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US5965809:
Method of bra size determination by direct measurement of the breast
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Pechter, Edward; Valencia, CA 91355
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-10-12
/ 1998-09-08
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| Application Number: |
US1998000149186
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41H 1/02;
A61B 5/107;
Core:
A41H 1/00;
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IPC-7:
G01F 17/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41H1/02; A61B5/107;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
073/149;
Original:
073/149;
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| Field of Search: |
073/149,429
128/774,778
033/2 R,262,511,512,759
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-09-08 |
US1998000149186 |
| 1997-09-08 |
US1997000057838P |
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| Abstract: |
This relates to a method of direct measurement to determine cup size of the breast which includes band size measurement by initially measuring the user's chest or torso circumference with a flexible tape measure immediately below the breasts followed by the step of adding five inches to the measured number and incorporating conventional rounding-off procedures. Next, cup size is determined by directly measuring with the tape the circumference of each unclothed breast from the beginning of the breast mound at one side laterally to the parasternal area medially. Next, a measurement conversion is made wherein a measurement of seven inches corresponds to an "A" size cup, eight inches a "B" size cup, nine inches a "C" cup, etc. Each one inch increment determines a cup size.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Marrs, Roger A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Fuller, Benjamin R.; Thompson, Jewel V.
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| Parent Case: |
Priority claimed based on Ser. No. 60/057,838 filed Sep. 8, 1997.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A method of obtaining chest measurement for determining bra size by combining direct measurement and additive numerical data comprising the steps of: partially determining band size measurement by directly measuring the torso immediately below the breasts using a measurement tape to obtain a torso circumference number; completing the determination of band size by adding five inches to said measured torso circumference number; determining band size and cup size includes solely using a single length of flexible measuring tape having numerical indicia in terms of inches along the length of the tape; and partially determining breast cup size by directly measuring the circumference of each unclothed breast from the beginning of the breast mound at one side thereof laterally across the breast to terminate at the parasternal area medially; completing the determination of breast cup size by converting said direct breast measurement of each breast to a cup size corresponding to each one inch of measurement increment to an "A" size cup, a "B" size cup, a "C" size cup and so on in a predetermined sequence.
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