Artificial breast and nightgown incorporating same

Claim 1

A mastectomy prosthetic article for attachment to the inside of a nightgown comprising a light weight substantially breast-shaped pad of substantially equilateral triangular outline shape when viewed from the front thereof, with a lower side of the triangle being substantially horizontal and with the other two upper sides being rounded, with the pad being of rounded substantially conical shape when viewed from a side, and being composed of a substantially conically shaped front wall, fibrous shaping material sufficient to hold the front wall in desired breast shape and a convexly arcing back wall fastened to the front wall about the sides thereof and retaining the shaping material in the pad, a hook tape held to the upper corner of the pad and extending substantially vertically and away from the pad, hook tapes held to each of the lower corners of the pad and extending substantially horizontally and away from the pad, with the hooks of the hook tapes being on the sides of such tapes facing the nightgown when the article is attached to the nightgown and with the tapes being outside the triangular outline of the pad, and with each of the hook tapes having a corresponding pile tape affixed thereto, which pile tapes are each of greater areas than the corresponding hook tapes and extend beyond each of the hook tapes at three sides thereof to facilitate joinder of the pile tapes to a nightgown and to facilitate temporary holding of the pile tapes to the nightgown during removal of the article from the nightgown during permanent positioning of the pile tapes thereon.

Claim 5

A method of removably fastening to the inside of a nightgown a mastectomy prosthetic article comprising a light weight substantially breast-shaped pad having hook tapes in a plurality of locations at the periphery thereof, with the tapes being outside the triangular outline of the pad, with hooks extending forwardly, as viewed by a wearer of such article and nightgown so as to be readily affixable to mating pile tapes on the inside of the nightgown and removable therefrom, which pile tapes are of greater areas than the corresponding hook tapes so that at least a portion of each thereof extends beyond the hook tape fastening means, which comprises fitting the mastectomy prosthesis article in desired position against the inside of the nightgown with pile tapes held to the hook tapes and with sides of said pile tapes extending beyond sides of the hook tapes, impermanently affixing the pile tapes at such extending sides in desired fitted position on the nightgown, removing the hook tapes from the pile tapes and removing the prosthetic article from the nightgown while holding the pile tapes in position on the nightgown, permanently fastening the pile tapes to the nightgown and placing the prosthetic article in position against the nightgown with the hook tapes matching the pile tapes and pressing such tapes together.

Claim 6

A method of removably fastening to the inside of a nightgown a mastectomy prosthetic article comprising a light weight substantially breast-shaped pad having hook tapes in a plurality of locations at the periphery thereof, with the tapes being outside the triangular outline of the pad, with hooks extending forwardly, as viewed by a wearer of such article and nightgown so as to be readily affixable to mating pile tapes on the inside of the nightgown and removable therefrom, which pile tapes are of greater areas than the corresponding hook tapes so that at least a portion of each thereof extends beyond the hook tape fastening means, which comprises fitting the mastectomy prosthesis article in desired position against the inside of the nightgown with pile tapes held to the hook tapes and with sides of said pile tapes extending beyond sides of the hook tapes, impermanently affixing the pile tapes at such extending sides in desired fitted position on the nightgown, removing the hook tapes from the pile tapes and removing the prosthetic article from the nightgown while holding the pile tapes in position on the nightgown, permanently fastening the pile tapes to the nightgown and placing the prosthetic article in position against the nightgown with the hook tapes matching the pile tapes and pressing such tapes together.