Faux Camisole
The present invention shows a faux camisole that a woman may put on to cover her cleavage when a low cut clothing item is being worn. For example, if a dress has a dipping neckline in front and the woman is going to work, a faux camisole can cover her cleavage. However, on her way home, if the woman stops for an evening out, the faux camisole may be removed to reveal the cleavage. The present invention shows a faux camisole that is attached to the straps of a brassiere worn by the woman, a torso strap holds the bottom of the faux camisole in place.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a camisole and, more particularly, to a faux camisole that can be worn to cover a lady's cleavage and removed when the lady wants to show her cleavage.
2. Background of the Invention
A camisole is a short sleeveless undergarment for women. Sometimes a camisole is even referred to as a short negligee jacket for women. Many different types of camisoles have been made in the past. Typically a camisole is worn over a woman's brassiere and covers the woman's cleavage. Camisoles have been used by nursing mothers for some time with a typical camisole being shown in U.S. Pat. No. 6,854,132 to Polzin. A nursing mother typically prefers to cover her breasts while nursing the young child with a typical example being shown in Polzin.
Camisoles have also been developed for use in the medical environment such as with mastectomy patients. A typical example of a camisole that can be used with a mastectomy patient is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 6,048,252 to Sebring. A camisole may even include internal pockets in which a prosthesis may be included for a mastectomy patient.
Many times for a young girl, a camisole may be worn as an outer garment. An example of a camisole that may be worn as an outer garment by a young girl is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,754 to Rosch et al. However, a typical camisole worn by a woman may be as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,038,414 to Freeman which shows the camisole top.
Camisoles have even been combined with brassieres in various forms or fashions. For example, a camisole may have brassiere cups in a body camisole as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,045,018 to Costanzo. With the use of such a camisole, undergarments can be eliminated while still providing support for the breast. By elimination of the bra straps, the camisole provides additional comfort.
Another type of camisole that also functions as bra is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,557 to Scott. The bra is built in and made a part of the camisole. On the other hand, just the opposite occurs when a brassiere is made with a permanently attached frontal panel as is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,171,182 to Heinen. The frontal panel is sewn in and made part of the cup portion of the brassiere.
Many other types of camisoles have been designed and worn in the past. However, none of the camisoles have the feature of being a faux camisole that may be quickly attached to the brassiere straps and worn to cover a woman's cleavage during one portion of the day, but be easily removable to reveal the woman's cleavage during another portion of the day.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention shows a faux camisole that is worn over a brassiere with only a front panel in the faux camisole. The front panel extends up over the woman's cleavage. The lower portion of the panel encircles the woman's body very similar to the lower portion of a brassiere to form a torso strap. The torso strap is elastic and (may or may not) be in one solid piece.
The upper part of the cloth portion of the faux camisole that covers the woman's cleavage has a top hem with extensions of the top hem on either end thereof. The extensions clip around the brassiere strap. The brassiere strap itself holds the upper portion of the faux camisole in place. The torso strap holds the lower portion of the faux camisole in place
If in a later portion of the day the woman wants to show her cleavage, the upper portion of the faux camisole that snaps around the bra straps is unsnapped and the faux camisole removed. Depending on whether the torso strap is in one solid piece or has connecting straps or hooks, the faux camisole may even be removed without having to remove other clothing items.
Referring to
The top of the frontal cloth portion 22 has a top hem 26 with ends 28 extending beyond the side hems 24. Inside of the top hem 26 are snaps 30. When the woman 12 puts on the faux camisole 10, ends 28 are looped over straps 18 of the brassiere 14 and snapped shut by snaps 30 as is shown in
A typical usage for the faux camisole 10 as shown in
An alternative version of the faux camisole is shown in
The torso strap 38 also has a hook and loop connector 50. The hook and loop connectors 50 may be adjusted to adjust the length of the torso strap 48.
If a woman wore the faux camisole 34 as shown in
A woman may go to work in the morning in a dress, blouse or other type garment that has a plunging neckline that reveals her cleavage. While it may be inappropriate for cleavage to be shown in a work environment, there are environments where the showing of cleavage is acceptable. For example, if the woman later in the day was going out to dinner, the showing of cleavage is more acceptable. With a minimum of effort, the woman could remove the faux camisole 10 or 34 and show her cleavage at dinner in a more acceptable environment.
Claims
1. A faux camisole for covering a woman's cleavage, the woman wearing a brassiere with straps as an undergarment, the faux camisole comprising:
- a frontal cloth portion;
- side hems in said frontal cloth portion;
- a top hem in said frontal cloth portion with an extension on each end thereof, said extensions extending beyond said side hems;
- snap connectors on said top hem to hold a top of said faux camisole in place when said extensions are looped over said straps of said brassiere; and
- an elastic torso strap attached to a bottom of said frontal cloth portion, said elastic torso strap extending around the body of said woman to hold a bottom of said faux camisole in place.
2. (canceled)
3. The faux camisole as recited in claim 1 wherein said connectors on said top hem are adjustable.
4. The faux camisole as recited in claim 3 wherein said elastic torso strap has torso strap connectors in a rear thereof.
5. (canceled)
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 3, 2008
Publication Date: Sep 3, 2009
Inventor: Marla Mason Ross (San Antonio, TX)
Application Number: 12/041,252
International Classification: A41B 9/00 (20060101); A41B 9/06 (20060101);