Bodice System for Breast Lift and Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional nightwear garments fail to provide adequate lift, shape, and comfort for breasts, especially for larger sizes, often using uncomfortable hardware and lacking in natural support, leading to sagging and discomfort.
Innovation Solution
A bodice system combining stretch and non-stretch fabrics, featuring an under-bust cradle, elastic support band, three-piece breast cups, curved slings, and shoulder straps, designed to provide front-to-back lift and support without hardware, ensuring comfortable wear and natural breast shape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional breast-supportive garments use underwires and hardware to provide lift and support, then breast lift and support are improved, but comfort and wearability are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes underwires, clasps, closures, and other hardware components from the garment design. The breast support function is achieved through an engineered fabric construction with strategic panel placements and elastic properties, eliminating the need for traditional rigid support structures while maintaining comfort for overnight wear
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the support mechanism from rigid mechanical structures (underwires) to flexible elastic properties through fabric selection and construction. The engineered fabric with specific elastic panels provides the necessary lift and support through material properties rather than structural hardware, resolving the contradiction between support strength and comfort
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional nightwear garments are designed for comfort without hardware, then comfort is improved, but breast lift and support are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into functional zones with different fabric properties - elastic panels in specific areas provide support while non-elastic panels provide structure. This segmentation allows the comfortable nightwear to simultaneously deliver targeted breast support without hardware through strategically placed elastic components
3Strength
If conventional breast-supportive garments use sewn-in bands to provide support, then breast support is improved, but garment stability and placement are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from sewn-in rigid bands to elastic panels with specific elastic properties that can dynamically adapt to body movement while maintaining support. The elastic material properties allow the support structure to remain stable and properly positioned without the rigidity of sewn-in bands
4Ease of operation
If conventional breast-supportive garments use triangle shaped cutouts to accommodate breasts, then ease of wear is improved, but breast shape support and natural form are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The garment features strategically placed elastic panels in specific zones that provide support and shaping where needed, rather than using uniform triangle cutouts. This localized approach to fabric properties maintains natural breast shape while ensuring ease of wear through the elastic comfort zones
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The bodice system effectively lifts and shapes breasts, providing comfort and confidence for wearers, including those with larger sizes, by using interconnected components that stabilize and support the breasts without digging or flattening.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic support band configured to extend circumferentially around the wearer's torso when the garment is worn
Data Source
AI summary
A bodice system includes a combination of stretch and non-stretch fabrics and/or textiles that are shaped, arranged, layered, and connected from front to back, to provide lift, shape, and support to a wearer's breasts in a comfortable garment. The bodice system includes an under-bust cradle, an elastic support band around the wearer's torso, three-piece left and right breast cups, a curved sling within each of the breast cups, left and right shoulder straps, and a flexible back aligning member integrally formed with each of the shoulder straps. The elastic support band is coupled to the under-bust cradle along the anterior portion of the bodice system, and to the back aligning member along the posterior portion of the bodice system. The interconnectedness of the components of the bodice system enable front-to-back lift, shape, and support for the wearer's breasts, even breasts that are D-cup and larger in size or volume.