Sports bra

1. A brassiere comprising:

two laterally spaced breast cups having upper and lower edges and inner and outer side edges, the upper edges of the cups including shoulder strap attachment rings for attaching shoulder straps at the upper edges of the breast cups;

a body strap attached to the lower edges of the breast cups and having a first section extending under the breast cups and an elongated second section that extends laterally outwardly from the first section on one side of the breast cups to a free end that extends around the body of a wearer, the second section of the body strap having hook and loop fastener material affixed to an elongated portion thereof, the body strap having a third section connected to the first section on an opposite side of the breast cups from the second section and extending laterally outwardly therefrom, the third section including a first piece of hardware in the form of a body strap attachment ring attached thereto, the second section of the body strap fitting around the wearer's body and through the body strap attachment ring to fasten the brassiere on the wearer's body, the hook and loop fastener material being affixed to the second section of the strap at spaced locations thereon, with the loop material being affixed to an elongated portion of the strap inward from the outer end and the hook material being attached toward the free end of the strap, such that when the strap is extended through the attachment ring and folded back against itself, the hook material is engaged with and thereby releasably fastened to the loop material at continuously variable positions on a length of loop material so as to adjustably fit the strap on a variety of wearers of different sizes; and

elongated left and right shoulder straps respectively attached at one end to the body strap at equal lateral distances outwardly from outer sides edges of the respective left and right breast cups, the shoulder straps being positioned such that when the brassiere is fitted on a wearer, each shoulder strap is positioned to extend from the wearer's back over one of the shoulders of the wearer and then through one of the shoulder strap attachment rings at the upper edges of the breast cups, the shoulder straps having hook and loop fastener material thereon at spaced locations therealong, with loop material extending for an elongated portion of the shoulder strap and hook material being located toward a second end of the shoulder strap, such that when the shoulder straps are extended through the shoulder strap attachment rings and folded back against themselves, the hook material is engaged with and thereby releasably fastened to the loop material at continuously variable positions on a length of loop material so as to thereby adjustably fit the shoulder straps on a variety of wearers of different sizes.

2. The brassiere of claim 1 wherein the shoulder strap attachment rings include O rings.

3. The brassiere of claim 1 wherein the body strap attachment ring comprises two flattened O rings fixedly attached to each other on their flat sides to provide first and second openings, the third section of the back strap extending through the first opening and being in fixed attachment to the O ring, the second section of the back strap extending through the second opening in the O ring and being adjustably and releasibly attached to the O ring by the hook and loop fastener material on the second section.

4. The brassiere of claim 1 wherein the shoulder straps comprise hook and loop material that does not stretch.

5. The brassiere of claim 1 wherein the first section of the back strap comprises stretchable material.

6. A brassiere as in claim 1 , wherein the brassiere is separable at a position adjacent the cups, the brassiere having opposed inner side edges at the position where the brassiere is separable, the inner side edges being releasably connected together by releasable fasteners, the brassiere being installable and removable from the front of the brassiere without releasing the hook and loop fastener material on the body strap by engaging and disengaging the releasable fastener that joins the opposed inner side edges.

7. A brassiere as in claim 6 wherein the releasable fasteners comprise a zipper positioned between the breast cups that fastens the brassiere in place on the wearer by zipping and then removing the brassier from the wearer by unzipping a front of the brassiere and without the necessity of unfastening and refastening the hook and loop fastener material on the body strap once the body strap length has been fittingly adjusted to thereby fit the person wearing the brassiere.