Patents by Inventor Catharine M. Liegey

Catharine M. Liegey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8123587
    Abstract: An intimate apparel apparatus includes a brassiere frame with a chest band for securing the brassiere frame to the wearer, and a first arcuate recess in the brassiere frame for receiving a first detachable brassiere cup. A first arcuate channel is located along the edge of first arcuate recess. A first detachable brassiere cup has a first arcuate latch at a perimeter thereof. The first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel are slidably engageable with one another, and have substantially identical cross sections, such that the substantially identical cross sections resist transverse separation from each other when slidably engaged. An intimate apparel set includes at least one brassiere garment as described above, and additionally further pair or pairs of detachable brassiere cups, interchangeable with those already described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Catharine M. Liegey
  • Publication number: 20100297913
    Abstract: An intimate apparel apparatus includes a brassiere frame with a chest band for securing the brassiere frame to the wearer, and a first arcuate recess in the brassiere frame for receiving a first detachable brassiere cup. A first arcuate channel is located along the edge of first arcuate recess. A first detachable brassiere cup has a first arcuate latch at a perimeter thereof. The first arcuate latch and the first arcuate channel are slidably engageable with one another, and have substantially identical cross sections, such that the substantially identical cross sections resist transverse separation from each other when slidably engaged. An intimate apparel set includes at least one brassiere garment as described above, and additionally further pair or pairs of detachable brassiere cups, interchangeable with those already described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Catharine M. Liegey