US 12,342,876 B1
Polymeric breast support structure
Kristen Anderson, Cheshire, CT (US); Divya Chaurasia, Brooklyn, NY (US); Monika Harris, Brooklyn, NY (US); Bridget Mollner, Minneapolis, MN (US); Delilah Roberts, Madison, WI (US); Isis Shiffer, Brooklyn, NY (US); Jasmine Stroud, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Riley Walker, Amelia, OH (US)
Filed by Kristen Anderson, Cheshire, CT (US); Divya Chaurasia, Brooklyn, NY (US); Monika Harris, Brooklyn, NY (US); Bridget Mollner, Minneapolis, MN (US); Delilah Roberts, Madison, WI (US); Isis Shiffer, Brooklyn, NY (US); Jasmine Stroud, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Riley Walker, Amelia, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,184.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/383,783, filed on Nov. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. A41C 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/128 (2013.01) [A41C 3/124 (2013.01); A41C 3/126 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymeric breast support structure of a breast support garment comprising:
a right breast support, wherein the right breast support comprises a curved contoured member that is configured to accommodate a shape of a breast of a user, wherein the curved contoured member comprises a cross-section, wherein the cross-section is between 5 and 15 millimeters long and between 2.5 and 7.5 millimeters wide and comprises no sharp corners, wherein the curved contoured member comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the curved contoured member comprises a sternum end and an axillary end;
wherein the curved contoured member is shaped to fit under a typical inframammary fold and to fit around a typical ribcage;
wherein the sternum end of the curved contoured member is configured to be located near a user's sternum when the breast support structure and the breast support garment is worn;
wherein the axillary end of the curved contoured member is configured to be located under a user's axilla when the breast support structure is worn;
wherein the inner surface of the curved contoured member is configured to follow the contour of a human ribcage when the breast support structure and the breast support garment is worn;
a left breast support, wherein the left breast support comprises a left curved contoured member, wherein the left curved contoured member comprises an axis and a cross-section perpendicular to the axis, wherein the cross-section is between 5 and 15 millimeters long and between 2.5 and 7.5 millimeters wide and comprises no sharp corners, wherein the left curved contoured member comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the left curved contoured member comprises a sternum end and an axillary end;
wherein the axis of the left curved contoured member is shaped to fit under a typical inframammary fold and to fit around a typical ribcage;
wherein the sternum end of the left curved contoured member is configured to be located near a user's sternum when the breast support structure and the breast support garment is worn;
wherein the axillary end of the left curved contoured member is configured to be located under a user's axilla when the breast support structure and the breast support garment is worn;
wherein the inner surface of the left curved contoured member is configured to follow the contour of a human ribcage when the breast support structure and the breast support garment is worn;
wherein the right breast support and the left breast support are made of a soft material whose Shore hardness ranges from approximately A20 to A95, which is heat resistant to at least 140 degrees Celsius, and which has a modulus of elasticity below 1000 MPa.