US1638787A

US1638787A - Combined detachable corset and brassiere

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Publication number: US1638787A
Application number: US73299A
Authority: US
Inventors: Somers William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-12-05
Filing date: 1925-12-05
Publication date: 1927-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1944-08-09

Description

Aug. 9, 1927.

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COMBINED nn'rAcEA BLE ,oonsn'r AND ,BRASSIERE'.

Application filed December 5,, 1925, Serial No. 73,299. Renewed June 28, 1927.

The inventionrelates to corsets, and to combined detachable corsets and brassieres. An object of theinvention, is to provide improved means for detachably connecting a corset and its brassiere. The connection bet-ween these garments utilizes the bones of the corset in ,a manner which will be more particularly described hereinafter. A

further object is to enable the bones to be freadily removable from the corset.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof:

Fig. tion garment with the front corner portion 1 of the corset or'girdle turned down to show parts behind; 7

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the combination garment, looking at the inside of the 'back, with a portion of the brassiere broken away;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the brassiere;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the brassiere;

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the corset or girdle, looking at the inside of the front;

Fig.6 is-a horizontal section through the front portion of the corset or girdle, taken on the line 66 of Fig.5;

Fig. 7, is a vertical section through the rear portion of the combination garment on .the lme 77 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional perspective View taken on the same line, illustrating the relations when slipping the stiffeners in or out of the to pockets.

he corset 2 illustrated in the foregoin views is of the girdle or step-in type. It may be provided at one of the upper side regions with a vent 3, closed by hooks and eyes. Such girdles are composed of elastic and inelastic sections, the drawing illustrating a front inelastic section 4 of strong material, a rear section 5 of similar material, a and two elastic side sections 6 of elastic webbing. The front section may have an elastic gusset 7 at the bottom.

The brassire 8 is made of one of the materials usual for such garments, is rovided with shoulder straps 9, and is s own as opening down one side front region at 10,

tenings 11.

Sewed across the outside of the front lower portion of the brassiere is a strip 12. This stri is sewed to the fabric of the brassiere y stitching 13 around the edges 1 isa front elevation of the combinathe opening being closed by customary fas-.

of the strip and by two pairs of transverse;

rows of stitching 14. The stitchi 13 is omitted between the rows of stitching 14, so that the result is to provide a pair of keeper openings 15 between the keeper-strip and the wall of the brassiere. A similar, longer keeper-strip 12 is sewed to the outside of the lower back port-ion of the brasslere by stitching 13, 14?, so as to form three keeper openings 15*, The keeper openings 15 at the front are preferably somewhat.di-' vergently inclined, as shown.

On the inside of the front section of the corset there is a lining-piece 16, ,which is secured to the body wall at the'sides and bottom but is free at its upper edge 17 and for a considerable distance downward from.

said edge, so that this lining-piece can be drawn away from the body wall by inserting a finger behind the lining-piece. This lining-piece is provided with two deep divergently-inclined which are open at their upper ends and are' -closed at their lower ends by stitching 19.

The upper edge of the lining-piece l6,and therefore the upper ends of the pockets 18, are below the top of the corset. Another, narrower lining-piece 20 is sewed inside the upper portion of this section of the corset, and is formed with two short top pockets 21, which are in alinement with-thepockets 18 and are open at the bottom. Between the. upper and lower, or top and main, pockets' 21 and 18 thus formed, there is a separation corresponding approximately to stiffener pockets 18,

the width of the keeper-strip 12 on the brassiere.

ener extends across the. space between the.

top of the pocket 18 and the bottom of the correspondingpocket 21, and its upper end is received removably in the latter pocket.

. Since the lining-piece 16 carrying the main the keeper openings 15 on the front of the brassiere, and are then caught in the top pockets. Conversely, to disconnect the garments, the upper ends of the bones are- I A bone or stiffener 22 is inserted removably in eachof the pockets 18, wherein the major portions of these stiffeners are enclosed. The upper; portion-of each stiffper portions of the bones are passed through slipped out of the top pockets, whereupon the keeper on the brassiere will slip ofi the bones.

The construction at the back of the corset is of a similar nature. lining-piece 16* 'cariiies three main stiffener pockets 18, and the upper lining-piece 20* is formed with three top pockets 21 The relation between these parts is the same as the relation between the similar parts inside the front section of the corset. The upper portions of the bones 22 pass through the keeper openings 15 on the back of the brassiere and into the top pockets 21*, into and out of which the upper ends of the bones can easily be slipped. The bones are entirely removable from their pockets, and consequently the corset as well as the brassiere'can be washed when the garmentsare taken apart.

Various changes in the details may be -made without departing from essentials.

The keepers on the brassiere may be formed in other specific ways. While it is advantageous to form the two keepers on the front of the brassicre in one strip, such as 12, or between said strip andthe wall of the brassiere, it will be manifest that separate keepers might be sewed to the garment at the proper points, and the same applies to the rear keepers. The function of the keepers is to provide openings through-which the bones pass between the

pockets

18 or 18 and 21 or 21 and to lie between these intermediate portions of the bones and the wall of the corset, so that as long as the upper ends of the bones are caught in the top pockets the brassiere will be held firmly to the corset and will not move out of place. The loose lining pieces or

flaps

16, 16 constitute flexible connections between the pockets-18 and 18 and the body of the corset, permitting these pockets to be drawn-inward away from the corset wall in order that the upper ends of the bones may be slipped into and out of the short pockets without difficulty.

.It will be apparent that a construction such as described, permitting the ready removal of the bones, is likewise desirable in a corset which may be worn without a brassiere.

thereof are slipped out of the upper pockets on the corset.

2. A combination. detachable corset and The partially freebrassiere, the corset being provided with stitfeners and pockets, said pockets comprising upper pockets and lower pockets with a separation between, the brassiere' being provided with keepers through'which said stiileners are passed, said keepers being retained on the portions of the stiileners between said upper and lower pocketsto connect the garments together, and being free to slip ofl the stifi'eners when the ends thereof are slipped out of the upper'pockets on the corset, said stifi'eners being entirely removable from the pockets.

3. In a combination detachable corset and brassifere, means of connection between the garments comprising a plurality of stiffeners, main pockets on the corset receiving the major portions of said stiiieners, top pockets on the upper portion of the corset to receive the upper ends of the same stifi'eners, and keepers onthe brassiere which are retained by the stiffeners passing through them between said main and top pockets, the garments being disconnectible by slipping the upper ends of the stiffeners out of the top pockets.

4:. lln a combination detachable corset and brassiere, means of connection between the garments comprising a plurality of stifi'eners, main pockets on the corset receiving the major portions of said stiii eners, top pockets till on the upper portion of the corset to re ceive the upper ends of the same stifien'ers, means connecting said main pockets to the corset so that said pockets may be drawn inward away from the corset wall to which the top pockets are secured, and keepers on the brassiere which are retained by the stifi'- eners passing through them between said main and top'pockets, the garments being disconnecti'ble by slipping the upper ends of the stifi'eners out of the top pockets.

5, In a combination detachable corset and brassiere, the combination of a lining-piece the top so that it may be drawn away from the corset wall, the top of said lining-piece being below the top of the corset, a plurality of stiffener pockets carried by said lining piece, corresponding top pockets on the corset, stift'eners in and extending above said lining-piece pockets so that their u per ends may he slipped into and out of sai top pockets, and keepers on the lower part of the brassiere through which said stifl'eners are passed to detachably connect the garments.

6. The combination of a corset having front and rear lining-pieces, said liningpieces being free'at the top so that they may be drawn away from the corset wall, the tops of said lining-pieces being below the top of the corset, sets of stifiener pockets carried by said lining-pieces, corresponding top pockets on the corset stifleners in and extending above said 'llning-piece pockets so that their upper ends may be slipped into and out of said top pockets, and a brassiere having keepers on the lower part thereof through which said stifl'eners are passed to detachably connect the garments.

7. In a corset, a lining-piece on the inside of the corset wall, said lining-piece being secured to the corset wall at regions widely spaced apart laterally and between said regions being free at its top and for a considerable distance downward so that it may be drawn away from the corset wall, the top of said lining-piece being below the top of the corset, a pluralit of spaced stifi'ener pockets carried by sai lining-piece, corresponding top pockets on the corset, and a set of stiffeners removably mounted in the lin ing-piece pockets and adapted to have their .upper ends slipped into and'out of said top pockets. 7

8. In aremovable boning for corsets, a

nection bet-ween said main pocket and the corset enabling said pocket to be drawn freely away from the corset wall to permit ready insertion and removal of the stifl'ener.

9. In a removable boning for corsets, a

deep main stifi'ener pocket on the corset, a stiffener removably seated in said pocket with its end extendingtherefrom, a short pocket on the corset into and out of which said end is to be slipped, and a free lining piece carryingsaid main pocket so that said pocket may be drawn freely away from the corset wall to permit ready insertion and removal of the stifi'ener.

WILLIAM soMERs.