US 11,918,058 B2
Single-piece pad insert for bras
Vanessa L. Lucas Gaus, Aloha, OR (US); and Nicole Rendone, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,319.
Application 17/840,319 is a division of application No. 16/554,791, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,406,141.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/731,194, filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304396 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A41C 3/14 (2006.01); A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/144 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0035 (2013.01); A41C 3/10 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bra system comprising:
a bra having a front portion comprising:
a first textile layer,
a second textile layer positioned adjacent to the first textile layer to define a pocket space between the first textile layer and the second textile layer, and
a pocket opening in communication with the pocket space; and
a single-piece pad insert having a first breast-covering portion, a second breast-covering portion, and a central portion extending between and separating the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion, the single-piece pad insert comprising:
a first layer of material,
a second layer of material that is interconnected with the first layer of material by a plurality of tie yarns, the single-piece pad insert configured to be positioned in the pocket space of the front portion of the bra by insertion through the pocket opening;
wherein the single-piece pad insert comprises a first material extension extending from the first breast-covering portion and terminating in a linear right side margin, and a second material extension extending from the second breast-covering portion and terminating in a linear left side margin, each of the first material extension and the second material extension configured to partially curve around sides of a wearer when the bra is in an as-worn configuration;
and wherein a length of the plurality of tie yarns is from about 0.1 mm to about 1 mm at the central portion, the first material extension, and the second material extension.