US1813043A - Swimming garment - Google Patents

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July 7, 1931. E, RE A 1,813,043

SWIMMING GARMENT,

Filed July 12, 1929 ,ag vzw i- 07 U ATTORNEYS Patented July 7, 1931 1,813,043 b omen STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWIN H. FOREMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWIMMING GARMENT Application filed July 12, 1929. Serial No. 377,635.

This invention relates to a swimming garclosely fitthe outer sides of the breasts and ment especially designed for use by women. thus prevent them from becoming exposed at The principal object of the invention is to the side openings of the garment. provide a swimming garment so cut that the In the illustrated form, each of these pockback and sides of the bust of the wearer will ets is formed by making the distance from the 55 have uninterrupted exposure from the shoultop of the shoulder, along the front edge of ders to a point adjacent the waistline of the the side opening to the bottom thereof, less wearer, and yet which is so formed that the than the distance from the same point on the breasts of the wearer will remain covered by shoulder to a point in the horizontal line of p the front of the garment irrespective of the the bottom of the side opening along a line 60 position which the wearer of the garment which passes over the breast.

assumes. This effect is produced preferably by out- In the drawings: ting a dart 6 inwardly from the front of the Figure 1 is a view looking at one side and Side opening toward the front center line of v t f th f o t, f th ga m nt; and the garment and drawing the edges of the thus 65 Figure 2 is a view looking at the back of cut dart together and securing them, althe garment. though, of course, it must be understood that In its preferred form, the garment is this effect which has been described above knitted, the back being knitted as one piece may be produced other than by the use of a and the front as another, which back and dart. 7 front are sewed together along lines 1 and The result of this construction is that the 2. The back opening is out out, as at 3, and front of the arment is provided with breast the side openings, as at 4:, so that in effect two receiving podkets and the front edge of each straps5extend from the body of the back over slde opening snugly fits the body of the the shoulders of the wearer to the front of the wearer, and the breasts are retained withgarment. The extent to which the side and in the pockets and consequently prevented back openings are out in the downward direcfrom being exposed through the side opention is governed by the desire of the maker, ings of the garment, even though these open since the garment is so constructed, as will ings be extensive both vertically and horihereinafter appear, that the front of the garzontally and even though the back he exten- S0 ment being provided with breast receiving slve and only separated from the side openpockets formed by the darts 6 will closely fit ings by what in effect are straps. the body of the wearer and completely cover The inherent tension of the knitted garthe breasts, in such manner that no matter ment effectively retains the garment in the what the position of the wearer may be the condition which has been described above, sides of the breasts will not be exposed. and it is due to this that the maximum ex- It has been the practice in an attempt to posure of the sides and back of the bust of get these low-cut garments to cut an armthe wearer may be attained, with neverthehole in each side of the garment and then a less the covering of the breasts at all times. lower opening, so that in efl'ect side straps ex- I claim: 90 tend under the arm from the front of the back 1. A knitted form-fitting swimming gar to the opening and thus maintain the front of ment having arm openings extending subthe garment in position so that it will effecstantially below the armpits of the wearer,

tively cover the breasts of the wearer. Howthe forward portion adjacent the arm openever, the disadvantage in this is that the ings below the breast portion being made wearer does not have absolute freedom of shorter than the more central portions of the movement and also the maximum body surgarment so as to provide tension at the said face is not exposed to the sun. forward portion, causing the garment adja- In the present garment, the front portion is cent the arm openings to lie close to the body. 50 provided with breast receiving pockets which 2. A knitted form-fitting swimming gar- I 'stantially below the armpits ofthe wearer ment having arm openings extending sub and a low-cut back opening, means for making the front of the arm openings shorter than the more central portions of the garment, said means comprising dart portions extending inwardly below the breast portion toward the center line of the garment, :thus shortening the normal length of the .forward edges, causing the garment adjacent the arm openings to lie close to the body. Iv

3. A womans knitted form-fitting swimming garment having large arm openings tapering downwardly to a point in proximity to the waist line, a low cut back opening also extending downwardly-to a point in proz'iimity a) the-waist line, theforward er;

'tionsadj'acentthe armopenings being shortened above the wai'stand below the breast portionlso astopro'vide' tension at the said forward portions, causing the garment adjacent thearm openings ,to lie closeto the body. lnit'estimony whereof, I have signed name to this speifiCation this 3rd day of July, 1929.:. I we a, y

' EDWIN FOREMAN.

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