US1695590A - Stage garment - Google Patents
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- ' jMy present invention relates towearing apparel and more particularly to, a
- a further object-cofmy invention is to;pro-
- FIG. 1 shows a dancing girlclothed'in a garment in accordance with my invention with the parts thereof broken away to expose portions of the'differentfchanges of costume
- t Fig. 2 is" a fragmentary viewof the garment alone showing the various positions assumed by the partsthereof,
- Anob'ect of mytinvention is tolprovidefja garment of the aboveltype whlchels .capable'of-x rearrangementso as to .present the wearerni nventionis to pro,-
- portion 14 of the costume G "will be per-- inanently'seoured to the body of the wearer andwill' not-jbe provided with the releasable 1.,ffastenersl? .an'd'18 previously referred to, I
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Dec. 18, 1928. I 1,695,590
E. C- J ENS EN STAGE GARMENT Filed Nov. 23, 1927 IN V EN TOR.
A TTORNEYS.
' Patented Dec.
' EDITH C. I(IIEI\ ISEYI\TZ,16F-SAN. BEAN-Cr sco,"cAiiIFoiinIA;
7 Application filed November 23,1927. seriaiinofzssnei;
' jMy present invention relates towearing apparel and more particularly to, a
stageandalnusement;affairs;-
. diiferentcostumes; r 1 1 v 1 V A further object-cofmy invention is to;pro-
view of vthe audience.
" other 'willbe completely"concealed. 1 I
In costumingfor stage appearance and par vide =2 garment of; the above type, means whereby changesln-J'the appearance-of the garment can-beinstantaneously made in full Another object f my one ofthe garments is exposed to] view,l the ticularly in the case of single; performer suchv as in a.danci-ngiaet orithelike, n nes;-
v as whenproperly manipulated-in thisfash iion the change is carried .outin what would be.
termed in stage parlance a mysterious man I i when released,falling downwardly over the 1i skirt portion 13 where itis concealedby-the 1 For-a betterfunderstandingof tion, reference should be had-"t0 the accom-i 'panyingdrawing inc-which I have shown a sential that,if ch anges of costume are to.be
' made, they be madejln amlnnnum of t me and because of this {fact *itjhas been difficult "for a single performerto make many changes in costume because of thetime consumed therein I which 'necessitatestheir absence from ,j'the' stage.
In order to overcome the above disadvan-; tage, I have provided a garmentvwhicli is cav I r In Fig.2, '1 have shown 'the'relative positions of the skirt portions and waist portions as they arrangethemselves when released'to theirdownward position belowthe belt por- ,tion '16. From this figure, it will be seenthat theskirt 11. of the costume A hangs Ldo'wn adjacent the body of the wearer and" f U its correspondingwaist portion-10, when re- .v i
pablezof producingqa' substantially instantaneous-chan e in a earanc'e either 1n the e P 7 ,e presence ofthe audlence or out of their view so that practically no time is "consumed in accomphshmgthe transformation and, 1n fact,
by proper manipulationIhave found it possible'to make a changein full view oft-lie audie once which produces a very entertaining effect,
ner.
garment suitable for a dancing act orthe like,
inwhichiI have provided three distinct.
" changes of costume. In these drawings Fig. 1 shows a dancing girlclothed'in a garment in accordance with my invention with the parts thereof broken away to expose portions of the'differentfchanges of costume,
and t Fig. 2 is" a fragmentary viewof the garment alone showing the various positions assumed by the partsthereof,
garment for,
Anob'ect of mytinvention is tolprovidefja garment of the aboveltype whlchels .capable'of-x rearrangementso as to .present the wearerni nventionis to pro,-
vide a garment of the abovetype wherein at least two changes of appearance-can be produced with the parts so arranged that'when In Fig: -1 myimprovedgarment is shown'as comprising two parts which make it possible to produce three distinct changes of appearance which]: shal'lidesignateby the letters A3- B and Q: the appearance' A being ther first 1 exposed tov1view,-and-B andfOfollowing in their order;therezfifter.1"The costumejAlhas waist portion v 10 and a skirt portion- 11 the costume Elias a waist portion 12 and afskirt .port-i'on'%13; andwthe cQstum'eKClmsJ-a waist portionl f'anda skirt portion 15; Theskirt portions andwaist portions above referredto, e i
that the operator may if desired, release the shoulder strap from thispointby merelypull; ng on; the braid 1'9,LTll isjfeature; however, is not a necessary element of nay-invention as it is conceivable that any unusual pull upon the shoulder. portions will be sufficient tore- 1 lease the fasteners 18., j It shouldbe understood thateao'h of'the waist portions are provided. with fasteners of the: above character;
leased, falls downwardly. thereover and is covered by V thejskirt portion 13 of the costume Bethe waist "portion 12 of costume B, 7
' 'At the extreme right'of'this figure ofthe drawing the skiitlg is shown in section'as V vationin its" folded position as it is arranged rolled or foldedjaiidheld upwardly in this '1 '3 I position by the waist 10 of the costume and I l the skirt portion 15 is partially;shown n ele Q. I v
between the waist portions 12 and 14, Fro in'f e I "the drawingsit' will be seen that the waist c type the operator, after having first properly portimsand their mspeuciv e w'utder'purtionsme sopmpertioned tlmt each succeeding under-garment portion will be completely 7 concealed by the portion thereabove.
From the above it will be seen that I have produced a garment which is capable 0+ ducing changes of appearance thereof w iich can be produced in full vie'w of the audience and in a perfectly presentable manner. In anaot involvingthe use of a gnmlent of this donned the gamrent, will appear in costume A and, end" having performed ion otherwise appeared, will then surreptitiouslyrelease thefasteners-ofth e outermost waist portion andyby piroutting ormmeuvering "in some web Eastiim, permit the-outermost waist ntion to fall downwardly :and thereby remass the skirt pmrtiom oonoealedithereby so as to. present to View the next underlying waist portion and at'sleirt portion corresponding thenetoi In the oonstnmtionof 1w garment otthistypdthe des'ignsof t-he various gm mints will be such that a oonsitiemhle oon toast theneinwiliuppear so as to make the we as noticeable as possible file I have shown the prefierned i my invention narrow knownto me5 it 181 0 he unttwstood that various changes may'be made in its constmctioh without departing from the spirit of the invention as de fined inthe appendedtclwims.
Mating fthnsdeserihed myinvention, what 7 mm er] Iii-ch n: and
comprisi desire to seoure "by; Letters Pat L garment of the character 'deseribed y a belt portion, aplurahty of waist portions, .a plurality of skirt portions superimposed upon eaeh other and secured to said belt portion, said Waist portions being alternaateiy "with said skirt portions and also secured to said belt portion, whereby onlyone waist portion and a correspond-H tions alternately arranged and secured" with t belt portion, ands, plurality of waist said skintpmtionsto said belt portion and adapted to eachommeal a skirt portion omr- I responding in design in the unadeiiying waist portion, said waist portions being so arranged thst when released they wil'l exphse a -joonoeaied skirt and then be concealed the released skirt portion" when the has ossumed its nommlposit-ion.
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Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3574237A (en) * | 1969-07-28 | 1971-04-13 | Muriel E Reynolds | Reversible garment |
US5327586A (en) * | 1990-05-15 | 1994-07-12 | Gretchen Storer Evans | Dance skirt |
US6308334B1 (en) * | 1999-12-06 | 2001-10-30 | David Maas | Convertible costume construction |
US20040237168A1 (en) * | 2003-05-30 | 2004-12-02 | Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc. | Ventilated garment with vent opening system |
US20050044604A1 (en) * | 2003-08-29 | 2005-03-03 | Tamara Salem | Multi reversible garment |
US20060137075A1 (en) * | 2004-12-27 | 2006-06-29 | Nike, Inc. | Convertible garment |
US20070101473A1 (en) * | 2005-10-25 | 2007-05-10 | Elizabeth Henderson | Free hanging garment with image on interior surface |
US20080301849A1 (en) * | 2005-04-14 | 2008-12-11 | Levy Edward M | Sports garment |
US20100064412A1 (en) * | 2008-09-18 | 2010-03-18 | Susan Slutzky | Baby poncho |
WO2013024233A1 (en) | 2011-08-15 | 2013-02-21 | Green Baby Trading Limited | A garment |
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Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3574237A (en) * | 1969-07-28 | 1971-04-13 | Muriel E Reynolds | Reversible garment |
US5327586A (en) * | 1990-05-15 | 1994-07-12 | Gretchen Storer Evans | Dance skirt |
US6308334B1 (en) * | 1999-12-06 | 2001-10-30 | David Maas | Convertible costume construction |
US7171695B2 (en) * | 2003-05-30 | 2007-02-06 | Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc. | Ventilated garment with vent opening system |
US20040237168A1 (en) * | 2003-05-30 | 2004-12-02 | Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc. | Ventilated garment with vent opening system |
US20050044604A1 (en) * | 2003-08-29 | 2005-03-03 | Tamara Salem | Multi reversible garment |
US7441281B2 (en) * | 2003-08-29 | 2008-10-28 | Tamara Salem | Multi reversible garment |
US20060137075A1 (en) * | 2004-12-27 | 2006-06-29 | Nike, Inc. | Convertible garment |
US7814574B2 (en) * | 2004-12-27 | 2010-10-19 | Nike, Inc. | Convertible garment |
US8549666B2 (en) | 2004-12-27 | 2013-10-08 | Nike, Inc. | Convertible garment |
US20080301849A1 (en) * | 2005-04-14 | 2008-12-11 | Levy Edward M | Sports garment |
US20070101473A1 (en) * | 2005-10-25 | 2007-05-10 | Elizabeth Henderson | Free hanging garment with image on interior surface |
US20100064412A1 (en) * | 2008-09-18 | 2010-03-18 | Susan Slutzky | Baby poncho |
WO2013024233A1 (en) | 2011-08-15 | 2013-02-21 | Green Baby Trading Limited | A garment |
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