US1133824A - Corset. - Google Patents

Description

0. H. SGHOPBAVGHJ CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1912- 1',133,824. Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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CHARLES H. SCHOPBACH, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed November 27, 1912. Serial N 0. 733,785.

marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This lnventlon relates to improvements 1n corsets, and particularly to that type of corsets as are provided with a ventilating section or sections.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient ventilated corset, adapted to be economically constructed, and a simple and eflicient method of making the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a ventilating or openwork section or strip for corsets comprising a series of transverse strips having spaces therebetween and provided with longitudinal, or upwardly and downwardly extending strips secured to the opposite end portions of the transverse strips, and adapted to hold the latter in proper position during the operation of securing the sections to the main body portion of the corset, and also adapted to connect the adjacent edges of the main body portion of the corset and to form pockets for receiving and holding in place suitable stays or ribs of stiflening or reinforcing material and for guiding the latter inthe operation of inserting them into position to extend upward and downward'along the opposite marginal portions of the openwork section or sections.

Other and further objects of the invention,

will appear from an examination'of the following description and claim and from an inspection ofthe accompanying drawings.

, The invention consists in the features, combinations, and details of construction herein described and claimed. 7 i

f In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of apiece of latticework or openwork, comprising a series of transverse strips and a series of upwardly and downwardly extending, or longitudinal strips attached to or connected with the transverse strips and adapted to hold the same in position, and shows a plurality of the longitudinal strips as they appear before being cut longitudinally into two separate parts each adapted to form a side strip for a difl'erent ventilating or openwork section; Fig. 2, a similar view of a portion of a ventilating or openwork section showing the same as it would appear after being cut from the connected sections of a piece of openwork material, such as is shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a fragmentary view in elevation of a portion of a corset provided with a ventilating or openwork section constructed in accordance with my invention and improvements with parts broken away to show the construction of the article and particularly the manner of connecting the transverse strips or portions of the ventilating or openwork section and the upwardly and downwardly extending strips and stays; Fig. 4, a horizontal, sectional view, taken on line 4% of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a view of a modified form of ventilating or openwork strip comprising transverse and upwardly and downwardly extending portions woven in one piece and adapted to form a ventilating or openwork section of a corset.

In constructing a ventilated corset, or corset having a ventilating or openwork section or sections, in accordance with my invention and improvements, I provide a piece of openwork or lattice-work comprising a series of transverse strips a of fabric, which are arranged, by preference, in parallel relation and a sufficient distance from each other to provide spaces 6 therebetween, all of said transverse strips being connected by means of a series of upwardly and downwardly extending, or longitudinal strips 0 which extend in perpendicular relation to the transverse strips and are attached to the latter so as to hold them in proper position with relation to each other previous to and during the operation of sewing the sections of openwork or ventilating sections to the main body portions 03 of the corset.

The transverse strips a and longitudinal or upwardly and downwardly extending strips 0 are shown in Fig. 1 formed of connected pieces of fabric which are attached to each other by means of seams 6. They may, however, be attached by any suitable means adapted to hold them in proper relasecuring the sections to the main body por of uniform construction and in commercial quantitiesand in the most economical man- ,ner possible a desirablemethodof constructing the ventilating sections is illustrated in Figs: 1 and 2. Apiece-of openwork material, comprising transverse strips a and longitu- Mdinal strips 0, is first made in any ordinary or well known manner, which is adapted to form a plurality of ventilating sections by cutting the strips 0 along lines f, as indicated in Fig. 1. Each of the sections 9 thus formed comprises a series of transverse strips h, corresponding to the strips a, shown in'Fig. l, and-side stripsz' each of which is cut from one of the strips cindicated in Fig. 1with the exception that the marginal strip j shown in Fig. l is'adapted to form one' ofthe side strips of a complete section andis not required to be cut into two strips in order to serve its purpose. The transverse strips h are provided with aper- 1 tures in therebetween .(see Figs. 2 and 3) and their opposite ends are attached to the upwardlyand downwardly extending or side strips'c by means of the seams e, as already described in connection with Fig. l. The

transverse stripsh, and particularly the end portions thereof, are thus adapted to be sepcurely held in proper position with relation Ito/each other and with relation to the longitudinal or side strips 01 previous to and during the operation of securing the ventilating or openwork section-or sections to the vsctionsotthemain body of the corset to be connected thereby. The piece of open- .work from which the sections 9 are'made may also comprlse in its construction upwardly and downwardly extend-ing strips .m, shown in Fig. 1, which extend across the transverse strips 4; in parallel relation to ..the strips c, and are attached to the strips a and 0,'i fdesired, by means of the same seams e; or the same connecting means which connect the strips a and 0. *These strips m are of course adapted to be severed when the strips 0 arecut alongthe lines f, as already udfescribed, so that each forms-two longitu= dinalstrips n' (seeFig. 3). The sections 9 comprising the transverse strips or-portions and upwardly and downwardly extending side strips orportions ihaving been thus produced are secured to and adapted t0-ex-.

.. tend across the space between the marginal edges 0 of thesectionsofthe-mainbody-portionlclofi the garment or corset, asshown in Figs. 3andl4. iThe sectionsg are laid upon and in position to overlap the marginal edges 0 of the main body portions cl of the "corset, asshown inFigs. 3 and 4. A lining strip Z is laid upon each of the strips 2' so as to provide a space or pocket 1r) between the str ps i and Z adapted to receive. a-stay. or strip of stlfi'ening or reinforcing material 9 therebetween. Aa1; outer strip 0" of suitable fabric is laid upon and forms a cover for the lining strip band has a marginalportion s which projects laterally; beyond the marginal edgesof the strips'i-and beyond the marginal'edges-of the openworksections 9 comprising the said strips z. This projecting portion s is secured to the main body portion dot the garment by-means of aseam t, indicated in' F-igs; 3 and 4:. Seams uand 0 aresewn' through all of the strips r, l, and

A; and through the inner marginal portions of the garment d covered thereby, said-seams a and 01 being located on oppositesides of the space or pocketp into which-the stays g are nserted. The projecting portion .9" of thestripr, being secured at its outer margindirectly to the body portion of'the .corset, covers-the unfinished-outer margin of the ventilating-section and-aidsin aflording a strong and; durable connection between the fbody 11301131011 and the ventilating-section.

The sections 9 thus serve to connect the marglnal edges of" thebody portions d of the A corset, and provide ventilating apertures be- 1 tween said body portions (Z, and between the stays. -The sect ons 9 being thus made com-' plete in themselves soas to-comprise transverse strips orportions la'an'd upwardly and downwardly; extending strips or portions integral with or attached to the transverse strips or portions by the seams'e independ-' ently of the means for connecting the sections 9 tojthe'body portions-d of the corset,

it will-be readily'seen that the accurate arrangement-of all of the parts inproper positi on,-and the securing of the parts together in a finished and workmanlike manner is greatly facilitated, and aruniformity of construction and symmetry of the. finished product is obtained-Which'is very durable by; reasOn-of'the accurate and secure connection of the parts, and that the making of corsets economically and in commercial quantities isgreatly facilitated. I

I claim: ,7 "In :a corset,' the i combination of twoj body sections; thereof, a ventilating section con-i sisting-oftwo side members laterally spaced from each other, and transverse strips having theinends secured to. said side members by'; stitching independent of the means for securing saidaventilating section to the body -sections; stiffening 1 strips extending 1 along the said side amefmbers" between their-side margins andpocketfiorming-strips overlap; ping-said stifi en-ing stripmanjd sidemembers' and extending laterally beyond the latter;

. and means for securing the side members of ing strip remote from the edge of the body section.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses, this twenty-third 15 day of November, A. D. 1912.

CHARLES H. SOHOPBACH. Witnesses:

MARSHALL B. GARDNER, EMIL SGHOPBACH.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

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