Patent ID: 6846217

Claim:
A women's garment with built-in breast support and no underwire, comprising: an exterior fabric layer for covering at least the torso of a woman wearing the garment, the exterior fabric layer having inner and outer surfaces and a front portion for covering a torso front of a woman wearing the garment, the front portion having an upper part for at least partly covering the breasts of a woman wearing the garment, the exterior fabric layer also having a rear portion connected to the front portion for covering a torso rear of a woman wearing the garment; an interior fabric layer connected to the upper part of the exterior fabric layer and sized to extend only over the upper part of the exterior fabric layer on the inner surface of the exterior fabric layer to cover at least part of the breasts of a woman wearing the garment; a pair of side support panels connected to the interior fabric layer, each side support panel being sized to extend only over one lateral area of a torso front of a woman wearing the garment, the lateral areas being adjacent respective lateral sides of the breasts of a woman wearing the garment, each side support panel being made of non-stretch and flexible material for supporting the breasts of a woman wearing the garment, in a medially direction and forwardly; and a pair of fixing means for connecting the interior fabric layer to each side support panel, along respective medial edges of the side support panels for reinforcing breast support provided by the side support panels.