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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Hanes Operations Europe Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Inventors:
Fabio Luxi, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Alan Cucknell, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Hanes Operations Europe SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/10 (2006.01); A41C 3/12 (2006.01); A41C 3/06 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41C 3/10 (2013.01); A41C 3/0078 (2013.01); A41C 3/06 (2013.01); A41C 3/124 (2013.01); A41C 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.