DE8705929U1 - Bra - Google Patents

Description

Description

The innovation relates to a bra in which at least the bra cups (1) in the front part are made of embroidery or lace border, whereby the specially designed motifs or finishing edges (3) of this material simultaneously form the edge finish of the bra cups in the neckline (2) without further processing, and in which the bra cups are thermoplastically formed individually or as a single piece.

Known to date are, on the one hand, bras with individually or integrally molded cups, and, on the other hand, bras which consist entirely of embroidery or lace borders, only in the front part or at least in the bra cups, and in which the required depth in the bust is achieved by means of appropriately placed seams and/or darts. In both types of design, the cup edges in the &udigr;&bgr;^&Igr;&Igr;&egr;&idiagr;&^eacgr; have additional seams, edgings or finishes made of sewn or encrusted lace.

However, it was not known until now that the thermoplastic forming process, which not only has the advantage of saving production costs, but also of avoiding bulky seams, could be used in the production of bras made of

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to use the materials described above and to use their special feature of specially designed edges as finishing areas of the bra cups in the décolleté"

1 The present innovation was therefore based on the task of creating a bra whose cups combine the described features, i.e. both thermoplastically formed and consisting of embroidery or lace borders, and which also do not require any additional and specially crafted edges, but rather the embroidery and lace motifs with their final, differently shaped edges of the |

Material also forms the edges of the cups running along the neckline (2) of the finished model, i.e. to develop a bra in which no sewing work is required for the design of the cups, neither to achieve the hollow shape, nor for the edges of the cups running along the neckline.

When attempting to use conventional molding tools to produce a bra with a perfect fit and adapted to the female anatomy, in particular the bra cups, in accordance with the protection claim by means of deformation from the described starting material with its specific properties, it was observed that fit defects occurred in such a way that in the finished product the edges of the cups were too tight in the décolleté and therefore cut into the breasts, which would not only impair the physical well-being of the wearer, but would also have an unfavorable optical effect.

The object is therefore achieved according to the invention in that, in contrast to the conventionally used conical molding tools, which slope evenly from the apex on all sides, specially shaped molding tools are used during the forming process. The normally used positive and corresponding negative molds are modified in such a way _that the - in cross-section

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The rising line as seen does not correspond to a symmetrical falling line, but the falling line from the apex is variably flatter than the rising line. In this zone of the molding tool, the part of the material with the specially designed and, compared to the rest of the material, thicker edge areas (3) that form the finishes in the neckline (2) of the bra rests. This prevents the finish edges of the finished product from becoming too tight, which would be caused by the greater curvature of the high ^- quality tools on the one hand and the peculiarity of the material used, which has no elasticity in the edge areas after deformation on the other. These defects already listed above are avoided and a perfect fit of the bra is achieved even in these places.

In addition to the advantages of a perfect fit and the reduction of bulky seams, the bra according to the invention, in contrast to the shaped articles already on the market, also offers the further advantage of an even more cost-effective design, since - as described - sewing work is saved to a greater extent.

Claims (1)

NATURANA Dölker GmbH &'Co"'·" ^: '-Gomkringen, 23 April 1987 Limited partnership 7413 Gomaringen Bra Claim for protection Bra in which the two bra cups in the front part are seamlessly formed either individually or as a single piece, characterized, that at least the bra cups (1) are made entirely of embroidery or lace borders, whereby the specially designed edges of the embroidery or lace motifs of this material form the upper (Fig. a) or inner (Fig. b) edge (2) of the bra cups running along the neckline, and no additional edgings, seams, lace edges and the like are attached in these areas.