Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
  • A41C3/00—Brassieres
  • A41C3/0028—Brassieres with size and configuration adjustment means
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
  • A41C3/00—Brassieres
  • A41C3/0007—Brassieres with stay means

Definitions

• the invention relates generally to the field of brassieres and, more specifically, the invention relates to a brassiere comprising two cups interconnected by their inner side by a part of between-cap and having means for adjustment of the distance between cups located at the portion of between cup and adapted to decrease or selectively extend the distance between cups, said adjustment means comprising means for reversibly hooking the two cups between them.
• Such a bra is well known to those skilled in the art, in particular by the example given in the patent document CN201409464.
• This patent document in fact knows a system for adjusting the distance between the cups of a bra, to act on the approximation or the separation of the breasts of the user wearing the bra.
• one of the cups is provided with an extension portion at the between-cup provided at its end with a button for cooperating with button holes arranged at regular intervals along the lower periphery. the other cup, so that you can adjust the distance between the two cups according to the position of the button.
• the adjustment of the distance between the cups remains binding since it requires to undress at least partially and requires laborious handling.
• Bras are also known whose two cups are joined by a lace passing through a series of eyelets arranged along the respective edges of the inner sides of the two cups, the degree of tightening allows to obtain an effect of " cleavage "more or less pronounced. Again, this mechanism allows to induce a "cleavage” effect which is certainly effective, but which requires the user to have to isolate themselves in order to adjust.
• the present invention aims to provide a bra free from at least one of the limitations mentioned above.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a bra that allows to act simply and quickly on the approach of breasts ("cleavage") in a reversible manner, while making such a reconciliation adjustable in all discretion.
• the bra of the invention is essentially characterized in that the said reversible fastening means comprise a first fastening element and a second hooking element arranged on either side of the part of-cups and movable relative to each other between a coupling position in which the two cups are close together and a position of uncoupling wherein the two cups are spaced apart under the action of manually applied pressure on a side portion of the cups opposite the cup portion, substantially towards the cup portion.
• the reversible attachment means for adjusting the distance between cups can be handled easily and quickly by simply tightening the arms or a simple support of the hands on the sides of the breasts, so that only one movement is sufficient to achieve the coupling of the gripping elements clean to generate the effect of "cleavage", while the same movement also allows the uncoupling of the attachment elements to regain the previous state of the bra.
• the bra comprises a member for guiding the displacement of at least one of the fastening elements, the guide member delimiting a guide path between the elements of hooking in which is engaged said at least one of the hooking elements during movement of the two hooking elements to their coupling position.
• This structure advantageously ensures a guided coupling of the fastening elements between them.
• the guiding member prefferably comprises a positive guide slope progressing between the two gripping elements, defining the guiding path suitable for ensuring the guided coupling of the two fastening elements.
• the brassiere preferably comprises means for securing said at least one of the fastening elements on the guiding path when the two fastening elements move towards their coupling position.
• the securing means advantageously make it possible to force the displacement of the guided fastening element towards and along the guide path defined by the guide member and thus towards the other fastening element, so that the Guided latching member can surely engage with the other latching member to which it is intended to be coupled when engaging the "cleavage" effect by applying lateral pressure.
• Said securing means may comprise a magnet mounted integral with said guide member and disposed opposite said at least one of the fastening elements with respect to the guide path.
• the attachment elements comprise a guided hook and a guide eyelet, the guide member being assembled with the guide eyelet, the guide path receiving the guided hook.
• the hooking elements can be arranged on the inner or outer face of the cups.
• the hooking elements can be arranged between the cups at the level of rigid reinforcement inserted into the bra at the lower periphery of the cups.
• the bonnet portion comprises an extension limiter member arranged between the cups and adapted to cooperate with the means for adjusting the distance between cups, so as to limit the maximum spacing of the cups in the position. uncoupling of the fastening elements.
• the extension limiter member arranged between the cups comprises at least one piece of elastic textile material, whose elastic limit allows to define the maximum spacing of the cups.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a bra according to the invention in a position away from the two cups;
• FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a bra according to the invention in a close position of the two cups;
• FIGS. 3 to 5 are schematic sectional detail views along the plane P means for adjusting the distance between cups according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, respectively in a position of uncoupling of the elements of hooking, in a position of displacement of the fastening elements towards each other towards their coupling position and in the coupling position of the fastening elements;
• FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view along the plane P illustrating an alternative embodiment of the means for adjusting the distance between-bonnet.
• the bra 1 of the invention comprises two cups, respectively a left cup 2 and a right cup 3, which conventionally have a concave shape on the side of their internal face turned towards the skin (substantially and partially hemispherical). Caps 2 and 3 are usually connected between them by their inner side 21, 31 by a short portion of between-cup 4 substantially in the extension of the lower periphery 20, 30 of each cup 2, 3.
• the portion of-bonnet is arranged according to the invention to accommodate means 5 for adjusting the distance between-bonnet own to generate a breasts approximation effect, as will be seen in more detail later.
• each cap 2, 3 rises laterally so that a lateral portion 22, 32 on the outside of the cups 2, 3, opposite to the cup part 4 with respect to the cups, is connected to unrepresented arms forming the flat portions of the back of the bra 1, which are terminated by fasteners for closing the back of the bra.
• straps 6 connect the top of the cups 2, 3 on the outside, to the flat parts of the back.
• the means 5 for adjusting the distance between cups comprise reversible hooking means, shown schematically in FIGS. 1 and 2, which comprise a first hooking element 51 and a second hooking element 52, arranged on the one hand and other of the cup portion 4, and constituted for example by a hook 51 located at one of the cups, for example the right cup 3 and an eyelet 52 located on the other cup left 2, vis-à-vis the hook 51.
• the hook 51 and the eyelet 52 are intended to be coupled reversibly, so as to impose in their coupling position a bringing together of the two cups 2 and 3 to generate a "cleavage" effect.
• the hook 51 and the eyelet 52 are movable relative to each other from their uncoupling position (see FIG. 1) to their coupling position (see FIG. under the action of a lateral pressure F applied manually at the side portion 22, 32 of the cups 2, 3 essentially in the direction of the part of between-cup 4 on either side of which are arranged the hook 51 and eyelet 52.
• the "cleavage" approaching effect is made adjustable by a simple tightening of the arms of the user wearing the bra or by simply pressing the user's hands on the side of the breasts, so as to exert said lateral pressure F on the cups 2, 3 of the bra.
• the hook 51 and the eyelet 52 can be located between the cups at the level rigid reinforcing reinforcements that can be inserted into a border terminating the lower periphery 20, of the cups 2, 3.
• Such an arrangement will make it possible to generate a "cleavage" effect which is satisfactory although slight, insofar as the connection between the reinforcements will then be limited by the space occupied by the fastening elements in their coupling position.
• the hook 51 and the eyelet 52 may be located on the inner or outer face of the cups 2, 3, at a distance from their periphery. In this way, they will, in their coupling position, generate a more pronounced "cleavage" effect because the distance between the cups can then be reduced to the maximum.
• FIGS. 3 to 5 illustrate the means for adjusting the inter-cup distance in section along the plane P of FIG. 1, according to a first embodiment.
• the means 5 for adjusting the distance between cups preferably comprise a guide member 53 for moving the hook 51, able to guide the latter towards the eyelet 52, under the action of the lateral pressure F inducing the displacement hook 51 and eyelet 52 to their coupling position.
• the guide member 53 at the same time constitutes a support for the eyelet 52 with which it is intended to be assembled. To do this, it comprises a support plate 530 having an inclined flank 531 having a positive slope in the direction of movement of the hook 51 towards its coupling position with the eyelet 52 and whose free end is extended by the eyelet 52 which is fixed by one of its edges, so that the eyelet 52 and the support plate 530 are preferably located in substantially parallel planes. We will speak later guided hook 51 and guide pin 52.
• the inclined flank 531 of the guide member 53 forming a positive slope progressing between the guided hook 51 and the guide pin 52, thus delimits a guide path between the guided hook 51 and the guide pin 52, adapted to receive the guided hook 51 to operate the translation of the latter in the direction of the slope towards the guide eye 52 for their coupling, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
• a guide magnet 54 may advantageously be disposed opposite the guided hook 51 relative to the inclined side 531 forming the guide path of the guide member 53, so as to attract the guided hook 51, advantageously metal, and thus secure it to and along the guide path 531 when the lateral pressure F is applied to induce the coupling between the guided hook 51 and the guide pin 52.
• the magnet 54 is preferably mounted integral with the guide member 53 and according to the example illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, the magnet 54 is disposed on an upper surface of the support plate 530, substantially at the foot of the inclined side 531 of the guide member 53.
• the eyelet 52 is inclined towards the support plate 530, and the guide magnet 54 is attached remotely to the edge of the eyelet 52 opposite to that mounted on the free end of the guide path 531.
• the magnet 54 used should preferably produce a magnetic field not exceeding the sensitivity threshold of the cardiac pacing devices likely to be worn by a user, typically 1 mT, so that the bra of the invention can be used safely in these particular circumstances.
• the guide member 53 in combination with the action of the guide magnet 54, allows the guided hook 51 to unmistakably engage with the guide pin 52 when the guided hook 51 and the eye of guide 52 are induced in displacement towards their coupling position under the effect of the only action of the lateral pressure F.
• the guide member 53 will advantageously be made of plastic material so as not to generate interference between the magnet 54 and the guided hook 51, which can reduce the effectiveness of the subjection.
• a magnetic insulating strip 55 may advantageously be arranged so as to cover the lower surface of the support plate 530 of the guide member 53, under the magnet 54, so as to prevent any attraction of the guided hook 51 by the magnet. 54 in a direction other than that leading to the guide eye 52 via the guide path 531.
• the bonnet portion 4 is embellished with an extension limiter member, which is adapted to cooperate with the means 5 for adjusting the distance between cups, so as to limit the maximum spacing. cups 2, 3 in the uncoupling position of the guided hook 51 and the guide pin 52.
• the extension limiter member may comprise a piece of textile material 56 in the form of a preferably elastic band of fabric, arranged between the cups to which it is fixed by its ends and preferably disposed frontally with respect to the means 5 of adjusting the distance between cups, thus masking them.
• the elastic fabric strip is adapted to cooperate with the means for adjusting the distance between cups so as to limit the maximum spacing of the cups in the uncoupling position of the guided hook 51 and the guide pin 52, the maximum stretching of the fabric when these fastening elements are uncoupled thereby defining the limit to the spacing between the cups 2, 3.
• We will preferably choose an elastic fabric warp and weft with a limited elongation, preferably of the order of 50 to 250%, and relatively "nervous". The elasticity will be further unilateral so that the fabric does not curl on itself during its stretching.
• the extension limiting member may also be designed so as to form a sheath preferably of elastic fabric extending between the cups and surrounding means 5 for adjusting the distance between cups, which are thus inserted in this sheath .
• the latter will not only completely camouflage means for adjusting the distance betweenbonnet, but also to form a protective envelope for the user vis-à-vis them against possible irritation and / or friction.
• the sheath also acts as an extension limiter capable of limiting or controlling the maximum spacing of the cups in the uncoupling position of the fastening elements 51, 52.
• the sheath is made of a fabric elastic having the same characteristics as those mentioned above, namely a warp and weft fabric with limited elongation, preferably of the order of 50 to 250%, and relatively "nervous".
• the elasticity will be further unilateral so that the fabric does not curl on itself during its stretching.
• the maximum spacing cups will be limited by the maximum stretching of the fabric forming the sheath when the fastening elements 51, 52 are uncoupled.

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