Patent ID: 7448936

Claim:
A nursing bra assembly comprising: a bra for covering a pair of breasts and a portion of the torso of a person, said bra including a pair of cups, each of said cups covering a portion of an associated one of the breasts, each of said cups having a feeding aperture extending therethrough, wherein at least a nipple of the associated one of the breasts is accessible through the cup to be suckled by an infant; a pair of covers, each of said cups of said bra having one of said covers pivotally coupled thereto, said covers being selectively pivoted over said feeding aperture in the associated one of said cups; a pair of pockets, each of said covers having an interior face having one of said pockets coupled thereto, said pockets being positioned over and adjacent to said feeding aperture of the associated one of said cups when said covers are positioned over said feeding aperture, each of said pockets having an approximately centrally disposed insertion aperture extending therein; and a pair of pads, each of said pads being removably positioned in one of said pockets and being aligned with one of said feeding apertures, said insertion aperture permitting one of said pads to be inserted between the associated one of said pockets and the associated one of said covers to maintain positioning of the associated one of said pads, said insertion aperture permitting the nipple of the associated one of the breast to extend through the associated one of said pockets and contact one of said pads.