REVERSIBLY WEARABLE WINGED BRA

Abstract

The present invention provides a winged bra that can be worn reversibly. The winged bra includes a pair of cups attached together from one end. An adhesive wing is fixed at the other end of each cup wherein adhesive is applied to both sides of the wing. The winged bra is strapless and reversibly wearable by the user by peeling off a protective layer from either side of the adhesive wing to be attached to the torso of the user, and attaching the bra to the torso.

Claims

1. A backless and strapless winged bra, the backless and strapless winged bra comprising: a) a pair of cups with proximal and distal ends; b) a pair of wings with a front side and a back side, wherein a first wing is attached to the distal end of a first cup and a second wing is attached to the distal end of the second cup; c) an adhesive layer disposed on the front side and the back side of each wing; and d) a protective layer placed on the adhesive layer of each wing, wherein the protective layer is detachable from the adhesive layer.

2. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the winged bra is reversibly wearable.

3. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the pair of cups comprise an outer surface material comprising a first fabric layer and an inner surface material comprising a second fabric layer.

4. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 3, wherein the color of the first fabric layer is different from color of the second fabric layer.

5. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the pair of cups further includes no underwire affixed below the pair of cups and between the wings.

6. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the pair of cups further includes a at least one underwire affixed below the pair of cups and between the wings.

7. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer of the pair of wings is a silicone based adhesive layer.

8. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the material of the protective layer is same as of the material of the outer and inner surfaces of said pair of cups.

9. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 4, wherein the material of the protective layers corresponds in color to the colors of said first and second fabric layers, respectively.

10. The backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the protective layers is similar to the shape of the pair of wings.

11. A backless and strapless winged bra, the backless and strapless winged bra comprising: a) a pair of cups having a front and back side, with proximal and distal ends; b) a pair of wings with a front side and a back side, wherein a first wing is attached to said distal end of a first cup and a second wing is attached to said distal end of the second cup; c) an adhesive layer disposed on the first side and the second side of each wing; and d) a protective layer placed on the adhesive layer, wherein the protective layer is detachable from the adhesive layer, and further wherein the protective layer has coloring that matches the coloring of the said front and back sides of said pair of cups.

12. A backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 11, wherein at least one underwire is affixed below the pair of cups.

13. A backless and strapless winged bra according to claim 11, wherein the said bra is reversibly wearable.

14. A method for wearing a reversible winged bra having a pair of cups with distal ends, and comprising a wing member located at each distal end, said wing member having two sides with adhesive disposed thereon each side, and said adhesive protected by a protective layer, the method comprising: positioning each of the pair of cups on breasts of a user; peeling off a protective layer on an inner surface of said wing member to be attached to the torso of a user; exposing said adhesive member by peeling off the said protective layer; securing the reversible winged bra to the torso of the user through the adhesive member; and, retaining said protective layer on the opposed side of the wing member not adhered to the torso of the user.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The objects and features of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are, therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:

[0019] FIG. 1(A) illustrates a front perspective view of a reversible wearable winged bra;

[0020] FIG. 1(B) illustrates a back perspective view of the reversible wearable winged bra;

[0021] FIG. 2(A) illustrates a front view of the reversible wearable winged bra;

[0022] FIG. 2(B) illustrates a back view of the reversible wearable winged bra;

[0023] FIG. 3(A) illustrates a front view of the reversible wearable winged bra with an underwire and an adhesive member disposed on front side of the pair of wings; and

[0024] FIG. 3(B) illustrates a back view of the reversible wearable winged bra with the underwire and an adhesive member disposed on back side of the pair of wings.

[0025] FIG. 4 illustrates a flow chart showing a method of wearing the reversible wearable winged bra.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] The invention relates to an improved winged bra that can be worn reversibly. The reversibly wearable winged bra includes a pair of cups and a wing member attached to the distal sides of each cup. Specifically, the winged bra of the present invention includes an adhesive disposed on each side of the wings. The adhesive disposed on the wings provides an additional support to the breasts of a user.

[0027] FIG. 1(A) illustrates a front perspective view of an improved winged bra (100) that can be reversibly worn. The winged bra (100) includes a pair of cups (102) where one cup (102a) consists of two ends having a proximal end (104a) and a distal end (106a). Similarly the other cup (102b) includes two ends comprising a proximal end (104b) and a distal end (106b). The pair of cups (102a, 102b) is connected to each other where the proximal end (104a) of one cup (102a) is connected with the proximal end (104b) of the other cup (102b).

[0028] The pair of cups (102a, 102b) further includes an outer surface, wherein the wearer may wear the winged bra (100) with the outer surface showing. The outer surface of pair of cups (102a, 102b) is made of a first fabric layer. The material of the first fabric layer is either of cotton, silk, synthetic, lace, lycra, satin or the like. The color of the first fabric layer is black, grey, white, pink, violet, green, brown, beige, fawn, blue, purple or any other color, or pattern or design.

[0029] The winged bra (100) further includes a pair of wings (108) where one wing (108a) is connected to the distal end (106a) of the cup (102a). Similarly, the other wing (108b) is connected to the distal end (106b) of the cup (102b). In a preferred embodiment, the attachment of the wings (108) to the cups (102a, 102b) can be achieved by techniques like heat pressing, sewing, sticking with a means of adherent or the like.

[0030] The pair of wings (108a, 108b) includes two sides, a front side and a back side. An adhesive layer (110a, 110b) is disposed on the front side of each of the pair of wings (108a, 108b). The adhesive layer (110a, 110b) is reusable and typically a silicone based adhesive, preferably a medical grade, so no harm can be caused to the skin of the wearer. The adhesive (110a, 110b) may be either in the form of coating, strips or the like. The adhesive layers (110a, 110b) also include protective layers (112a, 112b) disposed on the front side of the wings (108a, 108b).

[0031] In one embodiment of the present invention, the material of the protective layers (112a, 112b) attached on the adhesive member (110a, 110b) disposed on the front side of the wings (108a, 108b) is the same as or similar to that of material of fabric attached on the outer surface of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) of the winged bra (100). In another embodiment of the present invention, the color or pattern of the protective layers (112a, 112b) attached on the adhesive members (110a, 110b) disposed on the front side of the wings (108a, 108b) is the same as or similar to that of the color or pattern of the material of fabric attached on the outer surface of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) of the winged bra (100). For example, when the material of the fabric attached on the outer surface of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) is cotton and has a beige color, the material and color of the protective layer (112a, 112b) is a beige cotton. As another example, when the outer surface of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) is made of fabric material that is a beige colored cotton, the protective layer (112a, 112b) is also beige, whether or not it is made of cotton. These examples illustrate the maintenance of uniformity of color of the outward appearance of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) and protective layers (112a, 112b) of the winged bra (100) when the bra is in use, or stored. The shape of the protective layers (112a, 112b) is the same as or similar to that of the shape of the pair of wings (108a, 108b) of the winged bra (100).

[0032] As hereinabove described, and more specifically, the pair of wings (108a, 108b) includes two front sides. Where one wing (108a) includes a first front side (114a) and the other wing (108b) includes a second front side (114b) onto which adhesive members or layers (110a, 110b) are disposed, respectively. Both the wings (108a, 108b) are substantially identical. Furthermore, and as discussed in more detail below and shown in FIG. 1(B), the pair of wings comprise second rear or back sides (108c, 108d). In the drawing of FIG. 1(A), the wings (108) are attached to the user's torso on the second rear sides (108c, 108d), and thus, in this embodiment, the protective layers (shown in FIG. 1(B) as 112c, 112d) are removed to expose the adhesive layers for adhering to the wearer. The protective layers (112a, 112b) on the first front sides (114a, 114b) remain on the adhesive members (110a, 110b) to provide for color and/or fabric coordination with the outer surface of the pair of cups (102a, 102b).

[0033] FIG. 1(B) illustrates a back perspective view of an improved winged bra (100) that can be reversibly worn. The winged bra (100) includes a pair of cups (102) where one cup (102c) consists of two ends—a proximal end (104c) and a distal end (106c). Similarly the other cup (102d) includes two ends, specifically, a proximal end (104d) and a distal end (106d). The pair of cups (102c, 102d) is connected to each other where the proximal end (104c) of one cup 102c is connected with the proximal end (104d) of the other cup (102d).

[0034] The pair of cups (102c, 102d) further includes an inner surface, wherein the wearer may wear the winged bra (100) with the outer surface showing as seen in FIG. 1(A). The inner surface of pair of cups (102c, 102d) is made of second fabric layer. The material of the second fabric layer is either of cotton, silk, lace, synthetic, lycra, satin or like. The color of the second fabric layer is black, grey, white, pink, violet, green, brown, beige, fawn, blue, purple, or any other color, pattern or design. Preferably, the color of the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer is different.

[0035] The winged bra (100) further includes a pair of wings (108) where one wing (108c) is connected to the distal end (106c) of the cup (102c). Similarly, the other wing (108d) is connected to the distal end (106d) of the cup (102d). Moreover, the pair of wings (108c, 108d) includes two sides, a front side and a back side.

[0036] Furthermore, both front side and back side of the pair of wings (108) are capable of being adhered to the user's skin. An adhesive layer (110c, 110d) is disposed on the back side of each of the pair of wings (108c, 108d). The adhesive layer (110c, 110d) is reusable and typically medical grade silicone adhesive, so no harm can be caused to the skin of the wearer. The adhesive (110c, 110d) may be either in the form of a coating, strips or like. The adhesive members (110c, 110d) also include protective layers (112c, 112d) disposed on the back side of the wings (108c, 108d). This pair of protective layers (112c, 112d) can be peeled off when the winged bra 100 is in use and can again be pasted back on when not in use. The pair of protective layers (112c, 112d) aids to keep the bra adhesive lint free when stored. Moreover, the material and/or color of the protective layer (112c, 112d) attached to the adhesive member (110c, 110d) disposed on the back side of the wings (108c, 108d) is the same as that of material and/or color of the fabric used on the inner surface of the pair of cups (102c, 102d).

[0037] It should be appreciated, and understood, that while it has been described herein that FIG. 1(A) represents as an example the outer surface in a first color, and FIG. 1(B) represents as an example the inner surface of the bra (100) in a second color, because the bra (100) is reversible, the inner and outer surfaces can be reversed. Accordingly, when the bra (100) is worn in reverse, the outer surface would be the second color, and the inner surface would be the first color. The protective layers (112a, 112b) and (112c, 112d), would be peeled away exposing adhesive members according to which surface the wearer of the bra (100) chooses as the outer surface. Always, though, it is intended that the protective layers for the inner surface would be removed prior to adhering the bra (100) onto the user, and the protective layers on the outer surface would remain intact on the wings (108) in order to color coordinate them with the fabric and/or color of the exposed bra cups (102a, 102b) or (102c, 102d), respectively.

[0038] FIG. 2(A) illustrates a front view of an improved winged bra (100). The front view of the winged bra (100) includes a pair of cups (102) where one cup (102a) consists of two ends—a proximal end (104a) and a distal end (106a). Similarly, the other cup (102b) includes two ends—a proximal end (104b) and a distal end (106b). The pair of cups (102a, 102b) is connected to each other where the proximal end (104a) of one cup (102a) is connected with the proximal end (104b) of the other cup (102b).

[0039] In one embodiment, the proximal ends (104a, 104b) of cups (102a, 102b) are connected with an strip of fabric (118). In another other embodiment, the proximal ends (104a, 104b) of cups (102a, 102b) can be connected with a hook type connection (not shown) with a hook present on one cup (102a) and a receiving end present on the other cup (102b). The cups (102a, 102b) aforementioned can be padded or a non-padded. In this FIG. 2(A), the embodiment shows a connection of the proximal ends (104a, 104b) of the cups (102a, 102b) by means of a fabric strip (118) and with no underwire. In FIG. 2(B), the reverse side of the bra (100) is shown relative to the side shown in FIG. 2(A).

[0040] In FIG. 3(A), in still yet another embodiment, the bra (100) shown is the same as that shown in FIG. 2(A), except with a single underwire (120). The underwire (120) is secured within the periphery of the pair of cups (102a, 102b) and enhances breast support. Additionally, the underwire (120) lies between the pair of cups (102a, 102b) and the pair of wings (108a, 108b). The underwire (120) can be made of any conventional material including a metal wire preferably copper, steel, aluminum or other alloy; or a suitable plastic. In one embodiment of the present invention, the underwire (120) is stitched in place within the fabric of the reversibly wearable winged bra (100). FIG. 3(B) represents the bra (100) in the reverse format of that shown in FIG. 3(A). While one single underwire (120) is shown in this embodiment, separate underwires formed under each cup (102) is optional.

[0041] As with the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 1(A, B), the reversible bra (100) structure is equally applicable to the other embodiments depicted in FIGS. 2(A, B) and 3(A, B). Specifically, depending upon the discretion of the user, the respective protective layers (112c, 112d) of the adhesive members (110c, 110d) for the back side of the wings (108), (the sides to be adjacent the skin of the user), are peeled away to expose the adhesive for attaching the bra (100) to the wearer. The opposite front sides of the wings (108) will still retain the protective layers (112a, 112b) to ensure a continuous color coordinated cup-wing assembly, and also to prevent exposure of the adhesive members to the elements in order to keep those members lint free and to prevent them from adhering to an outer garment such as a shirt or blouse.

[0042] FIG. 4 illustrates a novel method for wearing a reversible winged bra. The reversible winged bra has a pair of cups and a wing member at distal ends of each cup. Step 202 mentions positioning the pair of cups on the breast of the user. Each cup of a first color is placed on one side of a user's breast while a second color on the pair of cups is visible from the other side in front of the user. Thereafter, step 204 discloses the user peeling off a protective layer (112c, 112d) of a second color from each of the wing members 108. This results in step 206, which includes exposing an adhesive member of the wing members 108. A next step 208 allows securing the reversible winged bra to the torso of the user by the adhesive member. A final step 210 provides the wearer to retain the protective layers (112a, 112b) on the outer surface of the wing members 108 to color/fabric coordinate them with the outer surface of the pair of cups (102).

[0043] Although the invention is described above in terms of various exemplary embodiments and implementations, it should be understood that the various features, aspects and functionality described in one or more of the individual embodiments are not limited in their applicability to the particular embodiment in which they are described, but instead can be applied, alone or in various combinations, to one or more of the other embodiments of the invention, whether or not such embodiments are described and whether or not such features are presented as being a part of a described embodiment. Thus the breadth and scope of the present invention should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary embodiments.