Patent ID: 8123587

Claim:
An intimate apparel apparatus comprising: a brassiere frame having a chest band for securing the brassiere frame to the wearer, and a first arcuate recess in the brassiere frame for receiving a first detachable brassiere cup, a first arcuate channel located along an edge of the first arcuate recess; the first detachable brassiere cup having a first arcuate latch at a perimeter thereof; wherein the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel being slidably engageable with one another, the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel having substantially identical cross sections, and the substantially identical cross sections of the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel being configured and operative to resist transverse separation of the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel from each other when slidably engaged; wherein the cross section of the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel includes a spiral portion; and wherein the cross section of the first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel includes a lip section of relatively greater thickness at an end thereof.