Patent ID: 7306505

Claim:
An upper torso breast support garment that is reversible from a first position to a second position, the garment comprising: a first front section which is visible when the support garment is in the first position, the first front section having an outer panel, a middle panel and an inner panel, the outer panel and the middle panel being formed of an elastic material to provide support for a user's breasts, the outer panel having an edge that overlaps an edge of the middle panel in a crisscross manner, the middle panel overlapping at least a portion of the inner panel, such that the inner panel is overlapped by the outer and middle panels, the inner panel including two layers fastened to each other at an outer periphery thereof; a second front section which is visible when the support garment is reversed so as to be turned inside out in the second position, the second front section comprising one of the two layers of the inner panel which faces outwardly and covers the middle and inner panels when the support garment is in the second position; a back section including two layers fastened to each other at an outer periphery thereof, the back section having a hole; a rim around a bottom periphery of the support garment, the hole extending from the rim at a central portion of the back section; a set of shoulder straps respectively comprising a first wall and a second wall fastened to each other at an outer periphery thereof so that the first and second walls are free to separate from each other except at an area where they are fastened to each other, the first wall of one of the shoulder straps extends from the outer panel, and the first wall of the other strap extends from the middle panel, the second wall of both of the shoulder straps extends from the inner panel, the first and second walls being anchored at a seam on the shoulder straps respectively, and the set of shoulder straps respectively have a rear portion that extends from the seam to the back section, the rear portion including two layers of material that are attached to each other along opposing longitudinal edges.