Patent ID: 7435156

Claim:
A reversible bra that includes two breast cups, each of the breast cups including a first outermost layer and a second outermost layer between which is captured an underwire assembly that extends along and is adjacent to at least part of a lower edge of the breast cup, wherein each of the breast cups includes an elongate zone of reduced thickness, the reduced thickness being less than a thickness of the portion of the breast cup formed into the elongate zone of reduced thickness prior to formation of the elongate zone of reduced thickness, the elongate zone of reduced thickness being adjacent to at least part of the underwire assembly and on the opposite side thereof from the side of the underwire assembly adjacent to the lower edge of the breast cup, the reversible bra in a first configuration having the first outermost layer on a concave side of the breast cup and in a second configuration having the second outermost layer on a concave side of the breast cup, the bra being movable between its first and second configurations by manipulation of each breast cup about the elongate zone of reduced thickness acting as a hinge.