01-04-2021 дата публикации
Номер: US20210093022A1
A garment, e.g. a bra, for sport related activities made of a single layer knitted seamless fabric. The garment is a circular knitted tube, with defined front and back sides. The garment has molded cup portions formed in the garment front to fit over a wearer's breast. The cup portions formed by molding application that shapes the cup portion to accommodate a wearers' breast. Reinforcing tapes bond to the inner surface of the garment front to support the breast at one or more portions. The reinforcing tapes bonded to one or more of an upper part of the cup portion, above the cup portion, below the cup portion, lateral to the cup portion or any combination thereof. The reinforcing tapes have lower elasticity than fabric they are bonded to. The reinforcing tapes are typically bonded by an adhesive to the fabric, i.e. the reinforcing tapes being single-sided adhesive films. 1. A garment comprising:a garment front and a garment back, two breast cup portions defined in the garment front, and a bottom support portion positioned below the breast cup portion for tight fitting over a wearer's chest or belly; whereinthe garment being formed of a single layer, knitted seamless first fabric having an outer and an inner surface, and whereinattached to the inner fabric surface above the cup portion and/or at an upper part thereof is at least one reinforcing tape made of a second fabric, different than the first fabric, that has a lower elasticity than the fabric portion to which it is attached.2. The garment of claim 1 , comprising shoulder straps extending at a top end of the garment between the garment front and the garment back for fitting over shoulders of a wearer being integral with the first fabric claim 1 , or being made of a shoulder-strap fabric being the same or of a different than the first fabric and bonded to the first fabric.3. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing tapes reduce the elasticity of the portions of the garment to which they are attached to.4 ...
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