Patent ID: 7645179

Claim:
A lift system for use in supporting a breast within a breast cup of a garment, the lift system comprising: a garment having at least one breast cup, said breast cup comprising more than one layer of material so that there is at least an innermost layer and an outermost layer, and when said garment is worn, said breast cup being positioned on a wearer's chest to extend generally horizontally from approximately the center of a wearer's chest to the side of a wearer's chest and positioned at a height to support a breast, said breast cup having a bottom periphery beneath said breast, a lift platform situated within said breast cup, said lift platform attached at a first point on said lift platform to said breast cup at a location nearer the center of a wearer's chest, said lift platform being located between a wearer's breast and said outermost layer of said breast cup and, in an unadjusted position, along said bottom periphery; and adjusting means attached to said lift platform at a second point distal from said first point on said lift platform, said second point on said lift platform being, in said unadjusted position, nearer the side of a wearer's chest, wherein said adjusting means rotates said lift platform about said location in said breast cup nearer the center of a wearer's chest, moving said second point on said lift platform higher in said breast cup.