US1203020A - Corset. - Google Patents

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1. LEOPOLD L IVI. BEBERFELD.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. Il. )915.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

A TTOR/VE V 'TULIUS LEOPOLD AND MORRIS BEBERFELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @et 31, 1916.

Application led August 11, 1915. Serial No. 44,937.

To all whom t may concern. Be it known that we, J ULIUs LEOPOLD and MORRIS BEBERFELD, a citizen of the United States and a subject of the Czar of Russia, respectively, and both residents of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corsets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of apparel adapted to be worn by women.

Our invention has for its object primarily to provide a corset designed to be worn by v women whereby the rotundty of an enlarged abdomen will be' greatly reduced in a manner so that the pressure thereon will be equalized in order to avoid all tendency to cause excessive strain on parts of the abdomen as is incident to many other forms of corsets, and which is constructed so that the abdomen of the wearery will be-comfortably supported as well as tending to yield sufliciently to give the organs of this part of the body proper freedom of movement. Moreover, this form of corset may be advantageously employed to support the abdomen of women following surgical operations on the abdomen, thereby permitting the usual abdominal bandages to be dispensed with. This is accomplished mainly by providing a corset having a body composed of two halves with two front claspstays for permitting the corset to be removably applied on the wearer in the usual man ner. In the abdominal portion of each half of the body is an elastic reducing element, or gore composed of two sections, the sections of both reducing elements being laced together so that these elements may be adjusted to conform accurately to 'the shape of the abdomen of the wearer as Well as permitting the rotundity of the abdomen to be greatly reduced without discomfiture.

Another object of the invention is to provide a retaining element for yieldingly limiting the elastic movements of the reducing elements as well as serving to comfortably support the abdomen of the wearer; and a further object of the invention'is to provide a corset of a simple, efficient, and durable construction, and which is susceptible of being made in all sizes and in any desired style. Y ,A

A practical embodiment ofthe invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication in directions from the body of the corset. Fig.

2 is a front elevation of the corset showing the flaps of the retaining element in position when the corset is in use, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

The corset has a body 10 which may be made in any desired style with a high, or low bust, and with long, or short hips. In the drawing the body 10 is illustrated in a prevailing type composed of two similar halves, as 11 and 12, having two detachably connected cooperating clasp-stays 13 and 14, the lower ends of which are preferably fastened together by a well-known form of hook and eye clasp, as 15, and at spaced intervals in each half of the body may be provided a suitable number of vertically disposed reinforcing steel stays 1G and 17 as commonlyT used in the general makes of corsets. Each of the halves of the body of the corset here shown also has a skirt 18 which is an extension of the outer covering of the half as provided in some styles of corsets to lit over the hips of the wearer, though it is to be understood that the principles of our invention are not confined to any particular design of body.

In the halves of the body of the corset transversely between the clasp- stays 13, 11 and the steel stays 16, 17 are reducing elements, or gores 19 and 20 which are preferably similar in formation. Both of these reducing elements maybe made of elastic webbing, or other material so as to yield sufficiently when subjected to pressure, and the central parts of both of the elements are vertically slitted to provide two members 21, 21a and 22, 22a, respectively, the opposed ends of each pair of the elastic members be- -ing eyeleted for permitting the 'members to "braee the abdomen of the wearer, and the lengths of the members of the elements are .somewhat less than the spaces between the escaneo clasp-stays 13, 14 and the steel stays 16, 17

so as to tend to contract Athe front space of the body of the corset between the hips when the members of the reducing element are accordingly laced. The rotundity of the abdomen will thereby be proportionately reduced, and by properly lacing` the members of the reducing elements they may be adjuSted to conform accurately to the shape of the abdomen of the wearer without causing discomiture.

In practice the corset is applied to the wearer by guiding its body 10 around the waist of the wearer yin the usual manner after the clasp-stays 13 and 14 have been detached, and following the proper positioning of the corset the clasp-stays are refastenednhould the resilient reducing elements 19 and 20 not be sufficiently taut to reduce the rotundity of the abdomen to a desired size the laces 23 and 24 are tight-r enedin a manner to direct the eyeleted edges of the members of the reducing elements partly, or entirely together so that the ele-f ments will conform to the shape of the abdomen as well as reducing it in size. Moreover, by providing the resilient reducing elements in these forms the underneath part of the abdomen of the wearer will be properly supported, and the resiliency of the elements will permit suflicient yielding action to afford perfect ycomfort to the wearer. While we have shown and described a form of our corset having two of the resilient reducing elements 19 and 2O forms of the corset may be made wherein these reducing elements are dispensed with as occasion re quires. f

To yieldingly limit the elastic action of the reducing elements 19 and 2O as well as serving to comfortably support the abdomen of the wearer, aL retaining element k25 is pro-ly vided. rlhe retaining element 25 is composed of two flaps 26 and 27y made of cloth,

or other flexible material, and both of the flaps are preferably similar in size and shape. Each of the flaps 26 has a body part 28, the opposite ends of these parts being* securedy to the halves of theV body of the cor` set adjacent to the steel stays 16 and 17 so as to be swung across the reducing elements 19 and 20, and these parts of the ilaps are preferably the same widths as the reducing elements while the lower edge of each body` part is formed on a downward incline, as f shown, so as to accurately conform with the shape of the abdomen when in use. Projecting from the upper portion of the free end of the body part of each of the iaps 26 and 27 is an integral extension or tongue 29 of considerably less width than the body part, and these tongues extend toward each other so as to be disposed in overlappin arrangement when in use, as shown in ig.

2, as well as being of lengths so that their ends will slightly overlap the steel stays `opening I31 for passage of the tongue of the flap 26, and on the body part of the flap 27 is a substantially rectangular plate 32 having` an opening of the same size and in register with the opening 3l of this flap, this apertured plate serving to stiften the body of the lap'2 against sagging downwardly when the flaps of the retaining element are in overlapping arrangement. When the corset has been applied on the wearer, and the reducing elements 19 and 20 have been suitf ably adjusted by manipulating the laces 23 and 24 to yieldingly draw together, or to loosen the members of these elements as desired, kthe tongue 29 of the ilap 26 is disposed through the opening 31 of the flap y2,7 so that this tongue will overlap the flap 27.' Thetongues 29 arethen detachably con nected to the halves ofthe body of the corset by two sets of complemental fastening f devices 33 and 34. Each set of the fastening devices 33 and 34 consists of twol pairs of spaced eyes 35 and 36. one pair being provided onv the steel stay 16 of the half 11 of the body of the corset while the second pair of the hooks are arranged on the steel stay 17 of the half 12 of the body of the corset. Un the opposed surface of the tongue 29 of the flap 26 are two spaced pairs of spaced hooks 37 and 38 one pair of which are inserted in the pair of eyes 36 to removably hold the flap 26 to the half 11 of thebody of the corset, and on a similar surface of the tongue of the flap 27 arealso two spaced pairs of spaced hooks 39 and l40 one pair of which are inserted in the pair of eyes 36 to de ytach-ably fasteny the flap 27 to the half 12 of the body yof kthe corset. The elastic movements of the reducing elements 19 and 20 willy then be yieldingly limited, and the abdomen of the wearer will also be comfortably supported. f

lnorder to permit front garters to be1 used in conjunction 'with the corset, to the clasp-stay 13 is fastened one end of the loopstrap, as 42, having its other end secured to the lower edge of the body of the flap 26 of the retaining element, and to the claspstay 14 is fastened one end of another loopstrap 43 which has its other end held to the lower edge of the body of the lap 27 of the retaining element. Thus by providing this abdomen may be greatly reduced so that the pressure thereon will be equalized to avoid f alltendency to cause undue strain on the parts of the abdomen as well as serving to give the organs of this part of the Ibody of the wearer proper freedom of movement. Furthermore, this form of corset may ,be advantageously worn by women following surgical operations on the abdomen instead of employing the ordinarv forms of abdominal bandages.

In the foregoing description, we have embodied the preferred form of our invention, but we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves thereto, as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this IIVGDOBLthQILeOrewe reserve to ourselves the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A corset with a body composed of two adj ustably connected halves each with a yielding abdominal portion, `two flexible flap members each with one of-its ends held to the hip part of each half of the body so as to be'disposed across the abdominal portions of the halves, and one of the flap members having an opening for passage of the other flap member, an elastic gore inr each flap member so that the members may be yieldingly expanded and contracted, and complemental fastening devices on the halves of the body and on the flap members whereby the other end of each Hap member may be adjustably connected to the hip part of the opposite' member of the' corset to hold the flap members tightly7 or comparatively loose across the abdominal` portions.

2. A corset with a body composed" of two adjustably connected halves each with an elastic gore, two Hap members each with one of its ends held to the hip part of each half of the body so as to be disposed in overlapping arrangement across the halves of lthe body, an elastic gore in each flap member` so that the .members may yieldingly expand and contract, an apertured plate in one of the Hap members for passage of the other flap member, and means whereby the other end of each flap member may be adjustably connected to the opposite half of the body to detachably hold the flap members tightly or comparatively loose across the abdominal portions.

3. In a corset with a body composed of two adjustably connected halves,two flexible flap members each with a body part having one end secured to the hip part of each half of the body so as to be disposed across the abdominal portion of the halves of the body of the corset, and both of the body parts of the flap members being of widths and lengths to embrace the abdominal portion of the corset in overlapping arrangement, an integral tongue extending from the other ends of the body parts of the flap members,- and each tongue being of less width than saith body flap members each with a body-part having one end secured to the hip part of each half of the body so as to be disposed across the abdominaly portion of the halves of the body of the 'corset and both ofthe body partsfof the flap members being of widths and lengths to embrace the abdominal portion .of the corset in overlapping arrangement, an inte.

gral tongue extending from the other ends of the body parts of the liap members', land each tongue being'of less width than saidl body parts, an elastic gore in each of the tongues, and the body part of one of the Hap members having an openingnsurrounded with an aperturedstiiiening plate for. pas-- sage of the tongue of the other flap member to prevent sagging of the fla members, means whereby the tongue of eac flap member may be adjustably connected to the hip v part of the opposite half of the body of the corset, and loops depending from the lower edges of the halves of the bod from the lower edges of the for the purpose speciedl This specification signed and witnessed this tenth day of August A. D. 1915.'

JULIUS LEOPOLD.- MORRIS'BEBERFELD l as well as ap members Witnesses:

Ron'r. B. ABBOTT, M. DnnMoDY.

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