Patent ID: 6899590

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a breast cup for a brassiere comprising: adhering a plurality of pellets to an adhesive film; adhering the pellets with the adhesive film adhered thereto to a region of a major surface of a sheet of moldable material to form a pattern of the pellets; pressing the pellets against the sheet of moldable material to facilitate the adhesion of the pellets to the major surface of the sheet of moldable material; removing the adhesive film from the sheet of moldable material, such that the pellets remain adhered to the major surface of the sheet of moldable material after the adhesive film is removed; and molding the sheet of moldable material into a breast cup, such that the pattern of the pellets is located in a desired location on the major surface of the sheet of moldable material, the molding of the sheet being performed before the pellets are adhered to the sheet of moldable material or after the adhesive film is removed from the sheet of moldable material.