US1208836A - Garment-stay. - Google Patents

Description

W. l. ROCHE.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION man unezz. 1914.

Patented Deo. 19, N16.

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i WILLIAMv J. RocHn, or MEADvrLLE, PEN

NSYLVANA, ASSIGNOR IO THE SPIRELLA GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. i9, 19t@ Application led J` une 22, 1914. Serial No. 846,590.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM J. Rooi-nuav resident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which theV following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment stays and particularly to Wire corset stays.

The object of the invention is to provide a flexible Wire garment stay Which yields readily in all directions, in which the bending strains are distributed over a considerable length of Wire, so as to avoid crystallization and deterioration of the metal and prevent the stay from taking a permanent set, and to provide a corset stay which is stronger and more resilient than prior stays and offers more resistance to bending strains, particularly in the edgeWise direction.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a face view of a 'stay embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig is a face view of a modified form of stay; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are face views of other modiications, the Wire in Fig. 5 being shown as a single line for sinipli cation.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed from Wire, a single continuous Wire l being shown, which is bent back and forth in sinuous form to form a series of oppositely disposed main loops or eyes 2 lying along the edges of the stay and which are-connected by transverse intermediate Vportions or crossings 3. Generally speaking the intermediate crossings are alternately inclined in opposite directions so that the main loops or eyes 2 are progressively arranged in staggered relation longitudinally of the stay, although this is not essential. Said eyes or loops may all lie in substantially the same flat plane or may overlap each other slightly longitudinally of the stay as shown at 4, Fig. 3. Said eyes or loops have broad closed outer ends and are Open at their inner ends, and the Wire of the broad outer ends of the main loops or eyes is bent or coiled into a complete turn, to produce a series of smaller loops or eyes 5, each of Which lies Wholly Within one of the main eyes or loops 2. Said smaller eyes 5 may be of any suitable size, but preferably are slightly smaller than the main eyes or loops so that the Wire is not tightly `coiled at the edges of the stay and lies Within the large main eye and thereby increases the amount of wire in the stay and its resiliency, but Without materially increasing its thickness or making it bulky.

The intermediate portions or crossings 3 may be substantially straight, as shown in Figs. l and 3, or may be bent or deflected intermediate the edges of the stay. For example, each crossing portion of the Wire in Fig. 4 is bent toward one end of the stay to form a trapezoidal loop 6 which increases the total amount of Wire in the stay but especially the effective length of the crossing portions subjected to torsional strains When the stay is bent liatWise.

In F ig. 5 the crossing portions of the Wire are bent intermediate the edges of the stay into sinuous or S-shaped forni, as shown at 7, which produces a plurality of small loops o1' folds in the Wire, the loops or folds in the successive crossings lying in a row along the middle of the stay.

In Fig. 6 each crossing portion of the Wire is bent or coiled intermediate its edges to form a small loop, eye or convolution 8.

In each of the forms shown the length of the crossing portions of the Wire and also of the eyes or loops is increased, which enables the stay to better resist bending strains and distribute said strains over a greater length of the Wire and consequently avoids crystallization and breakage. The stay may also be readily constructed as there are no tight coils.

Y l/Vhat l claim is:

l. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent to form a series of main loops or eyes lying at the edges of the stay and connected by transverse por-Lions or crossings, said eyes orloops having broad outer ends the Wire of which is coiled to form a closed loop or eye smaller than the main loop or eye and extending toward the center line of the stay, each of said closed loops or eyes lying Wholly Within one of the main loops or eyes along the edges of the stay.

' 2. A garment stay, comprising' wire bent to form a series of main loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connected by transverse portions or crossings, said main loops or eyes having broad outer ends the Wire of which is bent or coiled to form closed convolutions smaller than and lying Within said main eyes or loops.

3. A garment stay, comprising Wirerbent back and forth to `orrn a series of moin loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connected by transverse portions or crossings, said main loops or eyes having broad outer ends the Wire of Whichis bent orooled to form Closed oonvolutions smaller than and lying Within said main eyes or loops, the crossing portions of the Wire bein!! bent intermediate thew edges of the stay to 10 form L series of closed loops or-conyolntions lying alone' the Centerlne of the Stay? In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. Y Y

WILLIAM J. ROCHE. Witnesses:

FF. CHARLTON, ADELA-IDE ROCHE.

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

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