US2629097A - Corset construction - Google Patents

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Feb. 24, 1953 K. H. HURWITZ CORSET CONSTRUCTION Filed March 21, 1951 if if .w W m H mm. m mm W m Z W m Patented Feb. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CORSET CONSTRUCTION Kate Hyams Hurwitz, New York, N. Y., assignor to Miriam Hurwitz, New York, N. Y.

Application March 21, 1951, Serial No. 216,712

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a corset construction.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a healthful corset for women in which each section of the corset is shaped to fit that portion of the human body which it covers and wherein each section is a necessary part of the garment as a whole.

It is another object of the invention to provide in a corset a wide elastic band at the lower part of the corset that extends the full length thereof and which will Wrap about and encircle the entire body to provide a fixed and elastic support around the back of the wearer and under the abdomen.

It is another object of the invention to provide in a corset long steels that will provide the spine of the garment and which extends upwardly about the upper edge of the garment and to which extension elastic straps are connected and extend laterally on a sloping line and corn nect at their ends to the casings for the front stays of the garment.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a corset which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, durable and has long life and convenient to use.

For a better understanding of the invention,

reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the garment, spread upon a flat surface and looking upon the inner face thereof.

Fig. 2 is a bottom edge view of the garment.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the garment in the position in which it fits about the wearer, but with the fastening edges separated.

Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view taken on line 4-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the figures, it represents a rear stay casing, having three or four stays ii, this casing with the stays serves as the spine of the garment. Cloth covering it is stitched to the casing support It and is shaped to fit about the body of the wearer and extend about the waist and abdomen or the wearer.

Laterally spaced from the casing l 0 and within the cloth covering are respectively at the opposite 5 sides thereof side stays l3 and M. The casting it extends upwardly from the rear edge of the cloth covering l2, some 4 or 5 inches. The amount of this extension of the rear stay casing will vary with the size of the corset, but it is never less than 4" in length nor more than 5" in length for the larger size.

Elastic strips I5 and [6 are sewn at their ends to the rear stay casing Ill and extend along and above the upper edge of the cloth covering I2. The opposite ends of the respective elastic strips 15 and I6 are respectively connected as indicated at I 1 and I8 to respective front stay casings l9 and 2B. The fastening casing i9 has fastening projections 21 thereon adapted to cooperate respectively with fastening elements 22 on the front stay casing 20.

Each elastic strip l5 and I6 is provided in two sections, one section of the same being of the same width throughout its length, as indicated respectively at l5a and 16a, and the other sections being respectively elongated triangular pieces i512 and lfib, which become the base and forms the shape of the elastic strip to complete the upper edge of each half of the corset. The elongated triangle is sewed along its long edge upon the bottom edge of the elastic strip and to the rear stay casing.

The cloth body l2 extends beneath the lower edge of the front stays and these extensions are fastened together by hook 23 and eyes 24.

Around the lower edge of the cloth body and on the inner side thereof, there is a wide elastic band 25 stitched as indicated at 26 to the cloth body and adapted to extend the full length about the body of the wearer and is connected by its respective ends to the respective front stay casings l9 and 251. This elastic strip is never less than 5" in width nor more than '7", depending upon the size of the garment. It is fastened accordingly at three points, by being sewed against the back casing with two vertical lines of stitching and at the two front stay casings by the respective stitchings 21 and 28.

At each half of the front of the garment, the cloth body is cut away to fit over the upper leg and to permit the garment to be drawn well downwardly over the abdomen and so that the wide elastic band 25 will be extended well thereunder. The cut away recesses of the respective front sides of the garment are indicated respectively and the depth of the recesses at their widest point is approximately 3".

It should now be apparent there has been proa corset construction which has a vertical extension of the rear stay casing so that adequate spinal support will be had from this rear stay casing upwardly along the rear of the back and wherein the stay casing will be firmly held against the back at its upper end by elastic strips l5 and I5. As the garment is pulled about the wearer, the elastics l5 and 16 will stretch considerably and will pull the rear stay casing H3 well and firmly against the spinal column of the wearer. At the same time, wide elastic band 25 will be pulled tightly about the front of the wearer and the bottom part of the rear stay casing, which is connected by stitching to the wide band .2 5, as indicated at 25, will serve to position and hold the rear stay casing firmly against the lower end of the spine. The front portions of the wide band 25 will be drawn tightly well under the abdomen and the recesses ,29 and 38 will allow free movement of the legs under the front of the garment. The drop soft portions beneath the front stay casings will anchor the garment to the body sufiiciently under the abdomen to prevent the upward slippage of the garment, by means of the connection with the wide elastic band 25.

While various changes may ,be .made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit andscope of the present invention as defined by the apstrips extending respectively laterally and downwardly from the extensionof the rear stay and 4 connected respectively with the front stay casings, additional elongated triangular elastic strips extending laterally from the said rear stay and secured to the inner face of the said first-mentioned elastic strips, and fastening elements on the front stay casings for securing the garment about the body of the wearer, and a Wide elastic band disposed along the lower edge of the cloth .body and stitched to the rear stay casing, the ends of the said wide elastic band being stitched to the respective front stay casing and the said elastic band being adapted to reach well under theabdomen of the wearer, and the lower edge of the cloth body being cut away respectively at the opposite front sides thereof to give freedom of movement of the legs under the lower edge of the garment, and the said cloth body depending from below the ends of the front stay casings and fastening elements adapted to cooperate with one another and connected respectively to the .cloth body.

KATE HYAMS HURWITZ.

REFERENCE S CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 738,995 Haas Sept. 15, 1-903 1,602,429 Gray .Oct. .12, 1926 1,604,076 Risselt Oct. 19, 1926 1,848,633 Kops Mar. .8, 19.32

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 474,319 Great Britain Oct. 29,1937 589,71? Germany Dec. 13, 1933

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