Patent application title:

NURSING GARMENT

Publication number:

US20260107991A1

Publication date:
Application number:

18/953,139

Filed date:

2024-11-20

Smart Summary: A nursing garment is designed to help mothers breastfeed comfortably. It has a special panel that fits around the neck, under the arms, and around the torso. This panel is made of two parts that are sewn together, creating seams. An opening is left where the two parts aren't sewn, allowing easy access for nursing. The garment is made to be practical and convenient for breastfeeding mothers. 🚀 TL;DR

Abstract:

A nursing garment is provided. The nursing garment includes a functional panel, which have a neckline edge extending around a wearer's neck when the nursing garment is worn, an underarm edge extending along a wearer's armpit when the nursing garment is worn, and a lower hem edge extending around a circumference of a wearer's torso when the nursing garment is worn. The functional panel includes a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel are spliced together to form the functional panel, and seams are formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are spliced together, and an opening is formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are not spliced, the seams include a first seam extending from the opening to the underarm edge.

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Brassieres for nursing mothers

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202422533986.0, entitled “NURSING GARMENT” filed on Oct. 18, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of nursing garment, and specifically to a nursing garment.

BACKGROUND

Currently, whether using a breast pump or breastfeeding directly, lactating women need to remove their clothing first. Due to a high demand for breast milk by infants, this process needs to be repeated many times a day. This not only makes it difficult to ensure the privacy of lactating women but also consumes a lot of time and energy, significantly affecting their normal lives. Therefore, nursing garments used for lactating women are usually designed with openings during breastfeeding, pumping milk, and other times.

However, the arrangement of the opening will also affect a structural strength of the nursing garment, causing problems such as easy deformation of the openings.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure mainly provides a nursing garment that can effectively constrain the openings.

In order to solve the above technical problem, one technical solution adopted in the present disclosure is to provide a nursing garment including a functional panel. The functional panel have a neckline edge extending around a wearer's neck when the nursing garment is worn, an underarm edge extending along a wearer's armpit when the nursing garment is worn, and a lower hem edge extending around a circumference of a wearer's torso when the nursing garment is worn.

The functional panel includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel are spliced together to form the functional panel, and seams are formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are spliced together, and an opening is formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are not spliced. The seams include a first seam extending from the opening to the underarm edge.

In a specific embodiment, the seams further include a second seam extending from the opening to the lower hem edge.

In a specific embodiment, the first seam includes a first seam segment extending towards a junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge and a second seam segment extending towards the underarm edge.

In a specific embodiment, the first seam segment and the second seam segment are bent and connected at a junction.

In a specific embodiment, the functional panel further includes a first reinforcing strip, and at least a portion of the location where the seam is positioned is provided with the first reinforcing strip layered with the first panel and/or the second panel.

In a specific embodiment, the functional panel further includes a second reinforcing strip, the second reinforcing strip is connected to a position where the seams are located and extending towards the junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge.

In a specific embodiment, the functional panel further includes a second reinforcing strip, the second reinforcing strip is connected to the seams at a junction of the first seam segment and the second seam segment and extends towards the junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge.

In a specific embodiment, the functional panel further includes a third reinforcing strip, the third reinforcing strip is positioned along at least a portion of the neckline edge.

In a specific embodiment, the functional panel further includes a fourth reinforcing strip, the fourth reinforcing strip is positioned along at least a portion of the underarm edge.

In a specific embodiment, the nursing garment further includes a shoulder strap and an outer panel. The functional panel is connected to the shoulder strap, and the outer panel is detachably connected to the shoulder strap or the functional panel.

In a specific embodiment, the first panel has a first side and a second side adjacent to each other, and when the first panel is laid flat, a first angle is formed between the first side and the second side; the second panel has a third side and a fourth side adjacent to each other, and when the second panel is laid flat, a second angle is formed between the third side and the fourth side; the first angle is greater than the second angle.

The beneficial effects of the present disclosure are as follows: different from the prior art, the implementation of the present disclosure utilizes the first panel and the second panel to form the functional panel of the nursing garment. The seams can be formed at the position where the first panel and the second panel are spliced, and the opening can be formed at where they are not spliced. The first seam included in the seams can extend from the opening to the underarm edge of the functional panel, thereby utilizing the first seam to pull and tug the opening at a position corresponding to the wearer's armpits, effectively constraining the opening of the functional panel of the nursing garment, improving a structural stability of the nursing garment, and reducing a probability of deformation of the functional panel at the opening.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the implementations. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show some implementations of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without any creative labor.

FIG. 1 illustrates a first structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a second structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates a third structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a first exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a second exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates a third exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure.

2. Nursing Garment; 21. First Panel; 211. First Side; 212. Second Side; 213. First Angle; 22. Second Panel; 221. Third Side; 222. Fourth Side; 223. Second Angle; 23. Opening; 241. Fourth Angle; 242. Third Angle; 25. First Clip; 26. Outer Panel; 27. Second Clip; 3. Shoulder Strap; 4. Bar Tack Stitch; 5. Breast Pump; 61. Third Clip; 62. Fourth Clip; 63. Fifth Clip; 71. Neckline edge; 72. Underarm Edge; 73. Lower Hem Edge; 8. First Seam; 81. First Seam Segment; 82. Second Seam Segment; 9. Second Seam; 101. First Reinforcing Strip; 102. Second Reinforcing Strip; 103. Third Reinforcing Strip; 104. Fourth Reinforcing Strip.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the embodiments. It is obvious that the following embodiments are only for the purpose of illustrating the present disclosure and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Similarly, the following embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure but not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

The terms “first,” “second,” and “third” in the present disclosure are used only for describing purposes and are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. As such, features qualified by “first,” “second,” and “third” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the respective features. In the descriptions of the present disclosure, the term “plurality” means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically and concretely defined. All directional indications in the embodiments of the present disclosure (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear, . . . ) are used only to explain the relative positional relationships and movement conditions between the components under a specific orientation (as shown in the drawings). If the specific orientation changes, the directional indications change accordingly. Furthermore, the term “include”, “has” and variant thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units but optionally includes additional steps or units that is not listed, or further optionally includes another step or unit that is intrinsic to the process, method, product, or device.

Reference to “embodiment” or “implementation” herein means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in conjunction with an embodiment or an implementation may be included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The appearance of this phrase in various places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor is it a separate or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive with other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

With an advancement of small household appliance technology, the advent of breast pumps can effectively extract and store breast milk, allowing infants to access it promptly when needed, greatly liberating lives of lactating women.

At present, common breast pumps typically require lactating women to remove their clothing and manually hold the breast pump for a sustained period of time to maintain the alignment to complete a milking process. However, infants have a high demand for breast milk, and this milking process needs to be performed many times a day, which not only makes it difficult to ensure the privacy of lactating women, but also consumes a lot of time and energy, and still greatly affects the normal life of lactating women.

To improve or solve the above technical problems, an inventor of the present disclosure has conducted long-term research and proposed at least the following embodiments.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, FIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a third structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is a first exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a nursing garment 2, which includes a functional panel. The functional panel has a neckline edge 71, an underarm Edge 72, and a lower hem edge 73. When the nursing garment 2 is worn, the neckline edge 71 extends around a wearer's neck. When the nursing garment 2 is worn, the underarm edge 72 extends along a wearer's armpit. When the nursing garment 2 is worn, the lower hem edge 73 extends around a circumference of a wearer's torso.

The functional panel can include a first panel 21 and a second panel 22, which are spliced together to form the functional panel. Additionally, seams are formed at a position where the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are spliced together, and an opening 23 is formed at a position where the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are not spliced. The seams include a first seam 8 extending from the opening 23 to the underarm edge 72.

Through a structure provided by this embodiment, the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 can form the functional panel of the nursing garment 2, and seams are formed at the position where the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are spliced, while the opening 23 is formed at the position where the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are not spliced. The first seam 8 included in the seams can extend from the opening 23 to the underarm edge 72 of the functional panel, thereby utilizing the first seam 8 to pull and tug the opening 23 at a position corresponding to the wearer's armpits. effectively constraining the opening 23 of the functional panel of the nursing garment 2, improving a structural stability of the nursing garment 2, and reducing a probability of deformation of the opening 23 or even the functional panel.

In a specific implementation provided by the present disclosure, the seams can also include a second seam 9 extending from the opening 23 to the lower hem edge 73. The second seam 9 can cooperate with the first seam 8 to constrain the opening 23 on both sides of the opening 23, thereby improving the structural stability of the nursing garment 2 and reducing the probability of deformation of the opening 23 or even the functional panel.

In a specific implementation provided by the present disclosure, the first seam 8 includes a first seam segment 81 extending towards a junction of the neckline edge 71 and the underarm edge 72 and a second seam segment 82 extending towards the underarm edge 72. The first seam segment 81 can cooperate with a shoulder between the wearer's neck and armpit to further constrain the opening 23, improving a deformation resistance of the opening 23. The first seam segment 81 and the second seam segment 82 cooperate and constrain the opening 23 in two directions, applying uniform force to the opening 23, thereby improving the deformation resistance of the opening 23.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the first seam segment 81 and the second seam segment 82 are bent and connected at a junction. Thus, a 7-shaped joint is formed between the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, which can effectively accommodate wearer's body curves and improving the deformation resistance of the functional panel through the bend formed at the opening 23.

It should be noted that a breast pump 5 usually uses a contour-fitted circular or elliptical shield to align with the wearer's breasts. A length dimension of the opening 23 can be slightly smaller than a radial dimension of the circular or elliptical shield, and the opening 23 can be positioned at a middle of the nursing garment 2 corresponding to the wearer's nipples, so that the functional panel can be used to suppress the circular or elliptical shield.

A turning structure is formed at the junction of the first seam segment 81 and the second seam segment 82, and the turning structure has good structural strength, therefore a limiting effect is excellent, which can suppress the shield of the breast pump 5, so that the circular or elliptical shield can be stably aligned to the wearer's breast. Moreover, such the structural allows the functional panel to appropriately avoid the wearer's nipples, reducing discomfort caused by friction against the nipples.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the first panel 21 can include a first side 211 and a second side 212, with the first side 211 adjacent to the second side 212. When the first panel 21 is laid flat, a first angle 213 is formed between the first side 211 and the second side 212. The second panel 22 includes a third side 221 and a fourth side 222, with the third side 221 adjacent to the fourth side 222. When the second panel 22 is laid flat, a second angle 223 is formed between the third side 221 and the fourth side 222.

Wherein, the first angle 213 can be greater than the second angle 223.

In the structure provided by this embodiment, the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are enclosed to form the functional panel to support the wearer's breasts, and the opening 23 is formed at the junction of the first panel 21 and the second panel 22. Thus, the external breast pump 5 can be inserted into the functional panel through the opening 23, without a need for the wearer to completely remove their clothing to achieve an alignment with the breast pump 5 and the wearer's breast, or the wearer's breasts can be directly exposed through the opening 23 for breastfeeding. The opening 23 is adjacent to the first seam 8, which helps to constrain the opening 23, thereby supporting and limiting the breast pump 5 or the breasts through the opening, reducing a degree of deformation of the opening 23 or even the functional panel under a gravity of the breast pump 5 or the breasts, and greatly improving a usability of the nursing garment 2. Additionally, the structure provided in this embodiment is simple to cut, stable and reliable, reducing a processing difficulty and a cost of the nursing garment 2 and improving a production efficiency of the nursing garment 2.

Optionally, the first side 211 is overlapped and connected with the fourth side 222, and the second side 212 is overlapped with the third side 221. The opening 23 can be used to insert and limit the breast pump 5 or directly for breastfeeding.

Due to a positional relationship between the first angle 213 and the second angle 223, it can be understood that by adjusting an angle difference between the first angle 213 and the second angle 223, a capacity of the nursing garment 2 can be adjusted, thereby meeting wearing needs of wearers of different body shapes and improving the versatility of the nursing garment 2.

Optionally, the first angle 213 can be less than 180°. In a wearing state of the wearer, the second side 212 can be positioned below the first side 211 compared to the first panel 21, and the third side 221 can be positioned below the fourth side 222 compared to the second panel 22. This allows for a formation of the functional panel that better conforms to body's curves and facilitates accurate alignment of the breast pump 5 with the breast. Moreover, the overlapping connection of the first side 211 and fourth side 222 is located on an upper side, which can cooperate with the wearer's shoulders to provide the functional panel with better deformation resistance.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the seams between the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 can be connected through adhesive bonding and/or stitching. A fixation method of the adhesive bonding and stitching connection can provide better connection strength near the opening 23, reducing a probability of deformation of the opening 23 when subjected to force.

The stitching connection can specifically include a bar tack stitch 4. The bar tack stitch 4 is a fabric stitching method in the clothing industry, where a special machine with high-density stitching is employed to sew back and forth at a specific location several times, thereby reinforcing the specific location. This operation is commonly referred to as “jujube making”, the equipment that performs this operation is called a jujube making machine, and the position that performs this operation is known as a jujube making worker. By using the bar tack stitch 4 at the seams, the connection strength between the first sheet 21 and the second sheet 22 at the seams can be enhanced, thereby helping to constrain the opening 23 and further reduce the probability of deformation of the opening 23 under the pulling of the breast pump 5 and/or the wearer's breast, and improving the deformation resistance of the functional panel.

Please refer to FIG. 3, in a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the functional panel further includes a first reinforcing strip 101, and at least a portion of the location where the seam is positioned is provided with the first reinforcing strip 101 layered with the first panel 21 and/or the second panel 22.

To provide a comfortable wearing experience for wearers, the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are typically made of relatively soft fabrics, while the first reinforcing strip 101 is harder than the fabrics and has better tensile resistance. Therefore, the first reinforcing strip 101 is used to reinforce the connection between the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, as well as the opening 23. The first reinforcing strip 102 can provide support for the functional panel formed by the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, enhancing a support effect of the nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts and the breast pump 5, and improving the deformation resistance of the functional panel and the opening 23.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the functional panel can further include a second reinforcing strip 102. The second reinforcing strip 102 is connected to the seams at a junction of the first seam segment 81 and the second seam segment 82 and extends towards the junction of the neckline edge 71 and the underarm edge 72.

With the structure provided by this embodiment, two ends of the second reinforcing strip 102 extended in this way are respectively set at the junction of the neckline edge 71 and the underarm edge 72 and at the junction of the first seam segment 81 and the second seam segment 82, thereby cooperating with a shoulder line between the wearer's neck and armpits. By using the wearer's shoulders to lift the wearer's breasts in an opposite direction of gravity, the functional panel has better deformation resistance, enhancing a support effect of nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the functional panel further includes the second reinforcing strip 102, which is connected to the position of the seams and extends towards the junction of the neckline edge 71 and the underarm edge 72. With the structure provided by this embodiment, the second reinforcing strip 102 can cooperate with the shoulder line between the wearer's neck and armpits. By using the wearer's shoulders to lift the wearer's breasts in an opposite direction of gravity, the functional panel has better deformation resistance, enhancing a support effect of nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the functional panel can further include a third reinforcing strip 103, which is positioned along at least a portion of the neckline edge 71. By arranging the third reinforcing strip 103, the neckline edge 71 of the functional panel can be reinforced, making the neckline edge 71 better hug the curve of the wearer's neck, thereby enabling the functional panel to have better deformation resistance, and increasing the wearer's wearing experience.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the functional panel further includes a fourth reinforcing strip 104, which is positioned along the underarm edge 72. By arranging the fourth reinforcing strip 104, the underarm edge 72 of the functional panel can be reinforced, making the underarm edge 72 better hug the curve of the wearer's armpits, thereby enabling the functional panel to have better deformation resistance, and increasing the wearer's wearing experience.

Optionally, the first reinforcing strip 101, the second reinforcing strip 102, the third reinforcing strip 103, and the fourth reinforcing strip 104 can cooperate with each other to support the functional panel formed by the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, which can enhance the support effect of the nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts and the breast pump 5, and improve the usability of the nursing garment 2.

Optionally, the first reinforcing strip 101, the second reinforcing strip 102, the third reinforcing strip 103, and the fourth reinforcing strip 104 can be arranged on the functional panel by manners such as adhesive bonding and/or stitching. The first reinforcing strip 101, the second reinforcing strip 102, the third reinforcing strip 103, and the fourth reinforcing strip 104 can be made of materials or structures that are tougher than the functional panel, such as adhesive strips, plastic strips, fabric reinforced with stitching and pleats, etc.

Optionally, the first reinforcing strip 101, the second reinforcing strip 102, the third reinforcing strip 103, and the fourth reinforcing strip 104 can specifically be adhesive strips. In addition to reinforcing and supporting, the adhesive strips can also increase friction, thereby rubbing against the wearer's body and/or clothing and providing an anti-slip effect.

Optionally, positions of the second side 212 and the third side 221 other than the opening 23 can also be connected through adhesive bonding and/or stitching, further improving a connection strength between the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, and reducing a probability of deformation of the opening 23 when pulled.

Please refer to FIGS. 3, 5, and 6. FIG. 5 is a second exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is a third exploded structural schematic diagram of the nursing garment provided by the present disclosure. In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the second reinforcing strip 102 can be placed on a surface of the first panel 21, with one end of the second reinforcing strip 102 located at a junction of the second side 212 and the first side 211, and the other end extending in a direction away from the second side 212, forming a third angle 242 between the second reinforcing strip 102 and the second side 212. With the structure provided by this embodiment, the second reinforcing strip 102 can be used to pull and support the functional panel, enhancing the support effect of the nursing suit 2 on the wearer's breast and the breast pump 5, and improving the deformation resistance of the functional panel and the opening 23.

Wherein, the third angle 242 can be greater than the second angle 223.

Specifically, the second reinforcing strip 102 can be an adhesive strip, which has good tensile resistance and can further support the functional panel formed by the first panel 21 and the second panel 22, reducing the probability of deformation of the opening 23 under the pulling force of the breast pump 5 and improving the deformation resistance of the functional panel.

Optionally, the third angle 242 can be less than 180°, and a fourth angle 241 can be formed between the second reinforcing strip 102 and the first side 211, which can also be less than 180°. When the wearer wears the nursing garment 2, the second reinforcing strip 102 is located on the upper side compared to the opening 23, and extends further upwards, allowing the second reinforcing strip 102 to adapt to the structure and curves of the human body, thereby cooperating with the wearer's shoulders and lifting the breast pump 5 and the wearer's breasts in an opposite direction of gravity, enabling the functional panel to have better deformation resistance and enhancing the support effect of the nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts and the breast pump 5.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the nursing garment 2 can further include a shoulder strap 3 and an outer panel 26, the functional panel is connected to the shoulder strap 3, and the outer panel 26 is detachably connected to the shoulder strap 3 or the functional panel.

In the structure provided by this embodiment, the shoulder strap 3 can be hung on the wearer's shoulders, thereby utilizing a structure of the wearer's shoulders to constrain the functional panel formed by the first panel 21 and the second panel 22. This is conducive to enhancing the support effect of the nursing garment 2 on the wearer's breasts and the breast pump 5, facilitating more accurate alignment between the breast pump 5 and the wearer's breasts, and thereby improving the usability of the nursing garment 2.

The detachable outer panel 26 allows for selective exposure or concealment of the opening 23. When the wearer needs to use the opening 23, the outer panel 26 can be removed to expose the opening 23. When the opening 23 is not needed, the outer panel 26 can be securely attached the functional panel, and the opening can be shield by the outer panel 26 to isolate the functional panel from the external environment. This arrangement helps maintain the cleanliness of both the wearer's body and the functional panel, and provides a cleaner environment for the wearer's breasts. Furthermore, given a common occurrence of milk leakage during breastfeeding, the outer panel 26 can to some extent prevent milk from soaking through to the outer clothing, thereby improving the wearer's wearing experience and improving the usability of the nursing garment 2.

Specifically, when removing the outer panel 26 to expose the opening 23, it can be detached a portion of the outer panel 26 from the shoulder strap 3, with the outer panel 26 connected to the functional panel, and allow the outer panel 26 to hang down under gravity, thereby exposing the opening 23 of the internal functional panel. Alternatively, it can be detached a portion of the outer panel 26 from the functional panel, with the outer panel 26 connected to the shoulder strap 3, thereby exposing the opening 23 while avoiding contamination, loss, and other issues caused by complete removal of the outer panel 26.

The nursing garment 2 can specifically include first clip 25. One end of the second reinforcing strip 102 away from the second side 212 extends to an edge of the first panel 21, and the first clip 25 is positioned corresponding the end of the second reinforcing strip 102 away from the second side 212. The first clip 25 is configured to detachably connected to the shoulder strap 3.

On this basis, the shoulder strap 3 can also be directly detached from the first clip 25 to remove the functional panel. At this time, the wearer's chest does not need to be exposed through the opening 23 or aligned with the breast pump 3, but can be directly exposed.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the nursing garment 2 also includes the outer panel 26 and a second clip 27 fixed to one end of the outer panel 26. The outer panel 26 can be placed over a surface of the functional panel facing away from the human body, and the other end of the outer panel 26 away from the second clip 27 is connected to the first panel 21 and the second panel 22. The second clip 27 and the first clip 25 can be detachably connected.

When the second clip 27 is separated from the first clip 25, the end of the outer panel 26 with the second clip 27 is not fixed, and the outer panel 26 hangs down to expose the opening 23. When the second clip 27 is engaged with the first clip 25, the end of the outer panel 26 with the second clip 27 is limited by the first clip 25, and the outer panel 26 can shield the opening 23.

Optionally, the outer panel 26 can be made of a soft, lightweight, breathable fabric with a certain waterproof capability, so that the nursing garment 2 has a flat outer contour when worn and is of moderate thickness. This can prevent milk from soaking through the opening 23, the first panel 21, and the second panel 22 to wet the wearer's outer clothing, without being too bulky to provide a poor wearing experience or having an obvious contour shape that may embarrass the wearer, thereby effectively improving the usability of the nursing garment 2.

In a specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, a number of the first sides 211 and the second sides 212 is both two, and the two first sides 211 and the two second sides 212 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the first panel 21, forming 7-shaped concave corners on two sides of the first panel 21. A number of the second panel 22 is two, and the two second panels 22 are symmetrically arranged at the 7-shaped concave corners on two sides of the first panel 21 corresponding to the first side 211 and the second side 212.

Considering an actual human body curve, one first panel 21 can be used to symmetrically adapt the two second panels 22, forming an integrated nursing garment 2, with a simpler and more reliable structure that requires no additional cutting operations, thereby improving the usability of the nursing garment 2.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a lower edge of the functional panel formed by the first panel 21 and the second panel 22 can be attached to an inner side of the outer panel 26. When worn, the first clip 25 is separated from the second clip 27, the outer panel 26 can naturally hang down under gravity to naturally expose the opening 23.

Corresponding to the two symmetrical functional panels, a number of the shoulder strap 3, the first clip 25, and the second clip 27 can be two, and they are all symmetrically arranged. The outer panel 26 can form a contour shape conforming to common bras. The first panel 21 and the second panel 22 are connected to a middle part of the outer panel 26 to form two symmetrical functional panels. At two ends of the outer panel 26 away from the functional panels, a third clip 61 and a fourth clip 62 can also be provided. The third clip 61 can be detachably connected to the fourth clip 62, so that the two ends of the outer panel 26 can be connected, forming a ring structure to surround the wearer's body and limit the nursing garment 2, thereby providing support to the wearer's breasts.

A fifth clip 63 can also be provided on the outer panel 26. When the third clip 61 is connected to the fourth clip 62 and the outer panel 26 surrounds the wearer's body, the fifth clip 63 is located at a back of the wearer, while the first clip 25 corresponds to the wearer's chest located at a front of the wearer. One end of the shoulder strap 3 is connected to the first clip 25, and the other end is connected to the fifth clip 63, thereby utilizing the wearer's shoulders to provide support for the functional panel. With a connection relationship between the third clip 61 and the fourth clip 62, the functional panel is stably fixed to the human body.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the nursing garment 2 can be a bra, a top, a blouse, a vest, a tank top, a pajama, a dress, or other forms of women's clothing, and is not limited to the bras shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6. The nursing garment 2 can specifically be a nursing bra, a nursing top, a nursing blouse, a nursing vest, a nursing tank top, a nursing pajama, a nursing dress, or other forms of women's clothing used for breastfeeding. The nursing garment 2 can also specifically be a breast pump bra, a breast pump top, a breast pump blouse, a breast pump vest, a breast pump tank top, a breast pump pajama, a breast pump dress, or other forms of women's clothing used for supporting breast pumps. The nursing garment 2 can also be capable of both breast pumping and breastfeeding. The nursing garment 2 can be a breast pump/nursing bra, a breast pump/nursing top, a breast pump/nursing blouse, a breast pump/nursing vest, a breast pump/nursing tank top, a breast pump/nursing pajama, a breast pump/nursing dress, or other forms of women's clothing for supporting breast pumps or breasts. The nursing garment 2 is configured to allow lactating women to breastfeed or pump milk without removing the nursing garment 2.

The above description merely represents some embodiments of the present disclosure and does not limit the scope of protection thereof. Any equivalent devices or equivalent process transformations made using the content of specification and drawings of the present disclosure, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are similarly included within the scope of patent protection of present disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A nursing garment, comprising a functional panel, wherein the functional panel have a neckline edge extending around a wearer's neck when the nursing garment is worn, an underarm edge extending along a wearer's armpit when the nursing garment is worn, and a lower hem edge extending around a circumference of a wearer's torso when the nursing garment is worn;

the functional panel comprises a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel are spliced together to form the functional panel, and seams are formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are spliced together, and an opening is formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are not spliced, the seams include a first seam extending from an upper side of the opening to the underarm edge for supporting and limiting a breast pump.

2. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the seams further comprise a second seam extending from the opening to the lower hem edge.

3. The nursing garment according to claim 2, wherein the first seam comprises a first seam segment extending towards a junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge and a second seam segment extending towards the underarm edge.

4. The nursing garment according to claim 3, wherein the first seam segment and the second seam segment are bent and connected at a junction.

5. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the first seam comprises a first seam segment extending towards a junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge and a second seam segment extending towards the underarm edge.

6. The nursing garment according to claim 5, wherein the first seam segment and the second seam segment are bent and connected at a junction.

7. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a first reinforcing strip, and at least a portion of the location where the seam is positioned is provided with the first reinforcing strip layered with the first panel.

8. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a first reinforcing strip, and at least a portion of the location where the seam is positioned is provided with the first reinforcing strip layered with the second panel.

9. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a first reinforcing strip, and at least a portion of the location where the seam is positioned is provided with the first reinforcing strip layered with the first panel and the second panel.

10. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a second reinforcing strip, the second reinforcing strip is connected to a position where the seams are located and extending towards a junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge.

11. The nursing garment according to claim 3, wherein the functional panel further comprises a second reinforcing strip, the second reinforcing strip is connected to the seams at a junction of the first seam segment and the second seam segment and extends towards the junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge.

12. The nursing garment according to claim 5, wherein the functional panel further comprises a second reinforcing strip, the second reinforcing strip is connected to the seams at a junction of the first seam segment and the second seam segment and extends towards the junction of the neckline edge and the underarm edge.

13. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a third reinforcing strip, the third reinforcing strip is positioned along at least a portion of the neckline edge.

14. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel further comprises a fourth reinforcing strip, the fourth reinforcing strip is positioned along at least a portion of the underarm edge.

15. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the nursing garment further comprises a shoulder strap and an outer panel, the functional panel is connected to the shoulder strap, and the outer panel is detachably connected to the shoulder strap or the functional panel.

16. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the first panel has a first side and a second side adjacent to each other, and when the first panel is laid flat, a first angle is formed between the first side and the second side;

the second panel has a third side and a fourth side adjacent to each other, and when the second panel is laid flat, a second angle is formed between the third side and the fourth side; and

the first angle is greater than the second angle.

17. The nursing garment according to claim 16, wherein the first side is overlapped and spliced with the fourth side, and the second side is overlapped with the third side; the opening is formed between the second side and the third side.

18. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein bar tack stitches are adopted at least at the seam that is at an upper side of the opening.

19. The nursing garment according to claim 1, wherein the functional panel comprises two of the second panel that are respectively arranged at opposite sides of the first panel, a side of the second panel away from the first panel forms the underarm edge, an upper edge of the first panel forms the neckline edge, lower edges of the first panel and the two second panels collectively form the lower hem edge.

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