Patent ID: 7407427

Claim:
A brassiere comprised of: two breast cup regions, a bridge region between the two breast cup regions, and a chest band which comprises at least one ply of a first material and which extends from at least one of the two breast cup regions, the brassiere further assembly includes: a. a core assembly which substantially defines the two breast cup regions and the bridge region, the core assembly comprising at least an inner ply of molded foam material over the breast cup regions and over the bridge region and an outer ply of molded foam material laminated with the inner ply of molded foam material over the breast cup regions and the bridge region; b. the at least one ply of a first material of the chest band is affixed to a part of the core assembly; and c. a ply of a second material which is affixed to and overlaps at least a part of the core assembly including the region where the at least one ply of a first material is affixed to the core assembly.