| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 450/1 |
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres |
172 |
| 450/79 |
Body band has overlapping separately secured ends |
18 |
| 450/82 |
Body-embracing band includes detachable connector unit |
13 |
| 450/83 |
Body-embracing band means includes vertically spaced portions |
1 |
| 450/84 |
One portion is narrow waist-encircling band |
2 |
| 450/36 |
Closable aperture permits access to breast i.e., nursing type |
71 |
| 450/30 |
Combined with apparel-type garment |
32 |
| 450/31 |
Breast supporting member within other garment |
47 |
| 450/32 |
Removable breast supporter |
21 |
| 450/33 |
Subjacent garment attached at front only |
6 |
| 450/34 |
With means providing girthwise elasticity for brassiere |
3 |
| 450/35 |
Portion of garment covers elastic connector at back |
1 |
| 450/7 |
Combined with subjacent body supporters, e.g., foundation garment |
21 |
| 450/14 |
Detachably secured to subjacent supporter by separable fastener |
6 |
| 450/17 |
Front center separable closure for both breast and torso support |
7 |
| 450/11 |
Including apparel-type garment |
7 |
| 450/21 |
Including elastic portion with stretch inhibitor of limit |
2 |
| 450/20 |
Including elastic portions with varying modulus of elasticity |
7 |
| 450/24 |
Including panels having pleats or folds to permit size increase |
0 |
| 450/19 |
Including plural elastic panels or inserts with diversely oriented lines of elasticity |
6 |
| 450/8 |
Including plural superimposed supporting panels or bands |
16 |
| 450/10 |
Each layer separately encircles body |
1 |
| 450/9 |
With separable closure for each layer |
3 |
| 450/27 |
Low out at back |
4 |
| 450/25 |
Stepwise girth adjustment |
2 |
| 450/22 |
Subjacent supporter includes crotch member |
10 |
| 450/16 |
Subjacent supporter unattached at back |
3 |
| 450/15 |
Subjacent supporter unattached at front |
3 |
| 450/12 |
Vertically slidable overlapped portions between breast and torso support |
2 |
| 450/13 |
With elastically extensible connector |
3 |
| 450/26 |
With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment |
3 |
| 450/18 |
With size adjustment for both, e.g., maternity type |
3 |
| 450/23 |
Wraparound overlapped type torso support |
11 |
| 450/70 |
Cups joined to common subjacent elastic strip of panel |
28 |
| 450/65 |
Elastically expansible cup or cup rim |
31 |
| 450/66 |
All-elastic cup |
21 |
| 450/69 |
By vertical gathering of material between the cups |
9 |
| 450/67 |
Expansible cup rim, e.g., elastic shirring |
12 |
| 450/68 |
With means to vary size of breast cups |
9 |
| 450/85 |
Extended length wraparound body bands |
13 |
| 450/76 |
Including elastic portion with stretch inhibitor or limiter |
13 |
| 450/75 |
Including elastic portions with variable modulus of elasticity |
19 |
| 450/74 |
Including plural elastic panels or inserts with diversely oriented directions of elasticity |
20 |
| 450/93 |
Materials |
44 |
| 450/92 |
Methods of making or assembling |
49 |
| 450/39 |
Molded preshaped shell-like cup, e.g., plastic latex |
65 |
| 450/40 |
Strand-type fabric with thermoplastic fibers or filaments |
15 |
| 450/80 |
Resilient body-clasping band |
9 |
| 450/91 |
Reversible |
2 |
| 450/58 |
Separable at front center |
76 |
| 450/86 |
Shoulder strap arrangements and connecting features |
129 |
| 450/87 |
Connected by floating extension at or below horizontal mid-cup region |
0 |
| 450/88 |
Detachable, e.g., convertible to strapless |
34 |
| 450/64 |
Straps narrow bands only, i.e., skeletal type |
13 |
| 450/81 |
With adhesive means or vacuum cup to secure to body |
56 |
| 450/89 |
With compartment for carrying articles, e.g., coin pocket |
20 |
| 450/59 |
With cup supplementing uplift straps or slings diagonally crossing at front center |
18 |
| 450/55 |
With cup-supplementing means to add volume to breast, e.g., pads |
43 |
| 450/56 |
Applied to only lower half of breast |
15 |
| 450/57 |
Pads, per se. |
165 |
| 450/60 |
With floatingly attached cup-supplementing breast supporting strip or panel |
27 |
| 450/63 |
Attaching means includes adjustment feature |
16 |
| 450/61 |
Forming breast-receiving pouch with cup bottom |
12 |
| 450/62 |
Supplementary means includes body-girdling straps |
11 |
| 450/77 |
With girthwise inelastic size adjustment additional to separable closure |
4 |
| 450/38 |
With inflatable or liquid-containing chambers |
60 |
| 450/37 |
With lacteal fluid receptor or shield |
57 |
| 450/78 |
With means to gather peripheral edge, e.g., drawstring |
6 |
| 450/54 |
With means to separably retain breast-form-supplementing pads |
72 |
| 450/3 |
With midriff covering extension terminating adjacent waistline, e.g., "longline" |
7 |
| 450/5 |
Midriff extension includes overlapping relatively movable parts |
4 |
| 450/4 |
With additional means interiorly attached to extension to support the diaphragm area |
3 |
| 450/6 |
With means to attach extension to subjacent body-supporter or garment, e.g., hold-downs |
3 |
| 450/90 |
With reinforcing stitching |
1 |
| 450/28 |
With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment |
5 |
| 450/29 |
For hosiery |
1 |
| 450/2 |
With shoulder or back brace |
2 |
| 450/53 |
With stiffened supporting means contacting only lower half of breast |
20 |
| 450/41 |
With stiffening strips, strands, or stays, e.g., wired |
100 |
| 450/51 |
Annular cup-rim encircling stay individual to one cup |
23 |
| 450/44 |
Cup form includes latticework of strips |
4 |
| 450/42 |
Cup form includes spirally arranged strip |
3 |
| 450/45 |
Paired strips or stays for cup rims with connecting span |
15 |
| 450/47 |
Annular cup-rim-encircling stays |
20 |
| 450/49 |
Cup fabric has tunnels separably retaining joined stays |
12 |
| 450/48 |
Stays with conneting span form u, v, h, or v shape between the breasts |
8 |
| 450/46 |
With separable joint between paired stays |
1 |
| 450/50 |
Plural separate stays diagonally crossing between cups |
0 |
| 450/52 |
Single stay individual to one cup with arcuate portion along bottom rim of cup, e.g., u-shaped |
44 |
| 450/43 |
Woven or braided strand-type fabric, e.g.,wire gauze |
9 |
| 450/71 |
With variable length connector between cups |
9 |
| 450/72 |
Elastic connector |
4 |
| 450/73 |
With additional nonelastic connector means |
2 |
| 450/94 |
For lower torso including thighs, e.g., corset, girdles |
8 |
| 450/155 |
Abdominal uplifting sling type |
59 |
| 450/119 |
Belt-operated lacing for closures or adjusters |
1 |
| 450/142 |
Closures or girth adjusters with interiorly disposed chafing shield |
3 |
| 450/95 |
Combined with apparel type garment |
14 |
| 450/107 |
Comprising latticework of narrow strips or bands, e.g., skeletal |
6 |
| 450/97 |
Comprising sheet rubber or deposited rubber or latex |
8 |
| 450/131 |
Elastic bands or panels with varying modulus of elasticity or with stretch limiter |
9 |
| 450/116 |
Elastic in entirely (may include nonelastic closures or girth adjusters) |
8 |
| 450/117 |
Edge joined multipanel |
8 |
| 450/118 |
With nonparallel lines of elasticity |
3 |
| 450/130 |
Elastic portions have nonparallel lines of elasticity |
4 |
| 450/134 |
Girth adjustment by predetermined increments |
5 |
| 450/135 |
With insertable or removable girth-changing units |
3 |
| 450/136 |
Having girth adjuster and separate nonadjustable separable fastener for closure |
1 |
| 450/129 |
Having pretensioning means bridging girthwise closure |
0 |
| 450/141 |
Lacing-type closure with flaccid lace-receiving eyelet or loop |
1 |
| 450/156 |
Materials and making, e.g., pattern layouts |
13 |
| 450/121 |
One portion laced through aperture in another portion |
3 |
| 450/151 |
Panels reinforced by tapes or bands |
2 |
| 450/140 |
Plural disconnectable panels with selectively different assembled positions |
3 |
| 450/153 |
Protective covers, liners, or shields |
6 |
| 450/120 |
Vertically slidable overlapped portions, e.g., "telescoping" |
2 |
| 450/154 |
Waistline type, i.e., limited vertical extent |
7 |
| 450/108 |
With apertured insert-type panel for ventilation |
1 |
| 450/150 |
With article carrying pockets |
10 |
| 450/148 |
With closure means for access opening at lower rear margin of buttock girdling member |
0 |
| 450/100 |
With crotch or leg straps or leg-encircling parts |
18 |
| 450/104 |
Including crotch piece, e.g., panty girdle |
9 |
| 450/105 |
With opening therethrough, e.g., overlapped panel |
0 |
| 450/106 |
Leg anchors |
5 |
| 450/101 |
Upper-leg-encircling compressor, e.g., thigh reducers |
7 |
| 450/102 |
With detachably connected crotch piece |
11 |
| 450/103 |
Completely removable |
7 |
| 450/132 |
With elastic band, panel, or portion, e.g., gussets |
13 |
| 450/133 |
Detachably secured to garment |
3 |
| 450/115 |
With elastic portions having means to limit or control stretching thereof |
16 |
| 450/99 |
With individual buttock-receiving concavities |
11 |
| 450/149 |
With insertable or removble panel unit, e.g., "convertible" |
3 |
| 450/152 |
With loops for dooning |
0 |
| 450/98 |
With means bridging or filling out hollows in the body |
6 |
| 450/112 |
With means to resist vertical motion on body, e.g., friction grips |
2 |
| 450/113 |
Over-shoulder straps |
1 |
| 450/110 |
With means to supportingly engage apparel-type garment, e.g., skirt supporters |
2 |
| 450/111 |
Hosiery supporter |
1 |
| 450/137 |
With plural separately acting girth dimension adjusters |
1 |
| 450/138 |
Vertically spaced |
0 |
| 450/96 |
With shoulder or upper back brace |
7 |
| 450/139 |
With stays at closure edges having nonflaccid interengaging fastening means |
1 |
| 450/114 |
With stiff or nonflaccid body-supporting plate or panel |
4 |
| 450/109 |
With stiffener for upper margin, terminating substantially above lower margin, e.g., waistline antiroll |
1 |
| 450/143 |
With stiffening strips or stays |
5 |
| 450/147 |
Having means to interengage with lacing cord |
0 |
| 450/144 |
Including stay-reinforcers at waistline or broken stay shields |
4 |
| 450/145 |
Movably articulated directly one to another |
1 |
| 450/146 |
Readily separable from supporter, e.g., from pockets |
4 |
| 450/122 |
With superimposed supporting panels or bands |
17 |
| 450/123 |
At least one layer includes elastic feature |
7 |
| 450/124 |
Superimposed elastic layers having nonparallel lines of elasticity |
6 |
| 450/127 |
Each layer circumferentially separable, with closure |
0 |
| 450/128 |
Each layer substantially separately encircles body |
0 |
| 450/125 |
Layers are readily separable (detachable) one from another |
2 |
| 450/126 |
With selectively different assembled positions |
6 |
