Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
301 words
A underwire brassiere including in coactive relationship, a pair of breast cups, a lowermost stretchable elastic band, a chest encircling support, a pair of elastic outer front panels, an elastic inner front panel and arcuate underwire supports: said lowermost stretchable elastic band encircling the lower terminus of the brassiere; said chest encircling support having side and rear end sand including means for connecting the rear ends of the brassiere about the wear's body; each of said elastic outer front panels having vertical outer side, arcuate top and horizontal bottom edges, said top edges secured to the respective outer edges of an adjacent breast cup, said bottom edges secured to the top edge of said lowermost elastic band and said outer edges secured to the side edges said chest encircling support at a juncture seam; said inner front panel having vertical outer, arcuate top and horizontal bottom edges, said outer side edges secured to the outer side edges of said outer front panels and the side edges of said chest encircling support at said juncture seam, said bottom edges secured to the top edge of said lowermost elastic band, said top edge providing a pair of arcuate enclosures to contain said underwire supports; said arcuate top edge of the inner front panel and underwire supports contained therein freely extending inwardly of said breast cups toward the wear's chest cavity, with the elastic inner and outer front panels providing a pocket between said underwire and said cups for containing the lower periphery of the wear's breast forward of said underwires, and said pair of breast cups each having a lower edge, said lower edge being connected to the top edge of said elastic outer front panel and extending freely of the arcuate top edge of the inner front panel containing said underwire supports.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
301 words
A underwire brassiere including in coactive relationship, a pair of breast cups, a lowermost stretchable elastic band, a chest encircling support, a pair of elastic outer front panels, an elastic inner front panel and arcuate underwire supports: said lowermost stretchable elastic band encircling the lower terminus of the brassiere; said chest encircling support having side and rear end sand including means for connecting the rear ends of the brassiere about the wear's body; each of said elastic outer front panels having vertical outer side, arcuate top and horizontal bottom edges, said top edges secured to the respective outer edges of an adjacent breast cup, said bottom edges secured to the top edge of said lowermost elastic band and said outer edges secured to the side edges said chest encircling support at a juncture seam; said inner front panel having vertical outer, arcuate top and horizontal bottom edges, said outer side edges secured to the outer side edges of said outer front panels and the side edges of said chest encircling support at said juncture seam, said bottom edges secured to the top edge of said lowermost elastic band, said top edge providing a pair of arcuate enclosures to contain said underwire supports; said arcuate top edge of the inner front panel and underwire supports contained therein freely extending inwardly of said breast cups toward the wear's chest cavity, with the elastic inner and outer front panels providing a pocket between said underwire and said cups for containing the lower periphery of the wear's breast forward of said underwires, and said pair of breast cups each having a lower edge, said lower edge being connected to the top edge of said elastic outer front panel and extending freely of the arcuate top edge of the inner front panel containing said underwire supports.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A brassiere according to claim 1, including means dependently connecting the pair of breast cups and the outer front panel to the lowermost band.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The brassiere of claim 1, wherein the breast cups, the inner and outer front panels and the lowermost band are composed of elastic members which each have a dominant horizontal stretch characteristic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The brassiere of claim 3 wherein each of said breast cups includes a primary and a secondary breast support each panel connected to a lower edge of secondary panel is said primary panel of said breast cups; said secondary panels connecting the breast cups with the adjacent outer front panels, said secondary panels each having a dominant vertical stretch characteristic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The brassier of either claims 2, 3, or 4 wherein at least one of the breast cups further includes an additional fabric over at least a portion of the breast cup surface to define a depending prosthesis pocket retainer.