US2059865A

US2059865A - Slip

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Publication number: US2059865A
Application number: US50455A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mary C Hennessy
Original assignee: Franklin Simon & Co Inc
Current assignee: Franklin Simon & Co Inc
Priority date: 1935-11-18
Filing date: 1935-11-18
Publication date: 1936-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 1953-11-03

Description

Nov. 3, 1936. c ss 2,059,865

SLIP

Filed Nov. 18, 1935 INVENTOR Jnary CI ]'[en71e 55y WITNESSES Patented Nov. 3, 1936 PATENT OFFICE SLIP Mary C. Hennessy, New York, N. Y., assignor to Franklin Simon & 00., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 18, 1935, Serial No. 50,455

4 Claims.

This invention relates to wearing apparel, and has for an object to provide an improved article of wearing apparel in the nature of a slip and to provide a construction whichmay be made in quantities but which will readily accommodate itself to slightly different sizes of persons.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved slip which will automatically atcommodate itself to persons shaped slightly diffently though technically of the same size.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a slip having a specially constructed bodice with certain parts elastic and certain parts inelastic, the same being associated with a skirt section of elastic panels arranged in a way to readily adjust itself to the waistline and to the' Fig. 4 is a View showing a group of members or sections forming the front part of the bodice illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the rear part of the bodice;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the front and rear panels of the slip shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the side panels of the slip shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, l indicates the bodice as a whole and 2 the skirt as a whole. Suitable suspenders or supporting straps 3 and 4 are connected to the bodice to act as supports for the garment. In the making of a slip by a tailor the parts are cut to fit in a general way at first, and after the same has been placed on the person the various parts are trimmed away to the proper size and proper fit. In producing slips in quantities to be sold over the' counter this is not possible. In the present invention a construction has been provided which is aimed; to secure substantially the same results as the tailor fitted slip while permitting quantity production.

In carrying out this general idea the

respective panels

5, 6, l, and 8 are formed of elastic material, elastic and stretchable in one direction. The panels I and 8 are of the same size and shape while the front panel 5 is as long as the back panel 6 but is of less width. All of the panels 5 to 8 inclusive are positioned in the completed garment so that they will stretch circumferentially, the warp thread of the respective panels being at about a forty-five degree angle to the horizontal, while the weft threads 5 are naturally at right angles to the warp threads. When the various panels just described are connected by suitable stitching 9, the upper ends which are round form in a certain sense scallops. The waistline, for instance, is approximately at 10 a point half way the height of the curved upper end of the front panel 5. All of the panels at their upper ends are connected to the bodice I which is formed from six pieces of material as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, instead of being formed 15 of one or two pieces. The pieces, as mentioned, are necessary to secure the desired fit and adaptation of the bodice to persons of slightly different sizes and shapes. 7 The bodice is formed at the front with a panel 20 I0 which is connected by a line of stitching to panel H, which in turn is connected by a line of stitching to panel 12. At the rear the panel I3 is connected by a line of stitching to panel I4, which in turn is connected by a line of 2 stitching to panel I5. The respective front and rear panels are connected together by suitable lines of stitching l6 and I1 slightly back of a central line under the arms. This is illustrated particularly in Fig. 3 and is caused by the fact 30 that the panels 10 to l2 are longer than panels l3 to I 5. This arrangement of the panels produces the desired fit with greater fullness at the front than at the back. The panels II and. are formed of inelastic material and are not 5 stretchable in any direction, while the remaining panels at the front and rear are stretchable circumferentially in a similar manner to the skirt section 2. The panel II is intended to fit across the center at the breast when the garment is in 40 use and the natural downward pull caused by the fit of the garment will cause the panels In and I2 at the front to conform to the shape of the body above and below the breast while similar results are secured at the back, that is, the 5 elastic sections will cause the garment to conform itself to the shape of the back. By reason of these. arrangements of parts and the positioning thereof so as to stretch in certain directions results in the garment conforming or mov- 50 mg itself to the shape of a person.

It has been found that personswho are technically of the same size as far as garments are concerned are shaped slightly different, namely, sometimes a person has larger hips than others and at other times the breasts are larger. In order to take care of these varying conditions the inelastic sections Ill and I4 have been provided and positioned as shown in the drawing, with the remaining part of the bodice arranged to tch and conform to the respective parts of e body above and below the inelastic panels.

the panels Ill and I3 are stretchable circumferentially they will coact with the panels of the skirt section, whereby a proper lit at the waistline may be secured whether it is what is known as a high waist or a low waist.

I claim:

1. A slip of the character described formed to extend from a point above the breasts of the wearer to a point below the knees comprising a skirt section and a bodice section, the skirt section extending from a point adjacent the knees of the wearer to the waistline, said section being formed with front, rear and side panels of the same general shape, each of said panels being rounded at the top and tapered from top to bottom with a slightly outward flare. the side panels being of the same size while the front panel is slightly narrower than the rear panel whereby greater fullness is provided to take care of the hips, lines of stitching for connecting said panels together so that the upper ends will present a scalloped formation, and a line of stitching for connecting the upper end of the skirt section to the lower end of the bodice, said lower end of the bodice being provided with a sealloped concaved edge portion for fitting the upper end of the skirt section with the lower part stretchable circumferentially to conform to the body while the central part is substantially nonstretchable to provide a support for the breasts of the wearer.

2. A slip of the character described comprising a skirt section formed with a plurality of panels, all of said panels being of material stretchable in one direction, with the respective panels positioned to stretch circumferentially when made up into a slip, a bodice connected to the upper end of said skirt section, said bodice being formed with upper and lower panels adapted to entirely encirclethe body of a person when the garment is in use, said upper and lower panels being circumferentially elastic and stretchable, and a central panel inelastic and non-stretchable at the front and back adapted to entirely encircle the body of the person using the garment, said last mentioned panel being positioned at the front to fit over the center of the breasts of the person wearing the garment so as to act as a support for the breasts.

3. A slip comprising a skirt section and a bodice section, said sections adjacent their meeting edges forming the waistline oi the garment, said bodice having front and rear central circumferentially extending panels of non-elastic material connected together end to end substantially at the sides of the garment and front and rear upper and lower circumferential bands of material elastic clrcumferentiallv connected together end to end substantially at the sides of the garment, said front and rear upper and lower panels. being connected respectively to the upper and lower circumferential edges of said front and rear central panels.

4. A slip comprising a skirt section and a bodice, said skirt section being elastic and stretchable circumferentially, said bodice being formed with a lower section entirely encircling the body of the wearer, said lower section being elastic and stretchable circumferentiallyto conform to the waistline and to also conform to the lower part of the breasts of the wearer, an intermediate section formed to entirely encircle the body of the person wearing the garment, said intermediate section being inelastic in all directions and at the front substantially straddling the breasts of the wearer so as to act as a support therefor, and an upper section formed to entirely encircle the wearer, said upper section being elastic and stretchable circumferentially and acting at the front to snugly fit the body at the upper part of the breasts of the wearer.

.MARY C. HENNESSY.