Brassiere

Claim 1

A BRASSIERE ADAPTED TO ANCHOR AT THE SHOULDER BLADES FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH WHEN IN POSITION ON THE BODY OF THE WEARER COMPRISING (A) A FRONT SUPPORTING MEMBER (B) A PAIR OF CUPS MOUNTED IN SAID FRONT SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING THE BUST OF THE WEARER (C) A PAIR OF BODY-ENCIRCLING MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SIDES OF SAID FRONT SUPPORTING MEMBER AND HAVING MEANS AT THE TERMINAL ENDS THEREOF FOR RELEASABLY SECURING THE BRASSIERE AT THE BACK OF THE WEARER (D) SAID BODY-ENCIRCLING MEMBERS EACH INCLUDING A STIFFENING BONE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF AND AN ELASTIC BACK PANEL WITH ITS INNER END ADJACENT SAID STIFFENING BONE (E) SAID BACK PANELS EACH BEING FORMED WITH AN EXTRA LENGTH OF MATERIAL FOLDED UNDER AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AN ELASTIC TAPE STITCHED DIAGONALLY THERETO ALONG THE JUNCTURE OF SAID UNDER-FOLDED FABRIC AND THE OUTER FABRIC OF SAID PANEL FROM A POINT ADJACENT THE TOP OF SAID BONE AT THE INNER END THEREOF TO A POINT ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE OUTER END OF SAID PANEL, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID BRASSIERE IS SECURED TO THE BODY OF THE WEARER, THE UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID BACK PANELS ABOVE SAID DIAGONAL TAPES OVERLIE AND TIGHTLY GRIP THE WEARER''S SHOULDER BLADES FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT THEREWITH, SAID DIAGONAL TAPES TIGHTLY CONTACT THE BODY IMMEDIATELY UNDER AND NEAR THE SHOULDER BLADES FOR DOWNWARD MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND THE BOTTOM PORTIONS OF SAID BACK PANELS BELOW SAID DIAGONAL TAPES LIGHTLY CONTACT THE SMALLER PART OF THE BACK FOR FREE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO.