US1635036A - Garment - Google Patents

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July 5, 1927.

M. F. DODGE GARMENT Filed March 30. 1925 combination of parts to be I vided with armholes 13 straight line gowns.

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This invention relates to undergarments or so-called slips, and the object of the invention is to produce a slip which will conform to the confi uration of the wearer at the shoulders an hang straight from the shoulders to the bottom in order that it will be adapted for use under the present Another ob'ect'of this invention'is to produce a slip 0 the character indicated, especially adapted for stout figures to produce the result indicated, while providing expansible or yieldable sections for fullness in walking and sittin It is a further object of this invention to produce a costume slip of the character, indicated which is preferably formed by. em-

ploying two lengths of material, connected.

together by seams rearwardly of the sides in order to eliminate bulkiness under the arms, the said seams being associated with pleats below the waistline.

It is astill further object of this invention to reduce a slip of the character indicated w ich can be. expeditiously manufactured atcom aratively small cost.

With the fhregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. 1

In. describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote correspondwhi Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of the front ofthe slip;

Figure 2 illustrates a similar view of the side thereof- Figure 3 1llustrates"a. similar view of the rear thereof; I

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Figure 5 illustrates a detail view of a fragment of the slip showing the formation of the seam and p eat on the inside of the garment.

Inthese drawin 10' denotes the front of is formed of one iece of material extending partially aroun the sides to the seam 11, at which seam the back 12 is joined to the front. The slip is prowh h ing lparts ,in the several views, and in.

and portions 14 extend to the shoulder seams 15 where the front is joined to the back. A dart 16 extends from each shoulder downwardly to near, the waistline of the garment and the said dart tapers from the top to the Waistline to cause the slip to conform to the fi ure of the wearer. The dart is relatively wide at the top, approximating an inch in width, although the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect'to proportions, as they will vary for garments of different sizes. The term dart, is herein used to define the parts 16 and 17 as that term is used by the trade. Technically the parts 16 and 17 are what may be termed tapering tucks.

A horizontally disposed-dart 17 is formed in the garment under the armholes and this dart flares from the dart 16 to the seam 11, it being understood that one dart is rovided on each side of the garment. he formation of the dart in the manner indicated tends to raise the" sides toward the back and causes the sides-to hang straight and elimi'nates'wrinkling of the garment under the arms. The darts 17 will be found especially desirable in fitting the garment to stout figures, as it is well known that persons ofsuch figures have an excessive amount of flesh. at this point, especially where a stay is worn, and unless a dart were formed, the garment would wrinkle at the armhole and'would also sag toward the back.

The formation of the dart obviates this unpgrfectly is wider below the waistline than it is above thei' waistline and the side portion has pleats 18 and 19 at its edges,

I the. said pleats being formed by turnin hem in place and to support the back, the; garment is provided with horizontally dispractice. The darts 17 also act to the material inwardly at the edges, and t c said edges are secured to the frontrat the seams 20.

posed seams 23 which extend-from the junction of the seams 11 and 20 toward the back, and the length of the seams 23 is approximately equal to the depth of the pleats, the relation of the seam 23 to the fold of the pleat being shown in Fig. 5 where the arrow A is intended to illustrate the position of the fold of the pleat and in which the seam on the inner side of the garment is depicted. The seam 23 also results in a smoother fitting of the garment, as well as preventing sagging or dipping of the garment at the lower edge of the pleats 18 and 19 and this also tends to hold the hem 21 or the bottom of the garment in position or approximately horizontal. Obviously if the seams 23 were not present, the lower edge of the garment would sag by the pleat dragging down and showing below the edge of the garment,

A slip made in accordance with this invention has been found to possess advantages in that relatively stout persons may wear it without causing the garment to bulge under the arms or elsewhere, and the slip under such conditions hangs with its sides straight from top to bottom, whereas the fullness below the waistline affords room while the wearer is walking or sitting.

In some instances, it may be desirable to make the garment with the so-called camisole top, in which event, the garment will be cut on the dotted line 24 and finished with shoulder straps and binding in the usual fashion.

I claim:

1, An undergarment having a front length of a width which will extend past the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space between the edges of the front width, horizontally disposed darts below' the arms location of the garment, and vertically disposed darts at the sides of the garment in the front taperin from the shoulders to the waistline portlon of the garment.

2. An undergarment having a front length of a width which will extend past the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space between the edges of the front width, horizontally disposed darts below the arms location of the garment, said darts being flared from the front toward the rear, and vertically disposed darts at the sides of the garment in the front tapering from the shoulders to the waistline portion of the garment. V

3. An nndergarment having a frontlength of a width which will extend past the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space between the edges of the front width, 30

horizontally disposed darts below the arms location of the garment, said darts being flared from the front toward the rear, vertically disposed darts at the sides of the garment in the front tapering from the shoulders to the-waistline portion of the garment, and pleats in the rear length approximately between the waistline and the bottom of the garment.

4. In a garmentof the character described, a front width extending from the shoulders to the bottom and having its vertical edges terminating rearwardly of the sides of the garment, darts in the front length tapering from the shoulder to approximately the waistline, darts extending horizontally under the arms location of the garment, the

said darts, flaring from the front toward the rear, a back length having its edges secured to the edges of the front length, the

said back length being wider from the waistline to' the bottom than from the waistline to the top, the said wide portion of the back length being shaped to form pleats at the seam where it is connected to the front length, and seams extending horizontally at approximately the waistline from the last mentioned seams toward the back of the garment, the said seams being approximately equal in length to the width of the pleats.

5. In a arment of the character described,

a front width extending from the shoulders to the bottom and having its vertical edges terminating rearwardly of the sides of the garment, darts in the front length tapering from the shouIder to approximately the waistline, darts extending horizontally under the arms location of the garment, the said darts flaring from the front toward the rear, a back length having its edges secured to the edges of the front length, thesaid back length being wider from the waistline 'to the bottom than from the waistline to the top, the said wide portion of the back length being shaped to form'pleats at the seam .where it is connected to the front length, seams extending horizontally at approximately the waistline from the last mentioned seams toward the back of the garment, the said seams being approximately equal in length to the width of the pleats, and a hem atthe bottom of the garment, the said seams connecting the front and back lengths being notched at the junction of the said seams and the hem.

' MARTHA FERN DODGE.

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