Laminated brassiere wing

• US 7,435,154 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2004
• Issued: 10/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
• Inventors: Wanzenböck, Karl, Fildan, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): HALE, GLORIA M
• Application Number:
  US10/978,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20060094336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• Field of Search: 450/39, 450/58, 450/63, 450/65, 450/66, 450/71, 450/72, 450/73, 450/77, 450/79, 450/80, 450/82
• US Class Current: 450/39
• 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 and having end regions;

a brassiere front having cups and connected to the wings; and

respective mating fasteners on the end regions of the wings and enabling the wings to be detachable connected together to close the back of the brassiere, at least the end region of each of the wings being laminated without stitched seams from two outer layers of an elastic fabric and a substantially inelastic cushion layer sandwiched between the outer layers, said fasteners including at least one male fastener on the end region of one of said wings and at least one female fastener on the end region of the other of said wings, said fasteners being mounted directly on respective confronting faces of the respective end regions and each having a pair of members fused together through the respective end region and sandwiching the respective end region between them.

2. The brassiere defined in claim 1 wherein said wings are elongated and the cushion layers are elastic and extend substantially over the entire lengths of said wings.

3. The brassiere defined in claim 1 wherein in a space of at least 2 mm wide extending along an outer periphery of each of said wings the two outer layers are directly laminated together and the inelastic cushion layer does not extend into the space.

4. The brassiere defined in claim 3 wherein said space is at least 5 mm wide.

5. The brassiere defined in claim 1 wherein said male and female fasteners are injection-molded plastic snap-type hook and eye connectors.

6. The brassiere defined in claim 5 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.

7. The brassiere defined in claim 5 wherein said one of said wings is provided with a pair of said male fasteners spaced apart transversely 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.

8. The brassiere defined in claim 1, 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.

9. The brassiere defined in claim 8 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one snap fastener mounted directly on the respective end region.

10. The brassiere defined in claim 8 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners include at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the respective end region.

11. The brassiere defined in claim 8 wherein said plurality of strap fasteners includes a plurality of snap fasteners and at least one D-ring fastener mounted directly on the respective end region.