US1072466A - Lady's apparel. - Google Patents

Description

S. J. JACKSON.

LADY'S APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1913.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOOHAPM to. WASHINGTON. D. c.

ATEN'I @FFIQE.

S-ALO J. JACKSON, "OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 CLAIRE V. WATSKEY, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

Lam s APPAREL.

Specification of Letters ZPatent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application iileil May 16, 1913. "Serial No. 768,080.

To all whom, it may concern:

New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements -in Ladies Apparel and I do hereby declare the IOllOWlTIg to be a :tull,l clear, and exact description of the "same, ret- I erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters or reference marked thereon.

The object of the present invention is to provide a garment for female wear which may be made to conform to the dictates of fashion in practically all of its variations and which garment will at the same time afford a more complete protective covering than skirts as ordinarily constructed and allow the wearer practically complete and perfect freedom of movement.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a garment which will be more convenient for the wearer and easily taken o'tt' or put on without the necessity of elevating the same over the head of the person, a proceeding which is often disastrous to the coitlure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which is equally well adapted for the making of garments de signed for underwear and for outside garments, making it possible for ladies to be come practically as independent in their personal wear as are the male members of the race under present conditions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment which, so far as appearance to the casual observer is concerned, is practically undistinguishable from garments of conventional character worn at the present day.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a sketch outline view of a ladys skirt or nether garment construction in acco'dance with the present invention, the lower portion of the garment being spread as though the wearer were taking a rather long step. Fig. 2 is a view looking at the rear side of the garment. Fig. 3 is 5 a sectional elevation showing one halt oi.

the garn'icnt. Fig. 41- is an outline of one of the gores adapted to form the trout and inner or intermediate portions of the garment. Fig. 5 is a view of a slightly modified form of gore which may be used for heavier material than the panel shown in Fig. 4;. Fig. '6 1s a diagrammatic outline showing the position in a garment oi the gore in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the placket of the garment open widely to illustrate the construction.

Like letters of reference in the several fifllllGS indicate the same parts.

In accordance with the present invention, the nether garment for ladies wear embodies in its construction two gorcs A, which are of substantially the form shown in 1*.igs. 4- and 5, each oi said gores being adapted to term a part of the front oi the garment and practically the whole of the intermediate portion dividing the garment into separate limb compartmen'ts. For this purpose the gorcs are cut with a substantially straight edge a on one side and a downwardly and rearwardly curved edge I) on theopposite side, the lower end of the edge 7) joining a substantially straight edge 1), the angle of which is made to conform to the angle of the rear portion of the body of the garment. Each 031. the gores A is adapted to be seamed along the edge a to side or rear gores or to a combined side and rear gore, as, for example, the go'res l3 and see Fig. 3, and the two gores A are seamed together along the whole of the curved edges 7) and the substantially straight edges 6, the edges 7) in turn being seamed to the rear edges of the back gores C in a substantially central ver tical line.

In the preferred construction, and as illustrated in the drawings, the lower ends of the edges 0 of the middle or intermediate gorcs A do not extend down to the lower edges or bottom 01 the back gores C, but terminate at a point slightly above said bottom edges, as shown at c in Fig. 3, and the length oi the edges 7) is such that a long placket opening is left from the upper ends of said edges to the waist line. In other words, the placket opening of the garment extends down to a point in proximity to the knee level of the wearer, and said opening is adapted to be closed. by buttons or fastening devices of ap proved character, the fasteners at the lowest portion of the opening, however, being preferably of generous size as, for example, the relatively large buttons E, so as to prevent any possibility of the garment gaping at that point. The two edges 6 of the gores A being sewed together, as best seen in Fig. 7, the garment affords a complete protective incasement for each of the limbs of the wearer and at the same time the conventional shape and set of the garment is preserved with the apparent characteristics of a skirt of conventional type, due to the seaming together of the rear edges Z) of said gores and the lower edges of the lower portions of the back gores C. The long placket opening affords a ready means whereby the garment may be put on or taken off and is a most convenient construction for the personal comfort of the wearer as the garment never has to be elevated.

Where the garment is made of light flimsy material it is preferred that the seam along the edges 6 at an intermediate point between the front and back of the garment shall be gathered and held by an elastic insert at the point F, in Fig. 3, and furthermore to make the garment more adaptable for persons of difierent figure, the side or rear gores at the waist line are preferably made somewhat full, gathered and held by an elastic insert at the points G and G, in Fig. 7. In garments constructed of heavier material, the gathering and elastic insert are preferably omitted and in this instance it is always preferred that the edges 6 be cut with a greater curvature near the bottom, as shown at b in Fig. 5. In other words, the point of junction between the edges 6 and b is made considerably higher with respect to the upper edge or waist portion of the gore, and in placing the intermediate and front panel in the garment the parts are caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 6, the fullness at the bottom of the intermediate part or the panel thus existing at the lower edge and exerting practically no tendency to draw in the front or back of the garment.

The invention, it will be noted, while illustrated in connect-ion with an outer garment, is equally applicable to the construction of practically all garments designed for ladies wear, such, for example, as princess slips, petticoats, and inner garments gener ally, as well as to bathing suits, night gowns, sailor dresses, etc., and if desired, where combined with a bust covering the front of the bust portion may be made to open in the ordinary way in addition to the placket opening which is an important feature of the present invent-ion.

With garments as thus constructed the necessity for lifting the skirts is entirely obviated; the wearer is permitted the utmost freedom of limb movement and may, with skirts apparently conforming to the narrow type of the day, readily take long steps, and enter cars or buildings having high steps without danger of being tripped or having their movements unexpectedly arrested. The invention is thus peculiarly adapted for garments having the appearance of narrow skirts worn at the present time, but may also be applied to full skirts and still obtain the advantages of a complete, modest, protective garment, but without making the wearer conspicuous or presenting the immodest appearance of a completely divided skirt or bloomers such as have been suggested, and to some extent utilized for ladies wear.

While the front and back of the skirt may be paneled, this is not ordinarily necessary or desirable, inasmuch as paneling, if the edges of the panel be attached, would tend to restrict the limb movements of the wearer leaving only the advantage of the complete incasement of the limbs and the obviation of the necessity of lifting the skirt as has been ieretofore explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A nether garment for ladies wear having back gores and front gores connected with the front edges thereof, the front and intermediate gores having edges seamed together and extending downwardly at the upper part of the front and rearwardly at an intermediate point and having their rear edges below the rearwardly extending portion seamed to the rear edges of the back gores, the back gores having their rear edges from the edges of the front gores upwardly to the waist line separably connected to form a long placket opening extending down to approximately the knee level.

2. A nether garment for ladies wear embodying back gores formed with a long placket opening extending down to approximately the knee level, front gores connected with the front of the back gores and having their proximate edges seamed together throughout, said edges being extended downwardly from the waist line, thence rearwardly in a curve to form separate compartments for the limbs, thence downwardly on substantially the lines of the rear of the garment, said last mentioned portions of the edges below the placket being seamed to the rear gores, whereby the material between the limb compartments is supported from both its front and rear edges.

3. A nether garment for ladies Wear direar portion of the garment along a vertical \"lded at the front, the lntermedinte partlsubstantially central hne, :torn'nng it gurtlons io-rnnng the hlnb compartments benlent wlneh 1s not divlded at the back.

ing seamed together throughout the front, SALO J. JACKSON. 5 rearwardly extending and downwardly ex- \Vitnesses:

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tending rear edges being connected With the JACOB Sonmnomonn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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