Patent ID: 6983489

Claim:
A nursing garment and support bra as an outer body covering for a nursing mother suitable as a sleeping garment and support bra which provides support for the breasts and access to the breasts by a nursing infant, which nursing garment and support bra, in combination, comprising: two cros-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panels with Vnecklines and elastic straps incorporated therein; an abdomen covering panel; a back covering panel; the two cross-over-shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panels secured to the abdomen-covering panel by a seam joining the said two breast retention panels to said abdomen covering panel to form a Vneckline opening, each said cross-over breast retention panel constructed of an angled side edge to form one side of a Vneckline, each said panel crossing over the other, the two cross-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panels are attached to the back panel to form right and left coverings for the right breast and left breast of the nursing mother, each shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panel secured to a top of the back covering panel to form shoulder support of the garment; each cross-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panel comprising two fabric layers, a first fabric layer as an outer panel covering, a second fabric layer as a liner for the first fabric layer and, each second fabric layer containing an opening positioned over each breast; each cross-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panel containing an elastic strap positioned on the Vneckline of each shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panel from the shoulder of each said breast retention panel to the seam securing each breast retention panel to the abdomen covering panel; said elastic strap positioned on said Vneckline and secured to said seam securing each cross-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panel to the abdomen panel below the breasts, and secured to each side seam of the back covering panel at the left and right sides of the garment; the abdomen covering panel secured to each side of the back covering panel to form a body covering garment in conjunction with said two cross-over shoulder supported shoulder slip-off breast retention panels and; means to secure the bottom edges of the abdomen covering panel and the joined back covering panel as a retention means for positioning and fitting the nursing garment and support bra around the nursing mother's body.