Patent application title:

BRA CUP SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND BRASSIERE

Publication number:

US20260053207A1

Publication date:
Application number:

19/180,578

Filed date:

2025-04-16

Smart Summary: A new type of bra has a special structure to support the cups better. It includes two parts: a first supporting part and a second supporting part. The first part is designed to sit close to the body, while the second part connects to it and curves away from the body. This design creates a space that helps hold the breast in place comfortably. The materials used have a specific hardness to ensure they provide good support. 🚀 TL;DR

Abstract:

A bra cup supporting structure and a brassiere are provided. The bra cup supporting structure is provided with a first supporting part and a second supporting part. The first supporting part has a first surface, the first surface is arranged on a side of the first supporting part close to a body side, and the second supporting part is connected to the first supporting part. The second supporting part has a second surface, the second surface is arranged on a side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the second surface is connected with the first surface, and the second surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to define a first supporting cavity, and a first hardness e satisfies that 10 HB≤e≤50 HB, such that the second supporting part provides a good supporting effect on a breast.

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A41C3/10 »  CPC main

Brassieres with stiffening or bust-forming inserts

A41C3/14 »  CPC further

Brassieres; Component parts Stiffening or bust-forming inserts

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based on and claims the benefit of Chinese patent application No. 202420990539.5, filed May 8, 2024. The disclosure of Chinese patent application No. 202420990539.5 is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to the technical field of clothes, and in particular to a bra cup supporting structure and a brassiere.

BACKGROUND

Generally, a brassiere is provided with a supporting structure, which may be a metal underwire, a sliced foam insert or a silicone cradle insert in the existing technology. The metal underwire is generally arranged at the bottom of the bra cup, and the sliced foam insert and silicone cradle insert are arranged on the bra cup. In the bra cup with the metal underwire, due to an insufficient supporting force of the bra cup, a supporting effect of the bra cup is mainly achieved by the underwire. In order to achieve the supporting effect on the breast, the underwire needs to be tightly attached to a body, and the pressure of the underwire on the body greatly reduces the comfort of the brassiere. In the bra cup with the sliced foam insert or the silicone cradle insert, the supporting for the breast is only realized by the bra cup. In order to achieve the supporting effect for the breast, the bra cup, straps connecting the bra cup and other parts will exert great pressure on the body, and the comfort of the brassiere is still very poor. The bra cup supporting structure in existing technologies exert significant pressure on the body, failing to provide a satisfactory wearer experience.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure mainly aims at providing a bra cup supporting structure and a brassiere, which can provide 3D support for a breast based on 3D database, and improve the comfort of the brassiere.

To achieve this object, the present disclosure introduces a bra cup supporting structure. The bra cup supporting structure includes a first supporting part and a second supporting part. The first supporting part has a first surface, and the first surface is arranged on a side of the first supporting part close to a body side. The second supporting part is connected to the first supporting part and has a second surface, the second surface is arranged on a side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the second surface is connected with the first surface, and the second surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to form a first supporting cavity; where, the second supporting part has a first hardness, denoted as e, which meets the criterion 10 HB≤e≤50 HB.

In some embodiments, the first supporting part has a second hardness, denoted as f, which meets the condition 40 HB≤f≤80 HB.

In some embodiments, the second surface intersects with the first surface to form a first included angle, denoted as α, which meets the criterion 40°≤α≤150°.

In some embodiments, the first supporting part has a third surface, the third surface is arranged on a side opposite to the first surface and opposite to the body side, and defines an arc-shaped groove, and the second supporting part is connected to the third surface.

In some embodiments, the second supporting part has a fourth surface, the fourth surface is arranged on a side of the second supporting part close to the body side, a side of the fourth surface is connected to the first surface and the fourth surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to form a second supporting cavity, the fourth surface is connected to the second surface at a front side of the bra cup, the fourth surface intersects with the second surface to form a second included angle, denoted as β, which meets the condition 10°≤β≤90°.

In some embodiments, the second supporting part is configured as a bottom cup supporting part.

In some embodiments, in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first supporting part has a first thickness, denoted as d, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤d≤1.5 mm.

In some embodiments, in a direction perpendicular to the second surface, the second supporting part has a second thickness, denoted as D, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤D≤1.5 mm.

In some embodiments, the bra cup supporting structure includes a fabric layer and an plastic layer which are arranged in a stacked way, the fabric layer and the plastic layer form either the first supporting part or the second supporting part through flat molding.

In some embodiments, the second supporting part is integrally formed on the first supporting part.

A second aspect of the present disclosure also provides a brassiere, where the brassiere includes the bra cup supporting structure according to any one of the embodiments mentioned above.

Compared with the existing technology, the present disclosure has the beneficial effects as follows.

In the technical schemes of the present disclosure, the first supporting part has the first surface, the first surface is arranged on one side of the first supporting part close to the body side, the second supporting part is connected to the first supporting part, the second supporting part has the second surface, the second surface is arranged on one side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the second surface is connected with the first surface, and the second surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to form a first supporting cavity. On one hand, the second supporting part defines the first supporting cavity, so that the second supporting part is configured as a three-dimensional supporting structure that can fit to the breast, and the first hardness satisfies the condition 10 HB≤e≤50 HB, such that the second supporting part provides a good supporting effect on a breast. On the other hand, the first supporting part can fit to a rib of the body and provide a certain supporting force to the breast, the first supporting part effectively distributes the pressure exerted by the breast onto the second supporting part. Additionally, the first supporting part further enhances the support provided by the second supporting part. In the technical schemes of the present disclosure, the first supporting part and the second supporting part will not cause extra pressure on the body, and the first supporting part and the second supporting part can support the breast in 3D, thus effectively improving the comfort of the brassiere.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate the technical schemes in the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the related art clearly, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure or the existing technology will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely some embodiments recorded in the present disclosure. For those having ordinary skills in the art, other drawings may also be obtained based on these drawings without going through any creative work.

FIG. 1 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the bra cup supporting structure in the embodiment as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional illustration of the bra cup supporting structure in the embodiment as shown in FIG. 3 in the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a brassiere according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates material layers of the bra cup supporting structure before molding in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 illustrates the bra cup supporting structure according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left cup and a right cup of the brassiere are both provided with the bra cup supporting structure;

FIG. 9 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 illustrates the bra cup supporting structure according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left cup and a right cup of the brassiere are both provided with a bra cup supporting structure, and a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are integrally formed;

FIG. 11 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated;

FIG. 12 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a sixth embodiment of the present disclosure; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are integrated;

FIG. 13 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a seventh embodiment of the present disclosure; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated;

FIG. 14 is a partial illustration of a bra cup supporting structure according to an eighth embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated;

FIG. 15 illustrates parts of the brassiere in the embodiment of FIG. 14 from a second perspective;

FIG. 16 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a ninth embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are integrated;

FIG. 17 illustrates parts of the brassiere in the embodiment of FIG. 16 from a second perspective;

FIG. 18 illustrates parts of the brassiere in the embodiment of FIG. 13 from a third perspective;

FIG. 19 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to a tenth embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated;

FIG. 20 illustrates a part structure of the brassiere in the embodiment of FIG. 19 from a second perspective;

FIG. 21 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated;

FIG. 22 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; where a left part and a right part of the bra cup supporting structure are separated, and the brassiere is respectively connected with the left and right parts of the bra cup supporting structure;

FIG. 23 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure applied to a brassiere; wherein, the bra cup supporting structure is arranged on an inner side of the brassiere;

FIG. 24 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where a first supporting part extends to upper parts of a first supporting cavity and a second supporting cavity;

FIG. 25 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where a first supporting part extends to upper parts of a first supporting cavity and a second supporting cavity, and a second supporting part has a wavy edge; and

FIG. 26 illustrates a bra cup supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the bra cup supporting structure is provided with a plurality of plastic layers.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

    • 100—bra cup supporting structure;
    • 110—first supporting part; 111—first surface; 115-fabric layer; 1151—first fabric layer; 1152—second fabric layer; 116—foam layer; 1161—first foam layer; 1162—second foam layer; 117—plastic layer; and 1171—first plastic layer;
    • 120—second supporting part; 121—second surface; 122—first supporting cavity; 123—fourth surface; and 124—second supporting cavity;
    • 200—brassiere;
    • α—first included angle;
    • β—second included angle;
    • d—first thickness; and
    • D—second thickness.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be further described further with reference to the attached drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following clearly and completely describes the technical schemes in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those having ordinary skills in the art without going through any creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Generally, a bra cup is provided with a supporting structure, which may be a metal underwire, a sliced foam insert or a silicone cradle insert in the existing technology. The metal underwire is generally arranged at the bottom of the bra cup, and the sliced foam insert and silicone cradle insert are arranged on the bra cup. In the bra cup with the metal underwire, due to an insufficient supporting force of the bra cup, a supporting effect of the bra cup is mainly achieved by the underwire. In order to achieve the supporting effect on a breast, the underwire needs to be against the body tightly, and the pressure of the underwire on the body significantly reduces the overall comfort of the brassiere. In the bra cup with the sliced foam insert or the silicone cradle insert, the supporting for the breast is only realized by the bra cup. In order to achieve the supporting effect for the breast, the bra cup, a strap connecting the bra cup and other parts will exert great pressure on the body, and the comfort of the brassiere is still very poor. The bra cup supporting structure in existing technologies exert great significant pressure on the body, which makes it difficult to provide people with a better experience.

To address at least one of the aforementioned issues, the present disclosure presents the bra cup supporting structure 100, as illustrated in FIG. 1 through FIG. 26. The bra cup supporting structure 100 includes a first supporting part 110 and a second supporting part 120.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the first supporting part 110 has a first surface 111, and the first surface 111 is arranged on a side (i.e., inner side) of the first supporting part 110 close to a body side. The first supporting part 110 may be arranged in a flat structure, and the first supporting part 110 is adapted to fit a rib of the body.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 11 and FIG. 14, a second supporting part 120 is connected to the first supporting part 110, the second supporting part 120 has a second surface 121, the second surface 121 is arranged on a side (i.e., inner side) of the second supporting part 120 close to the body side, the second surface 121 is connected with the first surface 111, and the second surface 121 is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface 111 to form a first supporting cavity 122; where, the second supporting part 120 has a first hardness, denoted as e, which meets the criterion 10 HB≤e≤50 HB. In an implementation, the hardness of the second supporting part 120 may be any hardness value such as 10 HB, 12 HB, 30 HB or 50 HB. The second support part 120 has adaptability and comfort for breast support.

As shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, FIG. 13, FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, in the technical scheme of the present disclosure, the first supporting part 110 has the first surface 111, the first surface 111 is arranged on a side (i.e., inner side) of the first supporting part 110 close to the body side. The second supporting part 120 is connected to the first supporting part 110, the second supporting part 120 has the second surface 121, the second surface 121 is arranged on a side (inner side) of the second supporting part 120 close to the body side, the second surface 121 is connected with the first surface 111, and the second surface 121 is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface 111 to form the first supporting cavity 122. On one hand, the second supporting part 120 defines the first supporting cavity 122, so that the second supporting part 120 is configured as a three-dimensional supporting structure that can conform to the breast. The first hardness e satisfies the condition 10 HB≤e≤50 HB, such that the second supporting part 120 can provide a good supporting effect on the breast. On the other hand, the first supporting part 110 can be attached to a rib of the body and provide a certain supporting force to the breast, the first supporting part 110 effectively distributes the pressure exerted by the breast onto the second supporting part 120. Additionally, the first supporting part 110 further enhances the support provided by the second supporting part 120. In the technical scheme of the present disclosure, both the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 can support the breast, so that the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 can support the breast in 3D, and will not cause extra pressure on body, thus significantly improve the overall comfort of the brassiere and effectively improving the wearing experience of the brassiere.

In some embodiments, in order to further improve the supporting capacity of the bra cup supporting structure 100, the hardness of the first supporting part 110 may also be selected according to different supporting requirements. In an embodiment, the first supporting part 110 has a second hardness, denoted as f, which satisfies the condition 40 HB≤f≤80 HB. Specifically, the second hardness f may be any hardness value such as 40 HB, 45 HB, 50 HB, 57 HB, 73 HB or 80 HB.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 16, requirements on the supporting capacity of the second supporting part 120 and the size of the first supporting cavity 122 will be different according to different use scenarios. The second supporting part 120 is connected to the first supporting part 110. According to different supporting requirements on the second supporting part 120, an angle between the second supporting part 120 and the first supporting part 110 may be different. Specifically, an angle between a surface of the second supporting part 120 defining the first supporting cavity 122 and the first supporting part 110 may be different, that is to say, the angle between the second surface 121 and the first surface 111 may be different. In this embodiment, the second surface 121 intersects with the first surface 111 to form a first included angle α, and the first included angle α satisfies that 40°≤α≤150°. Specifically, the first included angle α may be any angle such as 40°, 45°, 50°, 58°, 60°, 80°, 100°, 130° or 150°. On one hand, according to different angles between the second surface 121 and the first surface 111, the second supporting part 120 can define the first supporting cavities 122 with different sizes, so as to enhance the support of the bra cup supporting structure 100 in different application scenarios. It should be noted that the first included angle refers to the included angle formed at the joint between the second surface 121 and the first surface 111. Since the first surface 111 and the second surface 121 may also be set as arc-shaped surfaces with a certain degree of curve, curvatures of the second surface 121 at different positions where the second surface 121 is away from the first surface 111 can be designed according to different use requirements. The first surface 111 and the second surface 121 have an included angle, so that the bra cup supporting structure 100 can support the breast in multiple directions, that is to say, the bra cup supporting structure 100 can support the breasts of the body in 3D, and enhance the support exerted by the brassiere onto the breast and enhance the comfort of the brassieres and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 7, FIG. 17, FIG. 18, FIG. 19 and FIG. 24, a shape of a connecting line between the second supporting part 120 and the first supporting part 110 may be different according to different requirements. A connecting part between the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 is designed in a circular-arc shaped shape, which is more in line with the supporting requirements of the body, so that the bra cup supporting structure 100 can not only support the bottom and front of the breast in 3D, effectively improve the comfort of the bra cup supporting structure 100, but also enable the second supporting part 120 to lift and shape the breast well. It should be noted that the connecting part between the second supporting part 120 and the first supporting part 110 may be an arc, and a central angle subtended by the arc may be designed according to the size of a supporting range of the bra cup supporting structure 100. As shown in FIG. 24, the first supporting part 110 can extend to upper parts of the first supporting cavity 122 and the second supporting cavity 124, which is not limited here.

As shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 20, FIG. 21 and FIG. 24, in order to further improve the comfort and lifting effect of the bra cup supporting structure 100, in some embodiments, the bra cup supporting structure 100 can define two symmetrical supporting cavities, and an included angle of surfaces of the two supporting cavities may be no more than 90°. It can be understood that the second supporting part 120 can form the two supporting cavities by bending the same material panel. Specifically, the angle of the second supporting part 120 between the panel defining the first supporting cavity 122 and the panel defining the second supporting cavity 124 is no more than 90°. As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the second supporting part 120 has a fourth surface 123, the fourth surface 123 is arranged on one side (i.e., inner side) of the second supporting part 120 close to the body side, an end of the fourth surface 123 is connected to the first surface 111. The fourth surface 123 is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface 111 to form a second supporting cavity 124, the fourth surface 123 is connected to the second surface 121 at a side adjacent to the first surface 111 (i.e., the front side or the central area of the bra cup), the fourth surface 123 intersects with the second surface 121 to form a second included angle denoted as β, which satisfies the condition 10°≤β≤90°. Specifically, the second included angle β formed by the fourth surface 123 and the third surface 112 may be 10°, 20°, 45°, 70°, 80° or 90°. In this embodiment, the second included angle β satisfies 10°≤β≤90°, such that the second supporting part 120 can define a large enough supporting cavity, so as to effectively improve inclusiveness of the second supporting cavity to the supporting requirements of different bodies, reduce the pressure provided by the second supporting part onto the breast, and further improve the comfort of the brassiere.

The size of the first supporting cavity 122 defined by the second supporting part 120 may vary according to different usage requirements. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 25, in this embodiment, the second supporting part 120 is configured as a bottom cup support. A variable fitting range of the second supporting part 120 to accommodate the breast's shape, depending on specific requirements. On one hand, the bottom cup structure enhances the shaping effect on the breast at the supporting part; on the other hand, the bottom cup supporting part is an adequate supporting area, enabling the second supporting part 120 to effectively to distribute and share the supporting pressure of the breast from the second supporting part 120 and the first supporting part 110. As shown in FIG. 25, one side of the second supporting part 120 away from the first supporting part 110 features a wavy design for added aesthetic and functional benefits.

Thicknesses of the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 may be different according to different use requirements. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, in a direction perpendicular to the first surface 111, the first supporting part 110 has a first thickness, denoted as d, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤d≤1.5 mm. In a direction perpendicular to the second surface 121, the second supporting part 120 has a second thickness, denoted as D, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤D≤1.5 mm. Specifically, the first thickness d may be any suitable numerical value such as 0.55 mm, 0.75 mm, 1 mm, 1.25 mm or 1.5 mm. Similarly, the second thickness D of the second supporting part 120 may be any suitable numerical value such as 0.55 mm, 0.75 mm, 1 mm, 1.25 mm or 1.5 mm.

The bra cup supporting structure 100 may be provided with different material layers. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the bra cup supporting structure 100 may be provided with a fabric layer 115 and or a foam layer 116 and a plastic layer 117. The fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and resin may be formed by molding to form the first supporting part 110 and/or the second supporting part 120. The number of layers and the stacking order of the fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 may be different according to different requirements. The foam layer 116 defines perforated holes to adjust support of the foam layer 116 to the fabric layer 115, etc. Specifically, at least one of a first foam layer 1161, or a second foam layer 1162 defines the perforated holes. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26, the bra cup supporting structure 100 may be provided with two plastic layers 117, and strengths of the two plastic layers 117 may be different. The hardness of the outer plastic layer 117 may be greater than that of the inner plastic layer 117 close to the body side, so that the outer plastic layer 117 can support the inner plastic layer 117, and the plastic layers 117 can also improve overall support of the bra cup supporting structure 100, which will not be described in detail here. The fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 may be formed by molding to obtain the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120. Compared with the supporting structure obtained by mold in the existing technology, the bra cup supporting structure 100 in this embodiment can be formed by molding with an aluminum mold, which has lower development cost, higher forming efficiency and better molding performance, also the development and manufacturing costs of the bra cup supporting structure 100 can be effectively reduced. The second supporting part 120 may also be provided with a fabric layer 115, a foam layer 116 and a plastic layer 117. The second supporting part 120 with a first supporting cavity 122 may be formed by molding with an aluminum mold. The fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 of the first supporting part 110 may be configured in the same way as the fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 of the second supporting part 120 to obtain the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 with the same hardness. Alternatively, the fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 of the first supporting part 110 may be configured differently from the fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 of the second supporting part 120 to obtain the first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 with different hardness. The first supporting part 110 and the second supporting part 120 can be connected in different ways to form the bra cup supporting structure 100. The second supporting part 120 can be integrally formed with the first supporting part 110 according to different molding designs. The plastic layer 117 may be configured as a resin. Specifically, the plastic layer 117 may be one or more of polyurethane (PU), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyethylene (PE), epoxy resin or plastic polyurethane (TPU by compression molding, transfer molding or injection molding

As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, the first supporting part 110 includes two first fabric layers 1151 and two foam layers 116. In the direction perpendicular to the first surface 111, the first supporting part 110 includes a first fabric layer 1151, a first foam layer 1161, a first plastic layer 1171, a second foam layer 1162 and a second fabric layer 1152 which are arranged in a stacked way. The first fabric layer 1151, the first foam layer 1161, the first plastic layer 1171, the second foam layer 1162, and the second fabric layer 1152 can form the first supporting part 110 by flat molding. The first surface 111 is arranged on one side of the first fabric layer 1151 away from the first foam layer 1161. The arrangement of the first fabric layer 1151 and the second fabric layer 1152 enables the bra cup supporting structure 100 to have a better skin-friendly effect when applied to a brassiere or other clothes, and the design of the first fabric layer 1151 and the second fabric layer 1152 also makes the bra cup supporting structure 100 more moldable. The arrangement of the first foam layer 1161, the second foam layer 1162 and the first plastic layer 1171 enables the first supporting part 110 to be formed by molding, so that the manufacturing cost of the first supporting part 110 is low, the manufacturing efficiency is high, and the supporting effect of the first supporting part 110 is more adaptive after molding. The second supporting part 120 may also include the fabric layer 115, the foam layer 116 and the plastic layer 117 which are stacked in the same order, and are formed by the same method and have the same advantages, so the details are not repeated here. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the bra cup supporting structure 100 may also not be provided with a foam layer, and the bra cup supporting structure may be formed by molding a plastic layer and a fabric layer through a mold only, which is not limited here.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 23, a second aspect of the present disclosure also provides a brassiere 200. The brassiere 200 includes the bra cup supporting structure 100 in any of the above embodiments. It should be noted that as shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 8, FIG. 10, FIG. 22 and FIG. 23, the bra cup supporting structure 100 is applied to the brassiere 200. A bra cup of the brassiere 200 may be provided with a sliced foam insert, foam, and the like to form a foam cup along with the bra cup supporting structure 100. In a direction perpendicular to the second surface, the thicknesses of the sliced foam insert and the bra cup supporting structure 100 may be any suitable thickness from 0.55 mm to 10 mm. Specifically, the thickness of the foam cup may be any suitable thickness such as 0.55 mm, 1 mm, 1.25 mm, 1.5 mm, 1.75 mm, 2 mm, 5 mm, 7 mm or 10 mm. As the improvement/enhancement of the above-mentioned bra cup supporting structure 100, the brassiere 200 of this embodiment has the same technical effect as the above-mentioned bra cup supporting structure 100, which is not repeated here. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the brassiere 200 may be provided with outer fabric, and the bra cup supporting structure 100 is connected to the fabric as an internal structure of the brassiere 200. The fabric of the brassiere 200 can limit an accommodating cavity of the bra cup supporting structure 100 for placing the bra cup supporting structure 100, and the bra cup supporting structure 100 may also be connected to the fabric of the brassiere 200 in an integrated manner. The foregoing detailed description of one or more embodiments of the bra having additional support has been presented herein by way of example only and not limitation.

It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, and the like) in the embodiments of the present disclosure, are only used to explain the relative positional relationships and movement situations between components in a certain orientation. If the specific orientation changes, the directional indicators will also change accordingly.

Moreover, if there are descriptions of “first” and “second” in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the descriptions of “first” and “second” are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with “first” and “second” can explicitly or implicitly contain at least one of the features. In addition, “and/or” appearing in the whole text means three parallel solutions, for example, “A and/or B” means the solution that A satisfies, the solution that B satisfies or the solution that A and B satisfy at the same time. In addition, the technical solutions of various embodiments may be combined with each other, but have to be based on what those having ordinary skills in the art can achieve. When the combination of the technical solutions is contradictory or impossible to realize, it should be considered that the combination of such technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection claimed by the present disclosure.

The foregoing descriptions are merely embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present disclosure. All equivalent structures or equivalent flow transformations made using the description of the present disclosure and the accompanying drawings, or being used directly or indirectly in other related technical fields, are similarly included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A bra cup supporting structure, comprising:

a first supporting part having a first surface, wherein the first surface is arranged on a first inner side of the first supporting part close to a body side; and

a second supporting part connected to the first supporting part, wherein the second supporting part has a second surface, the second surface is arranged on a second inner side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the second surface is connected with the first surface, and the second surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to define a first supporting cavity;

wherein, the second supporting part has a first hardness, denoted as e, which meets a criterion 10 HB≤e≤50 HB.

2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the first supporting part has a second hardness, denoted as f, which satisfies a condition 40 HB≤f≤80 HB.

3. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the second surface intersects with the first surface to form a first included angle, denoted as α, which satisfies a condition 40°≤α≤150°.

4. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the first supporting part has a third surface, the third surface is arranged on a side opposite to the first surface and opposite to the body side, and the third surface defines an arc-shaped groove, and the second supporting part is connected to the third surface.

5. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the second supporting part has a fourth surface, the fourth surface is arranged on the second inner side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the fourth surface is connected to the first surface at an end and the fourth surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to form a second supporting cavity, the fourth surface is connected to the second surface at a front side of the bra cup, the fourth surface intersects with the second surface to form a second included angle, denoted as β, which satisfies the condition 10°≤β≤90°.

6. The structure according to claim 4, wherein:

the second supporting part is configured as a bottom cup supporting part.

7. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the first supporting and the second supporting part are configured in at least one of the following ways that:

in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first supporting part has a first thickness, denoted as d, which satisfies a condition 0.55 mm≤d≤1.5 mm;

or,

in a direction perpendicular to the second surface, the second supporting part has a second thickness, denoted as D, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤D≤1.5 mm.

8. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the bra cup supporting structure comprises a fabric layer and a plastic layer which are arranged in a stacked way, and the fabric layer and the plastic layer form at least one of the first supporting part or the second supporting part by flat molding.

9. The structure according to claim 1, wherein:

the second supporting part is integrally formed on the first supporting part.

10. A brassiere, comprising the bra cup supporting structure, the structure comprising:

a first supporting part having a first surface, wherein the first surface is arranged on a first inner side of the first supporting part close to a body side; and

a second supporting part connected to the first supporting part, wherein the second supporting part has a second surface, the second surface is arranged on a second inner side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the second surface is connected with the first surface, and the second surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to define a first supporting cavity; wherein, the second supporting part has a first hardness, denoted as e, which satisfies a criterion 10 HB≤e≤50 HB.

11. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the first supporting part has a second hardness, denoted as f, which satisfies a condition 40 HB≤f≤80 HB.

12. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the second surface intersects with the first surface to form a first included angle, denoted as α, which satisfies a condition 40≤α≤150.

13. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the first supporting part has a third surface, the third surface is arranged on a side opposite to the first surface and opposite to the body side, and the third surface defines an arc-shaped groove, and the second supporting part is connected to the third surface.

14. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the second supporting part has a fourth surface, the fourth surface is arranged on the second inner side of the second supporting part close to the body side, the fourth surface is connected to the first surface at an end and the fourth surface is concave away from the body side relative to the first surface to form a second supporting cavity, the fourth surface is connected to the second surface at a front side of the bra cup, the fourth surface intersects with the second surface to form a second included angle, denoted as β, and which satisfies a condition 10°≤β≤90°.

15. The structure according to claim 13, wherein:

the second supporting part is configured as a bottom cup supporting part.

16. The structure according to claim 10, wherein the first supporting and the second supporting part are configured in at least one of the following ways that:

in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first supporting part has a first thickness, denoted as d, which satisfies that 0.55 mm≤d≤1.5 mm;

or,

in a direction perpendicular to the second surface, the second supporting part has a second thickness, denoted as D, which satisfies the condition 0.55 mm≤D≤1.5 mm.

17. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the bra cup supporting structure comprises a fabric layer and a plastic layer which are arranged in a stacked way, and the fabric layer and the plastic layer form at least one of the first supporting part or the second supporting part through flat molding.

18. The structure according to claim 10, wherein:

the second supporting part is integrally formed on the first supporting part.