US130983A - Improvement in corsets - Google Patents

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J. S. CROTTY.

Corsets.

No. 130,983. Patented Sep.3,1 872.

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invented by JOHN horizontal and curved JOHN S. GROTTY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO (JROTTY & RIOH ARDS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 80,983, dated September 3, 1872.

Specification of an Improvementin Corsets, S. GROTTY, of the city and State of New York.

Before my invention corsets had been made with vertical seams at two or more points upon each side to unite the segments that are made use of, and in some instances there have been seams uniting the pieces that compose the corset. In cases where the seams run in one general direction it is difiicult to make a corset fit smoothly, and where the seams run in two directions the point of intersection is so thick with the numerous thicknesses that the stitching with a sewingmachine is liable to be imperfect, and in ironing corsets they cannot be pressed with uniformity. My invention is made for the twofold purpose of obtaining a more perfect fit andlessenin g the number of intersectin g seams.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents, in a perspective view, one-half of the corset; and Figs. 2 to 8 show the patterns or shapes of the difl'erent pieces.

The back piece a is made in the form shown in Fig. 2, much wider at the bottom than at the top, so as to give room around the hips. The center piece b, Fig. 3, is made with a long strap, 0, running down to the bottom of the corset, so that the edge of this center piece may be united by the seam 2 to the front piece at.

This front piece d, Fig. 4, is much narrower at the lower end than usual, in order that the hip piece e may extend to the front as much as possible. The bosom-gores f g, Figs. 5 and 6, are of usual character. The hip-gores e and 1, Figs. 7 and 8, may be made in one piece or in two, as shown, and the upper edges of these hip-gores are united bythe seam 3, to the middle piece bof the corset, and at the seam 4 to the back piece a. The lines of stitching represented in Fig. 1 indicate where the bones or stiifening is introduced, and the ordinary fastenings m at the front and eyelets a at the back are provided. In consequence of the width of the lower portion of the back a the neces sary size around the hip portion is obtained by the introduction of the hip-pieces e l, and the strap 0 upon the middle piece 11 allows of the seams being more in one general direction upon a portion of the corset that is the most difficult to make smooth and even.

I claim as my invention- The corset made with the back a wide at its lower end, and the middle section b with the strap 0 extending down to the lower edge of the corset, combined with the hip-gore e l introdnced in the manner specified between the middle section b and the back section a, as setforth.

Signed by me this third day of August, 1872.

Witnesses: JOHN S. OROTTY.

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, Guns. H. SMITH.

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