ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,616, issued on March 17, was assigned to Mast Industries (Far East) Ltd. (Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong).
"Brassiere" was invented by Ursula Giovanna Todaro (Glendale, N.Y.), Nathalie Martinet (Saikung, Hong Kong) and Jennifer Ostroski (Red Bank, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brassiere has a chest band, a portion of which includes a pair of concavities, each of which is to be located below one of a wearer's breasts. A pair of curved support members is attached to the chest band along the pair of concavities, respectively. A breast cup is situated within each concavity. Each breast cup has an inner liner, an outer liner, and a foam ...