US2352367A - Brassiere - Google Patents

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June 27, 1944. Y IBUJDossY l 2,352,367

BRASSIERE Filed Aug. 10, 1942 Patented June 27, 1944 I y UNITED -sTATEs PATENT OFFICE Ilona Bujdosly. Los Angeles, Calif. Application. mt 10,1942. Suid N0. 454,347 V 2v Claims.

My invention relates to bust supports or brassires whereby adequate and proper support is aiforded and interference with the normal movement of the muscles under the arms and adjacent the breasts will be prevented with the result that a natural and more youthful appearance will be created or retained. y

'Ihe invention has for its object the provision of a brassire whereby proper uplift or support for the breasts is provided and the wearers body or muscles at `the sides of the breasts and beneath the arms left unha-mpered and free of encircling bands or supporting straps which tend to crowd or press the flesh and muscles upwardly into unnatural and undesirable folds. The invention also has for its object the provision of a brassire requiring a minimum of material in construction; a brassire which affords full body freedom and hence avoids binding or chailng; a ,brassire which is especially adapted for wear with low-cut or evening gowns without being exposed.

The aforementioned objects and advantages as well as other advantages inherent in the invention will all be readily comprehended from the detailed description of the accompanying drawlng wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my improved brassire.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the brassire as applied to the body.

Figure 3 is a side view when applied to a body.

Figure 4 is a rear view of a body illustrating the position of the fastening straps.

Brassires as heretofore constructed involved comparatively wide chest covering or main body portions formed with breast receiving cupped portions; the main body portions' extending beyond the breasts and beneath the arms of the wearer, with the extended portions connected at the rear to shoulder-straps which are secured to 40 the top of the body portion while the rear ends are secured to a suitable body encircling strap or belt. l

My improved brassire as exemplified in the drawing consists of the substantially semi-circular .members or supporting sections l0, Ill made of substantial fabric. The sections I0, i arepreferably separately cut and sewed together at the center. as shown at Il, Figure 1, namely at the point of the brassire which fits between the breasts of the lwearer. In order to reenforce and stiften the supportingsections l0, I0 and assist in maintaining the contour, I prefer to provide them with the spaced arcuate rows of stitches as cured together so that the outer ends I3 will terminato a distance removed from the arm-pits of the wearer as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In order that the foundation or main portion o! the brassire consisting of sections lll, Il may adhere or flt more or less snugly against the wearers body and also produce the desired uplift effect and support for the breasts, I preferably provide each section I0 intermediate its ends with a dart as indicated in dotted lines at Ill in Figure 1. The upper and the lower edges of the foundation sections I0, I0 are each cut to substantially deiine segments of concentric circles. The darts are of inverted V-shape and cut up- -wardly fromthe lower edges of the sections Il, Il, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The severed edg are then drawn and sewed together causing the lower marginal portions of the sections I0, .I0 to fit snugly against the wearers body slightly beneaththe breasts, while the upper marginal portions cup outwardly, as shown at I0, in conformance with the curvature of the breasts and afford the desired support therefor. With the portions i0, Il made as described no improper pressure at the base of the breast will be exerted nor chang produced because the foundation portions Il, I0 will conform to the bottom curvature of the breasts at a juncture with the body and will uplift or support them.

The upper arcuate and outwardly curving marginal portions of the sections Il, lll are each provided with the more or less conical pockets or bust cups Il, I4, made of light weight and preferably transparent fabric or material and the lower half, namely the portion shown provided with a number of substantially radially disposed darts ll, preferably reenforced by the addition of a more substantial fabric.

The body sections Il, Icare formed or cut so that the united inner ends between the breasts do not extend much above the transverse center line of the cups Il, I4, see Figures 1 and 2; the upper edges of these ends are preferably cut somewhat arcuately to provide a curving juncture between the breasts; the body sections l0, Il preferably being formed so as not to extend to the tops of the cups i4, I4. Ihe inner ends of the sections Ill, namely the web portion between the breasts, is shown with a dart at Il* in order to shape the intermediate part of the brassire to the body.

The cups M, Il, at their upper edges, are each formed to slope to a point substantially in alignment with the apex of the cup and have the shown at I2. The sections lli, ill are cut and seshoulder straps i5 secured thereto. The shoulder straps il are preferably of elastic material and are of isumcient length to extend across the shoulders of the wearerand downward at the back adjacent the sides, see Figures 3 and 4; and the lower ends of the shoulder straps i5, It are each sewed to the lower end of a band i6. The bands it are preferably of elastic material and united to the lower ends of the shoulder straps I! which, with the bands I6 preferably are buttoned or otherwisely secured to agirdle or to an elastic waist belt Il. When the belt is secured in place, ya downward pull on the shoulder straps II and a diagonally downward and rearward pull on the bands i6 will be exerted and the foundation and cup portions willgbe maintained in close contact with the body.

The bands IB. as more clearly shown in Figure 3, extend slopingly upward from the lower ends of the shoulder straps It, namely substantially in radial alignment with the apices or centers of the pockets or cups it, with the upper ends of the bands i8 secured to the foundation sections lil, it at a distance removed from the free or outer ends of said sections; for example, say two and a half inches removed from the ends i8 of the sections I0.

The bands i8 designed and arranged as shown and described maintain the foundation i8, i9 in snug relation with the lower sides of the breasts and provide extra support and uplift action to the WhatIclaimis:

1. A brassire comprising a pair of breast receiving cups tapering toward the top above the breasts; breast supporting portions secured to the lower edges and adjacent sides of the cups, the .breast supporting portions consisting of substantially semi-circular strips united intermediate the l cups with the outer ends terminating substantially at the transverse center lines of the cups. said strips being of uniform width to adapt them to iit beneath the breasts with their lower ledles conforming to the body of the wearer while the upper edges conform to the outward curvature of the breasts to afford upright support therefor; shoulder straps' secured to the upper apex portions of the cups adapted to extend across the bust-line while at the same time eliminating the undesirable effects produced by brassires as haretofore constructed wherein the ends of the brassier-.e were made to extend beneath the arms of the wearer or were provided with bands which extended more or less horizontally about the 'sides' and beneath the arms of the wearer and forced the flesh or muscles upwardly adjacent the arms,

cut evening gowns at present in vogue without i:

permitting undesirable exposure thereof.

The exemplication shown and described is believed to be the best embodiment of the inven tion, but modifications may be possible without,

however, departing from the spirit of my invenl tion as defined in the appended claims.

shoulders and downwardly adjacent the sides to the waist of the wearer; downwardly and rearwardly extending bands secured to said breast supporting portions at a distance removed from the free outer ends of said supporting portions with the lower ends of said bands connected with the lower ends of the shoulder straps; and waist encircling member to which the lower ends of the shoulder straps and said last mentioned bands are secured.

2. A brassire comprising a pair of conical shaped breast receiving cups `whose upper portions are formed with upwardly sloping edges which converge above `the breasts substantially adjacent the vertical median lines of the cups; a breast supporting member cut to provide two substantially serai-circular portions of uniform and comparatively narrow width united at their inner ends between the breasts in a flat web portion, the upper edges being cupped outwardly and secured to the lower edges of said cups and adapted to fit beneath the breasts to provide uplifting support therefor, while the lower edges conform to and effect snug relation with the body below the breasts, said breast supporting member terminating at the sides substantially in the plane of the transverse median line of the cups shoulder straps secured to the converged upper edge of each cup and extending downwardly adiacent the sides to the -wearers waist; downwardly4 and rearwardly disposed elastic bands secured to the lower edge of the breast supporting member at a distance removed from the outer ends thereof so as to exert a diagonally downward pull at each end of the brassire, said bands extending tothe lower ends of the respective shoulder straps; and a waist encircling 4baud to which the lower ends of the shoulder straps and the lower ends oi said elastic bands are connected at the rear of the wearers body.

YLONA BUJDOSSY.

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