Counterbalance system for women's bras

Abstract

Counterbalancing apparatus, systems and methods that balance breast weight load to a user's back. A body portion is supported along the user's back, and a plurality of pockets reside one the body portion. Elongated flexible connector straps extend up from the body portion, over the shoulders, and connect to a bra cup. One or more weights retained within the plurality of pockets pull the bra cup portion upward and lift up the breasts. The weight measure of these weights is substantially equivalent to a combined breast weight measure to equilibrate the breast weight to the combined weight measure across the user's body to correct for breast weight load imbalance at the user's front and improve posture.

Description

[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 259,317 filed Nov. 24, 2015.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention is directed to a weighted counterbalancing system, and in particular, to systems and apparatus that counterbalance breast weight and correct posture.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]There are a variety of different types of bras currently available in the market. A conventional bra is designed to at least include a pair of cup portions each receiving and retaining a breast. A bra may also include a pair of straps each extending from one of the cup portions up and over the wearer's shoulders, as well as a back portion that extends laterally from the cup portions around the wearer's rib cage and back. While the majority of bras are designed to secure and lift breasts in the cup portion, none of them take into consideration breast weight or the balance load of breasts on a pers...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a counterbalancing system for balancing breast weight load to a user's back. The system includes a body portion and a plurality of pockets residing on the body portion at the user's back. One or more weights are retained within the pockets, which pull the cup portion upward and lifting the user's breasts up. The weights have a combined weight measure substantially equivalent to the user's breast weight, thereby correcting for breast weight load imbalance at the user's front. The system also includes elongated connector straps and lateral straps to secure the body portion to the user's body and pull down on the weights, which in turn pull up on the cup portion to lift the breast and correct for breast weight load imbalance at the user's front. The technical effects of the invention include reducing stress on the neck, shoulders, and back, improving posture, reducing muscle and joint pain, enhancing physical and functional capacities, improving quality of life, and providing an overall feeling of well-being.

Problems solved by technology

While the majority of bras are designed to secure and lift breasts in the cup portion, none of them take into consideration breast weight or the balance load of breasts on a person's posture.

Women that wear these types of conventional bras, that either balance breast weight loads to the shoulders or compress breast weight to the chest, often experience considerable amounts of stress on the neck, shoulders, and / or back.

All of this stress is a result of the ineffective breast support and breast weight load imbalance between the front and back of the woman's body.

These stresses are undesirable as they may lead to bad posture, difficulty breathing, muscle and joint pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and back pain.

The stresses and pain resulting from ineffective breast support and breast weight load imbalance may often be debilitating.

For instance, for women with large breasts, the pain may be exacerbated due to the increased breast weight load at the front of the body leading to chronic pain.

Chronic pain may cause headaches, fatigue, depression and irritability, resulting in a negative impact on one's physical capacity, functional capacity, quality of life, and overall feeling of well-being.

This sagging and rolling forward of the shoulders, combined with changes in anatomic space in the female back, compress nerves to cause or increase pain even further.

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