US2429308A

US2429308A - Bust-contour pad

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Publication number: US2429308A
Application number: US621020A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cooper Artince
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-10-08
Filing date: 1945-10-08
Publication date: 1947-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 1964-10-21

Description

Get. 21, 1947. A. COOPER 2,429,308

BUST-CONTOUR PAD Filed Oct. 8, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

BY AR TlNs COOPER AT 'roRNEY Oct. 21, 1947. COOPER 2,429,308

BUST-CONTOUR PAD Fild Oct. a, 1945 2 Shqets-Sheet 2 FMLHZ FIG. 15 FIG. 16

INVENT OR.

BY ARTIN; COOP-ER ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1947 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

BUST-CONTOUR ran Artlnce ('ioopcr, Auburn, Ind. Application Dctober a, 1945, Serial No. 621,020

2 Claims. 1

taken into account.

Upon the above concept, the oblect of my invention, broadly stated, is to provide a pad device embodying a portion designed to simulate and to substitutionally replace the removed breast, and portions to substitutionally restore symmetry to the adjacent bust regions aforesaid; such device to be of construction and arrangement lending itthe region of the axilla or arm pit, should'be self to being conveniently applied, and to be comfortably worn. Further aims are to so design the device that it is light in weight, neat and trim in appearance, economical of manufacture, durable and dependable, and capable of alteration as to size, proportions and dimensions in conformity with specific individual requirements.

To the above named ends, my invention is embodied in, and its objects areacco'mplished by the new construction, combination and arrangement of parts described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and defined in the claims. For brevity. the integumentary elements composing the reverse side of the pad are referred to as bottom sheets. Those composing the obverse side are referred to as top sheets.

In the drawings; a

Figure'i is a perspective view of my new bust contour pad as it appears in readiness to be ap plied to use.

Figure 2 is an elevational view in the direction of arrow 2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section view on broken line 3-4 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross'section view on the broken line 4-4 in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section view on the broken line 5-5 in Figure 1. k

Figure 6 is a detail.

Figure 7 is an enlarged cross section view, on the broken line 1-1 in Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic top plan view depicting the form of sheet designed to constitute 2 the bottom or underside of the body-structure (hereinafter called case) of my improved pad.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic top plan view show ing the form of sheet which is designed to constitute the top of said case.

Figure 10 is a diagrammatic top plan view illustrating the form of sheet which is to constitute the bottom portion of the covering or envelope in which the said case is enclosed.

Figure 11 is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the form of sheet designed to constitute thetop portion of the covering in which the said case is enclosed.

Figure 12 is a diagrammatic top plan view depicting the appearance of the case top-sheet after the dart therein will have been closed.

Figure 13 is a diagrammatic top plan view indicatin the appearance of the cover, top-sheet after the dart in the forepart thereof will have been closed and said sheet will have been lain upon the said case top-sheet'and'its border edges will have been united, except in the area between the

points

28 and 28, and after the stufling will have been inserted into the case through the gap between the sheets thereof (at the area between the points 26 and 28) and after the border edges at said area will have been united.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic elevational view, taken in the direction of arrow l4 in Figure 13.

Figure 15 is a view depicting a bust of form illustrating the sunken condition 01' the areas affected by the removal of a breast.

Figure 16'is a view indicating the appearance of my new contour pad in position applied to the said bust.

A practical procedure in providing the parts for, and in the producing of a pad according to my invention, the structure of said pad comprising, as it does, a soft stufied case of' the peculiar formation and function presently to be pointed out, and which said case is enveloped in a light strong covering including attachment straps, is described as follows.

A ply of flexible textile material suchas cotton felting or the like, and which said ply is fashioned to the form as indicated in Figure 8, I designate as the case bottom-sheet 2|. V

A ply of similar material fashioned to the form indicated in Figure 9 is designated as the case top-sheet 23. The said top-sheet 23 at its forward portion is of enlarged dimensions, its borders 24 at said forward portion being of predetermined contours, and a. part of said forward portion being cut away to provide a dart opening having the opposed seam edges 25.

A ply of light strong flexible material such as cotton or batiste is fashioned to the form indicated in Figure and it is designated as cover bottom-sheet 29. A ply of similar material and which is cut to the form indicated in Figure 11, I designate as the cover top-sheet 30. Said cover top-sheet 30 at its forward portion is of enlarged dimensions, the border edges 3| thereof are of predetermined contours and a part of its frontal areais cut away to provide an angular opening having the opposed seam edges 33.. The branches of said cover bottom-sheet 29 and of said cover top-sheet 30 include extensions (see Figures 10 and 11) which will presently be referred to. In each of the said case sheets 2| and 23, and said

cover sheets

29 and 30, the inboard branch thereof is directed at an oblique angle to a chord 3l3l of the outboard curve of said sheet (see broken lines in Figure 8) Seam edges 25-25 of the case top-sheet 23 (see Figure 9) are now drawn together and sewn, the forward portion of said sheet thus being transformed in cross section and its border edges 24 being brought to form similar to that of the forward portion of the case bottom-sheet 2|. The border edges of the said sheets are then held in registration and sewn together except in the area between the points 26 and 28 (see Figure 12). The case assembly so made as above'described is now lain upon the cover bottom-sheet 23.

Preparatory to placing the cover top-sheet 30 in place on top of the said case'assembly, the seam edges 33 thereof are sewn together, the forward portion of said sheet being thereby transformed in cross section whereby its border outline is brought to form similar to that of the forward portion of the said bottom sheet 29. The said cover top-sheet 30 is now lain on the said case assembly (and which said case assembly, in

turn, is lying on the cover bottom-sheet 29), and

its border edges are united (see Figure 13) except in the area between the

points

26 and 28, with the border edges of the cover bottom-sheet 29, and the border edges of the case bottom-sheet 2| and the case top-sheet 23, as by sewing in the usual manner by machines adapted for the purposes and whereby the said edges are secured together in thin flattened status. The said sheets are then sewn together along the line 40 which is of the curvature indicated in Figure 13. The matched extensions of the branches of the cover bottom-sheet 28 and cover top-sheet 30 (see Figure 13) are then finished into the form of

straps

35 and 35 as by suitably hemming their edges. Fasteners for the ends of said straps are preferably of the hook-and-eye type, same being applied in the manner as indicated in detail in Figure 6.

Stufiing which consists of fiocculent material such as kapok is applied through the gap at the unbound portions of the case bottom sheet 2| and the case top-sheet 23, between the points 21 and 2B, and is worked into place whereby the space between said sheets at their forward portions (bounded by the stitched line 40) will have been filled. Similarly, stufllng is then applied through the gap at the unbound portions of said sheets between the points 21 and 28 (see Figure 13) and is worked into place whereby the space between their trunk or median portions and branch portions will have become properly filled. The structure now is of the appearance in plan as indicated in Figure 18; and in elevation, as indicated in Figure 14, its forepart being conoidal and with underside slightly convex; and the trunk and'branches of the structure being biconvex in cross section, the distal portions of said branches being of thinned leaf-like formation. Completion'of the binding of the border edges of the structure consists of sewing said edges in the manner above indicated, at the area between the

points

26, 21 and 28 (see Figure 13) The several parts constructed, arranged and combined as just described constitute a pad of completed form as indicated in the plan view Figure 13, and in the perspective view Figure 1 and wherein the ends of the straps 35 and 38 are in the connected status. Curviform in plan; and bifurcated, posterior branches thereby being provided, the pad is of form to be applied to the sunken bust areas M, 4,5, 46, 41 and 48 (see Figure 15) and in the position indicated in Figure 16.

The surface contour of the convex underside 49 of the conoidal bulge or'protube'rance 50, and the surface contour of the convex underside 5| of the median portion or trunk 52, and the surface contours of the

undersides

53 and 54, of the

branches

55 and 56 respectively, of said pad, are such that the pad readily lends itself to be seated in fitting engagement with the aforesaid affected bust areas. And the contours of the obverse surfaces of the conoid 50, trunk 52, and

branches

55 and 56 of the pad supply contours substitutional of and approx-imative to the lost natural contours'of said bust. Thus while the conoid, resting as it does at the affected area 44, constitutes a substitutional breast; the fillet 88, the trunk portion 52, branch 55 and branch 56 resting, as they do, at the

areas

45, 46, 41 and 48, respectively, of the bust, constitute substitutional replacements for the lost natural contours.

The fillet 58, inner margins of the

branches

55 and 58, and the

straps

35 and 36 which will have been suitably adjusted, provide an arm-scye whereby the user is enabled to conveniently apply the pad snugly to place. The-conventional corset or brassire 6! is then arranged, the ends thereof being brought about in the usual manner and fastened in the back. The conoid 50 of the pad will have been received within the pocket of the brassire, where it rests in correct relation to the bust form.

The device of course may be made in righthand pattern, as wellin the left-hand pattern shown, and it is of utility in instances where the bust deficiencies are incident to the removal of either one or both of the breasts. The inner portion of the base of the conoid 50 being defined by the stitched line 40, a modification for obtaining more or less fullness of form of the conoid involves only an obvious change in the form of the dart 53 and of the border edges ofthe fore portions of the case top sheet and the cover top sheet. The procedures in making my improved pad may be varied in conformity with the facilities available and requirements as to quantity.

It will be understood that the exemplification of my invention given here is typical, and that alterations and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as it is defined in the claims without departing from the principle or spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention is:

1, A bust contour pad the integument thereof consisting of opposed soft flexible sheets each curviform in plan and bifurcated, the inboard branch of each of said sheets being directed at an oblique angle to a longitudinal chord of the outer curve of said sheet, and each of said branches having a flat flexible extension adapted to be interconnected at their outboard ends, the fore part of one sheet being semicircular in plan and the forepart of the other sheet being of expanded formation in plan and having a dart opening, and the borders of said fore part being of predetermined curvatures, said sheets being secured together along a curved line extending rearwardly from the basal portion of said inboard branch and thence forwardly to the opposite edge of said combined sheets, and the opposed edges of said dart opening being united, stufiing applied between said sheets at their fore parts to distend the fore part of the last named sheet into the form of a conoid, and stuffing applied between the sheets at their trunk and branch portions to distend same to biconvex formation longitudinally and transversely, and the borders of said sheets being united, substantially as described and shown.

2. A bust contour pad consisting of a pair of soft flexible textile sheets curviform in plan and bifurcated, the inboard branch of each of said sheets being directed at an oblique angle to a chord of the outboard curve of said sheets, the fore part of one sheet being semicircular in plan and the forepart of the other of said sheets be- -ing of expanded plan formation and having a radial dart therein, a pair of soft flexible textile sheets that are similar to and which enclose the first named pair of sheets, the branches of the last named pair of sheets including flat flexible extensions adapted to be interconnected at their outboard ends, all of said sheetsbeing secured together along a curved line extending rearwardly from the forward portion of the base of said inboard branch thence forwardly to the opposite edge of said combined sheets, stufiing applied between the first named sheets at their foreparts to distend same into the form of a conoid, and stuffing applied between said first named sheets at their trunk and branch portions to distend same to blconvex formation, and the borders of said combined sheets being united, substantially as shown.

ARTINCE COOPER.

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