Patents in subclass Foundation Garments/Annular Cup-Rim-Encircling Stays

Parent class: Foundation Garments

Number Patent title Issue Date
07234994 Brassiere with soft/hard underwire assembly

A U-shaped hard underwire is rolled into a soft plastic body which forms a pocket for the breast when it is incorporated into a brassiere cup. The hard underwire has two arcuate portions separated by an arcuate slot so that one portion...		 06/26/2007
07207861 Cushioned underwire

A cushioned underwire is cooperative with any of a variety of different brassieres having different width and size. The cushioned underwire is adjustable and positioned in a multi-layered casing, which is connected along a perimeter...		 04/24/2007
07128636 Swing wire and brassiere using same

An underwire for brassieres which is split in the width and the split extends substantially the full length of the underwire to the rounded ends. The split defines two segments, one of which can swing out of the plane of the other to...		 10/31/2006
06746306 Postoperative bilateral augmentation mammaplasty brassiere

A postoperative bilateral augmentation mammaplasty brassiere for use by women with augmented breasts is disclosed. The brassiere provides a support cup shaped to mimic a spherically shaped breast implant. The brassiere further provides an...		 06/08/2004
06306005 Bust support device

A bust support device for utilizing a support member which is removable from a bust supporting garment. The bust support device includes a bust support device. The device is mountable in a bust supporting article of apparel. The bust...		 10/23/2001
06190232 Method of attaching an underwire to a brassiere cup

The manufacturing and wearing benefits of a brassiere having an underwire embodied in each brassiere cup which has a small radius curvature so that it seats within a cooperating infra mammary fold, and provides uplifting support during...		 02/20/2001
6066027 Needle wire for an underwire brassiere

A brassiere of the underwire type has a "U" shaped stitched sheath beneath each cup of an open "U" configuration and into which a "C" shaped underwire with inwardly bent ends is inserted so that, in spite of the fact that the respective...		 05/23/2000
6056624 Pin and eye assembly for brassieres

A pin-and-eye connection is used to apply decorative members or stays or underwires, especially the foundation garments, utilizing a member which is stitched to the garment and preferably a cover member which conceals that stitching....		 05/02/2000
6053800 Framework for the rigidification of a part of garment, made of a thermoplastic or thermosetting material with rigidification longitudinal fibres

A framework is disclosed for the rigidification of a part of a garment, which may typically be the curved underwire support of a brassiere. The framework is formed of a molded plastic, which may be thermoplastic or thermosetting and...		 04/25/2000
6019662 Brassiere frame members

An underwire for an underwire brassier has a metal wire bow provided at one end with a stitching flange and preferably formed at the other end with an elastomeric tip. A double-cup frame for the underwire brassiere has an inverted...		 02/01/2000
5967876 Brassiere with support underwires

A brassiere (1) with two bust cups (6) and two side parts (2) connected to the latter has along the lower edges (5) of the cups (6) a respective pocket for replaceably accommodating a U-shaped support underwire. These pockets have at...		 10/19/1999
5951365 Needle wire for an underwire brassiere and brassiere-fabrication method

A brassiere of the underwire type has a "U" shaped stitched sheath beneath each cup of an open "U" configuration and into which a "C" shaped underwire with inwardly bent ends is inserted so that, in spite of the fact that the respective...		 09/14/1999
5401203 Method of matching brassiere wire or stay to a brassiere cup


A method of making a brassiere wire for a particular underwire brassierecup utilizing a set of brassiere wires having rectilinear markings whereexcess of the wire can be cut away with rounding of the resulting endportions to form the brassiere...		 03/28/1995
5387150 Underwire bra


An improvement in underwire bra construction wherein the ends of theU-shaped underwire are secured to complementary fastening members affixedto the material of the bra cup and wherein such U-shaped underwire is freeto swing up or down relative to...		 02/07/1995
5219311 Brassiere wire or stay


A brassiere wire has a body adapted to fit into a channel in a brassiere toextend beneath a breast cup of a brassiere, the brassiere wire having asemicircular body lying in a plane and of flattened cross section, and arectilinear flexible portion on...		 06/15/1993