Hanes Operations Europe Sas

Dbapparel Operations

Fabio Luxi

Alan John Cucknell

A brassiere, such as a backless and optionally strapless brassiere, includes a basque to accommodate the torso of a user, a pair of concave cups coupled to a portion of the basque, and a pair of reinforcement plates coupled to the concave cups. The reinforcement plates help support a wearer's chest in each one of the cups. Each of the reinforcement plates include fingers extending from an outside of a respective bra cup toward a center of the respective bra cup. The fingers include a first finger extending under the area of the respective cup.

Backless and possibly strapless brassiere with a reinforcing plate

The invention relates to a backless and optionally strapless brassiere comprising two textile layers, as well as chest underwiring and cup reinforcements. The torso underwiring comprises a substantially horizontal main bottom portion which is coupled, at the sides of the torso, to two substantially horizontal top side portions. Each reinforcement is a thin plate of rigid material including extensions extending from a side region arranged substantially outside each cup and engaging with the top side portion of the underwiring.

The invention relates to a backless and optionally strapless brassiere comprising two textile layers (), as well as chest underwiring () and cup reinforcements (). The torso underwiring () comprises a substantially horizontal main bottom portion () which is coupled, at the sides of the torso, to two substantially horizontal top side portions (). Each reinforcement () is a thin plate of rigid material including extensions (-) extending from a side region () arranged substantially outside each cup and engaging with the top side portion () of the underwiring.

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Rueil Malmaison, France

Fabio Luxi