Brassiere

Claim 1

IN A BRASSIERE: (A) A CHEST ENCIRCLING FABRIC BAND INCLUDING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY INTERCONNECTING ITS ENDS; (B) A FIRST VERTICAL FABRIC STRIP FIXEDLY SECURED AT ITS LOWER END TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID CHEST ENCIRCLING BAND AND EXTENDING UPWARDS THEREFROM FOR DISPOSITION BETWEEN THE BREASTS; (C) SECOND AND THIRD VERTICAL FABRIC STRIPS FIXEDLY SECURED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS TO SPACED APART PORTIONS OF SAID CHEST ENCIRCLING BAND ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST FABRIC STRIP FOR DISPOSITION AT THE BACK OF EACH BREAST BENEATH THE ARMS OF THE WEARER; (D) A PAIR OF ELONGATE CHEST ENGAGING STRIPS DISPOSED IN END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ADJACENT ENDS SECURED TO SAID FIRST VERTICALLY EXTENDING STRIP, THE BOTTOM EDGE OF EACH OF SAID CHEST ENGAGING STRIPS BEING SECURED TO SAID CHEST ENCIRCLING BAND AND WITH ITS OUTLYING END SECURED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SECOND AND THIRE VERTICAL STRIPS, EACH OF SAID CHEST ENGAGING STRIPS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT UPPER ENGE SURFACE; AND (E) A BUST SUPPORTING BAND FOR EACH OF SAID CHEST ENGAGING STRIPS, EACH BUST SUPPORTING BAND DEFINING A MAIN BODY PORTION OVERLYING A CHEST ENGAGING STRIP AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST VERTICAL STRIP TO ONE OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD VERTICAL STRIPS, AND AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED END PORTION OUTLYING SAID SECOND AND THIRD VERTICAL STRIPS, EACH OF SAID MAIN BODY PORTIO NS HAVING AN INWARDLY BOWED LOWER EDGE FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTED WITH THE UPPER STRAIGHT EDGE OF THE UNDERLYING CHEST ENGAGING STRIP, EACH OF SAID END PORTIONS DEFINING A LOWER EDGE SECRUED TO SAID CHEST ENCIRCLING BAND AND A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT UPPER EDGE DIAGONALLY EXTENDING FROM AN UPPER POINT AT ONE OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD VERTICAL STRIPS TO A LOWER POINT JOINING SAID LOWER EDGE AT SAID CHEST ENCIRCLING BANDK SAID SECOND AND THIRD VERTICAL STRIPS BEIND FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID BUST SUPPORTING BANDS ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL LINE EXTENDING FROM SAID UPPER POINT DOWNWARDLY TO THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID END PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE BUST SUPPORTING BAND.