Patent ID: 8403724

Claim:
A garment and bra combination, comprising: a shirt having sleeve portions and a body portion, the body portion having a back portion and defining a body cavity of the shirt; and a bra disposed within the body cavity of the shirt, the bra including: a left breast cup having an inside edge and an outer edge; a left shoulder strap extending upwards from the left breast cup; a right breast cup having an inside edge and an outer edge; a right shoulder strap extending upwards from the right breast cup, wherein the left shoulder strap and the right shoulder strap are coupled to the body portion of the shirt at a first attachment point and a second attachment point, respectively; and a rear elastic strap coupled to the outer edges of the left and right breast cups, respectively, the rear elastic strap being configured to extend snugly around a woman's back while the bra is being worn by the woman; and a rear coupling configured to loosely couple the rear elastic strap of the bra to the back portion of the body portion of the shirt, the rear coupling being made, at least in part, of cloth, wherein the rear coupling is coupled, at one end thereof, to an upper area of the back portion of the body portion of the shirt, the upper area of the back portion being located near the woman's rear neckline while the bra is being worn by the woman, and wherein the rear coupling is configured to form, at another end thereof opposite the end coupled to the upper area of the back portion, a cloth tube through which the rear elastic strap of the bra passes as it extends snugly around the woman's back, the rear elastic strap being further configured to slide back and forth through the cloth tube to allow torsional rotation of the woman's upper body while imposing reduced movement to the shirt.