US1213952A - Garment-stay. - Google Patents

Description

W. J. ROCHE.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION FILED 1UNE22, 1914.

rammed Jan. 30,1917.

INVENTOR WITNESSES VTILLIAM J. ROCHE, OF MEADVILLE, ZElINSYLVANIi-K, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, OF IVIEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A

CORPGHATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

Application filed June 22, 191%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAIVE J. ROCHE, a resident oi? Meadville, in the county o'li Crawford and State oil. Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in GarmenhStays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire garment stays and more par icularly to corset stays.

The object of the invention is to provide a flexible wire 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 Pfll'bltl! larly a stay which is stronger and more resilient than prior stays.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

Tn the drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of one form of stay eml'iodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 83, Fig. l; and Figs. i and 5 are lface views of other forms of stay embodying the inven tion.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed from wire, a single continuous wire 1 being shown, which is bent back and forth in sinuous form to form a series of oppositely dis. posed main loops or eyes 2 lyin along the edges of the stay and which are connected by transverse or intermediate portions crossings 3. The main eyes or loops 2 may be substantially directly opposite each other as shown in Fig. 1, in which case part of the crossings, indicated at 3*, lie substantially normal to the length of the stay, while the other alternate crossings, indicated at 3", are all inclined to the length of the stay in the same direction, or, the crossing portions may be so arranged that the main eyes or loops 2 lie somewhat in staggered relation or with a progressive arrangement, as shown in Figs. 1- and 5. The main eyes or loops 2 may all he in the same flat plane, or, if desired, successive eyes or loops may overlap each other slightly longitudinally oi: the stay, as at 4, to produce a shingled appearance when the stay is viewed edgewise, as shown in Fig. 2, which reinforces the stay and provides mutual support between the several eyes or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3(1), llllll'l.

Serial in. 846,589. I

loops and enables them to pass each other readily when the stay is flexed edgewise.

To increase the length of wire in the stay as a whole and to stiffen it and malre it more resilient as against bending strains, each of the crossing portions 3 is bent or deflected intermediate the edges of the stay to form a loop, eye, or convolution 5. These loops or convolntions may all lie along the center line of thestay, but as shown, the loops in the crossings 8 lie on one side of the center line oil the stay, while the loops or convolutions in the alternate crossing portions 3 are on the other side of the center line oi? the stay, thereby forming two rows oi? small eyes or convolutions which lie adjacent to or within the main eyes or loops 2. These small eyes or loops 5 may be of any suitable shape or size and may lie in various positions, either close to the center line of the stay or contained almost wholly within the main eyes or loops 2 and close to the edges of the stay as shown in Fi i, and reinforce the stay against bendin g strains.

The interme i may be bent, kinlred or deflected in any suitable inanner. F or example, all of said crossings may be bent toward one flat side oi": the stay, to produce a stay which is con cave-convex in cross section, as shown in 3, which gives the stay greater resistance to bending in one flatwise direction than. in the other, as will be readily understood. Also, the crossing portions of the wire may be bent or deflected intermediate the edges of the stay and preferably along its central line, as indicated at 6, Fig. i, to form a series of loops or convolntions along the central line the stay and thereby in crease the length of wire therein anc reduce the liability of crystallization and deterioration.

The main eyes or loops 2 maybe open along one edge of the stay as shown in Fig. l or may be formed by inclining alternate crossing portions of the wire in opposite di rections, as shown in Fig. 5, in which case all of the eyes or loops are closed by the crossing portions of the wire, each eye or loop being a complete convolution.

The stay described contains considerably more wire for given dimensions than prior stays and is materially reinforced by the ate portions or crossings 8 rows of small eyes, loops or convolntions along the middle portion of the stay. Consequently, it has a longer life and is not so liable to deteriorate or to take a permanent set on short bends. V

What I claim is:

1. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent back and forth to form a series of eyes or loops along the edges of the stay and connecting crossings, the crossing portions be ing bent t v form another series of smaller closed eyes or loops lying in the plane of the stay and between the edges thereof.

2. A garment stay, comprising \vire bent back and forth to form a seri s of open eyes or loops along both edges of the stay and intermediate connecting portions or crossings, successive eyes or loops overlapping each other slightly, the crossing portions of the Wire being bent to form another series of smaller closed eyes or loops lying in the plane of the stay and between the edges thereof.

3. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent back and forth to form a series of eyes or loops and connecting crossings, said eyes or loops lying along the edges of the stay, the Wire being also bent to form another series of complete coils lying along the middle portion of the stay and in the plane thereof.

4. A garment stay comprising wire bent back and forth to form a, series of open eyes or loops along both edges of the stay and connecting crossing portions, each crossing portion being bent intermediate the edges of the stay to form a smaller closed eye or loop, the closed eyes or loops in alternate crossings lying'on opposite sides of the middle line of the stay and in the plane thereo'l'.

5. A garment stay, comprising \vire bent to form two series of open loops or eyes 1y; ing along the edges of the stay and a series of transverse crossing portions, the crossing portions being bent to form two parallel series of closed loops or eyes lying between the edges of the stay and in the plane thereol.

6. A garment stay, comprising wire bent to form two series ol loops or eyes lying along the edges ol the stay and a series ol? transverse crossing portions, the crossing portions being bent to form two distinct parallel. series of smaller loops or eyes lying between the edges of the stay and eaeh overlapping the neXt adjacent crossing longitudinally of the stay in the plane thereof.

In testimony whereof", I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM J. llOGl l E.

-Witnesses:

T. F. CHARLTON, ADELAIDE Rooms.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G."

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