US1570937A - Garter and arm band - Google Patents

Description

Jan; 26 1926 A. P. BRND GAKTER AND ARM BAND Filed April 7,1924

ANNAFIcHnwm ERAMG Iuvsmon dan., 263, i926..

maar oi-ict.,

ANNA PICHOVJETZ BRAN), Oli C-CAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN A. BRAND, E' CHXCAGO, ILLNOIS.

@ARTER AND ARM BAND.k

Application filed April 7, 1924.

To @ZZ 'fw/i om t iitug/ concern le it knoiv that l, ANNA Pioriown'rz BRAND, a citizen ot the United States, re siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oit illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garter and Arm i. lands; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invent-ion, such as will enable others 1G skilled iii the art to which it appertains to ii'iako and use the saine.

Vlhis invention relates to improvements in garters and arm bands, and has for one oi .its principal objects the provision ot a garter or arm band which, while being elastic,

shall at the saine time be tree trom the disadvantages ordinarily present in the usual forni otwoven elastic material now on the market, and which will, moreover, be entirely serviceable and dependable.

One of the important objects of this iiivention is the provision of a garter or arm band composed ot a suitable elastic material suoli as cloth tape or the like, whereby any stretching oi the rubber near to or beyond its elastic limit will be effectively prevented while at the saine time all ordinary stretching to which the garter or arm band will be put in use will be allowed.

Another important object oi this invention is the provision oit an elastic member for garters, belts, arm bands, or similar objects, which shall preferably be composed ci a tube ot rubbei` oi the like having therein and er;- tciiding therethrough a strip oi nonelastic material which will be suitably rastened at its ends to the end supports ot the tube, which strip ot noiielastic material is oi' a length greater than the normal length ot thelrubber tube and ot such a relation to the length ot' the rubber tube that any ei:- cessive stretching ot said rubber tube will be cli'ectively prevented.

Still another 'and further important object ot this invention is the provision in a garter or arm band ot an elastic memberl supplemented by a nonelastic ineiiiber ot greater normal length and secured in cooperative relation thereto by means of rows ot extensible stitches.

@ther and further important'objects ot the invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and following specification.

Serial N0. 704,871.

The invention, in apreterred form, is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more tully described.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation oi a garter constructed in accordance with the improved principles ot' this invention, parts being broken away.

Figure 2 isa front elevation of a novel arm band as contemplated by the present invention. portions being likewise broken away.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral 10 indicates generally the cloth portion oi nonelastic base member ot an ordinary garter or the like being of preferably triangular forni and having attached at the lower end thereof an ordinary hose gripping 'element as illusA trated at 12.

Adapted tov co-operate with the'inember 10 at the upper corners thereof is the elastic member of this invention, comprising essentially a tube of pure rubber as best illustrated at 14, and having passing therethrough a tape or the like 16 which is ot a greater length than the normal length of the rubber tube 14.

frs illustrated, the edges ot the rubber tubing 14 are reen'foiced or joined together by means ot suitable stitching or the like as illustrated at 18, which stitching is et such a design and is applied to the tubing 1.4 in such a manner that the stitching itseltl will be capable of longitudinal extension alongl its line ot stretch and without any danger or possibility of tearing the tubing in such stretching action or of hindering the stretching action in any way. It will be obvious that this garter can be applied without the use or necessity of any auxiliary attaching elements such as buckles or the like.

Figure 2 illust-rates an arm band constructed along practically the saine lines as the garter illustrated in Figure 1, but which obviously is not provided with a hose supporting element, but merely comprises a circular band composed ot a piece of rubber tubing precisely 'similar to that illustrated in Figure 1 and, as illustrated by the broken away portions, the tube 14 has passing through the interior thereof a nonelastic non-stretchable element 16 in the form ot a piece of tape which may be of any suitable GSS material. For purposesl of better illustration the greater portions of the tube 14 are shown .as broken away, illustrating the condition of the tape 16 when the saine is in normal position in the unstretched tubing 14. However, it will berfobvious that when the tubing is stretched the tape 16 will act to prevent any undue extension thereof, which extension might otherwise go beyond its elastic limit causing breakage and consequent annoyance.

Lines of stitching 18 extend around the peripheries of the arm band as illustrated in Figure 2, which lines -ot' stitching are similar to thoseillustrated in thegarter of Figure 1, and which act in precisely the same manner, namely, adapting themselves to variations in the circumference or extent of the arm band or garter as occasioned by the uses to which they are put by the wearer. The lines of stitching 18 serve to ree-nforce the edges of the tubing 14 and may also be employed to actually maintain the rubber in tubular form if the 'same is composed of a bent-over strip of rubber. The construction is such as to be easily kept clean, being readily washed, and moreover will greatly outwear the ordinary garter or arm band on account of the elimination of woven se1ni-elastic elements. It will be obvious that two or more. parallel lengths of tubing 14 may be employed in a belt, garter, or arm band instead of the single elements illustrated il more security or greater 'supporting qualities are desired.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details oi construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and l therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a supporter, a limb encircling tube formed of opposed 'separate sections of flat and longitudinallyY elastic material, a nouclastic V[lat tape extending longitudinally within said tube and oi a greater length than the normal length of the tube, and means joining the opposed tube sections along the longitudinal edges thereof and serving to retain said sections in fiat op posed relation throughout.

2. In a supporter, a limb encircling tube formed ci opposed sections of iiat and longitudinally elastic material, a non-elastic flat tape extending longitudinally within said tube and of a. length greater than the normal length of the tube, and a series oi' connected elastic stitches joining the opposed tube sections along the longitudinal edges thereof.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

ANNA PICHOXVETZ BRAND.

Images