Brassiere Triangular Pad Push-Up Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional brassieres fail to effectively create a cleavage and beautiful decollete for elderly or individuals with less voluminous breasts, as the existing designs rely on passive lifting and lack sufficient volume to push up the breasts effectively.
Innovation Solution
A brassiere design featuring a pair of cups with a triangular pad that is overlapped with a thicker triangular part, where two sides of the pad are fitted to the rising and horizontal edges of the cup, and the remaining side is open, allowing it to swell and push the breast outward, combined with straps that pull up the cups to enhance volume and create a decollete.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If cups are pulled up to create cleavage, then a beautiful bust line is formed, but metal wires come into strong contact with the lower portions of the breasts causing discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes metal wires from the brassiere design entirely, extracting the harmful element while maintaining the cup structure. The cups are formed without wire reinforcement, eliminating the source of discomfort while preserving the shaping function through alternative structural means.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the cup material by using foam textile with varying thickness. The cups incorporate thicker portions at specific locations to provide structural support and shaping without metal wires, fundamentally changing how the cups achieve their form-from-flat state.
2Shape
If a rib is formed integrally with the sternum-side breast holding face part, then less voluminous breasts can be pushed up, but the volume to be pushed up is insufficient for elderly persons or those with little breast volume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a thick triangular portion in advance within the cup structure, positioned to provide preliminary volume and support. This pre-built volumetric element is designed to work with adhesive pads to create the necessary push-up effect for elderly persons or those with little breast volume, addressing the insufficiency of integral rib designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines foam textile material with varying thickness (including the thick triangular portion) with adhesive pads to create a composite cup structure. This composite approach integrates multiple functional elements - structural support from the foam and adhesive bonding from the pads - to achieve effective push-up for various breast volumes.
3Shape
If adhesive pads are used to increase breast volume, then a voluminous appearance is achieved, but the pads may detach or cause skin irritation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies adhesive pads only at specific locations within the cup structure rather than uniformly across the entire cup. The pads are strategically positioned to provide maximum volumetric effect while minimizing contact with skin areas prone to irritation, and are designed to work in conjunction with the thick triangular portion for stable attachment.
4Ease of operation
If cups are designed without wires to improve comfort, then user comfort is enhanced, but the ability to create cleavage and maintain breast shape is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the cup material by using foam textile with varying thickness, including a thick triangular portion. This material parameter change provides structural support and shaping capability without metal wires, maintaining comfort while achieving the desired breast shape and cleavage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite cup structure combining foam textile with adhesive pads. This composite material approach provides both the comfort of wire-free design and the shaping capability traditionally achieved with wires, as the foam structure and adhesive pads work together to maintain breast shape and create cleavage.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a brassiere that can create not only a cleavage of breasts but also a beautiful decollete in a neckline area by naturally pushing up the breasts, even when the user is a person whose breasts including flab have little volume, or an elderly person whose breasts have no volume particularly in an area near the stomach and moreover are droopy. This brassiere includes: a pair of cups (20) covering breasts (B); a front panel (31) to which the cups (20) are attached; side panels (40) extending from underarm portions of the front panel (31); and straps (50) provided from upper edges of the respective cups (20) to the side panels (40). A substantially triangular pad (70) is disposed to be overlapped with a substantially triangular part (S) that is surrounded by a rising portion (28) from a stomach part (20a) of each cup (20) and a horizontal edge portion (29) from the stomach part (20a). Two sides (70b) and (70c) of the triangular pad (70) are sewed to the rising portion (28) and the horizontal edge portion (29), respectively.