US1781929A - Undergarment for women - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1930. NELSON 1,781,929

UNDERGARMENT on WOMEN Filed April 20:? 1927 llllllh r. w, o n n ,r ve w .M p uJ Wm M V "Patented Nov. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES I V V x MARY n. NnI'LsoN. or uNnEBGAnMEN'r og-j g e 1 A pplication filed April 20,

My invention relates to undergarments for women particularly that type of undergar ment known as a slip. It is the object of my invention to provide such an undergarment' "wht ch shall be exceedingly simple in construction, can be cut with a large degree of economy from the average width of material, will fit the wearer in such wise as to hang properly, be comfortable in use and yet which provides expansibility of the lower part so as to give perfect freedom of move- 'ment when the garment is worn. It is essential for a slip to be worn with the dress of the prevailing type to hang, straight envelopmg theform of the wearer in a sheath-like In attaining the desired results I fabricate thegarment with a single front member running the full length of the garment, to

. which are connected along the lower part of the sides of the front symmetrically-disposed back portionsof equal size, the upper parts overlapping one another at the waistline and being there secured together and to the upper part of the back, thus producing a skirt portion adapted to expand at its bottom and 30. providing a double fold of material at the back advantageously worn under thin fabric outer garments.

' The upper part of the garment may be provided with side openings permitting the same to be expanded for ease in slipping on over the shoulders of the wearer.

The slip isalso provided with loop fastener devices secured at the upper margin of the garment at the base of the shoulder straps,

which loops are adapted to be fastened around the shoulder straps of other garments being worn, holding all of them positioned together. l

' The full objects and advantages of my in- 4 vention are fully described in detail hereinafter and the novel features thereof are particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention,-

Fig. 1 shows the garment as worn, in posi- 1927. serial No. 185,167.

'lo opsj exposed .Fig; 2;shows the position it ofthe garment as worn, when oneiof the limbs j 1 of the wearer is raised. Fig'..3i-llustrates the .55,

pattern of complete garment ,ready to be unitediby sewing'or otherwise. Fig. 4 isga detail view of the shoulder-"loop straps- Fig. 5 illustrates theeconomic-al method ofcut vting the garment from material as it; ordina ri ly comes from the loom- A s-illustrated, vthe'front me garment comprises a single piece which when 7 fabric'ated will extend from the strap sup-V baclrof the" garment. In, practice, as'illu s v trated in Fig. 5, these pieces will be cut from thegoods integral with; the central front portion 10. They may,.howe ver, be separately out from the goods and united withjthe memher 10fas indicated in dotted lines at 13 in i Fig. An upper back member 14 provided which sewed along its 'longerQloweredge 15 tothe overlapped upper edges 16,17 of the bottom back members 11,412. The edge 15 is slightly-longer than either, edget16 ,or '17, which are not completely overlapped but only suflicie'ntly to make the'le'ngthof their combined edge equal to the edge 15.v The edges '18,

19 of the upper back me mber are then sewed to theied'ges20, 21 ofthe'upper front member,

which edges'are madeof the same length by.

means of darts 22, 23 in the upper front portion of member 10.' As clearly shown in ,Fig.

3, the edges 20 and 21 of the front converge upwardly from a point about at the hip line of the garment and the edges 18 and 19 of the back member 141 likewise converge upwardly. j 1

This upper back member is, however,1smaller than the upper portion of the front member having the converging lines. Also, the line i of union between the edges 15 and 16, 17 will be at a point approximately at the hip line of the garment. "If desired the' seams along edges 18, 20 and 19, 21 may be left open a desired distance as'indicated at 2 1 to besecured in final position by means of snaps or other fasteners 25. Shoulder straps 26, 27 are secured tothe uppermargins of the'front and so mber 10.: of the i back portions as indicated at 28 and 29, respectively. At the point of securing the shoulder strapsto the upper margin of the garment loops 30 are provided, sewed or "otherwise permanently secured at one end and adapted to be removably secured at the other-end by means of snapsjor other fasteners 31.--By this ineans,"as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the straps 32 of'other und'ergarments may be secured to the slip, thus holding c.

all the straps. together, preventing the tendency to separate and keeping the upperedges of all of the undergarments as worn similarly positioned.

The. advantages of theslip undergarment above described will be, apparent from the foregoing description. There is exceeding 7 simplicity: In practice, but two pieces are employed for the entire'garment, aside from shoulder straps, and these are v cutat a minimum expe'nseand with practically no waste at all, as is shown in Fig. 5. The garment hangs unusually well. "It has the sheath form so desirable for'present modes of dress, and' yet it gives perfect freedom of action of the limbs andprovides a double, straight-hanging,'non-wrinkling fabric at the back of the garment. v

' Iclaim:

An undergarment slip for women comprising a single front piece haying upwardlyconverging upper side edges and substantial- 1y parallel lower side edges, an upper back piece narrower in width than the upper por-.

tion of the front piece with correspondingly converging side edges sewed to the upperside edges of the front piece and extending to a point substantially atythe hip line of the wearer,[and a pair of lower back pieces each having an edge connected with a lower side edge of the frontjpiece and being sewed along.

their parallel upper edges in overlapping relation to the lower edge of the upper back plece. i

In'testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. v MARY D. NEILSON.

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