Patent ID: 8419502

Claim:
A gel-free pad for a breast supporting garment comprising: a top fabric layer of flexible fabric material having a perimeter with a neckline edge and a curved under-breast edge corresponding to an outer perimeter of the pad; a top foam layer of resilient and formable foam material adhered to an inner surface of the top fabric layer and having a perimeter corresponding to the outer perimeter of the pad; a nipple concealing disk of resilient and formable foam material adhered to an inner surface of the top foam layer or being formed as part of the inner surface of the top foam layer, the nipple concealing disk being at a nipple covering location of the outer perimeter of the pad and having a disk perimeter spaced inwardly on all sides from the outer perimeter of the pad, the disk having a graduated thickness that is at a minimum at the disk perimeter and increases to a maximum thickness at a center of the disk; a substantially 100% elastomer fiber fabric layer of woven or knit elastomer fibers adhered to the inner surface of the top foam layer and an inner surface of the nipple concealing disk, the elastomer fiber fabric layer having a perimeter corresponding to the outer perimeter of the pad; a bottom foam layer of resilient and formable foam material adhered to an inner surface of the elastomer fiber fabric layer, the bottom foam layer having a perimeter corresponding to the outer perimeter of the pad; and a fabric lining layer of flexible fabric material adhered to an inner surface of the bottom foam layer and having a perimeter corresponding to the outer perimeter of the pad.