Laminated brassiere wing

• US 20060094336A1
• Filed: 10/29/2004
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
• Inventors: Fildan, Gerhard, Wanzenbock, Karl
• Granted Patent: US 7,435,154 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 450/92
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/00 Brassieres
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 1/006 Brassiére fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 15/002 separable or adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0029 Press-button fasteners made of plastics

Abstract

A brassiere is made by attaching prefabricated wings provided with back closures to front parts of the brassiere. The wings are laminated with at least two layers of fabric and may have cushion layers between the fabric layers, without stitched seams.

Claims

1. A brassiere comprising:

a pair of wings forming a back of the brassiere;

a brassiere front having cups and connected to said wings;

mating fasteners on said wings enabling said wings to be detachable connected together to close the back of the brassiere,

each of said wings being laminated without stitched seams from at least two layers of an elastic fabric.

2. The brassiere defined in claim 1 wherein said layers of elastic fabric sandwich a cushion layer between them at least in a region of said fasteners.

3. The brassiere defined in claim 2 wherein said cushion layers are substantially inelastic and are sandwiched between said layers of elastic fabric only in regions of said fasteners.

4. The brassiere defined in claim 2 wherein said cushion layers are elastic and extend substantially over the entire areas of said wings.

5. The brassiere defined in claim 2 wherein a space of at least 2 mm is maintained between an outer periphery of said wings and any cushion layer thereof.

6. The brassiere defined in claim 5 wherein said space is at least 5 mm.

7. The brassiere defined in claim 2 wherein said fasteners include at least one male fastener on one of said wings and at least one female fastener on the other of said wings, each of said fasteners being mounted directly on the laminate formed by the fabric layers and cushion layer of the respective wing and having a pair of members fused together through the respective laminate and sandwiching the respective laminate between them.

8. The brassiere defined in claim 7 wherein said male and female fasteners are injection molded synthetic resin snap-type hook and eye connectors.

9. The brassiere defined in claim 8 wherein said other of said wings is formed with a plurality of said female fasteners in a row allowing adjustment of the back of said brassiere.

10. The brassiere defined in claim 8 wherein said one of said wings is provided with a pair of said male fasteners spaced apart transversely of the length of said one of said wings and said other of said wings is provided with a row of pairs of said female fasteners allowing adjustment of the back of said brassiere.

11. The brassiere defined in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of strap fasteners spaced apart along an upper edge of each of said wings and selectively serving as an anchor for a respective shoulder strap of the brassiere.

12. The brassiere defined in claim 11 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one snap fastener mounted directly on the respective laminate.

13. The brassiere defined in claim 11 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the respective laminate.

14. The brassiere defined in claim 11 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include a plurality of snap fasteners and at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the respective laminate.

16. The wing defined in claim 12 wherein said cushion layer is substantially inelastic and is sandwiched between said layers of elastic fabric only in a region of said fastener.

15. A prefabricated wing adapted to be attached to a brassiere front having cups and to form a back of a brassiere, said wing being laminated without stitched seams from two layers of an elastic fabric sandwiching a cushion layer between them and being provided with at least one fastener formed from two members on opposite sides of the laminate formed by the layers of elastic fabric and the cushion layer.

17. The wing defined in claim 15 wherein said cushion layer is elastic and extends substantially over the entire areas of said wings.

18. The wing defined in claim 15 wherein said fastener is an injection molded synthetic resin snap-type hook and eye connector.

19. The wing defined in claim 18, further comprising a plurality of strap fasteners spaced apart along an upper edge of each of said wings and selectively serving as an anchor for a respective shoulder strap of the brassiere.

20. The wing defined in claim 19 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one snap fastener mounted directly on the laminate.

21. The wing defined in claim 19 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the laminate.

22. The wing defined in claim 19 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include a plurality of snap fasteners and at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the laminate.

23. A method of making a brassiere, comprising the steps of:

(a) producing a pair of wings adapted to form a back of a brassiere by laminating without stitched seams two layers of an elastic fabric and a cushion layer sandwiched between said layers of elastic fabric;

(b) applying at least one fastener to each of said wings, each fastener being formed from two members on opposite sides of the laminate formed by the layers of elastic fabric and the cushion layer; and

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) thereafter attaching said wings to a brassiere front having cups.