Patent ID: 6896581

Claim:
A breast cup for a brassiere of a predefined three dimensional cup shape and defined by at least one panel of a flexible material defining a perimeter to said breast cup which consists of a neckline perimeter and a continuous lower/outer perimeter line of a curved shape coterminous at a breast cup, and at a second point where said breast cup will affix to a shoulder strap, said breast cup comprising a lower most cup region and an intermediate cup region and an upper cup region defined by said at least one panel, said lower most cup region juxtaposed to said intermediate cup region and said intermediate cup region also juxtaposed to said upper cup region, a first line of stitching extends between said lower most and said intermediate cup regions and a second line of stitching extends between said intermediate cup region and said upper cup regions, the first line of stitching starts at a first point at the first junction of said neckline perimeter and said lower/outer perimeter line of said cup and extends horizontally away therefrom to provide a distal end thereof at said lower/outer perimeter line of said first cup without said line of stitching dipping vertically below said first point, the second line of stitching starts at or proximate to said first point of said first line of stitching and extends away therefrom to provide a distal end thereof at the second junction of said neckline perimeter and lower/outer perimeter line.