US 12,063,986 B2
Braided bra with integrated lacings
Tina M. Casillas, Portland, OR (US); and Adam R. Farmer, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,485.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,018, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354189 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0021 (2013.01) [A41C 5/00 (2013.01); A41C 3/0057 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bra comprising: a braided textile component forming a first breast-covering portion and a second breast-covering portion, the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion each braided together with base strands of a first material having a first property; and
a first lateral lacing at least partially interwoven with one or more of the base strands of the first breast-covering portion at least along a lateral region of the first breast-covering portion, and the second lateral lacing at least partially interwoven with one or more base strands of the second breast-covering portion along a lateral region of the second breast-covering portion, wherein the first lateral lacing and the second lateral lacing each including one or more strands of a second material having a second property that is different from the first property of the first material,
wherein the first lateral lacing extends from a lower perimeter of the first breast-covering portion, along the lateral region of the first breast-covering portion, and to an upper region of the first breast-covering portion, and
wherein the second lateral lacing extends from a lower perimeter of the second breast-covering portion, along the lateral region of the second breast-covering portion, and to an upper region of the second breast-covering portion.