Abstract: A therepeutic brassiere for supporting breast implants includes breast receiving cups. Each of the cups is formed from a section of body engaging fabric joined together at a common seam. A chest encircling band is joined to the lower marginal edges of the cups for affixing the brassiere to the chest of a wearer. An elastic strip of material, attached to both the upper marginal edges of the cups and to the chest encircling band prevents movement or distortion of the breast implants.

Abstract: A post-operative pliable protector device for the hallux or big toe of a patient has a cushion pad with at least a portion thereof adapted to encircle the toe and formed with separable fastener (of the type marketed by Velcro, USA, Manchester, N.H.) having its loop-type fabric component fastened to and covering the backside of the pad and a strip of its hook-type fabric component fastened onto the front side of the pad across one end of the pad portion. A stiffening stay strip member may be fastened transversely across the backside of the pad portion at a location thereon generally medially between its opposite ends. The cushion pad may also have a rearwardly extending portion for encircling and fastening around the forefoot as by a similar hoop/loop-type separable fastener.

Abstract: An improvement in a brassiere of the type having breast receiving cups, each of which is formed from an inner body engaging fabric segment and an outer decorative fabric segment wherein the segments are basted at their peripheries and are each formed from two sections of fabric joined together at a common contour producing seam extending generally across the cup. This improvement is the provision of a seam for each of the segments having a sewed joint between the two fabric sections and defining inwardly folded marginal strips extending away from the joint. These marginal strips are captured between the segments at the contour producing seam to provide both a smooth inner surface and a smooth outer surface.

Abstract: A weight distributing device to be worn at the bustline and between the outer garment covering the breasts of a woman and a shield x-ray protective apron. This device distributes gravity forces caused by the weight of the apron away from the breasts to prevent trauma, discomfort and injury to the breasts of a woman wearing an X-ray protective apron.

Abstract: There is provided an improved mastectomy brassiere of the type including two breast cups each adapted to receive either a natural breast or a mastectomy form pad. Each of the breast cups has two upwardly tapering, non-elastic margin strips, a lower curved margin strip connecting said tapering margin strips, an outer non-elastic fabric cover with a desired breast forming contour and a retaining means generally spaced from the fabric cover to form a pocket for a mastectomy form pad. The improvement comprises providing the retaining means as first and second separate stretchable flaps with the first flap secured along one of the marginal strips and along the lower strip, the second flap secured along the other of the margin strips and along the lower strip and wherein the flaps are overlapped at the lower strip to define an upper, generally triangular access opening for the mastectomy form pad.