English: These are the diagrams for Israel Pilot's 1941 US Patent #2245413 and are public domain. The now expired patent covers a design for improving the comfort and wear-ability for brassieres using a "diagonal slash" where the shoulder straps meet the brassiere cup. This is public domain and was sources from the US patent office. This diagram is part of the Wonder-Bra history. Israel Pilot trademarked the Wonder-Bra in 1935. His company, D'Amour, manufactured this design under that trade-mark in the US from 1940 through 1955.
The text and illustrations of US patents published before March 1, 1989 are in the public domain unless the patent text contains a specific notice that portions are copyrighted. See 37 CFR 1.71(d), 37 CFR 1.84(s)
The original patent contains no such notice, so its contents are in the public domain.
Note: This only applies to images published before March 1, 1989. Patents published after that date are most likely copyrighted, unless in the public domain for another reason, such as {{PD-ineligible}}.
2006-12-24T20:35:53Z Mattnad (Talk | contribs) (These are the diagrams for Israel Pilot's 1941 US Patent #2245413 [http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm] and are public domain. The now expired patent covers a design for improving the comfort and wear-ability for brassieres using a "diagonal)
2008-07-21 17:46 718 Bot 400×625× (70615 bytes) == Summary == These are the diagrams for Israel Pilot's 1941 US Patent #2245413 [http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm] and are public domain. The now expired patent covers a design for improving the comfort and wear-ability for brassieres usi