Nike patents bra with wavy underband for targeted support
Nike has been granted a patent for a support garment, such as a bra, featuring an underband with a specific wavy shape. The design uses a mesh fabric where the wave pattern changes size across different areas to provide varying levels of support and breathability.
In the filing’s own words
A support garment (e.g., upper-torso support garment, such as a bra) includes a mesh textile that is integrally formed and that is lightweight and breathable with zonal properties. For example, the mesh can include elongated members, which intersect with one another at nodes to form a grid of cells, and the mesh can continuously extend throughout one or more multiple portions of the support garment. In at least some instances, the mesh construction and/or the elongated members can vary from one portion of the support garment to another portion of the support garment, and the variation of the mesh and/or the elongated members can contribute to zonal properties.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An upper-torso support garment comprising: a main body and an underband; the underband comprising an upper portion coupled to the main body and comprising a lower portion opposite the upper portion; and the underband comprising a first elongated member that extends from the upper portion to the lower portion and that comprises a waveform, wherein the first elongated member comprises an upper segment closer to the upper portion, a lower segment closer to the lower portion, and a middle segment between the upper segment and the lower segment; and wherein a first amplitude of the waveform in the middle segment is smaller than a second amplitude of the waveform in the upper segment; or wherein the first amplitude is smaller than a third amplitude of the waveform in the lower segment; or wherein the first amplitude is smaller than both the second amplitude and the third amplitude.
Facts
- Company
- Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
- Official title
- Support garment
- Patent number
- US12745808B2
- Application number
- 19008595
- Filed
- Jan 2, 2025
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 26
Classified under
A41C 3/0014 Human necessitiesMore from Nike in Clothing & sport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.