Decolletage-shaping brassiere

Abstract

This is attained in a brassiere for stabilizing and shaping female breasts and having cups adapted to hold the breasts and at least one strap securing the cups in place. The cups are horizontally spaced at most 10 cm from one another by a bridge piece. The bridge piece is a dimensionally stable molded that holds the cups at a constant spacing from one another.

I claim: 
     
         1 . In a brassiere for stabilizing and shaping female breasts and having cups adapted to hold the breasts and at least one strap securing the cups in place, the cups being horizontally spaced at most 10 cm from one another by a bridge piece, wherein the bridge piece is a dimensionally stable molded that holds the cups at a constant spacing from one another. 
     
     
         2 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , wherein the dimensionally stable molded part has or forms two. 
     
     
         3 . The brassiere defined in claim dimensionally stable cup sections that are connected to or formed on ends of the molded part that face the cups, each of the cup sections being integrated into a respective one of the cups. 
     
     
         4 . The brassiere defined in  claim 2 , wherein a height of the cup sections corresponds at least approximately to a height of the cups in inner he end regions juxtaposed with each other, and a width of the cup sections extends between one-fourth and at most one-third of the respective cup from the respective end thereof that faces the other cup to a center thereof that faces away from the other cup. 
     
     
         5 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , wherein the cups are connected to one another via an underbust band. 
     
     
         6 . The brassiere defined in  claim 4 , wherein the dimensionally stable molded part is integrated into the underbust band. 
     
     
         7 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 underwires that extend around bottom sides of the cups and along lateral inner regions of the cups juxtaposed with each other, the dimensionally stable molded part connecting the underwires to one another.   
     
     
         8 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , wherein the dimensionally stable molded part is formed by parts that can be adjusted relative to one another and can be fastened to one another in different positions of adjustment so that the length of the molded part that determines the spacing between the cups is variable. 
     
     
         9 . The brassiere defined in  claim 6 , further comprising:
 underwires that extend along lateral regions of the cups juxtaposed with each other and extend up to upper ends of the lateral regions.   
     
     
         10 . The brassiere defined in  claim 8 , wherein unattached ends of the underwires end diverge from one another in the lateral regions of the cups. 
     
     
         11 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , wherein the dimensionally stable molded part is made of a rigid fabric structure, a dimensionally stable plastic, a metal encased in fabric, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The brassiere defined in  claim 1 , wherein the dimensionally stable molded part is a substantially flat, strip-like element that is rigid in a X direction along its longitudinal extension and in a Y direction along its vertical extension, and is flexible in a Z direction.