US20020002023A1 - Cup product for use in brassier and brassier using the cup product - Google Patents

Cup product for use in brassier and brassier using the cup product Download PDF

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US20020002023A1
US20020002023A1 US09/895,711 US89571101A US2002002023A1 US 20020002023 A1 US20020002023 A1 US 20020002023A1 US 89571101 A US89571101 A US 89571101A US 2002002023 A1 US2002002023 A1 US 2002002023A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
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    • A41C3/12—Component parts
    • A41C3/14—Stiffening or bust-forming inserts
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    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C5/00—Machines, appliances, or methods for manufacturing corsets or brassieres
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  • the present invention relates to a cup product for use in a brassier having a scallop portion provided at an edge of a cup for covering a breast and an ornamental lace portion provided on a surface of the cup.
  • the invention relates also to a brassier using such product.
  • a cup product C having a so-called scallop S at an upper edge thereof which comprises a continuous wave-like ornamental portion is preference among consumers for a cup product C having a so-called scallop S at an upper edge thereof which comprises a continuous wave-like ornamental portion.
  • the cup product includes a three-dimensionally formed urethane cup Ca, pre-determined cloths 62 , 63 attached respectively to the front and back sides of the cup Ca, and a scallop lace cloth S attached to the upper edge of the cup product C as a continuous wave-like ornamental portion.
  • the three-dimensionally molded cup Ca is prepared and also a wide lace material prepared as a planar knitted fabric is three-dimensionally formed (specifically, molded) into a shape required by the end product. Thereafter, as illustrated in FIG. 9 (portions to be three-dimensionally formed are denoted by mark M and cutting lines are denoted by broken lines), the lace material is formed into the predetermined shape to obtain the cloth 62 as the front-side lace member. Similarly, the back-side cloth 63 is formed three-dimensionally.
  • the brassier includes a pair of cups for covering breasts, a central connecting portion for interconnecting the cups at the center therebetween and other members such as shoulder straps and a back strap. Accordingly, in order to obtain a brassier, it is necessary to prepare at least one pair of right and left cups.
  • a mold having a spherical end is employed to obtain a pair of semi-spherical molded members (the shape shown in FIG. 10( b )) an then these members are sewn together with offsetting the maximum bulging portions of the members toward the center therebetween (represented by broken lines in FIG. 10( e )), thereby to obtain the major components of the brassier to be fitted over the pair of user's breasts.
  • Another conventional method involves appropriate three-dimensional cutting and three-dimensional sewing of the semi-spherical cup member to obtain a brassier cup having a desired shape.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a cup product for use in a brassier and a brassier using such cup product, which use a lace fabric having a scallop portion, yet can provide improved appearance and silhouette without inviting cost increase.
  • scallop portion and the ornamental lace portion comprise one continuous lace fabric, and this lace fabric is formed into a three-dimensional shape by means of molding with the scallop portion being placed at an end of the three-dimensional shape.
  • the method allows production at lower costs.
  • the continuous knitted lace fabric is formed by means of the molding over the peripheral edge of the cup around a maximum bulging center thereof.
  • the ornamental feature is most important at the peripheral edge of the cup bridging between the scallop portion and the ornamental lace portion.
  • the ornamental feature at the maximum bulging center of the cup and the periphery of this center is also important.
  • the ornamental lace portion is usually provided in the area above the maximum bulging center of the cup. And, at this area, it is desired that the ornamental pattern be formed continuous.
  • the knitted lace fabric is an elastic lace fabric having elasticity in either a weft direction or warp direction of the fabric or elasticity in both these directions.
  • the lace fabric to be used in a brassier cup product is a rigid or non-elastic knitted fabric.
  • the fabric is to be formed into a relatively complicated three-dimensional shape as is the case with the present invention, with use of such elastic fabric having elasticity in the weft and/or warp directions thereof, the three-dimensional forming step may be carried out smoothly without inviting breakage in the lace fabric.
  • the cup may be manufactured without such troubles as looseness or breakage.
  • the bulging curvature of the proximal cup portion is differentiated from that of the distal cup portion, with the former being greater than the latter. Accordingly, this cup has a greater bulging volume at the proximal portion adjacent the center of the brassier, so that the breasts supported in these cups will be drawn closer to each other toward the center therebetween.
  • the maximum bulging center of the cup is located at the proximal cup portion adjacent the center of the brassier corresponding to the valley between the breasts.
  • this cup allows the positions of nipples or the entire breasts to be drawn closer to each other, so as to provide the desired effect.
  • the cup is provided as a deformed cup having a proximal portion close to the center of the brassier corresponding to the “valley” between the breasts which portion has a greater bulging curvature than a distal portion of the cup distant from the center of the brassier, the deformed cup having a maximum bulging center at the proximal cup portion thereof close to the center of the brassier corresponding to the valley between the breasts.
  • FIG. 2 is an illustration of a three-dimensional forming device
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing a three-dimensional lace product
  • FIG. 5 is an illustration showing a further embodiment of the lace fabric
  • FIG. 6 is an illustration showing a still further embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded view showing principal components employed by the conventional method
  • FIG. 8 is a view showing construction of a conventional cup product
  • FIG. 9 is an illustration showing three-dimensional forming portions according to the conventional method.
  • FIG. 10 is an illustration comparing three-dimensional shapes of a conventional cup and the cup of the invention.
  • the present invention relates to a cup product for use in a brassier and a brassier using the cup product.
  • the invention has some characterizing features also in the shape of a mold employed in the production of the cup product.
  • a planar lace fabric 1 for forming a three-dimensional lace material relating to the invention includes an ornamental lace portion 2 , a scallop portion 3 continuously adjacent the ornamental lace portion (portion adjacent the lace portion 2 in the weft direction normal to the knitting direction W of the fabric) and a waste-fabric portion 4 on the opposite side to the ornamental lace portion 2 across the scallop portion 3 .
  • the ground network of this planar lace fabric is not the more ordinary 4-course network, but a diamond-network which is well-balanced between the warp and course directions.
  • the ornamental lace portion 2 is a lace portion provided with a predetermined ornamental pattern.
  • a raschel lace for example, such lace portion may be produced by knitting onto the net, as its ground network, a number of pattern-forming yarns 2 a according to a predetermined ornamental pattern.
  • the scallop portion is a portion formed continuous in the wave-like form along the knitting direction of the lace.
  • this scallop portion is formed by knitting, on the net, a plurality of scallop-forming yarns 3 a, a kind of pattern-forming yarn, into predetermined loops R to form an ornamental pattern, so that the number of loops R form the continuous wave-form along the knitting direction of the lace. More particularly, a plurality of waves are formed one after another along the knitting direction W, as shown.
  • the waste-fabric portion 4 is basically a simple network without any pattern-forming yarns, and this portion of the fabric may be readily cut.
  • an end of the waste-fabric portion 4 (on the extreme opposite side to the scallop portion 3 ) is constructed as a fabric-fixing portion 40 , and this portion 40 uses thicker yarns and has a more dense structure than the remaining portion 41 of the waste-fabric portion, the remaining portion 41 being adjacent the scallop portion 3 .
  • a portion of the ornamental lace portion 2 in the immediate vicinity of the scallop portion 3 is constructed as a scallop-reinforcing portion 20 .
  • This scallop-reinforcing portion 20 too employs thicker yarns than the remaining ornamental lace portion 20 a. So that, this portion 20 is provided with additional stiffness to effectively maintain the shape stability in the scallop portion 3 .
  • the remaining ornamental lace portion 20 a employs polyurethane yarns of about 210 denier
  • the scallop-reinforcing portion 20 employs yarns of 420 denier, twice thickness.
  • the planar lace fabric 1 obtained as above is formed (specifically, molded) into a predetermined three-dimensional shape.
  • This three-dimensional step is carried out by using a three-dimensional forming device 24 which includes a mold 23 for molding the fabric portion 22 and the fabric-fixing portion 21 to which the fabric portion 22 is to be fixed.
  • the fabric-fixing portion 40 provided in the waste-fabric portion 4 is utilized. That is, as denoted with broken lines in FIG. 1, this fabric-fixing portion 40 is utilized for the purpose of this fixing and also the peripheral edge of the fabric across the scallop portion 3 is utilized for the fixing. And, the peripheral edge (the portion or area surrounded by the solid line and the broken line in FIG. 1) of the ornamental lace portion 4 on the opposite side to the scallop portion 3 is also utilized for the fixing.
  • a mold 23 of the three-dimensional forming device includes a proximal cup portion 23 a close to the center of the brassier corresponding to the valley between the breasts and a distal cup portion 23 b distant from the center of the brassier, the proximal cup portion 23 a having a greater bulging curvature than the distal cup portion 23 b and the proximal cup portion 23 a having a maximum bulging center 23 c so that the brassier cup molded by this mold may obtain a proximal cup portion 23 a, close to the center of the brassier corresponding to the valley between the breasts, having a greater bulging curvature than the distal cup portion distant from the center of the brassier, the proximal cup portion having a maximum bulging center.
  • FIG. 10( d ) which is a section taken along an arrow in FIG. 10( c ) (the upper portion of the cup)
  • the bulging curvature is varied also in the vertical direction of the cup relative to the lateral direction of the cup extending to and away from the center of the brassier, in such a manner that an upper up portion 23 e has a greater bulging curvature than a lower cup portion 23 d.
  • the mold is capable of forming the planar lace fabric into a cup having a predetermined deformed three-dimensional shape.
  • the three-dimensional lace material 5 obtained still is in a band-like shape having a plurality of partial projections M (projecting on the back side) as shown in FIG. 3. It is to be noted, however, this FIG. 3 shows a condition after the fabric has been joined with the urethane cup Ca.
  • This joining step is carried out generally by means of sewing. Instead, this step may be carried out by adhesive bonding, etc.
  • the band-like three-dimensional lace material obtained above is subjected to an eliminating step for eliminating the waste-fabric portion 4 along the scallop portion 3 . Further, if each cup product is to be obtained independently, the peripheral edge of the cup is eliminated by cutting. The cutting line for this cutting is denoted with a broken line in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 4 shows the appearance of the cup product C obtained by the method described above. Although this corresponds to the product shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the product of FIG. 4 presents a smarter appearance due to absence of tape at the upper end of the cup because the scallop portion S is provided integrally with the front-side cloth formed of the three-dimensional lace material.
  • the end product e.g. a brassier
  • the urethane cup Ca molded into a predetermined shape is employed as the lining member.
  • this lining member may be a non-woven fabric formed or molded into a predetermined shape.
  • the three-dimensional lace material of the invention may be obtained by appropriately selecting the types, thickness, etc. of the lace forming yarns to be employed therein.
  • the planar lace fabric in the three-dimensional forming step of the planar lace fabric, for producing the deformed cup, is formed into a cup having its proximal portion and distal portion differing from each other in the bulging curvatures thereof, with the proximal portion having the maximum bulging center.
  • the planar lace fabric in addition to the lace fabric described above, such deformed or irregular three-dimensional forming process may be applied also to the polyurethane cup, non-woven fabric, lining fabric, etc.
  • the method and material are applied for manufacture of a brassier.
  • these method and material of the invention may be applied to any other garment articles such as a bra-slip, bra-camisole, body-suit, shorts, etc. Therefore, these products are generically referred to as “brassier products” herein.
  • the entire cup for covering the breast is formed of a single continuous lace fabric.
  • this is the most preferred mode of embodying the present invention, other constructions are also possible.
  • another lace cloth or patch having a different ornamental pattern may be joined by mans of sewing etc., to the lower cup portion so as to present the different ornamental patter from that of the upper cup portion.
  • the intended object of the invention is achieved regarding the main body of the cup including the upper bulging center and its periphery.
  • the cup may be provided with different ornamental laces between the right and left sides thereof.
  • this modified cup construction too, substantially same function/effect can be achieved with respect to the main body of the cup.

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