US1458365A - Corset - Google Patents

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c. H. scHoPBAcH CORSET 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 24.

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CHARLES H. SCHOPBACH, OF AURORA, LLLINOIS, ASSGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL CORSET COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLNOIS, .-l. CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

CORSET.

.Application filed December 24, 1920. Serial No. 432,993,

To all wibo/m t may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES H. Sonor- BACH, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets and the main object of the invention is to provide an improved insert for a corset which is suitably stiffened and supported in the front and at the saine time, provided with flexible means at the upper front portion which yields readily to conform to the contour of the ligure and also as the wearer may bend or move the body, thus avoiding discomfort to the wearer.

My invention comprises the making of a stay strip of metal sufficiently thick and stiff to perform its intended function as a stiffening stay, which strip shall not extend to the top edge of the corset, and in applying thereto at its upper end, one or a plurality of relatively thin, flexible, shorter metal strips which extend from the first mentioned strip to substantially the top margin of the corset.

The further objects and advantages relating to the structural details of my invention will more denitely appear from the following description of the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates in a front elevation, a portion of a front lace, f ront opening corset, embodying my invention. a

Figs. 2 and 3 are views,in front elevation, of two metal stay strips, with the flexible metal strips attached.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the metal strip shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of the cloth covering .for the upper end of the fieXible metal strips, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 6 is a transverse, sectional view of the .cloth cover shown in Fig. 5, taken in `the plane of the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. is a vertical, sectional view of one of the corset stays, the same being taken in the plane indicated by the line 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a vertical, sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a piece of cloth to which certain hooks are secured. Fig. 10 is va similar view of a piece of cloth to which certain eyes are attached.

Fig. 11 is a transverse, sectional view through a pair of corset stays at the front of the corset, the section being taken on the plane indicated by the dotted line 11-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a similar sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line 12 12 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 13 is a similar view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line 13-13 of Fig. 1, broken away, for convenience in drawing, at the right hand portion.

In the drawing, A represents one of the two front body sections of a corset, its front edge being provided with one of a pair of stays indica-ted as a whole by the letter B. The other corset stay which is removably secured to the stay B is indicated as a whole by the letter C. D indicates the usual lacings which unite the stay C through a series of eyelets c with a front st-ay (not shown) on the front margin of the other body section of the corset, in a familiar manner.

As shown in the drawings and more particularly in Figs. 1, 2, 5, G, 10, 11, 12 and 13, the stay B is constructed as follows: A metal stiffening body cr insert strip 1, of such length as not to extend the full length of the front of the corset, is provided with a plurality of eyelet members 2 of the corset clasps, said clasp members 2 being shown as riveted to the metal stiffening insert strip 1, at 3. The strip 1 is covered with an envelope i of any suitable material, but preferably of paper. The enveloping material is usually wrapped about the insert 1 before the yclasp members 2 are secured thereto.

At the upper end of the body or insert strip 1 are shown a plurality of shorter metal strips, 5, 6, 7, of different lengths, each being riveted to 'the insert strip 1 by the rivet 8. This is the preferred construction of this improved stay member, but manifestly, the strip 5, or the strip 6, may be omitted. VThe strip or strips 5, 6, 7, are coi/ered with a suitable enveloping material 9, preferably of fabric folded longitudinally and stitched. as indicated atlG, to form a pocket 11, which pocket encloses the strip or strips. rllhe enveloping fabric 9 has a flap portieri 12 in addition to the pocket 11. The metal meinber thus described and shown in Fig. 2, env closed as hereinabove described, is then in serted within a pocket 13 formed in the margin of the front of the body section in the usual manner. That is to say, a strip of cloth 111 is. folded upon itself as shown more clearly in F ig. 12, andthen the 'fabric ci is vfolded about this cloth 141 and its lex-v that the fiexible strips 5, (i, 7, attached thereto shall lie to the inside of the corset so as to bend outwardly when bending is required.. Where three strips, 5. 6, 7, areused, the sti-ip 7 is placed nearest the body of the wearer, the strip 5 toward the outside. of the corset, and the strip 6 intermediate the two. '1t will be noted also that-thetop of the flexible strip 7 is near the top L of the corset; that the rivet S is near the top 'of the insert strip 1 and also that the lower end 18 of the body or insert strip 1 does not extend to the lower edge of the corset, as shown by the cutaway portion, Fig; 1.

Referringnow to Figs. 3, 1.1-, 7, 3, 11, 12 and '13, it. will be seen that the other front stay member Cl is composed. of fabric with a stiffening member and lacing eyelets arranged in three longitudinal sections; the outer or marginal section comprising a pocket 19, the inner marginal `section a pocket 20, and theintermediate section providing' for the lacing eyelets, c. l/Vithin the pocket 19, l place a metal insert strip with a flexible upper end made in all respects similar to the insert strip 1, previously described, with the exception that instead of the eyelet clasp member 2, a stud member 21 is used. lt will be manifest, of course, that thetwo `parts 21 and 2 together form a corset clasp and function in a familiar manner.

Within the pocket 201 place a relatively flexible stiflening member 22 of 'featherbone or thin metal, or other suitable material.

The fabric of which the stay strip C is com-A posed may be folded and stitched in any convenient manner, as for example, the manner indicated in Figs. 11, 12 and 13. In order to secure the adjacentmargins B', C', of the stay members B, C, together, at points both above and below the metal strips 1, -ll

stitching 17, and the corresponding Hap A `member in the said member C may beseoured thereto v`by the eyelets c or bytherows of stitching whichformthe pocket 20, or both. f Then the parts Lthus described are fsecured together, the corset placed uponthe wearer, andjthe stays B and@ Vunited by means of the hooksand eyes 23, 23,` an d theclasp meinbers;2, 21, it will befound that the central portion of the front ofthe corset v,will possess the. necessary Strength and stiffness by reason of the relative ri,- gidity of the metalinsert strips 1, whilethe upper portion thereof` vwill, lHex land bend readily to conform to the contour` of the body `of the wearer and to anybending or other movement of the wearer; that this bending and flexure will not produce any discomfort to the wearer, or cause the breaking f the metal parts;` and, furthermorathat the construction is suchy that the flexible members attached tothe insert strips 1, will yimmediately resume their normal position when the wearer-resumes her natural lposition. As illustrated in Fig. 11, the hooks 23 and the eyes 23 are'securedto strips off-cloth,

24 and 25, respectively. It will be manifest that their positions onthe parts B aludv C are such as to afford thenecessary anddesirable relative movement orplay between said hooks land eyes, when the latterfare engaged, whereby said hooks and eyes, when engaged, do not interfere with the free movement under fiexure ofthe upper, por tions 5, 6 and 7 of theQmetal insert stripl. lt will be elearthat the hooks and', eyes are not attached directly to the. `strips 1, but to the edge of the pockets1 enclosi1 ig said strips. f By reason of this flexible con nection and of the flexible connection between each hook and eye, and also, because .of the flexibility due to what may bevcalled 'the swiveling movement in a horizontalwplane between each veye andl its associated. hook,

movement of. one stay to a limited extent independently of the other stay, ispermitted.

To the: movementl which ispermitt'edbe tween each hook, fand its eye, is added the swing allowed because of the' iexibilitywof the material of which the pockets are formed. Thus a corset is produced which gives great comfort to the wearer and yet performs its intended function of supporting the body, throughout the lifetime of the garment as a whole.

It will be understood, of course, that the stay member attached to they other margin of the corset body to which -the lacings D are secured, will be made precisely similar to the stay section C, but without the stud members and the hooks,-that is to say, it will contain a pocket provided with a metal stay insert strip l, having one or a plurality of shorter and relatively thinner, flexible strips riveted to the upper end thereof, to correspond to the stay members B and C.

It will also be understood that the thin strip or strips 5, 6, 7, should be secured to the strip l in such manner as to be in prolongation of the latter and not have any tendency to sidewise movementy with respect to the strip l. ln other words, so secured as to remain in the pocket 2() and form a relatively firm abutment to resist the tension on the stay C by the pull and strain of the lacings. This will normally be effected by the single rivet 8 shown, but manifestly equivalent f'astenings (as vfor example, two rivets) may be used.

I claim as my invention:

1. An insert for corsets comprising a relatively rigid body portion and a plurality of strips attached to and forming a prolongation of said body portion and of greater flexibility than the latter, said insert being provided with clasp members upon its rigid body portion only.

2. An insert for corsets comprising a relatively rigid body portion and a plurality of strips attached to andy forming a prolongation of said body portion, said strips being arranged in overlapping relation each to each, and of greater flexibility than said body portion, said body portion being pro-v lco-operating fastener members secured tol the material of the opposite pocket, substantially as described. n

4. A corset provided with a vertically extending pocket adjacent each of its meeting edges, an insert in each pocket comprising a relatively rigid body portion provided with corset clasps rigidly secured. thereto, a plurality of resilient strips of different length, free from clasp members, positioned one upon the other and secured to said insert so as to project beyond the end and in prolongation thereof, the longest of said strips being nearest the longitudinal center of the corset, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of December, 1920. I

CHARLES H. SCHOPBACH. Witnesses TAYLOR E. BROWN, B, L. MACGREGOR.

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