Patent ID: 8262432

Claim:
A lightweight enhanced modesty sports bra cup made by a process comprising the steps of: preparing an interior liner layer of the sports bra cup having a skin face and liner interior face, the interior liner layer having a first elasticity; preparing an exterior shell layer of the sports bra cup having a shell interior face and an exterior face, the exterior shell layer having a second elasticity; printing, using printable materials, at least one obscuration pattern onto at least a portion of at least one of the liner interior face or the shell interior face of the sports bra cup, the at least one obscuration pattern: (1) imparting a third elasticity to the at least a portion of the at least one of the liner interior face or the shell interior face, the third elasticity being less than the first and second elasticity, (2) having areas of opacity and areas of non-opacity, and (3) configured to obscure visual viewing through the at least a portion of the at least one of the liner interior face or the shell interior face; and permanently attaching the exterior shell layer and the interior liner layer together such that the liner interior face of the interior liner layer faces the shell interior face of the exterior shell layer.