US 7,591,707 B2
Underwire assembly for brassiere, brassiere using the same, and process for producing and wearing the brassiere
Winnie Yu, Kowloon (China); Jintu Fan, Kowloon (China); and Rong Zheng, Kowloon (China)
Assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR (China)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/452,424.
Prior Publication US 2007/0293127 A1, Dec. 20, 2007
Int. Cl. A41C 3/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 450—52  [450/51; 450/41] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An underwire assembly for use in a brassiere, said underwire assembly comprising
an elongate support member of three-dimensional elongate form, the wire including a shape memory material, said shape memory material being at least one of a shape memory polymer and a shape memory polyurethane, the support member extending in at least two planes for conformity with an inferior profile of a breast of a wearer, said inferior profile being defined by reference to x, y and z coordinates determined by at least one of a computed tomography and an ISO-C3D three-dimensional scanning.