Patent Application
20230077693
This invention relates to brassieres. More particularly, it relates to a device to reduce or eliminate sweating while wearing a brassiere.
A bra, short for brassiere is a form-fitting undergarment designed to support or cover a woman's breasts, Bras are designed for a variety of purposes, including enhancing breast size, creating cleavage, or for other aesthetic or practical considerations. Swimsuits, camisoles, and backless dresses may have built-in breast support with supportive bra cups. Nursing bras are designed to facilitate breastfeeding. Some people have a medical and surgical need for brassieres, but most wear them for fashion or cultural reasons. There is no evidence that bras prevent breasts from sagging and one study even suggests the opposite (weakening of the breasts' supportive tissue), with the exception of wearing them during sports exercises.
Bras have gained importance beyond their mere functionality as a garment. Women's choices about what kind of bra to wear are consciously and unconsciously affected by social perceptions of the ideal female body shape, which changes over time. Bras have become a fashion item and cultural statement that are sometimes purposefully revealed by the wearer or even worn as outerwear and possess a physiological aspect.
Bras are complex garments made of many parts. Manufacturing standards assume idealized, standard breast shapes and sizes that don't match most bodies. Companies use vanity sizes, influencing the purchase of sizes that give the impression the wearer is slimmer or more buxom. In addition, international manufacturing standards and measurement methods vary widely. Due to these challenges, many people have a hard time finding a correctly fitting bra. When they do find one that appears to fit, their tendency is continuing wearing the same bra size despite weight gain or loss. All of these factors result in up to 85 percent of those women who wear bras choosing and wearing the wrong size. Due to the difficulty in finding a correctly fitting bra, a majority of women commonly experience discomfort while wearing a bra.
One of the most stressful aspects of wearing a brassiere is that one is prone to sweating. The sweat perpetrates through the brassiere and onto the clothing causing not only discomfort but also creating a potential look that draws comments and looks from others.
Accordingly, and in light of the foregoing, there is a need for a device that can be placed inside of a brassiere that reduces and/or eliminates sweating while wearing a brassiere. Furthermore, the device should be removable and sized to properly fit the brassiere being worn by a person.
The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.
“Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,” “by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,” “in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,” “of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,” “preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,” “substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,” “to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.
Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.
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The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 preferably is reusable however it is hereby contemplated that the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is single use. The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 are preferably machine washable. The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made in a variety of widths to fit a cup size of a brassiere, the widths include, but not limited to, for an A-cup brassiere, a B-cup brassiere, a C-cup brassiere, a D-cup brassiere, etc. The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made in like-sized pairs, however any other quantity and sizes are hereby contemplated. The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably an elongated banana shape, however other shapes are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, oval, round, hexagonal, etc.
The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 has a body 110. The body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 has a first outer side 200, a second outer side 300 and an inside 400.
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The inside 400 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassier insert 100 has a first material 410 and a second material 420. The first material 410 is preferably covering of the whole inside 400 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100. The second material 420 is preferably contained in a middle portion of the first material 410 of the inside 400 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100.
The first material 410 of the inside 400 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably a quilt bating material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, cotton, polyester, bamboo, etc. The quilt batting material is preferably made of cotton, however, other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, polyester, bamboo, cotton-polyester blend, etc.
The second material 420 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of a light-weight foam material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, polyester, polyethylene, etc.
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The first outer side 200 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of a moisture wicking material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, cotton, wool, bamboo, etc. The moisture wicking material of the first outer side 200 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of a cotton material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, nylon, polyester, bamboo, etc. The polyester and/or nylon material is preferably treated with a solution to prevent water absorption.
The second outer side 300 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of a moisture wicking material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, cotton, wool, bamboo, etc. The moisture wicking material of the second outer side 300 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of a polyester material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, nylon, bamboo, etc.
The second outer side 300 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably made of the same material as the first outer side 200 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100, however it is hereby contemplated that the second outer side 300 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is made of the different material as the first outer side 200 of the body 110 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100.
The first outer side 200 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably coupled to the second outer side 300 of the no-sweat brassiere insert 100 by a first coupling device 201. The first coupling device 201 is preferably a thread material which is sewn near and an edge 202 the first outer side 200 and near an edge 301 of the second outer side 300.
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The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 is preferably available in different sizes or widths. The no-sweat brassiere insert 100 may be made in one or more sizes to fit: an A-cup brassiere 101, a B-cup brassiere 102, a C-cup brassiere 103 and a D-cup brassiere 104, however other sizes not shown herein are further contemplated.
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The brassiere, has a plurality of straps 501, a first cup 502 and a second cup 503. The first cup 502 has an inner portion 504 and an outer portion 505. The second cup 503 has an inner portion 506 and an outer portion 507.
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The straps 501 of the brassiere 500 are removably coupled to the person 600 preferably over each of a shoulder 601, 602 of the person 600.
The no-sweat brassiere inserts 100, 100′ are removable and washable. The no-sweat brassiere inserts 100, 100 are further interchangeable with other like-sized brassieres (not shown).
In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.
The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
