SUPPORT GARMENT TESTING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: KINGSLEY, Daniel A, MIDDLETON, Luri Robert, DUFOUR, Greg, RAPP VAN RODEN, Elizabeth A, PYE, John David, CAMPBELL, Lisa, MUNRO, Bridget, BLAIR, Kim B, WRIGHT, Ian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.04.2024
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FORDRESS-MAKING, FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CALCULATING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GLOBES; HAND TOOLS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MANIPULATORS; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SEALS; SURGERY; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; WEARING APPAREL

Aspects herein are directed to a support garment testing system comprising a torso form having a motion tracking sensor associated with one or more breast structures of the torso form. A support garment is secured to the torso form, and the torso form is mounted on a motion platform that, when actuated, causes displacement of the breast structures. The amount of displacement is measured by the sensor, and the data is used to assign a level of support provided by the support garment.