Method of Brassiere Size Determination by Direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length

Abstract

A Method of Brassiere Size Determination by Direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length providing accurate bra size.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A Method of Brassiere Size Determination by Direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length comprising:
 a. a 0.75-inch interval based measurement of the breast taken by digital or physical means by measuring from the medial inframammary fold to the lateral inframammary fold along the fullest part of the breast which correlates with a specific arc length of the breast and is used to calculate the hemispheric volume of the breast;   b. a measurement of the chest circumference taken in inches by digital or physical means by measuring the circumference of the torso just below the inframammary fold;   c. a measurement of bra cup volume determined by measuring the interior of the bra cup horizontally from medial edge to lateral edge along the deepest part of the cup in inches to find the cup arc length which is used to calculate the cup volume;   d. a measurement of bra band length calculated by measuring the bra horizontally along the band from the end of the right wing to the end of the left wing;   e. a user interface into which user data may be entered and which queries the database tables for bra data, user data, and user metrics to display results of bra cup volume which most closely match breast volume and bra band length which most closely match chest circumference.   
     
     
         2 . The method of brassiere size determination by direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length of  claim 1  wherein the measurement is taken in a measurement interval other than inches. 
     
     
         3 . The method of brassiere size determination by direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length of  claim 1  wherein the volumetric calculations and size matching is done by analog instead of digital means. 
     
     
         4 . The method of brassiere size determination by direct Measurement of Breast Volume and Chest Circumference Cross-Referenced to Manufactured Bra Cup Volume and Band Length of  claim 1  wherein the intervals for breast arc length are more or less than 0.75 inches.