BRASSIERE
First Claim
1. A moulded brassiere, including a core assembly of at least a first layer of moulded foam material preferably laminated with a second layer of moulded foam material, said core assembly defining two breast cup regions andan intermediate bridge region extending there between, andwherein at least one layer of flexible material having non-stretch properties is provided adjacent one of or intermediate of and laminated with said first and second layer of moulded foam material at said bridge region, said flexible material having non-stretch properties oriented so that across the bridge region parallel to the cup to cup direction said core assembly is non-stretchable;
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Abstract
A molded brassiere, a core assembly of a first layer of molded foam material laminated with a second layer of molded foam material, defining two breast cup regions and an intermediate bridge region. At least one layer of flexible material having non-stretch properties adjacent one of or intermediate of and laminated with the layers of molded foam material at the bridge region, and oriented so that across the bridge region parallel to the cup to cup direction the material is non-stretchable. A first and second layer of the fabric is laminated with the core assembly on the respective interior and exterior side and preferably encases the core assembly. A third layer joined at least to the first layer at or near the lowermost perimeter of the core assembly is wrapped over that perimeter and extends towards the remaining perimeter thereof.
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41 Claims
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1. A moulded brassiere, including a core assembly of at least a first layer of moulded foam material preferably laminated with a second layer of moulded foam material, said core assembly defining two breast cup regions and
an intermediate bridge region extending there between, and wherein at least one layer of flexible material having non-stretch properties is provided adjacent one of or intermediate of and laminated with said first and second layer of moulded foam material at said bridge region, said flexible material having non-stretch properties oriented so that across the bridge region parallel to the cup to cup direction said core assembly is non-stretchable; - and
a first and second layer, each of at least a fabric material, is disposed outside of and each laminated with said core assembly on a respective interior and exterior side of said core assembly to preferably encase said core assembly, and a third layer joined at least to said first layer at or near the lower most perimeter of said core assembly, said third layer wrapped over the lower most perimeter and extending to or towards the remaining perimeter of said core assembly. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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2. A moulded brassiere including,
a core assembly of at least a first layer of moulded foam material preferably laminated with a second layer of moulded foam material, said core assembly defining two breast cup regions and an intermediate bridge region extending there between and wherein at least one layer of flexible material having non-stretch properties is provided adjacent one of or intermediate of and laminated with said first and second layer of moulded foam material at said bridge region, said flexible material having non-stretch properties oriented so that across the bridge region parallel to the cup to cup direction said core assembly is non-stretchable, and a first and second layer, each of at least a fabric material, disposed outside of said core assembly on the respective interior and exterior sides of said core assembly, said first layer laminated to the interior side of said core assembly, said second layer joined at its lower edge at the lower perimeter of the core assembly, to said first layer and folded over to wrap around said core assembly to the exterior side of said core assembly, the join between said first and second exterior layers located toward the bottom periphery of said moulded brassiere, having no raw edges or sewing presenting exteriorly.
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17. A moulded brassiere including,
a core assembly of at least a first layer of moulded foam material said core assembly defining at least one breast cup region and a first and second layer, each of at least a fabric material, disposed outside of said core assembly on the respective interior and exterior sides of said core assembly, said first layer laminated to the interior side of said core assembly, said second layer joined at the interior side of core assembly at its lower edge at the lower perimeter of the core assembly to said core assembly (and preferably to the first layer) and folded over to wrap around said core assembly to the exterior side of core assembly.
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18. A method of manufacturing a moulded component assembly for a brassiere comprising or including:
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affixing to a core of at least a first layer of moulded foam material (and preferably a second layer of foam material) and preferably with which and/or between which there is sandwiched a layer of flexible material having non stretch properties, a layer of fabric material at the inner side of the core and adjacent the lower perimeter of the core, wrapping the layer of fabric material around at least part of the lower perimeter to the exterior of the core and affixing the layer to at least part of other perimeter regions of the core.
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19. A moulded brassiere, including
a core assembly having a proximal face and an opposed distal face, said core assembly comprising a core layer defining two breast cup regions, and at least one upper edge and at least one lower edge, and a bridge region extending between the breast cup regions; a distal fabric layer, defining an upper edge and a lower edge, said distal fabric layer extending from the distal face of the core assembly around at least part of the lower edge of the core assembly to the proximal face of the core assembly, said distal fabric layer being folded over distally along its lower edge to form a distal flap, said distal flap being secured to the proximal face of the core assembly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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