Bra pad construction.

The present invention generally belongs to the field of brassieres and related garments, especially for garments where it is desirable to use pads to cover the chest, such as brassieres, camisoles, slips, swimming suits. The present invention relates to a pad product having a thicker central top than the conventional product and a new and useful manufacturing method thereof.

The present invention includes U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 804,403, filed March 19, 2004, entitled Bras and Related Chest Pad Structures, and Pads with a Central Top for Bras and Bra-likes. This is a partial continuation application of US Patent Application No. 10 / 911,269 filed on August 4, 2004. The contents of both inventions will be repeated in the present invention by referring to both of them.

It is known to use elastic pads in brassieres to emphasize the body line. However, padded bras are not always desired. Bras without pads are also known, but in such bras the ability to emphasize the body line is limited.

Recently, materials for brassiere manufacturing have been developed that allow for easier manufacture of brassieres. Traditionally, the cup shape of a brassiere has consisted of multiple panels spliced together by sewing or other means to give it a three-dimensional shape. Artificial<u style="single">Foaming</u>With the advent of moldable synthetic materials such as materials and synthetic fiber materials, the shape of the cup is now a three-dimensional shape by molding a single panel or a combination of multiple panels made of various materials. It is possible to determine. The ability to mold the material to determine the desired shape has simplified and accelerated the manufacturing process. In order to provide support to the wearer's chest, the shape of the cup is often required to provide additional convenience to the wearer.

Many women want to hide in their bras, if not the entire breast. For humble dressing, it is desirable that the wearer's nipples are always invisible from the outside of the bra and any clothing worn on it. The molded cup shape of the brassiere, which is widely used at present, does not lead to the improvement of the cup shape for the above purpose at all. Molded cup shapes are usually not approximately the same thickness throughout the cup body, and it may be possible to increase the thickness of the cup to reduce the extent to which the wearer's nipples are visible from the outside. By increasing the wall thickness, the manufacturing cost of the brassiere will increase. Further, if it is desirable that the presence of the brassiere itself is as inconspicuous as possible, it is not desirable that there is a thickened portion of the brassiere at its edge. It is desirable that the edges of the brassiere be relatively thin, and as a result, this portion only gives the wearer's skin a feathered appearance.

In this regard, there are various examples of patent prior art.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,013,750 makes it possible to manufacture brassiere pads that are thicker in the center than the outer edges.<u style="single">For the preliminary form of the brassiere pad</u>The manufacturing method is disclosed. A molding device is used, which produces a substantially conical pad made of polyester fibers with the top portion thicker than the peripheral edge. See also U.S. Pat. No. 3,947,207.

Other patented inventions related to the invention of the present application are as follows. U.S. patent number inventor No. 2,507,543 Prager No. 2,565,400 Mr. Skeoch No. 2,616,093 Mr. Talalay No. 2,627,368 Mr. Jantzen No. 2,702,769 Alderfer No. 2,845,974 Ashton et al. No. 3,164,655 Howard et al. No. 3,186,271 Mr. Kaiser No. 3,311,007 McGee No. 3,417,755 Howard et al. No. 3,464,418 Silverman No. 3,502,083 Howard et al. No. 3,800,650 Mr. Schroeder No. 4,351,211 Mr. Azzolini No. 5,017,174 Gowrylow No. 5,299,483 Mr. Ber-Fong

Jantzen's U.S. Pat. No. 2,627,368 discloses a method for making pre-curved pad fillers, which here are molded molds with recesses to accommodate some of the blanks in the material. Is used. A means for pressing or compressing a blank into the recess of the molding die is provided. A sharp movable knife passes between the mold and the compressed material, resulting in a curved shoulder pad filling and a tapered portion that gradually decreases in thickness from thick to thin. It is formed.

Kaiser's US Pat. No. 3,186,271 suggests and teaches equipment and methods for producing molded articles made of foam materials such as sponges and cushions.

Both Jantzen and Kaiser provided a pair of thick parts on a single sheet of material so that when the brassiere pad was completed, this part would be at the top of the center. Nothing is disclosed or suggested.

Howard et al., U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,164,655, 3,417,755, and 3,502,083 disclose the shaping of the outer shape of the blank, and the method of giving the blank the desired shape and outer shape. However, a pair of thick parts are provided on a single sheet-like material, and when the brassiere pad is completed through thermoforming, this thick part is positioned so that it hits the top of the center. I did not disclose what I did.

Talalay's U.S. Pat. No. 2,616,093 discloses clothing pads such as shoulder pads and chest pads, which are stepped in thickness from relatively thick to relatively thin. It has a concave composite shape instead of the above, and various members are used as the material for forming the pad.

McGee's U.S. Patent Registration No. 3,311,007 discloses a device for creating at least one contoured surface on a foam pad, the invention of which is the invention of a foam material. It teaches the effect of cutting out by compressing the flat plate-shaped molding part facing the male mold part, and the outer shape of the material from which the excess part is cut off is made based on the shape of the male mold part. Therefore, it is very different from the present invention. McGee has not been able to teach that the outer shape of the part is made from the foam material that covers the recesses and covers the entire recess before the excess part of the foam material is cut off.

Thompson et al., U.S. Pat. No. 2,727,278 discloses a method for manufacturing molded brassieres so that the pad filler thickness for each brassiere is such that the thickness of the top is greater than the wall thickness of the surrounding area. It is configured in. The manufacturing process of the molded brassiere described in the present invention is significantly different from that of the present invention, and it is not taught that an excess portion of the material pressed into the recess is cut off.

Other patents disclose pad-related technology different from the above, but this technology is different from the present invention. These patents are also attached for general reference.

<p> With improved pads, and even such improved brassiere pads, we manufacture brassiere pads that are more effective as pads for brassieres, but are not easily recognized as being padded. As for the method, demand still exists.</p><p> An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a brass pad having a top portion thicker than other portions in the central portion, the pad itself, and an apparatus used for manufacturing the pad.</p><p> Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a brassiere pad manufactured according to the method described in the present invention.</p><p> Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a brassiere that meets the limitations of the prior art as described above, or at least includes a molded cup shape that provides a useful option to the masses.</p><p> Furthermore, an object of the present invention is molding composed of a laminated structure of a first panel and a second panel made of a flexible foam material.<u style="single">Chest</u>It is where it provides the cup shape.</p>

<p>In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises holding a sheet material having a uniform wall thickness, which is made of an elastic and moldable material such as a thermoplastic resin foam, and this sheet. Thickness compared to one or two other parts, corresponding to the top of a brassiere and brassiere-like garment (in the present invention, the pad refers to the brassiere of any garment that is ultimately used) by molding the material. It is characterized by being composed of creating a part having.</p><p> Also in the present invention, the first panel and the second panel have the same spread as each other and determine the shape of the edge of the chest cup, and the first panel is made of a flexible foam material. Has a different wall thickness for each part, and has a thicker part at a place away from the edge part as compared with a relatively thin part near the edge part.</p><p> It is desirable that the thick part is located at the place where the nipple of the person who uses the brassiere, including the chest cup, is positioned at the time of use. The first panel has a uniform wall thickness except for the relatively thick part, and the relatively thick part has the maximum wall thickness at the center of this part and is located at the edge of this part. It is desirable that the wall thickness becomes smaller as it goes toward it.</p><p> The second panel is provided on the side of the first main part of the first panel to form a flat plate-like structure having the same spread, and the shape of the cup is molded to match that of the flat plate-like structure. The excess portion other than the portion where the cup shape is determined is removed from the structure.</p><p> The present invention is also composed, in large part, individually or as a whole, of the parts, members, features described or presented herein, and in addition, said parts, said members, said features. It can also be said that it is composed of any one or all of a combination of a plurality of things. In addition, when a specific numerical value known to be equivalent in relation to the present invention is described in the present specification, it is described as being described individually in the present specification. In order to articulate the present invention, the drawings describe forms that are currently preferred, but this should not be construed as limiting the invention to just the illustrated arrangement.</p><p> The novelty features that characterize the present invention are specifically pointed out in the claims that are attached to and are part of this Disclosure Document. In order to better understand the present invention, its convenience in action, and the particular objectives obtained by using the present invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and the description showing preferred embodiments of the present invention. I will do it.</p>

Although the drawings are referred to here, similar directives are used here to indicate the same member or a member having a similar action. FIG. 1 shows a cutout die, which is indicated by the indicator symbol 10 as a whole, and the cutout die is composed of a cutout die lower part 12 and a cutout die upper part 14, for example, a polyurethane foam having a thickness of 7 mm.<u style="single">Sheet material made of</u>16 is sandwiched between them. Polyurethane foam<u style="single">Things</u>However, according to the present invention, any thermoplastic foam can be used and, in fact, any formable material that is elastic and can be molded into a three-dimensional shape. Can be used. The cut-out mold or cut-out mold portions 12 and 14 can be made by using a suitable hard material in addition to wood, plastic, and metal. The cut-out mold lower portion 12 includes a pair of recesses 18 on the upper surface thereof, and the recesses are configured to be located near the top of the central portion of each brassiere pad to be constructed according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows the closed state of the cutout mold, in which the elastic and moldable sheet material 16 is pushed down toward the lower portion 12 of the cutout mold, whereby a part of the sheet material 16 is pressed down. It is pressed towards each recess 18, but the thickness of the material remains, for example the indicator 20.

FIG. 2 also shows a cutting device in which the whole is indicated by the indicator symbol 22. The cutting device 22 is provided with a movable carriage 24 that allows the blade, knife, or cutting member 26 extending across this width to be moved across the sheet material 16 (orthogonal to the plane of FIG. 2). .. The blade 26 also includes a cutout mold upper 14 and a cutout mold lower part.<u style="single">12</u>Located in the middle of each of<u style="single">Material thickness</u>The structure is such that a part of 20 is neatly separated from the sheet material 16. For this purpose, the cutting member 26 may have heat (eg, a cutting wire), may be attached to this movement of the band, may vibrate back and forth like an electric saw, and others.<u style="single">Made of foam material</u>It may also vibrate in a manner suitable for cutting the sheet material 16.

As the cutting device 22 operates to operate the cutting member 26 by vibration, heat, or otherwise, the movable carriage 24 moves in the direction of arrow A until it reaches the end position shown in FIG. , Move along the sheet material 16.

At this position, the cut portion 30 is formed in the sheet material 16 and thus the cutout result is obtained. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the cut-out part or the sheet-shaped material 16a gradually thickened is removed from the cut-out mold by opening the cut-out mold. The sheet-like material 16a has a top thickness of 5.5 mm.<u style="single">Thick part 17</u>It is composed of a thin-walled material portion 19 having a thickness of 1 mm surrounding it. FIG. 8 shows the sheet-like material 16a gradually thickened in the right-angled direction by the dotted line. The sheet-like material 16a, for example, having a thickness of 2 mm, is attached to a second outer cup sheet 32, which is also made of a polyurethane foam material. The sheet-like material 16a that has been cut out and gradually thickened constitutes the sheet for the inner cup.

As shown in Figure 5,<u style="single">Sheet-like material 16a with gradual thickness and cup sheet</u>32 comprises laminates or fiber coatings 33 and 34, respectively, which are composed of nylon or a blend of nylon and spandex, respectively. This is the traditional coating used for brassiere foam materials. The important point is that, according to the present invention, the coating 33<u style="single">Sheet-like material 16a with gradual thickness</u>It faces the outer surface of the inside of the device, so that it is not separated by the cutting device 22 and that it is not separated by the cutting device 22.<u style="single">Cup sheet 32</u>Is to have a coating 34 on its outer surface. by this,<u style="single">Sheet-like material 16a and cup sheet 32</u>The inner surface of the is ready to receive the spray glue. After the spray glue is applied to these two surfaces, they are pressed against each other to form a single composite stepped thickness.

In FIG. 6, the thermoforming die 40 is indicated by the indicator 40 as a whole, which, as shown in the figure, is the lower female forming part or the lower female forming die 42 and the upper female forming part or It is composed of an upper female molding die 44.<u style="single">Sheet-like material 16a and cup sheet 32</u>Is placed between the two molds 42 and 44,<u style="single">Thick part</u>Lower female molding mold at the center of 17<u style="single">Pre-molded product composed of</u>Together with the pair of recesses 46 provided in 42, each recess 46 further corresponds to a pair of male protrusions 48 provided in the male molding die 44. Each male convex portion 48 is a small concave portion or a flat portion 49, or<u style="single">Sheet-like material 16a</u>of<u style="single">Thick part</u>It may include a portion configured to prevent 17 from being completely crushed.

The molding dies 42, 44 are heated to an appropriate level for molding the molded product shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 into the final molded product. The final molded product is<u style="single">2mm thick</u>~ 6mm<u style="single">Thick part</u>17,17 are provided as being surrounded by thin-walled peripheral edges 19, 19 having a thickness of 1 mm, and these thin-walled peripheral edges 19, 19 are provided.<u style="single">Each thick part</u>It surrounds 17,17 respectively. The thin peripheral portion 19 further has an inner region having a thickness of, for example, 2 mm, and has a structure as shown above, in which the brassiere pad described in the present invention is used, or a brassiere manufactured by incorporating the pad. Is, for example, 5 mm thick<u style="single">Thick part</u>17 is provided above the apex of the bust top, and for example, a thin-walled portion having a thickness of 1 mm by tapering is provided on the thin-walled peripheral edge portion 19.

As shown in FIG. 9, the pair of pads 52, 54 cut out from the moldings shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can be used in a brassiere in a conventional manner. The pads 52, 54 are also used for brassiere-like garments such as swimming suits, camisoles, and other bras, which are non-bra garments used to cover a woman's body shape.

According to FIG. 16, a brassiere 101 is illustrated, which includes two chest cups 102 tied to other components such as a body strap 103 and a shoulder strap 104.

The chest cup 102 is connected to each other at the intermediate connection 105. The chest cup 102 has an edge 106 and a body 107 inside the edge 106. The chest cup 102 is a molded shape, most of which is a single structure, but this is a shape that covers it, preferably a plurality of identical spreads that determine the composition of the cup's shape. It may consist of only one panel, or it may incorporate parts other than multiple panels. However, the chest cup 102 described in the present invention can be arranged outside the chest cup or configured to engage with the chest cup 102 by joining another panel by a method such as sewing. It is assumed that there is. Further at this time, the separately spliced panels can either extend from the cup-shaped edge 106 or be connected to the chest cup 102 between the edges 106, thereby the cup. Determine a part of the main body 107 of the mold.

The two chest cups 102 of the brassiere have an intermediate connection 105<u style="single">Shows approximately line symmetry around</u>.. So far, we have referred to a single chest cup made of or will be made of the material that was in the previous process, and we will continue to refer to it in this way. This is also because it is considered that the other chest cup is given the same shape as the chest cup.

According to FIG. 13, the chest cup 102 is shown. The chest cup 102 is shaped and given a three-dimensional shape, eg, a cup shape that serves the purpose of supporting and covering at least part of the user's chest. The chest cup 102 is flexible, according to FIG.<u style="single">Foam panel 108</u>Second panel 109 made of flexible foam material, more preferably made of flexible fiber material<u style="single">1st</u>Panel 110, flexible fiber material<u style="single">Made</u>Also includes the second panel 111. For example, in another embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the shape of the chest cup is determined by the flexible foam material first panel 108, made of flexible fiber material.<u style="single">1st</u>Panel 110, or flexible<u style="single">fiber</u>Made of material<u style="single">No. 2</u>It is a panel, and the second panel 109 made of a flexible foam material shown in FIG. 10 is not provided here.

Although mentioned in the present invention, such panels are preferably configured to be directly connected to each other by heat laminating and / or adhesive laminating.<u style="single">Sheet material</u>It is also possible to evaluate the panels constituting the stacked ones or the structure in which the structure of the panels is provided between these panels.

FIG. 10 shows a panel of the chest cup according to the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a panel composed of a flexible foam material first panel 108 and a flexible foam material second panel 109. Made of flexible fibrous material, preferably in place, with approximately the same spread as the first panel 108, made of flexible foam material<u style="single">1st</u>A panel is provided. Panel 108 and panel 110<u style="single">From</u>Laminate structure<u style="single">Form</u>Is supplied from a roll-stocked material used in the method described in the present invention. The flexible fiber material can be, for example, nylon, and the foam material can be, for example, polyurethane. The second panel 109 made of foam material has the exposed first main surface 113 and<u style="single">Made of flexible fiber material No. 1</u>The panel 110 is composed of a second main surface 114 to be laminated. In the unprocessed form of the structures of the panel 108 and the panel 110, such a structure is in an unmolded state and is in a flat or flat state in the natural state.

For example, a foam material second panel 109 that is combined with a fiber material second panel 111 is provided. The foam material second panel 109 is composed of an exposed main surface 115 and a coated main surface 116 on which the fiber material second panel 111 is laminated. Like the structures of panel 108 and panel 110, the first panel 109 made of foam material and the second panel 111 made of fibrous material are supplied from materials stocked in rolls and are naturally flat or flat. It is in a state. The size of the pre-processed structure of the right-angled panel made from this is the size of the entire desired cup shape when it is molded by a molding machine and an attempt is made to determine the shape of the three-dimensional cup. It is large enough to determine.<u style="single">Flexible</u>It is desirable that the first panel 108 made of foam material has a thickness X that is thicker than the thickness Y of the second panel 109 made of foam material.

With respect to FIG. 11, the foam material first panel 108 is formed to determine the shape of the thickness increasing region 116. The thickness increase region 116 is provided between the edges 117 of the structure of the panel 108 and the panel 110. This thickness increase region 116 is further provided towards the inside of this portion of the structure of the panel 108 and the panel 110 (towards the inside of the edge), and the shape of the molded cup is described in the present invention. The shape of the chest cup is finally determined.

Therefore, when molded into the shape of a cup using other panels and the shape of the chest cup described in the present invention is determined as shown in FIG. 13, the thickness increase region 116 is the edge of the chest cup. It is provided inside the 106. In a preferred embodiment, the flexible foam first panel is formed to have a substantially constant wall thickness Z, except for the thickness increase region 116, as shown in FIG. 10 before undergoing molding. There is. In the most preferred form, such contouring is performed by cutting off excess parts of the panel to determine the shape of the contour on the first main portion side of the foam material first panel 108. This has been discussed in detail above.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the first main surface 113A of the foam material first panel 108 whose contour is adjusted is molded and this shape is adjusted, the panel 108 and the first main surface 113A are formed on the first main surface 113A. The structure includes a thickness increasing region 116 extending from the edge portion of the structure of the panel 110 or a thin-walled portion extending in the direction of the edge portion. The thickness increase region 116 is, for example, dome-shaped as shown in FIG. 11 and has a constant diameter D.

In the case of another embodiment, the shape is described, for example, in FIG.<u style="single">like</u>、<u style="single">It may change in stages</u>。<u style="single">Increased thickness</u>In order to ensure that the presence of the region is largely hidden in the final step of the brassiere, the thickness increase region 116 or the apex approximately in the center of this thickness increase region has the maximum thickness and of this thickness increase region. The thickness increases as you go to the edge 119<u style="single">Without a sharp head</u>It is preferable to decrease. Such a decrease in thickness can be seen, for example, in FIG.<u style="single">Instruction symbol 119</u>As shown in<u style="single">No unevenness</u>It is possible by tapering. In the most preferred form, the foamed material second panel 109 is completely uncontoured. The foam material first panel 108 is contoured, but is the side of the first panel that does not use fibers and faces the panel 110.

The structures of panel 108 and panel 110 are now laminated to the structures of panel 109 and panel 111 using a molding machine, as shown in FIG. Each of the molding machines has an outline or outer shape formed in it, giving the pre-processed structure by the panel a three-dimensional or cup shape of the chest cup.<u style="single">Molded part, that is,</u>It is composed of a molding upper part 120 and a molding lower part 121. The molded upper part 120 includes, for example, a concavely depressed portion, and the molded lower part 121 is provided with a convex raised portion in a shape that substantially compensates for the concavely depressed portion of the molded upper part 120.

The structure of the panel 108 and 110 and the structure of the panel 109 and 111 are such that the two structures are in an appropriate state (preferably with the same spread) between the two molded upper parts and the molded lower parts. It is arranged so that it overlaps with. After this, the two molded upper parts and the molded lower part are combined. It is preferable that these two molded parts are heated. A further adhesive is applied between the structures and both pressure adhesion and heat are used to establish good laminate adhesion between the two structures. After the shape of the cup is formed on the panel or panel structure before processing, the shape of the cup is cut out from the formed pre-processed panel, whereby the surrounding shape is determined as shown in FIG. A portion of the edge 106 of the cup is composed of a compression and pressurization region 123, in which the overlapping panels made of the material receive greater pressure than the body 107. By providing the compression / pressurization region in this way, the cup can be given the shape of a flange, which can be used for the purpose of fixing the cup to other parts of the brassiere.

According to FIG. 13, after forming a three-dimensional shape or a cup shape on the unprocessed material and laminating the unprocessed material, the thickness increase region 116 is the chest cup.<u style="single">Structure</u>It is located inside the edge 106 of 102. And the thickness increase area 116 is the chest cup<u style="single">Structure</u>It is provided inside the main body 107 of 102. The thickness increase area 116 usually comes to the position where the nipple of the brassiere user's chest hits.

FIG. 17 is a sectional view taken along line 17-17 of FIG. The thickness increase region 116 is illustrated as provided to increase the thickness of the entire chest cup in such an increase region. Thickness B is larger than thickness C. The thickness may be greater than C for B only at the edges, but further thickening to reduce the visibility of the user's nipples from the chest cup is the density of the material in the thickness increase region 116. Is the result of increasing. Once the chest cup is formed, the thickness increase region 116 results in some such compression, increasing the density of the material in this region of increase, which reduces the likelihood that the nipple will be removed from the chest cup. Thickness in preferred form<u style="single">B</u>But<u style="single">Shown in Figure 10</u>Approximately the same as thickness X, and therefore the foam material is flexible where the thickness increase region 116 is maximized.<u style="single">Na</u>Made of foam material<u style="single">1st panel 108</u>It did not happen to be scraped or removed from.

FIG. 15 illustrates another embodiment of the thickness increase region. The second layer 124 of the material is bonded to the main surface 113 where the first layer of the foam material is exposed. The second layer of this material is contoured, for example, with a similar foam material to give the same desired contour to the structures of the first and second layers, as shown in FIG. 11 or 14. There is.

In the most preferred form, a second structure composed of a second panel 109 made of foam material and a panel 111 made of fiber material is laminated to the first panel made of foam material by adhesion, but according to FIG. Another embodiment is presented, in which the first panel 108 receives the fibrous material flexible panel 111 and is directly engaged in the absence of the foam material second panel 109. The situation in which such a configuration is formed in a cup shape is illustrated in FIG.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been presented and described in detail to clarify the application of the principles of the invention, it will be appreciated that the invention can be practiced without departing from this principle.

<figref num="1">An open cut-out type used to manufacture the pad according to the present invention, sandwich a sheet of polyurethane foam material, and carry out the method according to the present invention.<u style="single">Side cross section</u>Is.</figref><figref num="2">It is the same figure as the cutting type of FIG. 1, and shows the closed position thereof and the state at the start of operation of the cutting device.</figref><figref num="3">It is the same figure as FIG. 2, and shows the state at the end of the operation of the cutting device.</figref><figref num="4">The sheet used for the brassiere pad according to the present invention, which has been cut out and further thickened in stages.<u style="single">Side cross section</u>Is.</figref><figref num="5">It is the same figure as Fig. 4, although the brassiere pad is gradually thickened.<u style="single">Side cross section</u>Is.</figref><figref num="6">A molding die in which a stepwise thickened brassiere pad according to the present invention is sandwiched between molds.<u style="single">Side section exploded view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="7">Of the molded material for producing the two molding pads described in the present invention<u style="single">Side cross section</u>Is.</figref><figref num="8">FIG. 7 is a plan view of the molded material shown in FIG. 7.</figref><figref num="9">Indicates a brassiere pad manufactured according to the present invention.<u style="single">Plan view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="10">Other examples of the present invention are shown, and the panel components are shown.<u style="single">Disassembled side view</u>It shows the state before being molded and laminated.</figref><figref num="11">The panel structure of FIG. 10 is shown.<u style="single">Side view</u>It shows the state before being molded in a mold.</figref><figref num="12">Two panels according to the present invention<u style="single">of</u>The structure is shown, and the state before being formed into a three-dimensional cup mold by a stacking and molding device is shown.<u style="single">Partial cross-sectional disassembled side view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="13">FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a cup mold molded and cut out to determine the shape of an edge suitable for incorporation as a brassiere part.</figref><figref num="14">Panel for the object in Figure 11<u style="single">of</u>Of the other configurations of the construct<u style="single">Side view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="15">Yet another configuration in Figure 14<u style="single">Side view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="16">Of brassieres including the cup shape described in the present invention<u style="single">Front view</u>Is.</figref><figref num="17">It is a sectional view taken along the line 17-17 of FIG. 13, and the structure of the panel shown in FIG. 12 is shown.</figref><figref num="18">It is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 17-17 of FIG. 13, and the structure of the panel shown in FIG. 14 is shown.</figref>