Subclasses list

• 1 BREAST OR CHEST, E.G., BRASSIERES 
  Patents: 190
  Patent Applications: 89
• 2 With shoulder or back brace 
  Patents: 5
  Patent Applications: 3
• 3 With midriff covering extension terminating adjacent waistline, e.g., "longline" 
  Patents: 9
  Patent Applications: 3
• 4 With additional means interiorly attached to extension to support the diaphragm area 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 5 Midriff extension includes overlapping relatively movable parts 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 6 With means to attach extension to subjacent body-supporter or garment, e.g., hold-downs 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 7 Combined with subjacent body supporters, e.g., foundation garment 
  Patents: 20
  Patent Applications: 8
• 8 Including plural superimposed supporting panels or bands 
  Patents: 17
  Patent Applications: 4
• 9 With separable closure for each layer 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 10 Each layer separately encircles body 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 2
• 11 Including apparel-type garment 
  Patents: 13
  Patent Applications: 7
• 12 Vertically slidable overlapped portions between breast and torso support 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 13 With elastically extensible connector 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 14 Detachably secured to subjacent supporter by separable fastener 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 2
• 15 Subjacent supporter unattached at front 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 16 Subjacent supporter unattached at back 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 17 Front center separable closure for both breast and torso support 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 18 With size adjustment for both, e.g., maternity type 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 1
• 19 Including plural elastic panels or inserts with diversely oriented lines of elasticity 
  Patents: 11
  Patent Applications: 0
• 20 Including elastic portions with varying modulus of elasticity 
  Patents: 8
  Patent Applications: 1
• 21 Including elastic portion with stretch inhibitor of limit 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 22 Subjacent supporter includes crotch member 
  Patents: 8
  Patent Applications: 2
• 23 Wraparound overlapped type torso support 
  Patents: 11
  Patent Applications: 2
• 24 Including panels having pleats or folds to permit size increase 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 25 Stepwise girth adjustment 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 1
• 26 With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 27 Low out at back 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 1
• 28 With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 4
• 29 For hosiery 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 30 Combined with apparel-type garment 
  Patents: 44
  Patent Applications: 18
• 31 Breast supporting member within other garment 
  Patents: 55
  Patent Applications: 20
• 32 Removable breast supporter 
  Patents: 23
  Patent Applications: 2
• 33 Subjacent garment attached at front only 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 3
• 34 With means providing girthwise elasticity for brassiere 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 35 Portion of garment covers elastic connector at back 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 36 Closable aperture permits access to breast i.e., nursing type 
  Patents: 84
  Patent Applications: 30
• 37 With lacteal fluid receptor or shield 
  Patents: 64
  Patent Applications: 16
• 38 With inflatable or liquid-containing chambers 
  Patents: 71
  Patent Applications: 22
• 39 Molded preshaped shell-like cup, e.g., plastic latex 
  Patents: 91
  Patent Applications: 113
• 40 Strand-type fabric with thermoplastic fibers or filaments 
  Patents: 20
  Patent Applications: 1
• 41 With stiffening strips, strands, or stays, e.g., wired 
  Patents: 111
  Patent Applications: 60
• 42 Cup form includes spirally arranged strip 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 43 Woven or braided strand-type fabric, e.g.,wire gauze 
  Patents: 9
  Patent Applications: 2
• 44 Cup form includes latticework of strips 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 45 Paired strips or stays for cup rims with connecting span 
  Patents: 19
  Patent Applications: 1
• 46 With separable joint between paired stays 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 47 Annular cup-rim-encircling stays 
  Patents: 21
  Patent Applications: 0
• 48 Stays with conneting span form U, V, H, or V shape between the breasts 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 0
• 49 Cup fabric has tunnels separably retaining joined stays 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 1
• 50 Plural separate stays diagonally crossing between cups 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 51 Annular cup-rim encircling stay individual to one cup 
  Patents: 25
  Patent Applications: 0
• 52 Single stay individual to one cup with arcuate portion along bottom rim of cup, e.g., U-shaped 
  Patents: 46
  Patent Applications: 11
• 53 With stiffened supporting means contacting only lower half of breast 
  Patents: 26
  Patent Applications: 1
• 54 With means to separably retain breast-form-supplementing pads 
  Patents: 75
  Patent Applications: 17
• 55 With cup-supplementing means to add volume to breast, e.g., pads 
  Patents: 53
  Patent Applications: 14
• 56 Applied to only lower half of breast 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 9
• 57 Pads, per se. 
  Patents: 193
  Patent Applications: 72
• 58 Separable at front center 
  Patents: 86
  Patent Applications: 33
• 59 With cup supplementing uplift straps or slings diagonally crossing at front center 
  Patents: 24
  Patent Applications: 2
• 60 With floatingly attached cup-supplementing breast supporting strip or panel 
  Patents: 28
  Patent Applications: 10
• 61 Forming breast-receiving pouch with cup bottom 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 1
• 62 Supplementary means includes body-girdling straps 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 1
• 63 Attaching means includes adjustment feature 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 4
• 64 Straps narrow bands only, i.e., skeletal type 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 4
• 65 Elastically expansible cup or cup rim 
  Patents: 39
  Patent Applications: 7
• 66 All-elastic cup 
  Patents: 23
  Patent Applications: 3
• 67 Expansible cup rim, e.g., elastic shirring 
  Patents: 15
  Patent Applications: 0
• 68 With means to vary size of breast cups 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 1
• 69 By vertical gathering of material between the cups 
  Patents: 11
  Patent Applications: 0
• 70 Cups joined to common subjacent elastic strip of panel 
  Patents: 33
  Patent Applications: 12
• 71 With variable length connector between cups 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 2
• 72 Elastic connector 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 0
• 73 With additional nonelastic connector means 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 74 Including plural elastic panels or inserts with diversely oriented directions of elasticity 
  Patents: 27
  Patent Applications: 1
• 75 Including elastic portions with variable modulus of elasticity 
  Patents: 25
  Patent Applications: 3
• 76 Including elastic portion with stretch inhibitor or limiter 
  Patents: 13
  Patent Applications: 1
• 77 With girthwise inelastic size adjustment additional to separable closure 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 5
• 78 With means to gather peripheral edge, e.g., drawstring 
  Patents: 5
  Patent Applications: 0
• 79 Body band has overlapping separately secured ends 
  Patents: 24
  Patent Applications: 2
• 80 Resilient body-clasping band 
  Patents: 9
  Patent Applications: 5
• 81 With adhesive means or vacuum cup to secure to body 
  Patents: 68
  Patent Applications: 46
• 82 Body-embracing band includes detachable connector unit 
  Patents: 14
  Patent Applications: 4
• 83 Body-embracing band means includes vertically spaced portions 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 84 One portion is narrow waist-encircling band 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 85 Extended length wraparound body bands 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 5
• 86 Shoulder strap arrangements and connecting features 
  Patents: 148
  Patent Applications: 88
• 87 Connected by floating extension at or below horizontal mid-cup region 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 88 Detachable, e.g., convertible to strapless 
  Patents: 37
  Patent Applications: 19
• 89 With compartment for carrying articles, e.g., coin pocket 
  Patents: 23
  Patent Applications: 19
• 90 With reinforcing stitching 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 1
• 91 Reversible 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 4
• 92 Methods of making or assembling 
  Patents: 54
  Patent Applications: 47
• 93 Materials 
  Patents: 39
  Patent Applications: 39
• 94 FOR LOWER TORSO INCLUDING THIGHS, E.G., CORSET, GIRDLES 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 9
• 95 Combined with apparel type garment 
  Patents: 16
  Patent Applications: 7
• 96 With shoulder or upper back brace 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 0
• 97 Comprising sheet rubber or deposited rubber or latex 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 0
• 98 With means bridging or filling out hollows in the body 
  Patents: 8
  Patent Applications: 0
• 99 With individual buttock-receiving concavities 
  Patents: 17
  Patent Applications: 3
• 100 With crotch or leg straps or leg-encircling parts 
  Patents: 20
  Patent Applications: 4
• 101 Upper-leg-encircling compressor, e.g., thigh reducers 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 0
• 102 With detachably connected crotch piece 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 0
• 103 Completely removable 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 104 Including crotch piece, e.g., panty girdle 
  Patents: 13
  Patent Applications: 0
• 105 With opening therethrough, e.g., overlapped panel 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 106 Leg anchors 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 107 Comprising latticework of narrow strips or bands, e.g., skeletal 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 0
• 108 With apertured insert-type panel for ventilation 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 109 With stiffener for upper margin, terminating substantially above lower margin, e.g., waistline antiroll 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 110 With means to supportingly engage apparel-type garment, e.g., skirt supporters 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 111 Hosiery supporter 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 1
• 112 With means to resist vertical motion on body, e.g., friction grips 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 113 Over-shoulder straps 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 114 With stiff or nonflaccid body-supporting plate or panel 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 115 With elastic portions having means to limit or control stretching thereof 
  Patents: 19
  Patent Applications: 0
• 116 Elastic in entirely (may include nonelastic closures or girth adjusters) 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 1
• 117 Edge joined multipanel 
  Patents: 8
  Patent Applications: 0
• 118 With nonparallel lines of elasticity 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 119 Belt-operated lacing for closures or adjusters 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 120 Vertically slidable overlapped portions, e.g., "telescoping" 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 121 One portion laced through aperture in another portion 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 122 With superimposed supporting panels or bands 
  Patents: 24
  Patent Applications: 1
• 123 At least one layer includes elastic feature 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 1
• 124 Superimposed elastic layers having nonparallel lines of elasticity 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 125 Layers are readily separable (detachable) one from another 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 126 With selectively different assembled positions 
  Patents: 6
  Patent Applications: 0
• 127 Each layer circumferentially separable, with closure 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 128 Each layer substantially separately encircles body 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 129 Having pretensioning means bridging girthwise closure 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 130 Elastic portions have nonparallel lines of elasticity 
  Patents: 5
  Patent Applications: 0
• 131 Elastic bands or panels with varying modulus of elasticity or with stretch limiter 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 0
• 132 With elastic band, panel, or portion, e.g., gussets 
  Patents: 13
  Patent Applications: 2
• 133 Detachably secured to garment 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 134 Girth adjustment by predetermined increments 
  Patents: 5
  Patent Applications: 0
• 135 With insertable or removable girth-changing units 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 136 Having girth adjuster and separate nonadjustable separable fastener for closure 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 137 With plural separately acting girth dimension adjusters 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 138 Vertically spaced 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 139 With stays at closure edges having nonflaccid interengaging fastening means 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 0
• 140 Plural disconnectable panels with selectively different assembled positions 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 141 Lacing-type closure with flaccid lace-receiving eyelet or loop 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 142 Closures or girth adjusters with interiorly disposed chafing shield 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 143 With stiffening strips or stays 
  Patents: 5
  Patent Applications: 0
• 144 Including stay-reinforcers at waistline or broken stay shields 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 145 Movably articulated directly one to another 
  Patents: 1
  Patent Applications: 0
• 146 Readily separable from supporter, e.g., from pockets 
  Patents: 4
  Patent Applications: 0
• 147 Having means to interengage with lacing cord 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 148 With closure means for access opening at lower rear margin of buttock girdling member 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 1
• 149 With insertable or removble panel unit, e.g., "convertible" 
  Patents: 3
  Patent Applications: 0
• 150 With article carrying pockets 
  Patents: 10
  Patent Applications: 1
• 151 Panels reinforced by tapes or bands 
  Patents: 2
  Patent Applications: 1
• 152 With loops for dooning 
  Patents: 0
  Patent Applications: 0
• 153 Protective covers, liners, or shields 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 1
• 154 Waistline type, i.e., limited vertical extent 
  Patents: 7
  Patent Applications: 2
• 155 Abdominal uplifting sling type 
  Patents: 69
  Patent Applications: 11
• 156 Materials and making, e.g., pattern layouts 
  Patents: 12
  Patent Applications: 3