US1632017A - Reducing garment - Google Patents

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Patented June r14, 1927.

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT oFFlcE. l

Bamm e. Woax AND LoursA N. sLADn or NnW Yomr, N. y., AssIeNons 'ro 'rnn n r. eoomucn COMPANY, or NEW Yoan, N. Y., A conroaA'rIoN or NEW Yoan.

`nun'crcnm GABMENT.

Application Med September 16,1924. Serial No. 737,988.

- forming a part of the article, to render such cover removable from the rubber portion or lining so that both parts may be effectively cleansed, and to coordinate the structure and relationof thev cover and lining in such a.

manner as to allow for'the expansion of said lining while providing a smooth fitting cover when thel garment is in use.

\ Of the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation showing mainly the front of our improved reducing garmentl in a preferr-'ed form, with one margin of the cover unfastened and turned back.

Fig. 2 is an Velevation showing mainly the rear of the garment withthe cover andrear stay-pockets partly broken away.

In the drawings, 10 is the liningof the garment vjmade of elastic, vulcanized sheet rubber, and preferably comprising two wide panels 11 adapted to embrace the front, sides and rear of the body,.and a narrow rear panel 12 connected with the panels 11 by means of flat, tubular bindin stri s 13 of'fabric cefto t e margins of themented and stitche sheet rubber and constituting sheaths or pockets for the stiff, flexible stays 14. The top edge of the lining and the bottom front edges thereof are provided with fabric bind- Aing tapes 15, .16 secured in likemanner to the 'sheet rubber, and the vertical front edges 40 are provided with similarly attached, relatively-wide fabric bindings 17, 18, preferably made tubular for the reception of stiff, iiexible stays 19 of suitable length. The

usual or any suitable corset fastenin and adjustment may be rovided, prefera ly at the front as here s own, binding 17 being furnished with a row of loo s or eyes 20 engaging with a row of hoos 21 on a vertical hook-strip 22, -said '60 strip being adjustably connected with the edge binding 18 by means of aalacing 23...

We provide the sheet rubber lining of our garment witha large number of smallperforations 24, indicated in Fig.` 1 and partly shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose' o per- `sli'g land it is detachably secured to the lining the edge of the,

mitting a direct `escape of perspiration through the lining instead of compelling it to pass entirely around the edges thereof between the lining and the body or along the fabric undergarment over which the re.

ducing girdle is preferablyworn. Such control-ofthe escaping perspiration `renders the 4garment more comfortable, and sanitary,

while permitting'it to exercise its support ing and reducing functions, and the perforation of the rubber at the Sametime renders the lining more stretchable, more completely conformable, and more-comfortable to the wearer than an `imperforate lining.

- The erforation of the rubber panels is pre erab y' accomplished .by punching, minute disks out of said panels after the latter have beenA vulcanized, 'but the4 foraminous construction may beaobtained in any other suitable. wa-y.,

25 is a fabric cover, preferably made of fine knit jersey cloth with' the threads rrunning horizontally so as to make the fabric .most stretchable in a transverse direction.

This cover is cut to the 'same' general shape and dimensions as the lining 10, but slightly longlcr tha-n the latter so as to overla 'it tly at lboth the upper and lower e ges,

b means of sna' -fastener members 26, 2i placed at the ront and back of the upper edges and along the vertical 4frontl edges of the garment, the fastener members 26 on the lining being located on the fabric bindin s thereof.

The Width of the cover 25 is su srtantially the same as that of the lining 10 at the top edge of the garment,but in the lower portion the cover 1s madel of a normal width somewhaty greater than that ofthe lining, so thatwhen the arment is unstretched` 'the cover will have a ullness in'its lower or hip-covering portion and will fit smoothly `when the garment is stretched -as'I indicated in the drawings.'

The fabric cover 25 absorbs the pers iration which passes throu h` the small ho es in lthe rubber lining, tcon ers a neat outward appearance, and prevents the chafng of the a )acent By detachably supportmg's'aid cover on the lining in--the manner set forth, We make a outer clothing yagainst the rubber.

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of the other when damaged from wear or other cause.

It will be manifest that our invention may be embodied in various forms of reducing garments, and the details of construction may-be suitably modified within the scope of our claims. i

We claim: v

1. A body girdle comprising an elastic,

-`non-absorbent rubber lining having numerous small openings therethrough to permit the escape of perspiration, a fabric cover .loosely overlying said ylining for absorbing the perspiration, and separable fasteners connecting the edge portions of said lining and cover and permitting complete detach- -ment of the cover, thus allowing the lining and cover each to be completely cleansed independently of the other.

2. A body girdle according to claim 1 in Whichfthe lining is made of perforated sheet rubber having smooth and readily cleansable surfaces on both sides.

3. An abdominal girdle according to claim 1 in which the lower edge of the cover, between its ends, is free from the lining and 'its and the adjacent' lower portions of the' cover are of greater width thanl the lining when the latter is unstretched7 permitting the lining to be stretched over the wearers hips and thereby to tighten said lower portions ofthe cover.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set`

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