Patents by Inventor Nathalie Martinet

Nathalie Martinet 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: 7048606
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pad for a breast covering garment provides a fabric sheet with an upper neckline, a lower channeling and an underarm and adheres a foam sheet of compressible material to the fabric sheet. A first portion of the pad is adjacent and along the upper neckline containing only fabric of the fabric sheet, and a remaining portion of the pad is between the first portion and the lower channeling containing the compressible material of the foam sheet. The method includes providing the foam sheet to have a thickest end at locations of the underarm and the channeling which are spaced away from the neckline, and the foam sheet becomes gradually thinner toward the neckline to a location that is near to, but still spaced from the neckline where the sheet of foam ends at the first portion of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor
  • Patent number: 6997775
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area corresponding to each summit of a bra or bra-like garment for including the pad, and a surrounding thinner area. Each pad thus has a thicker summit area for extending over the summits of the breasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Jagaric, Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor, Bull Lau
  • Publication number: 20060030238
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a breast-covering garment pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area corresponding to each breast summit of the pad or a garment including the pad, and a surrounding thinner area. Each pad thus has a thicker summit area for extending over the nipples the breasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Andrea Jagaric, Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor, Bull Lau
  • Publication number: 20060030237
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area corresponding to each summit of a bra or bra-like garment for including the pad, and a surrounding thinner area. Each pad thus has a thicker summit area for extending over the summits of the breasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Andrea Jagaric, Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor
  • Patent number: 6988931
    Abstract: A method for making a pad includes pre-laminating a pair of foam sheets with fabric, shaving the foam from a first end of each foam sheet so that it gradually becomes thinner until only fabric is existent at an opposite second end, attaching the fabric and foam assemblies via the fabric at the second ends to form a pre-form assembly, molding the pre-form assembly to form a pair of cup-shaped members, and trimming off material around the cup-shaped members to form a pair of pads. The method further includes molding a second sheet of fabric, enclosing a formed pad in the second sheet of fabric, and trimming off the second fabric material around the edges of the formed pad. The formed pad is thickest at the bottom for support and becomes thinner until there is only fabric along the neckline to blend in with the skin of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor
  • Patent number: 6986696
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area corresponding to each summit of a bra or bra-like garment for including the pad, and a surrounding thinner area. Each pad thus has a thicker summit area for extending over the summits of the breasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Jagaric, Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor
  • Publication number: 20050208875
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area corresponding to each summit of a bra or bra-like garment for including the pad, and a surrounding thinner area. Each pad thus has a thicker summit area for extending over the summits of the breasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: Victoria's Secret Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Jagaric, Nathalie Martinet, Judith Grigor, Bull Lau