US2051065A - Corset - Google Patents

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vAug. 18, 1936. J. L. ALBERTS CORSET Filed Oct. 5, 1935i 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 18, 1936 J. LALBERTS CORSET Filed Oct. 5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l-NVENTOR of m H/s ATTORNEYS 40 the corset part due to bending movements of the or directly connected upper and lower parts, and 40 Patented AAug. I8, i .I

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFlcE antibes coasE'r .mob Il. Alberts, Yonkers, N.Y.,m1nnr t Sidney S. Alberts, Yonkers, N. Y.

Application October 5, 1934, Serial No. 747,052

4 claims. (Cl. 2-30) This invention relates to foundation garments extended to permit the bending movement withand more particularly concerns garments such as out stretching, straining or tearing the garment combined corsets and. brassires which have conitself or other garments to which it is attached. nected portions for respectively confining and At the same time, the elastic connection holds the 5 supporting diierent parts of the body. garmentj sections4 snugly against the body and b Known foundation garments of the type which prevents wrinkling or folding at the edges of the combine the functions of the corset and brassire garment parts. In a preferred form of the in' are subject to the objection that they oppose the vention, the back sections of the upper and lower natural bending movements of the body. This parts of the garment are disposed in overlapping i either results in the displacement of one or both relation and the elastic connection between these 10 parts of the garment whereby its supporting funcsections is concealed within one of the back sections are lost or impaired or in the tearing or tions. stretching of the garment or of the stockings to The invention will be best understood by referwhich it is attached due to the strains set up by ence to the accompanying drawings in which cerl the bending movements. tain embodiments thereof have been illustrated. 15

It is the object of the present invention to pro- In the drawings; vide a foundation garment of the'type described Figure lis a rear elevation of a 'foundation gar#V which permits natural bending movements of the ment embodying the invention;v body without the displacement of the supporting Figure2 is an inside view of the garment of portions of the garment from their proper sup- Figure 1 with the front section thereof opened out 20 porting positions, and without straining, stretchto show the interior of the back section ing or tearing the garment itself or other gar- Figure 3 is a sectional view of the back section ments to which it may be attached. Afurther'obof the garment of Figure 1, 'taken along the line ject of the invention is the provision of a founda- 3-3 of Figure l and viewed-in the direction of tion garment of this type in which the various the arrows; t 25 parts are at all times held snugly against the Figure 4 is a sectional view of the garment of body of the wearer and in which bending move- Figure 1, taken aiongthe line 4--4 of Figure land ments do not result in the folding or wrinkling viewed in the direction' ofthe arrows; of the garment parts. A still further object of the Figure 5 is a rear elevation of a modified form invention is the provision of afoundation garment of foundation garment empodying the invention 30 comprising corsetl and brassire parts having with a portion of the back. section broken away to their back sections connected by an elastically exshow the interlorconstruction; and tensible connection which is completely concealed Figure 6 is an insideI view of the back section of within or beneath one of thegarment parts. The the garment shown in Figure 5 objects of the invention also include the provision Referring to the embodiment of the invention 35 of a combined corset and brassire garment in shown in Figures-1 to 4, the garment comprises which the elastically extensible connection begenerally a lower or corset part C and an upper tween the back sections of the corset and brassire or brassire part B. The front section F of the parts prevents the upward sliding movement of garment, as shown in Figure 2, consists of integral body of the wearer, is preferably formed of non-elastic material. The above and other objects of the invention Thus the lower part or panel l of the front secl are carried out in general by providing a founda.- tion may comprise any suitable noneelastic fabric tion garment having its upper and lower parts desuch as silk, satin or cotton cloth and the upper or signed respectively to support different parts of prassire part 8 of the front section may be made 45 the body, such as a combinedI corset and brassire, of lace, net or other light fabric. 'I'he upper and and by providing an elastically extensible conneclower parts of the front section are4 suitably tion between the back sections of the upper and seamed together as shown at 9. An elastic gusset lower parts of the garment. With this arrangeinsert l0 is preferably provided at the lower edge ment, when the wearer bends forward the upper of the lower panel 1 as shown. The side sections 50 and lower parts of the garment remain in their Il and I2 of the lower or corset part C are prefproper supporting positions about the upper and erably formed of elastic material, and as shown, lower parts ofthe torso respectively, and the elasthese sections are seamed to the opposite edges of tically extensible connection between the back the back section I3 of the corset part of the gar- .55 sections of the upper and lower garment parts is ment. The side section il is also seamed to one opens at the juncture of the side panel I2 and the front section 1 as shown. A

The back section Il of the lower or corset part of the garment is preferably formed of asuitable non-elastic fabric and is provided with a lining Il as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. 'Ihe back section of the upper or brassire part of the garment is also made of non-elastic material, and as shown, may comprise a central panel I5 of relatively heavy fabric and two side panels it and Il, seamed to the central panel and formed of lace, net or other light fabric which preferably matches the fabric of the front section l of thebrassire part. The lower edge of the back section of the brassire part extends down over the upper edge of the lower back section I3 in overlapping relation therewith, as shown in Fig. l. 'Ihe lower edges of the brassire side panels II and Il are stitched to the elastic lower side sections Il and l2, as shown at Il, whereas the lower edge of the central back panel I 5 is not attached to the lower part of the garment and lies in overlapping unconnected relation thereto.

The meeting edges of the back and front sections of the garment are provided with suitable detachable fastening means such as hooks and eyes as shown at 25. If desired, spaced vertical stays of whalebone, steel or the like may be employed to stiften the lower or corset part of the garment, and .stays ofA this nature have been shownat and 21 inPig.4. Garters 2l ofany desired type may be secured at spaced points along the lower edge of the front and back sections I and i3 of the corset part. The garment is preferably provided with shoulder straps Il which extend between the front section l of ther upper or brassire part and the center panel I5 of the back section of the brassire part as shown inFigs.land2. Thestrapsu maybe connected to the back center panel Ii by means ot elastic tapes 3l.

In accordance with my invention. the back section of the upper or brassire part of the garment is yieldably attached 'to the back section of the lower or corset part thereof so. that the upper and lower back sections are movable relative-to eaehotherandareatthesametimesecurely connected and held snugly against the body in all relative positions. This yieldable elastic connection may be effected in various ways. As shown in the drawings, the lower edgeot the central back panel Ii ot the upper or brassire part terminates in a central downwardly extending tab Il which extends through a transverse slit or opening 2l in the back panel I8 of the lower or corset part of the garment. As best shown in Fig. 3, the upper or inner be stitched to the lining M of the lower back section as shown at 27| andthe lower or outer edge of this slit may be suitably hemmed-as shown at 22. The upper end of a band or strip!! of elastic material isfstitched to the lower'end of the tab I! and the lower end of this strip. is secured .to the upper edge of a section of non-elastic material 2l, the lower edge of which is attached to Vthe lower seam 28 of the back panel il.

1 With the above described arrangement, 'forward bending movement of the wearer does not 'tend todisplace either the upper brassire part or -'the lower corset part of the-garment, since :the relative movement ofthe upper and lower parts of the torso about which these parts of the garment are secured merely results in the extension of the elastic connection between the two edge of the slit 2l may.

. 2,051,065 side of the corset front section l, and the garment garment parts. The

yieldable back connection avoids straining or tearing of the garment when the body bends, and since the lower or corset part does not move upwardly along the body, no undue strains are imposed on the stockings or gar- 5 ters connected thereto. When the wearer straightens up the elastic connection contracts and keeps the lower edge of the brassire back section in snug and smooth nt against the back of the body.

The garment of Figs. 5 and 6 has the same front and side construction as that described above in connection with the garment of Figs. l to 4. 'I'he downwardly extending tab' Il' of the central back section I5' of the upper or 15 brassire part B' is connected to an elastic strip or band 23' which extends through an opening 2l' in the backl panel il' of the lower or corset part C'. The lower end of the elastic strip 23' is connected through two divergent non-elastic 2o tapes 32 to the upper ends of the spaced back garters 29'. As shown in Fig. 6, the lower corners of the lining i4' of the lower back panel Il are cut away at 33 to permit the tapes 32 to pass out of this lining and connect with .the garters Il'. 25

With the arrangement of Figs. 5 and 6, the low- .er back edge of the upper or brassire part B' of the garment is held snugly against the body at all positions, and ls movably connected to the lower or corset part C' of the garment through s0 the elastic connection 23' and the garters 2l. In this modification of the invention, as well as in that shown in Figs. 1 to 4, there is no tendency for a bending movement to displace either the brassire or corset parts away from their proper 35 supporting positions on the body since relative movement of the garment parts is permitted b theelastically e tensible connection. v Y

I claim:

1. In afoundation garment of the type deo scribed, a lower corset part comprising front and back sections, a pair of garters attached at back section at a point adjacent the lower edge thereof, an upper brassire part comprising a front section ilxed .to the front section of said lower corset part and a back section separate from the back section of said lower corset part, and means including an elastically extensible element connected between a point adjacent the lower edge of said brassire part back section and a point on said garter means adjacent the connection between said garter means and said cora set part back section.

2. In a foundation garment of the type described, a lower corset part comprising front and back sections, a pair of garters attached at spaced points to the lower edge of said corset part back section, an upper brassire part comprising a front section ilxed to the-front section of said lower corset part and a back section separate fromthe back section of said corset part and having a lower edge overlapping the upper edge of said corset part back section, said corset part back section having 'an opening there- `in andaliningbehindsaid opening,andmeans including an elastically extensible element passing through saidV opening and connected between the lower edge of the back section of said brassire part and said spaced garters.

3. In a folmdation gement of the scribed, a cometpart adapted to completely encircle the lower part of the body and having vertically-spaced stays. a brassire part adapted to completely encircle the upper part of the body, ,thenontseetionsofthecorsetpartandthei type de- 7o brassire part being sewed together, the brassire part being separate from the corset part at the back and having its lower edge overlying the upper portion of the back of the corset part, and a single connection, elastic at least in part, between the lower portion of the center 'of the back of the brassire part and the corset part, at least a part of said connection extending behind the corset part and secured thereto adjacent said stays, whereby the corset and brassire parts are I held against relative movement at the front, but

are elastically connected together at `the back where relative movement between said parts may take place when the wearer bends forward.

4. In a foundation garment of the type described, a corset part adapted to completely encircle the lower part of the body, said corset part having an opening in the back thereof, a brassire part adapted to completely encircle the upper part of thebody. the front sections ci the corset part and the brassire part being sewed together, the brassire part being separate from the corset part at the back and having its lower edge overlying the upper portion of the back of the corset part, and `a single connection between the iower portion of the center of the brassire part and the corset part, said connection comprising a downward extension 'at the center of the back of the brassire part and an elastic part connected thereto, said connection passing hlOugh said opening in the back of the corset part, whereby the corset and brassire parts are held against relative movement at the front but are elastically connectedI together at the back where relative movement between said parts may take piace when the wearer bends forward.

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Certificate of Correction PatentNo.2,o51,0e5. Y `August18,1936.

JACOB L. ALBER'LS It is hereb certified that errors appear in theprinted specification of the above numbered patenis requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, line .30, for fempodying read embodying; 1in`e 45, for prassire read brassire; page 2,-second column, line 42, claim 1, for thebwords a pair of garters read garter means and same'line and claim for at read to said; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed andlsealed this 27th day of October, A. D. 1936.

[SEAL] Y HENRY VAN A RSDALE, .Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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