US2136250A - Hose-supporting foundation bloomer garment - Google Patents

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Nov. 8, 1 938; 1%. F. PECK HOSE SUPPORTING FOUNDATION BLOOMER GARMENT Filed Jan. 13, 1956.

Inventor: Ruth. F P66 R.

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Patented Nov. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE HO SE-SUPPORTING FOUNDATION BLOOMER GARMENT Ruth Fontaine or to Winget Peck, Minneapolis, Minn, assign- Kickernick Company, Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation Application January 13, 1936,-

3 Claims.

My invention relates to hosesupporting foundation bloomer garments and has for its object to provide in combination with what is known as a foundation bloomer garment, that is a close- 5 fitting bloomer garment adapted to cover the lower part of the body from the waist down, a series of hose supporters directly attached to the inside of the garment where they will be entirely concealed from view.

It is a further object of my invention to provide hose supporters preferably formed of a flat loop of supporting elastic ribbon which will lie flat along the inside of the material of the foundation bloo-mer so as to be invisible through the garment.

It is a further object o vide such back of the leg of the hose supporters f my invention to proat the front and the bloomer whereby the stock ings will be supported front and back, which will give a particularly smooth and effective support for the stockings and hold them in a manner to prevent any possibility of wrinkles, and to distribute strains equally of the stocking.

through the different parts The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof, and

its various novel features are particularly pointed out in the claims. In the drawing, illustrating an application of my invention in one form- Fig. 1 is a front view foundation bloomer tion formed therewith.

front view of a portion of a figure wearing a garment having my inven- Fig. 2 is an enlarged of said garment showing the relative positions of front and rear hose supporters, these elements being shown in part in dotted lines and in p garment being broken away.

the foundation garment a portion of the leg of with a part broken away attachment of one form Fig. 4 is a side section art by portions of the Fig. 3 is a view of showing the manner of of the hose supporter. f a leg of the bloomer garment showing the position of front and rear hose supporting attachments similar to that shown in Fig. 3.

The foundation garment I0 is a close-fitting bloomer garment preferably made of somewhat heavy and elastic material which closely fits the form of the wearer.

It is provided with legs H which may be made longer or shorter as: wearing requirements dictate.

Upon the insides of the legs H, as clearly shown in the different figures,

the hose supporters secured to the inside of the foundation garment I I2, of standard make, are the upper leg portion of 0. As shown in Figs. 1,

Serial No. 58,902

3 and 4, this securing is effected in the following manner: A loop H of elastic ribbon is carried through the elongated slot M of flat retaining eye l5 of the hose supporter l2. This ribbon is doubled upon itself and carried angularly so that 5 the ends diverge upwardly. And again it is doubled upon itself as indicated at IS in Fig. 3, where it is sewed flat to the inside of leg II. In this manner an adjustable yielding support for the hose supporter I2 is provided, which may adjust itself laterally to support more perfectly all pulls or strains from the stocking.

Another form effecting the support for the hose supporter is illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein an elastic ribbon ll of materially greater length is sewed at I8 and I9, respectively, to the side portions of legs H. The ribbon passes freely through the slot M in eye l5 of the hose supporter l2 as indicated in dotted lines at 26, Fig. 2. This gives a greater degree of lateral adjustability than in the form shown in detail in Fig. 3, and also will lie flat on the inside of the leg of the foundation garment and be concealed thereby.

As shown in Fig. 2, the back hose supporter 15 may be secured by a straight loop of elastic ribbon, the portions lying one over the other and sewed together and to the inside of the leg H, as indicated at 2| in Fig. 2.

The advantages of this construction are clearly indicated in the foregoing description. It eliminates entirely any separate hose supporter. It does away with the customary method of attaching hose supporters to the outside of foundation garments where theyswill be visible through the more delicate type of outer wearing apparel. The hose supporters are not only invisible because beneath the fabric of the legs of the foundation garment, but are supported in such a manner as to effectively distribute the supporting strains 40 .from the top of the stocking so that the stocking will be drawn smooth and held uniformly upon the lower portion of the leg with no tendency to undue strain in any particular region, and, consequently, with no tendency to produce runs or other injuries in delicate stockings.

I claim:

1. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a flat elastic ribbon sewed at its ends to the insides of the legs of the garment so as to lie fiat under the material of the garment and be concealed thereby, and forming a flat loop of said ribbon, and. a hose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which said flat loop extends, said hose-supporting element being freely slidable along the fiat loop of said ribbon.

2. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a fiat elastic ribbon having its ends separated and sewed as so separated to the insides of the legs of the garment so as to lie flat under the material of the garment and be concealed thereby and forming a flat loop of said ribbon with portions diverging from the center thereof, and a hose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which said flat loop extends, said hose-supporting element. being freely slidable along the flat loop of said ribbon.

3. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a fiat elastic ribbon sewed at its ends to the front and back of the insides of the legs of the garments so as to lie flat under the material of the garment and be concealed thereby, and being of such length as to form a fiat loop of said ribbon having the portions thereof from said sewed ends hanging in a broad angle with a flat loop at the center, and a hose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which said flat loop extends, said hose-supporting element being freely slidable along the flat loop of said ribbon.

RUTH FONTAINE PECK.

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