US157445A - Improvement in sscirt-supporters - Google Patents

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G ATHARINE A. anlswoux Skirt-Supporters.

N0]57445 Patented Dec. 8,1874.

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THE GRAPHIC CO. PROYO-LKTKJB! vl PARK PLACE/NY.

GATHRINE A. GRISWOLD, or POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

IMPRQVEMENT iN SKIRT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1517.445, dated December 8, 1874 application filed August 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OATHRINE A. GRIswoLD, of Ponghkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

One part of this invention in ladies skirt supporters consists of the combination of two spring-bows set flaring or inclined to each other, with their ends securely fastened together, and a flexible bow-band arranged in a plane between the two spring-bows, and fastened to their ends, and having less strength and less rearward extent of bow than the said spring-bows, substantially as hereinafter set forth, so that while the said bow-band shall easily conform to and rest against the back of the waist or corset of the wearer the upper one of the said spring-bows shall extend outward or upward and rearward, so as to give the required form and yielding support to the usually full and gathered rear upper end portion of the skirts, and transfer the weight or pressure of the same to the bow-band on the back of the wearer, and to the under one of the two spring-bows, which under bow may serve as a second and lower spring-support for the skirts, or may rest again st the back of the wearer below the bow-band, and thereby lessen the pressure and strain on the latter whenever the Weight and pressure of the skirts on the upper spring-bow shall be very heavy.

Another part of this invention in skirt-supporters consists of abent spring-brace, or two or more bent spring-braces, arranged and secured transversely to two inclined spring-bows and to a flexible bow-band arranged between and fastened to the ends of the said springbows, and having less rearward extent of bow than the latter, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

In the aforesaid drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of a skirt-supportcr which embodies the whole of this invention, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereoffrom front to rear. The same skirt-supporter is shown secured to the back of the waist of a corset in Fig. 3, and to shoulder-straps in Fig. 4. In Fig. 5 a like skirt-supporter is represented in skeleton form. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another skirt-supporter which embodies my aforesaid invention, and Fig. 7 is a central vertical section thereof. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a skirt-supporter which embraces the first aforesaid part of my invention; and Fig. 9 is a central transverse section of the same.

A and B are two spring-bows, inclined to each other and fastened together at or near their ends. 0 is a flexible bow-band, arranged between the two spring-bows and fastened to the ends of the latter, and having less length and less rearward extent of bow than either of the two spring-bows. D D are bent springbraces, which are arranged and secured transversely to the bow-band O and spring-bows A B. The bows A B, band C, and braces D may consist of any suitable material secured together by anysuitable means. I commonly prefer to form the parts A, B, and D of covered hoop-skirt wire, or whalebone, and to make the band C of woven fabric, and to cover the springbows A B with crescent-shaped pieces E F, of woven fabric stitched along their outer edges around the bows A B, and along their inner edges to the band 0, and to secure the bent spring-braces D across and to the band 0 and bows A B by inclosing the springs D in casings formed in the parts E, F, and G, or by stitching the edges of tapes upon the band 0 and crescents E F, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the band 0 consists of the stitched-together inner parts of the skirtings E F.

When the skirt-supporter is in skeleton form, as in Fig. 5, the bows A B, band 0, and braces D may be secured together by means of any suitable devices of the kinds used in fastening together the parts of hoopskirts.

Then the supporter is made without any spring-brace, D, as in Figs. 8 and 9, the parts A, B, and 0 must be very firmly secured together at their ends; and if such supporter is in skeleton form, I prefer to make the bow-band O of covered skirt-wire or other elastic material like the bows'A B. I combine one, two, or more bent spring-braces, D, with the springbows A B and bow-band O, in order to assist in keeping the parts A B O in proper position and to directly transmit to the middle part of the band C and bow B the pressure of the skirts on the bow A.

This skirt-supporter can be secured to the waist of the wearer by a waistband, G, and can be attached to a corset, H, as in Fig. 3, or to shoulder-straps I, as in Fig. 4, by hooks j, which engage with the under side of the band 0 through slots k or openings 1.

IVhat I claim as new and of my invention 1. In a skirt-supporter, the two spring-bows A and B, inclined toward each other and fastened together at their ends, and the flexible bow-band O secured between and to the ends of the two spring-bows, all combined, constructed, and arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. In a skirt-supporter, the two spring-bows A B, inclined toward each other and secured together at their ends, in combination n fith the bow-band O and the bent spring-brace or'springbraces D secured transversely to the said bowband and spring-bows, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 10th day of August, 187 4.

OATHBINE A. GRISWOLD.

Witn esses JAMES T. GOODFELLOW, AUSTIN F. PARK.

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