US1098468A - Garment-stay. - Google Patents

Description

M. M. BEEMAN.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5, 1908.

1,098,468, Patented June 2,1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOFI M WMWWW I W 2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS M. BEEMAN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA. COMPANY, 015 MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GAHlVLENT-STAY.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, hlAncUs M. BnnMAN, a resident of Mcadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in GarmenuStays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stays for garments and the like, and more particularly to stays for corsets.

The object of the invention is to provide a stay for this purpose which will readily yield edgewise as well as sidewise, which is highly elastic and in which the bending is not concentrated at any point or points so as to avoid crystallization and breakage.

A further object is to provide a stay of the character named which can be readily and cheaply manufactured.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a face view of the stay; Fig. 2 is a face view of the blank before the final bend; Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the final bending of the stay; Fig. 4 is a cross section through the stay; Fig. 5 is a face view of a modification employing two wires instead of a single wire; and Fig. 6 is a face View of the blank for the latter before the final bendin The stay shown in Figs. 1 to 4t is formed from a single continuous wire 1, which is bent back and forth to form'a series of oppositely disposed loops or eyes 2., each of which normally partly overlaps the side of an adjoining loop or eye, as at 3, and the transverse portions of the wire, or crossings 5 lying at a slight angle from the normal to the longitudinal axis of the structure. This gives each side of a loop or eye a bearing upon the side of an adjoining loop or eye and all of the said loops or eyes are flat. The overlapping of these loops or eyes upon each other permits them to slide one on the other when the stay is bent in any direction, forward, back or sidewise and absolutely prevents any short bends or concentration of bending at a point or few points and prevents breakage or destruction of the resiliency of the spring. By having the eyes or loops bear one on the other when the stay is ticked the strength of the stay is greatly increased and the bending stresses exerted on any one loop or eye are on this bearing trans- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 5, 1908.

Patented J une 2, 1914:.

Serial No. 466,14l8.

ferred in part to the adjacent eye or eyes. The blank so formed is completed by bond ing it on the central longitudinal. line, as shown in Figs. 3 and a, that is, folding onehalf the blank over onto the other. The stay so formed is therefore composed of two series of loops or eyes one superimposed on the other with the closed end portions of the loops forming one edge of the stay while the opposite edge is formed by the intermediate joining portion 5. The loops or eyes shown in the drawings are of pear-shape, that is being wide and round at their closed ends and gradually tapering toward their open ends, but the shape may be changed as desired.

Figs. 5 and 6 show a modification in which the stay is composed of two Wires 6 and 7 each formed into a series of loops substantially pear-shape, alternate ones of the loops or eyes being formed in one wire and the intermediate ones being formed in the other wire. The ends of the stay are finished by applying a suitable metal clip thereto and the stays will be inclosed in the usual casing which usually forms a part of the fabric of the corset or other garment.

The stay described has its loops or eyes lying in two superimposed planes with the loops or eyes in each plane partly overlapping and bearing against the loops or eyes on each side so as to transfer strains from one loop to the other. This stay is flexible in all directions, edgewise as well as sidewise, and the bending is not confined at any one point or few points, thus avoiding crystallization and breakage. The overlapping of the loops gives suitable rigidity so that light wire can be used, and also increases the elasticity so that the stay does not take a permanent set.

What ll claim is 1. A garment stay comprising a flat wire structure having a series of overlapping loops or convolutions, said wire structure being folded longitudinally upon itself to form a plurality of superimposed plies in parallel planes, said plies being connected to each other only along the line of fold, so that the wire structures of the different plies act independently of each other on either edgewise or flatwise fiexure of the stay.

2. A device for use as a corset stay com prising a flat structure of Wire bent into sinuous or serpentine form with successive loops or oonvolutions and connecting crossof each other on either edgewise or flatwise ings, said Wire structure being folded lonflexure of the stay. 10 gitudinally upon itself along its median line In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set to form a plurality of superimposed plies in my hand.

parallel planes, said plies being connected MARCUS M. BEEMAN. to each other only along one edge of the stay Witnesses:

at the line of fold, whereby the Wire struc J. H. PARDEE,

tures of the different plies act independently A. J. PALM.

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

Washington, I). G.

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