Floating cup breast support garment
View Patent ↗A women's breast support garment, e.g., bra, configured to promote wearer comfort by allowing a breast cup to move multi-directionally, or float, relative to a torso member. The bra construction is characterized by a limp intermediate strip at the junction between the lower edge of each breast cup and the upper edge of a torso member.
1. A floating cup bra construction comprising:
a torso band configured for retention immediately adjacent to a wearer's torso, said torso band having an upper edge;
a left cup configured to accommodate a wearer's left breast, said left cup having an upper edge and a lower edge;
said left cup being connected to said torso band solely by a left strip of limp material joining said left cup lower edge to said torso band upper edge;
said left strip of limp material being less stiff in three mutually perpendicular directions than said left cup lower edge and said torso band upper edge to permit relative movement between said left cup and said torso band in each of said three directions;
a right cup configured to accommodate a wearer's right breast, said right cup having an upper edge and a lower edge;
said right cup being connected to said torso band solely by a right strip of limp material joining said right cup lower edge to said torso band upper edge;
said right strip of limp material being less stiff in three mutually perpendicular directions than said right cup lower edge and said torso band upper edge to permit relative movement between said right cup and said torso band in each of said three directions; and
wherein said left cup and right cup upper edges are structurally isolated from said torso band.
2. The bra construction of claim 1 wherein each of said limp strips comprises an open weave limp fabric.
3. The bra construction of claim 1 wherein each of said limp strips comprises multiple spaced threads.
4. The bra construction of claim 1 wherein each of said limp strips comprises sheet material punctured by a plurality of openings.
5. The bra construction of claim 1 wherein each of said limp strips has a width of between 1/16 inch and one inch.