Patent ID: 7648408

Claim:
A user assembled and component interchangeable bra system comprising: a first cup assembly having a first center connector area and including a first through passage, and a first main strap connector area; a second cup assembly having a second center connector area and including a second through passage, and a second main strap connector area; a center connector for user selectable engagement to join the first cup assembly to the second cup assembly by direct engagement of said first center connector area to said second center connector area and for user selectable disengagement, the center connector having a pair of spaced apart engagement members including a first engagement member for engaging said first through passage and a second engagement member for engaging said second through passage, where the center connector can be removed from said first and said second cup assemblies by a movement generally in a direction along a length of said spaced apart engagement members, and wherein the center connector first engagement member has an enlarged first terminal end wider than a mid-length width and a second end and wherein said second engagement member has an enlarged first terminal end wider than a mid-length width and a second end commonly supported from said second end of said second engagement member and wherein said first engagement member is generally parallel to said second engagement member and wherein said first terminal end of said first engagement member and said first terminal end of said second engagement member are closer to each other than said second ends of said first and said second engagement members; a first main strap having a first end for user selectable slip fit engagement adjacent the first main strap connector area of the first cup assembly for quick interchangeability, and a second end; a second main strap having a first end for user selectable slip fit engagement adjacent the second main strap connector area of the second cup assembly for quick interchangeability, and a second end; and a joining tape assembly having a first end removably connected to the second end of the first main strap, and a second end removably connected to the second end of the second main strap, and wherein the first and second cup assemblies, center connector, first and second main straps and tape assembly are independently substitutable by a user so that the user is free to substitute different ones of the first and second cup assemblies, center connector, first and second main straps and tape assembly to user customize the bra system.