US 12,402,679 B2
Systems and methods for a bra for use with limited dexterity
Nicole Sofia Cuervo, Key Biscayne, FL (US)
Assigned to SpringRose, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by SpringRose, Inc., Key Biscayne, FL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,918.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/347,859, filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389624 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A41F 1/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/02 (2006.01); A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC A41F 1/006 (2013.01) [A41C 3/02 (2013.01); A41F 1/002 (2013.01); A44B 11/25 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An undergarment configured to facilitate operation by a wearer with limited dexterity, the undergarment comprising:
a front portion having a first panel and a second panel, the first panel being configured to at least partially surround a first breast and arranged on a first side of a vertical axis, the second panel being configured to at least partially surround a second breast and arranged on a second side of the vertical axis;
a rear portion;
a first lateral side portion connecting the first panel of the front portion and the rear portion;
a second lateral side portion connecting the second panel of the front portion and the rear portion;
a band configured to extend circumferentially around a rib cage of the wearer, the band disposed along a bottom of each of the first and second panels at the front portion; and
a closure system configured to connect the band to form a closed loop in a closed configuration, the closure system including:
a first clasp member provided in line with the band along the bottom of the first panel and defining a first lock body;
a second clasp member provided in line with the band along the bottom of the second panel and defining a second lock body that corresponds to the first lock body;
a first finger engaging member arranged laterally outward from or on top of the first clasp member and having an opening dimensioned to receive a first finger; and
a second finger engaging member arranged laterally outward from or on top of the second clasp member and having an opening dimensioned to receive a second finger,
wherein, in the closed configuration, the first finger engaging member overlaps with the first clasp member and the second clasp member along a horizontal axis that extends between a left side of the front portion and a right side of the front portion.