Claims
- 1. An anti-slipping brassiere-shoulder-strap support comprising:
- a pliant bridge plate having a first end, a second end and an elongate curvature which conforms to a portion of a woman's shoulder between a position proximate a clavicle bone and a top-rear portion of the woman's shoulder, the bridge plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a bonding side,
- a bridge plate width greater than a width of a brassiere shoulder strap that is placeable on the bridge plate,
- a cushion pad on the lower surface of the bridge plate to be placeable on the woman's shoulder in cushioning relationship between the bridge plate and the woman's shoulder,
- a mounting means to affix the cushion pad to the lower surface of the bridge plate,
- a groove proximate the elongate axis between the first end and the second end of the bridge plate and on the upper surface of the bridge plate, the groove having a securing surface, and
- a pliant flap having a top surface and a bonding surface, the bonding surface of the flap mounted to the upper surface of the bridge plate on the bonding side, whereby the flap exerts pressure upon the strap and engages the strap with the securing surface of the groove to secure the bridge plate from movement along the strap and to provide a smooth top surface.
- 2. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- the pliancy of the bridge plate being sufficient to distribute weight selectively over a portion of the woman's shoulder to which the elongate curvature of the bridge plate conforms and to prevent bending of the bridge plate by a bending moment applied by movement of the shoulder by the woman,
- thickness and compressive resistance of the cushion pad being of sufficient resistance to collapse of the cushion pad to prevent the cushion pad from collapsing from weight supported by the brassiere strap, and
- the cushion pad being constructed of resilient material which is cleanable without loss of resiliency, shape and structural integrity.
- 3. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the bridge plate having a peripheral edge, the peripheral edge being rounded.
- 4. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, further comprising vent orifices in the bridge plate, the cushion pad and the flap.
- 5. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises the cushion pad having an attachment side, the attachment side being fused to the lower surface of the bridge plate.
- 6. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises the cushion pad having an attachment side, the attachment side having an adhesive placed thereon, the cushion pad being adhesively attached to the lower surface of the cushion receptacle.
- 7. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises a cushion receptacle having multiple receptacle walls and a bottom surface, said walls further extending from the lower surface of the bridge plate to and intersecting with the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle,
- one receptacle wall of the cushion receptacle is recessed at an end of the cushion receptacle that is proximate the first end of the bridge plate and another receptacle wall of the cushion receptacle is recessed at an end of the cushion receptacle that is proximate the second end of the bridge plate,
- the cushion pad removably placeable in the cushion receptacle,
- a receptacle side of the cushion pad is placeable on a bottom surface of the cushion receptacle, edges of the cushion pad are positioned in contact with the receptacle walls of the cushion receptacle and a cushion side of the cushion pad is extended from the cushion receptacle past the lower surface of the bridge plate, and
- the cushion pad sized and shaped to be positioned in contact with the recessed walls of the cushion receptacle in dovetail-interlocking relationship to hold the cushion pad in the cushion receptacle.
- 8. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion pad has beveled edges on opposite ends thereof, the beveled edges are placed in a dovetail-interlocking relationship with recessed opposite ends of the cushion receptacle proximate the first and second ends of the bridge plate.
- 9. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion pad has an attachment side, the attachment side having an adhesive placed thereon, the cushion pad being adhesively attached to the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle.
- 10. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion pad is extended laterally and perpendicularly from the cushion receptacle such that the cushion pad is placed in juxtaposition with the receptacle walls.
- 11. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion pad is extended laterally and perpendicularly from the cushion receptacle such that the cushion pad covers the receptacle walls and covers the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle.
- 12. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises a cushion receptacle having at least first and second receptacle walls and a bottom surface, the first and a second said receptacle walls are recessed, said receptacle walls extending from the lower surface of the bridge plate to the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle,
- a cushion pad removably placeable in the cushion receptacle,
- the first and second receptacle walls being located proximate to respective first and second ends of the bridge plate,
- a receptacle side of the cushion pad placeable on the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle,
- edges of the cushion pad positioned in contact with the receptacle walls of the cushion receptacle,
- a cushion side of the cushion pad extended from the cushion receptacle past the lower surface of the bridge plate, and
- beveled edges on opposite ends of the cushion pad that are sized and shaped to be positioned in contact with the recessed walls of the cushion receptacle in interlocking relationship to hold the cushion pad in the cushion receptacle.
- 13. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 12, wherein the cushion pad is extended laterally and perpendicularly from the cushion receptacle such that the cushion pad covers the receptacle walls of the cushion receptacle.
- 14. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises the bridge plate further having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being co-extensive to the elongate curvature,
- the bottom surface having a cushion receptacle, the cushion receptacle having a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls, the end walls and the side walls extending from the lower surface of the bridge plate to and intersecting with the bottom surface of the bridge plate,
- the cushion pad removably placeable in the cushion receptacle, the cushion pad comprising a stiff top surface and a resilient bottom surface, and
- the cushion receptacle having means to retain the cushion pad therein, the cushion receptacle means comprising end wall gripping recesses and side wall gripping surfaces to grip the cushion pad to maintain the cushion pad within the receptacle in juxtaposition with the bottom surface of the bridge plate, the stiff top surface of the cushion pad adapted to be engaged with the recesses of the end walls and with the gripping surfaces of the side walls.
- 15. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 14, wherein the end walls of the cushion receptacle are recessed.
- 16. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 14, wherein the side walls of the cushion receptacle each have at least one gripping tab extending therefrom.
- 17. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 14, wherein the gripping tabs of the side walls project outwardly from the side walls to receive the stiff top surface of the cushion pad between the gripping tabs and the bottom surface of the bridge plate.
- 18. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing surface is smooth.
- 19. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing surface is textured.
- 20. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the securing surface has a plurality of protrusions extending from the securing surface, and each protrusion has a gripping surface to removably engage the strap.
- 21. A brassiere-shoulder-strap support as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a pair of spaced apart T-shaped strap bays, each T-shaped strap bay having a strap-entrance section substantially parallel to an elongate axis of the bridge plate and a strap-container section substantially perpendicular to the strap-entrance section of the T-shaped bay, one T-shaped strap bay being proximate the first end, and the other T-shaped strap bay being proximate the second end.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 08/569,675 filed on Dec. 8, 1995.
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