US1909279A - Bathing suit - Google Patents

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L. JUST BATHING SUIT May 16, 1933.

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This invention relates to bathing suits of the one-piece style, and is concerned more particularly with a one-piece suit of novel construction which is of attractive appearonce, afiiords the necessary protection to the wearer while giving the desired exposure of the back, and can be worn with comgflete comfort and without binding because cerw tein features of adjustment incorporated in it. t

The new ment includes trunks, a shirt,

and a to w ich covers the front of the body only an is provided with extensions over the shoulders and side extensions under the arms. At the back the trunks and shirt terminate at the waistline and the back of the wearer is fully exposed except for certain straps. There are two of these straps each connecting a shoulder extension to a slde extension and thus defining arm holes which are preferably uite large. Another part of straps are atta&ed to the top of the rear art of the trunks to extend upward thererom and, when the suit is put on, each of .thme straps is led up beneath one of the,

connecting stra and passed through an arm hole, the i rieends of the two straps losing then hrought to ther atthe middle of the hack and tied. i he pull of these straps on those which connect the extensions causes the front of the garment to be drawn and held closely about the body of the wearer and the straps attached to the trunks are sunficiently long sothat they provide a considerable degree of adjustment in the tightnem of the front-of the suit.

The new garment includes various featum of novelty in addition to those mentioned, which will be pointed out in the detailed description of the invention to follow.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the aeeom panying drawing, in which,

Fig. l is a view of the new perspective and in use;

Fig. Q is a back View;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on W the line of Fig. 4;

garment in Fig. 4 is a back view of the garment with a ortion of the skirt broken awoay" and ig. 5 is a back view of a m form of construction. Referring to the drawing, the garment is illustrated as comprising a skirt and trunks 11, the trunks being attached to the skirt rtlon along the front of the waistline bly suitable stitchin 12 and, if desired, to t e top rear part 0% the skirt portion by a short stra 12' which ma be of elastic material. T e suit also inc udes a top which may conveniently consist of an integral portion 13 of the skirt which extends upwardly from the front and terminates in a point at 14, and a pair of ieces 15 attached to the converging edges 0 the top, each of these pieces being provided with an extension 16 to pass over the shoulder and a side extension 17 yssing beneath the arm. m There is no hac portion to the top of the arment and the back of the wearer is thus y exposed except for certain stra In the garment Illustrated in Fig. feach shoulder extension 16 is connected to the side extension 17, on the same side of the garment by a connectin strap 18, the two extensions and the stra efining an enlarged armhole. There are also two straps 19 connected to the top of the trunks at the rear on opposite w sides of the middle of the waistline and extending upward therefrom and the straps 19 are to be passed beneath the connecting straps 18 and fled together When the tying straps are assed through the armholes and the free on of the tying stra s brought together atthe middle or the bee and tied, the pull of the tying straps draws the connectmg straps 18 toward each other across the back of the garment and this causes the front of the garment to be wrapped closely about the body of the wearer, the tying straps being suficiently long to permit a considerable variation in the tightness of the fit.

In the construction illustrated in Figure 5, the connecting straps l8 connect a shoulder extension 16 at one side of the t to the side extension Not the opposite side, and in this style of garment also, each tying strap 19 is passed henenth 9, connecting strep and the ends of the tying straps brought together. The connecting straps of this gas ruent ore suficiently ioose to permit the gerrnent to he readily put on end taken chi, and the tying straps were not provided, the point of crossing 013 the connecting straps wouid tend to he high up the heck. This would moire the front or the garment fit the wearer iocseiy end the suit would have on unettrective eppenrnnce.

in tooth forms of the garment, it will he ohserved that the top edge 20 at the rear of the trunks iies siightiy heiow the top edge 21 of the skirt, end the pieces 15 are prefernhiy formed with darts or pieots 22 to cause these pieces to fit the figure cioseiy. instead of forming the top of the garment oi the pointed npword extension from the skirt and the two pieces 15, it will he understood that the top may he s singie piece extending upward from the front of the waistline. The construction illustrated is preferred, however, hecsuse it gives the garment e nester appearsnce end hotter tit.

in the construction illustrated in Figure 2, the strains 18 connectingthe extensions 16 end I]? are untwisted, white in the term iiiustinted in Figure 3, esch of these straps is given e twist. "tVith the istter arrangement, the tying strep inches so smooth contsct with the connecting strep at the iniddie or the twist.

"What i cinirn is:

it. A. teething suit which comprises trunks, s, shirt, at iront portion shove e shirt havin spaced enmnsions ct the top thereof and si e extensions beneath the arms, pair of straps ench connecting one of said spaced extensions to e side extension and with seid extension providing orrnhoies, and o, poir 0t streps ottnched to the top rear port of the trunks and suficientiy iong to he passed each heneeth one oi the connecting straps and hove their ends tied together.

2. A teething suit which comprises trunks, a shirt, s. front portion shove the shirt having spaced extensions at its top and side extensions heneeth the arms, o noir of straps eech connecting one of said spaced extensions to the side extension at the other side of the gorrnent, end a. coir oi straps attached to the top reer port or the trunks d suhicientiy iong to he possed eoch heneoth one of the connecting strings and hove their free ends tied together.

bathing suit which comprises s, shirt, trunks the skirt and connected thereto niong the front port of the waistline, and c front shove the skirt having snuced exten sions st its top and side extensions beneath the arms, 2; pair of straps each connecting one of said spaced extensions to e side extension and with said extensions providing armhoies, and a pair of straps attached to the top rear port or the trunks and sutiicientiy iong to he passed eoch henesth one of the connecting straps and to have their free ends tied to ether.

4. A nothing suit which comprises trunks, o short hoving o portion at the front extending shove the waistline end terminating suhstentieiiy in e point lying above the middie oi the waistline in front, e pair of top members each attached to the to portion of the skirt oiong the converging e ges thereof, esch member hoving s top extension end as side extension heneeth en errn, connecting straps attached each to one end of as top extension and to one end of a, side ext/eon, end a pair of straps etteched to the top rear port or the trunks at opposite sides of the middle thereof, said straps being suficicnt iy iong to be passed each henesth one oi the connecting straps and to have their free ends hrought toward each other and tied together.

5. A bathing suit which comnrises trunks, r, shirt having a portion at the :front extending shove the wnistiine end terminating substantieiiy in e point lying shove the middle or the waistline in front, at pair of top members each attached to the top nortion of the skirt along the converging e 'ges thereof, each rnemher having a, top extension end it side extension beneath an arm, connecting straps attached each to one end of s top extension and to one end of a side extension, seid straps being crossed at the heck of the garment, and o pair oi straps ettoched to the top rear part of the trunks at opposite sides oi the middle thereof, said straps heing suiiicientiy iong to he passed eoch heneeth one of the connecting straps and to have their free ends brought toward each other and tied together.

6. A birthing suit comprising 2, body portion heving ormhoies defined in port by shoulder straps, a trunk member iying within the hody nortion end attached thereto at the front oniy and tree at the rear, md nieons attached soid trunk member and passing through said ermhoies and extending circumierentisiiy from one srmhoie to the other for drawing said hody portion snug around the body of the wearer.

7. A hot-hing suit comprising a body portion having errnhoies define-d in port by shoulder straps, trunk member iying within the body nortion end attached thereto at front oniy and tree st the rear, and straps attached to said trunk member and pus-sing through seid nrmhoies and connected together between the srmhoies for drewing said body portion snug sround the body or the wearer.

A bathing suit comprising s. body portion hoving srmhoies defined in part oy shoulder straps, a. trunk member iying within the body portion and secured to the body portion at the front by stitching and at the 7 rear by a strap, and straps attached to said trunk member and passing through said armholes and connected together between the 5 armholes for drawing said body portion snug around the body of the. wearer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LILI JUST.

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