US 11,730,209 B2
Bra adapted for athletic use
Ragheb Blibech, Paris (FR)
Assigned to CHAMPION EUROPE S.R.L., Carpi (IT)
Filed by CHAMPION EUROPE S.R.L., Carpi (IT)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/82,144.
Application 17/082,144 is a division of application No. 15/551,265, granted, now 10,820,635, previously published as PCT/IB2016/051042, filed on Feb. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1551627 (FR), filed on Feb. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106076 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0057 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0021 (2013.01); A41C 3/12 (2013.01); A41C 5/005 (2013.01); A41B 2500/54 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a bra, the method comprising:
assembling a first support strap and a second support strap of a support structure of a bra on a base structure of the bra, the bra comprising a first cup and a second cup belonging to a front portion of the bra, each of the first cup and the second cup bounded laterally by an outer edge and by an inner edge, wherein each cup includes the support structure and the base structure, the support structure of each cup comprising the first support strap having an overall cradle shape which is elastically deformable and which extends at least from the outer edge of the first cup to the outer edge of the second cup to support a breast of a wearer, the first support strap comprising a first series of elongated elements which are elastically deformable and which extend in an overall parallel manner to each other, the support structure of each cup comprising the second support strap having an overall cradle shape which is elastically deformable and which extends at least from the outer edge to the inner edge of the respective cup to support the breast, and the second support strap comprising a second series of elongated elements which are elastically deformable and which extend in an overall parallel manner to each other, the first support strap and the second support strap of each cup being arranged so as to cross and form a support meshing zone at each cup; and
molding the base structure and the support structure to form the front portion of the bra.