, an asymmetrical bosom  14  in which the left breast  16  and right breast  18  are not horizontally positioned adjacent each other, it being assumed in this case that the right breast  18  is lower than the left breast  16  by a half inch or so, an anomaly known to the female  12  to an extent that she requires correction to be effectuated during the wearing of the brassiere  10 . 
     To achieve the purposes intended (see  FIG. 3 ), brassiere  10 A has cooperating left and right breast-covering brassiere cups  20  and  22  and two selected lengths, as known from common experience, of cooperating back straps of elastic construction material and each attached to extend from opposite sides of a cooperating brassiere cup into connected relation to each other rearwardly of the female  12 , as seen in  FIG. 5 . 
     Consequently, there is an urgency in the elastic construction material which maintains the brassiere  10 A in encircling relation about the upper torso  40  of the female  12 . 
     Completing the construction of the brassiere  10 A are a left  42  and a right  44  shoulder strap of selected construction material, as subsequently disclosed, which straps  42 ,  44  are attached, as at rear torso sites to extend therefrom forwardly over cooperating shoulders  50 ,  52  and present free ends  54 ,  56  threaded through cup-attached loop-shaped links  58 . 
     Patches of loops  62  and hooks  64  in facing relation to each other are adhesively attached to the free ends  54 ,  56  so that during the wearing of the brassiere  10 A the shoulder straps  42 ,  44  are configurated as closed loops. 
     Underlying the present invention is the selection of non-elastic construction material for the shoulder straps  42 ,  44  so that a selected closed-loop for the sagging or lower breast  18  having undergone a size adjustment to raise the breast  18  from an asymmetrical into a symmetrical relation of the female&#39;s bosom  14  is maintained during the wearing of the brassiere  10 . 
     While the construction and operating mode of the within inventive corrective brassiere herein shown and disclosed in detail is fully capable of attaining the objects and providing the advantages hereinbefore stated, it is to be understood that it is merely illustrative of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention and that no limitations are intended to the detail of construction or design herein shown other than as defined in the appended claims.