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Method of fabricating two layer cups and brassiere

US4481951A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1983
Grant dateNov 13, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49893
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cup is molded from two layers of stretchable materials by molding first the crown portion, inverting the materials and then molding the remainder of the cup. The resulting cup has a non-stretchable crown portion, a substantially non-stretchable longitudinal cup portion and a unitary multidirectional stretchable periphery portion. A pair of these cups are used to form a unique brassiere wherein the base layer forms a unitary cup, support frame and torso-encompassing portion.

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