Malleable bra pad

• US 6,231,423 B1
• Filed: 09/09/1999
• Issued: 05/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ce Soir Lingerie Company Incorporated (Ce Soir Lingerie)
• Original Assignee: Ce Soir Lingerie Company Incorporated (Ce Soir Lingerie)
• Inventors: Jiminez, Robert, Deal, Ann, Nadsady, Kathleen
• Primary Examiner(s): Hale, Gloria M.
• Application Number:
  US09/392,399
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• Field of Search: 450/57, 450/38, 450/30-35, 450/53, 623/7, 623/8, 607/104-108
• US Class Current: 450/57
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/10 with stiffening or bust-forming inserts
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/144 Pads

Abstract

A push-up bra has an envelope between the front panel and the rear panel of the bra cups, that receives a flexible pouch containing a body of lubricous, malleable material such as lightly cross-linked organo-polysiloxanes containing a dispersion of lightweight, finely-divided filler such as silica. The malleable material can be molded into a shape under and/or to either side of a breast to control the shape, amount of lift and the cleft between breasts and the lubricity of the siloxane resin prevents the filler from abrading the inner wall of the pouch.

Claims

1. A push-up pad for a bra comprising a flexible, sealed envelope containing a body of lubricious, malleable material, said material having no elastic memory, being moldable into a plurality of shapes and being formed of a lightly, cross-linked synthetic, self-lubricating organo-polysiloxane resin containing 3-40% by weight of a finely divided reinforcing filler having a density of less then 1.0 immobilized within the cross-linked resin.

2. A pad according to claim 1 in which the organo-polysiloxane material is formed from cross-linkable liquid organo-polysiloxane resins.

3. A pad according to claim 2 in which the liquid resins contain cross-linking groups.

4. A pad according to claim 3 in which the groups are unsaturated groups capable of addition reaction.

5. A pad according to claim 4 in which the groups are vinyl groups.

6. A pad according to claim 1 in which the envelope is formed of a heat sealable, flexible, puncture-resistant, leak-resistant, film having a thickness from 0.01 to 5 mm.

7. A pad according to claim 1 further comprising two outer fabric layers joined at their peripheries forming a pocket which receives the envelope.

8. A pad according to claim 7 in which the inner surfaces of the fabric layers contain a layer of cushioning material.

9. A push-up bra cup comprising in combination;

a front panel in the shape of a bra cup and having a peripheral edge;

a rear panel in the shape of a bra cup having a peripheral edge;

the peripheral edges being joined to form a cavity; and

a flexible pouch containing a body of lubricious, malleable material received in the cavity, said material having no elastic memory, being moldable into a plurality of shapes and being formed of a lightly, cross-linked synthetic, self-lubricating organo-polysiloxane resin containing 3-40% by weight of a finely divided reinforcing filler having a density of less then 1.0 immobilized within the cross-linked resin.

10. A push-up bra containing:

two bra cups;

means joining the cups;

a strap connecting the cups;

said cups containing a flexible pouch containing a body of lubricous, malleable material, said material having no elastic memory, being moldable into a plurality of shapes and being formed of a lightly, cross-linked synthetic, self-lubricating organo-polysiloxane resin containing 3-40% by weight of a finely divided reinforcing filler having a density of less then 1.0 immobilized within the cross-linked resin.

11. A push-up bra according to claim 10 in which the push-up bra forms the top of a bathing suit.

12. A bathing suit having a top portion including a pair of breast receiving cups, a push-up pad containing a body of malleable material having the consistency of breast tissue being present in each said cup, said material having no elastic memory, being moldable into a plurality of shapes and being formed of a lightly, cross-linked synthetic, self-lubricating organo-polysiloxane resin containing 3-40% by weight of a finely divided reinforcing filler having a density of less then 1.0 immobilized within the cross-linked resin.

13. A push-up bra pad for a bra comprising a flexible, sealed envelope containing a body of lubricious, malleable material comprising a cross-linked, self-lubricating, synthetic, organo-polysiloxane resin comprising a mixture of a major amount of a first diakly alkyl vinyl siloxane copolymer and a minor amount of a second alkyl vinyl dialkyl alkyl hydrogen siloxane copolymer where each alkyl contains from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

14. A pad according to claim 13 in which the material is cross-linked to an extent of no more than 10%.

15. A pad according to claim 13 in which the first siloxane copolymer is a mixture of dimethyl and methyl vinyl siloxane and the second siloxane is a mixture of methyl vinyl and dimethyl methyl hydrogen siloxane.

16. A push-up pad for a bra comprising a flexible, sealed envelope containing a body of lubricious, malleable material formed of a lubricious, vinyl substituted, liquid organo-polysiloxane resin cross-linked by addition reaction containing from 3 to 40% of a finely divided reinforcing filler having a density of less then 1.0.