Monolithic Polymer Bra Support for Wrinkle Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sleep bras designed to reduce décolleté skin wrinkles often have an unnatural appearance due to conspicuous protrusions, limiting their commercial success and user acceptance.
Innovation Solution
A monolithic and contiguous breast support made from molded polymer material with a structured décolletage and inter-breast region, featuring varying thicknesses and surfaces to separate breasts during sleep while maintaining a natural appearance, comprising a single molded component with integrated breast cups and an inter-breast region that is not convex to avoid noticeable lumps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If inter-breast cushions or pads are added to separate breasts during sleep, then décolleté skin wrinkles are reduced, but the appearance becomes unnatural and conspicuously protruding
Solution Approach 1:
The breast support incorporates a decolletage region with a first thickness specifically designed to reduce skin wrinkles, while the inter-breast region has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. This local differentiation allows the decolletage area to provide wrinkle protection while the inter-breast area maintains a more natural appearance without conspicuous protrusion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by varying the thickness of the breast support in different regions. The decolletage region has a greater thickness (first thickness) to effectively reduce wrinkles, while the inter-breast region has a reduced thickness (second thickness less than the first) to avoid unnatural appearance. This gradient thickness approach resolves the contradiction between wrinkle protection and aesthetic appearance.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If thick padding is used to reduce wrinkles, then skin protection is improved, but the bra becomes more visible and obtrusive
Solution Approach 1:
The breast support features localized quality variations where the decolletage region has increased thickness for wrinkle protection, while the inter-breast region has decreased thickness to minimize visibility. This local differentiation ensures that thick padding is applied only where needed for skin protection, not where it would create visible lumps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent resolves the visibility issue by transitioning from a uniform two-dimensional padding approach to a three-dimensional graduated thickness approach. The breast support has varying thickness across different regions (greater in decolletage, less in inter-breast), creating a dimensional gradient that provides protection where needed while maintaining a natural silhouette from viewing angles.
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AI summary
A novel brassiere includes an outer fabric garment comprising a shoulder strap and a back strap and a monolithic and contiguous breast support that may comprise a molded polymer material. The monolithic and contiguous polymer breast support includes a décolletage region, two breast cups, and an inter-breast region. An inter-breast thickness of the molded polymer material is at least four times greater than the thickness in the décolletage region or in either of the breast cups. The outward surfaces of the inter-breast and décolletage regions are preferably not convex.