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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Hanes Operations Europe Sas, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Daniel Graham Ward, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Alan John Cucknell, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Robert Scadding Moir, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Michael Murphy, Norwich, GB;
Hanes Operations Europe SAS, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a brassiere () with reinforced support adapted for practicing sports and in particular of the type comprising a front part () comprising two cups () for covering the bust () of a user (), a dorsal fixation band () which is basically connected to the outer edge () of each of the cups (), and a pair of straps () for running over the shoulders () of the user (), which brassiere () is characterized in that the front part () comprises at least: a central anchoring structure () to which the straps () are attached and towards which these straps () converge; a lower support band () extending under the cups () approximately from an outer edge () to the other edge of these cups (), a central support band () extending between the cups () from the lower support band () toward the central anchoring structure (); and two lateral support bands () extending laterally from the side of the outer edges () of the cups () at least from the lower support band () to the central anchoring structure () towards which they converge; and in that the central anchoring structure () and the lower (), central () and lateral () support bands form an inextensible support framework in order to be adjusted to the bust () in order to keep it approximately in place when practicing of sports.