US140537A - Improvement in shirt-bosom supports - Google Patents

Description

I. M. PUST.

Shirt-Bosom Supports.

No, 140,537l i Patented July1, 1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT (DEIIGE ISAAC M. POST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-BOSOM SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,537, dated July 1, 1873; application filed November 9, 1872.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC M. POST, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in False Bosoms for Shirts, of which the following is a specification:

My invent-ion consists of a false shirt-bosom for gentlemens wear, composed of wire-gauze, to be worn under the linen bosom, for the purpose of keeping the latter in shape, and preventing it from becoming mussed or soiled by perspiration, Sto., the same constituting a new article of manufacture.

The drawing represents a front View of my gauze bosom as made for sale and ready for use.

To make these bosoms I take wire-cloth made of brass wire, having from forty to sixty meshes to the inch, and cut therefrom the bosoms, of the form substantially as shown in the drawing. I preferto make them of a width not greater than the plaited portion of the linen bosom, and of such a length as not to reach quite to the waistband of the pants when in position.

As shown in the drawing, the upper end is hollowed outto fit the neck, and is provided at the center with a loop, c, of elastic or other suitable material, by which it is secured to the button of the neckband of the shirt. I then cover the edge all around with a binding, e, of tape or similar material, which is stitched fast, and which can be readily done on a sewing-machine.

In making these bosoms care should be taken to use gauze composed of annealed wie, so as to render it pliable and to permit of its being bent or shaped as desired. They should also be out from the sheet in such a manner that their greatest length will be in line with the illing or of the gauze, as those wires are bent, while the warp wires are straight, thus renderingit pliable and yieldin glen gthwise, whileit is comparatively rigid or stift' crosswise. In this way I produce a light article, which not only serves to support the linen bosom and prevent it from being mussed and creased, but which also serves to keep the linen bosom away from the body, -and thereby prevents it from becoming soiled by perspiration, especially in warm weather. Being light and pliable it yields readily to the motions or positions ofthe body, andcan, therefore, be worn with perfect comfort.

If desired the gauze may be plated with silver or nickel to prevent it from being discolored, or staining the clothing when wet, or

moistened by the perspiration of the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

As a new article of manufacture, the shirt bosom or shield, constructed of wire-gauze, as and for the purpose herein described.

ISAAC M. POST.

Witnesses:

REUEL KEITH, J os. T. K. PLANT.

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