Tank top nursing bra

a nursing bra and tank top technology, applied in the field of outer garments, can solve the problems of insufficient breast access, etc., and achieve the effect of easy and discrete breast feeding, quick and discrete nursing, and easy movemen
US20050085160A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-04-21LEADING LADY
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
LEADING LADY
Publication Date
2005-04-21
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A tank top nursing bra for a nursing mother which provides breast support and which also allows the nursing mother to easily and discretely breast feed her baby wherein the tank top can be worn in public without the need to be covered. The tank top nursing bra includes an inner frame for securing the tank top on the nursing mother and for properly positioning the tank top relative to the breasts of the nursing mother. The inner frame includes an elastic waist or chest band which extends about the torso of the mother and below the breasts of the mother. The elastic band having a front portion and a rear portion. The inner frame further including a front sling having a pair of openings for allowing access to the woman's breasts for nursing. The sling extending from the elastic band to a set of shoulder straps which support the inner frame on the shoulders of the woman. The shoulder straps having back edges which are joined either directly or indirectly to the elastic band. The tank top nursing bra further including at least one breast supporting inner nursing flap having a bottom edge joined to the elastic waistband and a top edge which is selectively interengageable with the inner support structure. The tank top nursing bra further including an outer tank top having a front and back portion. The front portion of the tank top being attached to the at least one nursing flap and the back portion being attached to the inner frame.
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[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 506,682, entitled “Tank Top Nursing Bra”, filed Sep. 26, 2003.

[0002] The invention of this application relates to the art of nursing bras and, more particularly, to a combination nursing bra and tank top which can be worn as an outer garment even though it provides the necessary breast support and allows for access to the breast for nursing a baby. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

[0003] The present invention relates to an outer garment which has a built-in nursing bra that provides support for the breasts while allowing easy access for nursing. In this respect, Alberts 2,679,048; Williams 4,390,024; Kunstadter 4,878,879; Weber-Unger 5,624,296; and, Pearson 6,083,079 all show nursing bra designs which provide breast support for the nursing mother while allowing easy access to the breast for nursing which are hereby incorporated by reference as background material showing the same. Fildan D412,462 show...

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