Abstract: A brassiere (1) with two bust cups (6) and two side parts (2) connected to the latter has along the lower edges (5) of the cups (6) a respective pocket for replaceably accommodating a U-shaped support underwire. These pockets have at their ends situated in the front middle zone (3) of the brassiere (1) openings for the insertion or removal of the underwires. A retaining element (11) is provided between the cups (6) in the vicinity of these openings in the front middle zone (3) of the brassiere (1), with which retaining element (11) the ends of the underwires associated therewith and projecting from the pockets can be brought into a releasable operative connection.

Abstract: A ladies' undergarment with a molded upper part, in particular a brassiere has two side parts which include cups, are joined together in the front central area between the cups, have a back fastener at the back ends and are provided with shoudler straps. Each side part includes a blank which covers their entire surfaces and is of a textile material which is composed at least in part of thermoplastically fusible fibres. Reinforcement parts are bonded to the blank parts at least along their outer edges. The reinforcement parts are also of a textile material which is composed at least in part of thermoplastically fusible fibres. The side parts are joined together in the front central area by a thermally produced weld. The parts of the back fastener as well as the shoulder straps are indirectly or directly joined to the side parts by thermally produced welds.

Abstract: A shoulder strap for ladies' undergarments, more particularly a shoulder strap for brassieres, includes elastic warp threads and weft threads extending transversely of and woven into the warp threads. The shoulder strap has a longitudinal middle portion whose width is greater as compared to the width of the shoulder strap portions extending longitudinally from the middle portion. The spacing between the warp threads in the middle portion is greater than the spacing of the warp threads in the shoulder strap portions connected to the middle portion. The number of weft threads per unit of length in the longitudinal middle portion is greater than in the shoulder strap portions connected to the middle portion. The number of weft threads per unit of length in the middle portion may be approximately 50% greater than the number of weft threads per unit of length in the shoulder strap portions connected to the middle portion.