Cup product for use in brassier and brassier using the cup product

Abstract

A cup product for use in a brassier and a brassier or like product using the cup product are disclosed. The cup product has a cup for covering a breast, a scallop portion provided at a peripheral edge of the cup, and an ornamental lace portion provided over a surface of the cup. The scallop portion and the ornamental lace portion are provided as one continuous lace fabric, and this lace fabric is formed into a three-dimensional shape by means of molding with the scallop portion being placed at an end of the three-dimensional shape.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A cup product for use in a brassier, the cup having a cup for covering a breast, a scallop portion provided at a peripheral edge of the cup, and an ornamental lace portion provided over a surface of the cup; 
 wherein the scallop portion and the ornamental lace portion comprise one continuous knitted lace fabric, and this lace fabric is formed into a three-dimensional shape by means of molding with the scallop portion being placed at an end of the three-dimensional shape.    
     
     
         2 . The cup product for use in a brassier according to  claim 1 , wherein the continuous knitted lace fabric is formed by means of the molding over the peripheral edge of the cup around a maximum bulging center thereof.  
     
     
         3 . The cup product for use in a brassier according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the knitted lace fabric is an elastic lace fabric having elasticity in either a weft direction or warp direction of the fabric or elasticity in both these directions.  
     
     
         4 . The cup product for use in a brassier according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein a proximal portion of the cup close to the center of the brassier corresponding to the “valley” between the breasts has a greater bulging curvature than a distal portion of the cup distant from the center of the brassier.  
     
     
         5 . The cup product for use in a brassier according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the maximum bulging center of the cup is located at the proximal cup portion adjacent the center of the brassier corresponding to the valley between the breasts.  
     
     
         6 . A brassier product using the cup product according to any one of claims  1 - 5 .