US 11,937,651 B1
Reduced-coverage back-smoothing brassiere
Elizabeth Munoz-Guzman, Arcadia, CA (US); and Vince Lacambra, Eastvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Torrid LLC, City of Industry, CA (US)
Filed by Torrid LLC, City of Industry, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,120.
Application 18/139,120 is a continuation of application No. 16/538,749, filed on Aug. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,632,990.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,667, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41C 3/12 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/12 (2013.01) [A41C 5/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reduced-coverage back-smoothing brassiere for a fuller-bodied woman having a bra size of 34C or larger, the reduced-coverage back-smoothing brassiere comprising:
a right brassiere cup and a left brassiere cup;
a left brassiere wing and a right brassiere wing, the left brassiere wing including a left cup attachment portion, a left fastener attachment portion, a left top wing edge, a left underarm edge, and a left bottom edge, the right brassiere wing including a right cup attachment portion, a right fastener attachment portion, a right top wing edge, a right underarm edge, and a right bottom edge, the left cup attachment portion being coupled to at least a portion of the left brassiere cup, the right cup attachment portion being coupled to at least a portion of the right brassiere cup, the left fastener attachment portion being coupled to the left cup attachment portion and to a left fastener section, the right fastener attachment portion being coupled to the right cup attachment portion and to a right fastener section, each of the left top wing edge, the left underarm edge, the right top wing edge and the right underarm edge comprising an elastic edging; and
a right brassiere strap and a left brassiere strap, the right brassiere strap including a right strap front portion opposite a right strap back portion as well as a right strap interior edge opposite a right strap exterior edge, the left brassiere strap including a left strap front portion opposite a left strap back portion as well as a left strap interior edge opposite a left strap exterior edge, the right strap back portion being coupled to the right brassiere wing between the right cup attachment portion and the right fastener attachment portion, the left strap back portion being coupled to the left brassiere wing between the left cup attachment portion and the left fastener attachment portion, the right strap front portion being coupled to the right brassiere cup, the left strap front portion being coupled to the left brassiere cup, the left top wing edge, the right top wing edge, the left strap interior edge of the left strap back portion, and the right strap interior edge of the right strap back portion forming a continuously catenary curve when worn, the continuously catenary curve including no vertical section, each of the left underarm edge and the right underarm edge forming a continuous curve when worn, each of the left brassiere wing and the right brassiere wing including at least two layers of fabric, at least one of the layers including a power mesh fabric, a left first area of the power mesh fabric of the left brassiere wing closer to the left top wing edge having a lower modulus of elasticity than a left second area of the power mesh fabric of the left brassiere wing closer to the left bottom edge, a right first area of the power mesh fabric of the right brassiere wing closer to the right top wing edge having a lower modulus of elasticity than a right second area of the power mesh fabric of the right brassiere wing closer to the right bottom edge.