US1636023A - Corset - Google Patents

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y 1927' R. VERSOY CORSET Filed June SC, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J l l ,1

9 927 I. R. VERSOY l636o23 CCRSET Filed June SC, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i N x Pmnaa July 19, 1927.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

R. VEBSOY, 01' NEW HAVEN, CONNECTTCUT, ASBIGNOB TO THE BERGER- BROTHERS COMPANY, 01 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

Application filed June so, 1925. Serial No. 40,858.

This invention relates to corsets or girdles,

and more especially to a garment of this t pe which is designed to properly support t e abdomen of the wearer and to correct the 6 posture, and while'it is adapted to su port and compress certain portions of the ody,

it the same time it is so made that the utmost freedom of movement will be permitted the body of the wearer. In the past, some difliculty has been ex erienced in providing a garment of this 0 aracter which, while sufficiently flexible or elastic to permit the desirable freedom of movement, will at the same time be'sufliciently rigid and non-elastic to give the required support to the abdomen so that the wei ht of this part of the body will be pro er y carried by the bony strmlzture of (the ips, ,known as the pelvic 'rd e.

30 My invention obviates these disadvantages in prior garments chiefly by placing an inlastic portion or girdle at that portion of the garment which embraces the elvic girdle, and elastic sections above and elow the central girdle so that while the elvic region will be properly compressed an supported, freedom of movement will be permitted above and below this section.

One object of m invention, therefore, is

to provide a nove form of corset which,

while giving proper support to the abdomen and causing the weight of this part of the body to be carried by the hip bones,

will provide for the utmost freedom of movelaent above and below this portion of the A further object of my invention is the provision of a corset wherein an inelastlc section is provided to embrace the pelvlc re- .40 gion, and elastic sections extending substantially throughout the width of the garment above and below this section.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a novel and improved method of joining the elastic sections of the garment to the inelastic portion thereof. To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accom anyin drawin Fig. 1 is a ront e evationa view of a corset embodvin my invention, as it appears when upon the body of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is an inside view of the corset when open and extended;

3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of ig. 4 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 showing a front lace corset embodying my improvements, and I Fig. 5 is an inside view of the front lace corset shown in Fig. 4 when open and extended.

The garment which I have selected to iI lustrate and describe as embodyin my invention may, as illustrated, be a a ted to either the frontor back lace type 0 corset, that is, the garment may be made in two sectrons, as shown in Fig. 2, which are laced together at the back and secured by clasps at the front, or as shown in Fi 5, the corset may be made in one 'piece, t e free edges meeting and being laced together at the front. It will, of course, be obvious that other modifications may be resorted to as concerns the fastening of the free edges of the garment, for if desired, it may be made without laces. 1

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the corset consists of rear stay sections 10 and 11 secured by the laces 12 and front stay sections or busks 13 and 14, provided with clasps 15 and 16 by which the meeting edges of the garment may be connected. It will be noted that the rear stay sections are somewhat longer than those at the front of the garment and while such construction is preferable, changes may be made in the relative lengths of these two parts to suit theindividual wearer. The lower ends of the long stay sections in the rear of the garment are adapted, when the corset is in place, to engage low the buttocks of the wearer and thus prevent the garment from tending to work upwardly on the body out of its proper position. The front stay sections being rela-. tivel rigid, especially at those portions to whic the clas s are attached, are preferably of the proper ength so that the do not extend downwardly in front 0 the lower limbs and interfere with the assumption of a sitting dposition by the wearer.

Secure to the front and rear stay sections is a. central girdle portion consisting, as shown, of inelastic gpres or sections 17, 18, 19 and 20. Prefera ly, this irdle portion will be wider at the back a jacent the rear sta s than at the front adjacent the busks. his is provided, as shown, by tapering the sections of this part of the garment and especially the lower edges thereof. It will be understood that the sections 10, 11, 13 and 14 are formed of inelastic material as well as the sections of the central girdle, so that there will be an entire embracing structure or girdle of inelastic material about the pelvic region.

The position of the garment in respect to the pelvis is shown in Fig. 4, wherein the ilium is shown at 21, the pubes at 22 and the ischium at 23. While tlns is shown in connection with the front lace type of garment, it will be understood that the garment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is designed to occupy the same relative osition on the body of the wearer. It wilfbe apparent from t is, however, that the abdomen will be supported by an inelastic band or irdle so positioned as to cause the weight 0% this part of the body to be carried by the hips, and that the organs in the lower part of the abdomen will be pressed upwardly as is desirable, and which is a function which cannot be performed properly by an elastic garment.

The front and rear stay sections preferably extend above the central inelastic band or girdle, and to the upper ends of these sections are secured elastic sections 24 and 25.

The lower edges of these elastic sections are secured to the central band by a butt joint which will be more fully described hereinafter. This joint is preferably substantially at the waist-line of the wearer so that the elastic portion of the garment extends slightly above this line and provides some freedom of movement at this part of the garment.

Similarly, the lower ends of the front and rear stay sections extend below the central band, and between these extending ends are inserted elastic sections 26 and 27, which are connected to the front and rear stay sections and also secured to the central band at the meeting edges of these parts by means of the butt joint shown especially in Fig. 3. As shown in this figure, the meeting edges of these two parts of the garment are bound by tape. or the like. as at 28 and 29, and the edges abutted closely together and securely stitched in gig-zag fashion, the thread passing over the joint between the two sections and entering first one and then the other. It will be apparent that this provides a flat joint or seam between the two parts and obviates the extra thickness or bulkiness which would be present if the adjacent edges of the two sections were lapped and then sewed. At the same time, the garment possesses a neat and attractive appearance and is, of course, more comfortable to wear.

Hose supporters 30, 31, 32 and 33 may be secured to the lower edge of the arment, the supporters 31 and 32 preferab y being secured at the lower end of two of the stay sections while the front supporters 30 and 33 are secured at the corners of the elastic sections where they are reinforced by the edge binding 34 and 35,- which extends over the front edges of the sections 26 and 27 and below the front busk sections.

The front-lace type of garment shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is constructed in substantially the same manner as has already been set forth in detail in connection with the garment shown in Figs. 1 to 3, except that the rear stay sections 10 and 11 are joined rigidly together by the section 12, and the front busk sections 13 and 14 are provided with eyelets 15* and 16 through which laces may be passed. It will be noted that the front busk sections are slightly longer than those shown in connection with the backlace type of arment, and as has already been indicate this may be preferable in some cases, depending on the individual requirements or measurements of the wearer.

It will be understood that the seams or joints between the central band and the elastic sections of this type of garment are formed in the manner shown-in Fig. 3, which has already been described in detail.

It will be observed that in both of the forms shown there is provided an inelastic girdle portion extending substantially from the waistline to the region of the pubic bones, this girdle portion being of substantial width and adapted to confine a large portion of the pelvic region for the purpose described. The upper elastic section extending from the waistline upwardly is preferably quite narrow, being considerably narrower than the lower elastic section, and the latter being preferably somewhat narrower in turn than the inelastic girdle portion. The girdle portion is tapered so as to be narrower at the front than at the back, while conversel the lower elastic section is tapered in the ot er direction so as to be somewhat narrower at the back than at the front. The front stay sections preferably extend from the top of the upper elastic section down past the inelastic girdle portion to a point intermediate of the upper and lower edges of the lower elastic section, so that a part of the latter extends downwardly beyond the front stays, as shown in Figs, 1

and 4; that is to say, downwardly be 0nd.

the region of the pubic bones where the ront stay sections come to an end.

While I have shown and described preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that it is not limited to all the details shown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: I

1. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encircling girdle portion of considerable width constructed of inelastic material and connected to said stay sections, and upper and lower elastic sections adjoining respectively the upper and lower edges of said girdle portion and secured thereto and to the front and rear stay sections, the upper elastic section being disposed substantially at the waist line of the wearer and of less width than the lower elastic section, and the lower elastic section being of sub stantially less width at the rear of the corset than said inelastic girdle portion.

2. A corset comprising a relatively wide inelastic girdle portion encircling the pelvic region of the body and having its upper edge disposed substantially at the Waist line,

front and rear stay sections extending vertically above and below said girdle portion, and elastic sections secured between. the projecting ends of the stay sections at the top and bottom of the girdle ortion, said girdle portion tapering towar the front of the garment so as to be narrower at the front than at the back.

3.'A corset comprising a relatively wide inelastic girdle portion encircling the pelvic region of the body and having its upper edge disposed substantially at the waist line,

- front and rear stay sections extending vertically above and below said girdle portion, and elastic sections secured between the projecting ends of the stay sections at the top and bottom of the girdle portion, said girdle portion'tapering toward the front of the garment so as to be narrower at the front than at the back, and said lower elastic section being correspondingly wider at the front of the garment.

4. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encircling girdle portion of substantial width constructed of inelastic material and connected to said stay sections, and upper and lower elastic sections adjoining respectively the upper and lower edges of said girdle portion and secured thereto, the upper elastic section being substantially narrower than the lower elastic section, and the latter in turn being substantially narrower at the rear of the corset than the girdle portion, said girdle portion tapering toward the front of the garment so as to be narrower at the front than at the back, and said lower elastic section being wider at the front of the garment than at the back, said front stay sections'being substantially shorter than the rear stay sections and extending downwardly to a less degree.

5. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encircling girdle portion of substantial width and of inelastic material connected to said stay sections,and adapted to confine and compress the body from an upperlimit located about the waistline to a lowervlimit located at about the region of the pubic bones, and 'upper and lower elastic sections co-extensive in length with the girdle section and adjoining respectively the :upper and lower edges thereof to provide elastic sections about the waist and the lower portion of the hips of the wearer, said elastic sections being connected at their front and rear edges to the front and rear stay sections respectively.

6, A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encircling girdle portion of substantial width and of inelastic material connected to said stay sections, and adapted to confine and compress the body from an upper limit located about the waistline to a lower limit located at about the region of the public bones, and upper and lower elastic sections co-extensive in length with the girdle section and adjoining respectively the upper and lower edges thereof to provide elastic sections about the waist andthe lower portion of the hips of the wearer, said elastic sections being connected at their front and rear edges to the front and rear stay sections respectively, said front stay sections being shorter than the rear stay sections, and said lower elastic section having a free edge extending downwardly below the front stay sections.

7. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encircling-girdle portion of considerable Width constructed of inelastic material and connected to the said stay sec- IRVING R. VERSOY.

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