US1527616A

US1527616A - Garment supporter

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Publication number: US1527616A
Application number: US727755A
Authority: US
Inventors: Trub Franz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-07-23
Filing date: 1924-07-23
Publication date: 1925-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 1942-02-24

Description

Feb. 24, 1925. 1,527,616

F. TRUB GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed July '23. 1924 gin vented;

Patented Feb. 24, 1925. i 1,527,616

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ Tm'tB, or ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Application filed July 23, 1924 Serial names; M

To all whom it may concern: adapted to engage the head portion 2 so Be it known that I, FRANZ Train, a citas to extend tangentially thereto and exizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residtends slightly above the head portion 2 for ing at Zurich, V, Konradstr. 59, in the a suitabledistance. g i i :3 Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, have in- The'upwardly directed portion 5 termivented certain new and useful Improvenates at its upper end in the downwardly V ments in a Garment Supporter, of. which curved portion 6 and the latter is disposed the following is a specification. f downwardly as shown at 7 so as to engage This invention relates to new and useful the opposite side of the head 2 and extend in improvements in garment supporters and substantially tangential thereto in the man has for its principal object to provide a ner shown in Figurel of the drawing. The simple and efficient device which may be free end ofthe downwardly extending porreadily and easily secured in position for tion 7 terminates into the tapered point 8. retaining a. stocking on the legs of the In use, the garment supporter is applied 1.3 wearel; by inserting the pointed end 8 into the One of the important objects of the presborder of the stocking or sock at a distance ent invention is to provide a garment supslightly inward from the upper edge of porter of the above mentioned character, the stocking, the garment supporter is then which is simple in construction, inexpensive, turned in one revolution around its longi- 30 strong and durable and furthermore adapted tudinal axis whereby the border of the sock 7 for the purposes for which it is designated. will slide over the portions 7, 6 and 5 re- A further object is to provide a garment spectively and between the upwardly dissupporter formed of a single strand of wire posed portion 5 and the adjacent portion of wherein means is provided for engagement the head 2 so as to be received in the looped 25 with the border of the stocking and the leg portion 4. 8 portion of the undergarment whereby the The stocking or sock together with the stocking will be held in proper position on supporting means therefor is then pulled the leg of the wearer. slightly upward so as to enable the latter Other objects and advantages of this into be brought into engagement with the 30 vention will become apparent during the fabric B which comprises the. leg portion of course of the following description. the un-dergarment in such a manner as to In the accompanying drawing forming cause the fabric to be disposed in the looped part of this specification and in which like portion 6 in the manner clearly shown in numerals designate like parts throughout Figure 1 of the drawing. The purpose of 35 the same: the provision of the pointed or tapered end Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im- 8 is to protect the fabric and to further proved garment supporter showing the same facilitate the ready and easy insertion of 1 u e, the garment supporter through the border Figure 2 is a side elevation of a modifiof the sock or stocking A and the fabric B.

40 cat-ion, and In Figure 2 of the drawing a modification Figure 3 is a similar view of a further is shown wherein the head portion 9 is in modification. the form of an eye, otherwise the construc- In the drawing wherein for the purpose tion of the garment supporter is substanof illustration is shown the preferred emtially the same as the one shown in Figure 4f bodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 1 and which heretofore has been more fully 1 designates generally my improved garment described. In Figure 3 a still further modisupporter and the same is preferably formed fication is shown wherein the head portion of a single piece of wire in the manner to is also formed to represent an eye 10 and be presently described. One end of the a downwardly extending portion 11 thereof 50 wire is provided with a head portion such is disposed in a plane substantially parallel as is shown at 2 and the wire is then disto the plane of the upwardly extending porposed downwardly for a suitable distance tion 5. As the constructions of the garment as shown at 3, thence curved upwardly as supporter shown in the modification are subshown at 4: and directed upwardly as shown stantially the same as the preferred form, at 5. The upwardly directed portion 5 is and the use or application thereof is also the same a further detailed description of the garment supporters Shown in the modification is not thought necessary.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that a garment supporter has been provided which will obviate the necessity of having to employ the usual limb encircling band and the fastening elements associated therewith for supporting a stocking or sock on the leg of the wearer and furthermore the simplicity of my device enables the same to be easily and readily placed in use and will hold the stocking or sock in proper position and against accidental displacement. A garment supporter of the character described may be manufactured at a very low cost and will be further strong and durable and there are no parts which require adjustment.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted t0 1 Wi hout departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what Itc1aimtis:-..

A garment supporter formed of asingle piece -of wire having a looped head portion formed at one end thereof, said wire being 'disposed-downwardly from the head and thence curved upwardly to provide a stocking receiving 'loop portion, the upwardly disposed portion tangentially engaging the head*portion and extending above the latter, then'bei'ng curved downwardly to provide a fabric receivingloop ortion, the downwardly-{curved portion tangentially engagingtho posite side of the head portion and terminatinga't its free end in a sharp point, all offsaid portions being disposed in the same plane;

' In testimony whereof I- affix my signa-