US 11,992,429 B2
Rigidifying brace
Roger K. Khouri, Key Biscayne, FL (US); Khalil R. Khouri, Key Biscayne, FL (US); and Thomas Morgan Biggs, Jr., Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to LIPOCOSM, LLC, Key Biscayne, FL (US)
Filed by Lipocosm, LLC, Key Biscayne, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,664.
Application 17/989,664 is a continuation of application No. 17/268,302, granted, now 11,504,260, previously published as PCT/US2019/054890, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,516, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084629 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/03 (2006.01); A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/03 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0064 (2013.01); A61F 13/145 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brassiere comprising:
two cups, each configured to support a breast and each comprising:
an inner layer;
an outer layer;
a middle layer enclosed by the inner layer and the outer layer and comprising a plurality of components configured to interlock upon application of a vacuum; and
a port configured for applying the vacuum to the middle layer;
wherein the middle layer is configured to substantially conform to an external surface of the breasts after interlocking, and
wherein the middle layer is configured to maintain the breasts in the expanded state after interlocking.