US3185157A - Brassiere with elastic support straps - Google Patents

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US3185157A
US3185157A US302134A US30213463A US3185157A US 3185157 A US3185157 A US 3185157A US 302134 A US302134 A US 302134A US 30213463 A US30213463 A US 30213463A US 3185157 A US3185157 A US 3185157A
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Gingras Marcel
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  • This invention relates to improvements in brassieres and more particularly to the provision of a pair of elastic shoulder straps extended forwardly in cross-over effect to provide a resilient support for the breast pockets of the brassiere, and extended rearwardly to provide a resilient support to the brassiere waist band.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome the abovementioned drawbacks to complete resiliency in a brassiere and consists essentially in providing a pair of elastic shoulder straps of extended length.
  • Each shoulder strap extends along the top edge of the side panel of the garment to terminate at the rear fastening of the garment and at the front of the garment extends along the top edge of a portion of the adjacent breast pocket and across and along the boundary of the opposite breast pocket and the top edge of the front body band section of the garment.
  • one strap rides freely over the other, thereby eliminating the transfer of pull of one strap to the other.
  • each strap is made up of two bands of elastic material laid flat in the same plane and having their adjacent longitudinal edges joined together in spaced apart relationship by loose stitching looped together in such a manner that one band will have limited longitudinal movement relative to the other band.
  • the invention is still further characterized in that the garment is secured to only one band of each of the straps so that, where the band is secured to a panel of the garment which'has stretch in the same direction as that of the attached band, stretch of the band at the joint of the band and panel is reduced only fractionally.
  • the adjacent band of the straps is attached to the garment only through the loose stitching holding the band together, therefore this band is stretchable over its entire length and is only restricted relative to the adjacent band by the flexibility of the stitching joining the hands together.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a brassiere having a pair of straps of elastic material, each of which at the front of the garment forms a support under one breast pocket, continues to form a shoulder strap and is then secured along an upper edge of the garment towards the rear fastening.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a pair of straps of elastic material secured along one longitudinal edge to front and rear'portions of the garment and having an intermediate portion looped free of the garment to form shoulder straps.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a pair of support straps formed of two separate bands of elastic material joined together in spaced apart edge to edge relationship and to have the garment secured to one band only of each of the said straps.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a brassiere having certain of its panels stretchable in the same direction as the straps to which the panels are secured.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a pair of straps or" elastic material crossing over each other between the breast pockets of the brassiere and riding free of each other at their point of cross-over.
  • a further object of the invention is to have at least a portion of the crossed-over straps forming a resilient support under the lower portion of each breast pocket of the garment.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide means whereby each breast pocket will stay in place even if the wearer lifts one shoulder, the opposite breast pocket will remain in the same position.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a brassiere showing the elasticized shoulder straps secured to the top edges of the garment and crossing over in front to continue under and support the breast pockets of the garment.
  • FIG. 2 is a rear elevation of the brassiere shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail of the front cross-over portion of the garment shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged elevation showing the binding of the strap to the top edge of the garment.
  • FIG. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6.
  • the brassiere 5 is provided with a pair of breast pockets 6, front body band sections 7 and side panels 8.
  • the usual hook and eye fasteners 9 and 16 are also provided for joining the ends of the garment together.
  • the panels 7 are woven in such manner that, when fitted into the garment they have stretchability in a vertical direction as indicated by the arrows A, while he panels 8 are woven in such a manner that when fitted into the garment they have stretchability in a horizontal direction as indicated by the arrows B.
  • a pair of straps 11 are formed from two bands, 12 and 13 of elastic material laid flat in side by side spaced apart arrangement and joined together by looped stitching 14 so that the bands 12 and 13 can have limited longitudinal movement relative to each other.
  • the straps 11 extend from the rear ends of the garment, along a portion of the top edge of the panels 8, then looped free of the garment to form the shoulder straps 15 then continue along the central top edge of the adjacent breast pocket of the garment to cross over with each other in the front centre line of the garment and then under the bottom portion of the opposite breast pocket of the garment.
  • the band 13 of the strap 11 is attached to the garment and band 12 is free of any direct attachment except through the stitching 14 connecting the bands 12 and 13 together.
  • the band 13 is secured to the top edge 17 of the panel 8 by the stitching 18.
  • both bands 12 and 13 of the strap 11 are looped free above the armpit edge 19 to form the shoulder straps 15.
  • the band 13 is then secured to the top edge 20 of the breast pocket 6 by the stitching 21.
  • the strap '11 then continues across the front centre line of the garment and under the opposite breast pocket 6 and has its band 13 attached to the top edge 22 of the front body band section 7 by the stitching 23 and terminates at the joint between the breast pocket 6 and front body band section 7 with the side panel 8.
  • the bands 12, except for their flexible attachment to the bands 13 by the looped stitching 14, are free to stretch throughout their length, and that the bands 13 can also stretch over a major portion of their length.
  • a garment constructed as above described provides a' 1':
  • both front and back and the shoulder straps 15 will automatically adjust strain originating at either the front or back of the garment. Furthermore, the fact that the straps 11, including the shoulder strap portions 15, are in one continuous resilient length, obviates the necessity of the use of metal slide adjustment clips at the shoulder straps.
  • Another feature of the continuous straps 11, as will be seen in FIG. 1, is that the sweep upwards and outwards adjacent edges of said front body band section and to the adjacent edges of said breast pockets, and a pair of straps of elastic material, each of said pair of straps having one edge thereof secured along one end portion of its length to an upper longitudinal edge portion of each of said side panels and along an upper and inwardly facing edge portion of the breast pocket adjacent to the side panel to which the strap is attached, the portion of each strap between its attachment to the side panel and breast pocket being looped free to form shoulder straps, each of said straps continuing past the medial centerline of the brassiere in cross-over relation and under the lower portion of theopposite breast pocket towards the adjacent side panel to which the said latter breast pocket is attached, the said straps at their point of cross-over being free to move independently of each other, each of the said straps being secured along its lower edge portion only to the lower edge portion of the breast pocket to which it is passed under and to the adjacent upper edge portion of the said front body band section, the unattache
  • a brassiere as set forth in claim 1 in which the said pair of straps are each formed of two separate bands of elastic material laid side by side in spaced apart relationship and having their adjacent edges joined together by loose stitching, a first only of said separate bands being attached directly to adjacent portions of the brassiere.
  • a brassiere as set forth in claim 1 in which the said pair of straps are each formed of two separate bands of elastic material laid side by side in spaced apart relationship and having their adjacent edges joined together by loose stitching, the attachment of the said straps to the brassiere being through one band only of each pair of straps.

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US3372698A (en) * 1965-10-14 1968-03-12 Dominion Corset Co Ltd Brassiere
US3949760A (en) * 1974-11-18 1976-04-13 Warnaco Inc. Movement-compensating brassiere
USD686389S1 (en) * 2012-01-06 2013-07-23 Shannon Hayes Brassiere with interior pockets
US9795176B2 (en) * 2015-08-05 2017-10-24 Charlotte Hazzard Breast support garment
USD889071S1 (en) * 2019-01-08 2020-07-07 Mamaway Licensing Co., Ltd. Maternity brassiere

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US2016516A (en) * 1935-06-08 1935-10-08 Poirette Corsets Inc Undergarment for women's wear
US2202058A (en) * 1938-03-03 1940-05-28 Helen V Malnick Brassiere
US2628357A (en) * 1952-10-09 1953-02-17 Sider Frances Strapless brassiere
US2672613A (en) * 1953-04-08 1954-03-23 Benjamin & Johnes Inc Off-shoulder brassiere
US3066676A (en) * 1961-02-01 1962-12-04 Donald H Kaupp Brassiere
US3120848A (en) * 1963-03-29 1964-02-11 Warner Brothers Co Brassiere

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US2016516A (en) * 1935-06-08 1935-10-08 Poirette Corsets Inc Undergarment for women's wear
US2202058A (en) * 1938-03-03 1940-05-28 Helen V Malnick Brassiere
US2628357A (en) * 1952-10-09 1953-02-17 Sider Frances Strapless brassiere
US2672613A (en) * 1953-04-08 1954-03-23 Benjamin & Johnes Inc Off-shoulder brassiere
US3066676A (en) * 1961-02-01 1962-12-04 Donald H Kaupp Brassiere
US3120848A (en) * 1963-03-29 1964-02-11 Warner Brothers Co Brassiere

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3372698A (en) * 1965-10-14 1968-03-12 Dominion Corset Co Ltd Brassiere
US3949760A (en) * 1974-11-18 1976-04-13 Warnaco Inc. Movement-compensating brassiere
USD686389S1 (en) * 2012-01-06 2013-07-23 Shannon Hayes Brassiere with interior pockets
US9795176B2 (en) * 2015-08-05 2017-10-24 Charlotte Hazzard Breast support garment
USD889071S1 (en) * 2019-01-08 2020-07-07 Mamaway Licensing Co., Ltd. Maternity brassiere

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