US2660173A

US2660173A - Disposable insert panty garment

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Publication number: US2660173A
Application number: US269777A
Authority: US
Inventors: Erteszek Olga
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-02-04
Filing date: 1952-02-04
Publication date: 1953-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 1970-11-24

Description

Nov. 24, 1953 o. ERTESZEK 2,660,173

DIsPosABLE INSERT PANTY GARMENT Filed Feb. 4, 1952 1N V EN TOR. RM1 m rme/vsy.

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Patented Nov. 24, 41953 I AUNITI-:D STATES DISPOSABLE INSERT PANTY GARMENT Olga Erteszek, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application February 4, 1952, Serial N o. 269,777

(c1. V12s- 288) Claims.

This invention has to do generally with Womens panties and panty-type girdles, and particu- ,larly with improvements in the kind having a crotch opening and adapted to contain a removable insert which normally closes the openlng.

YWhile applicable generally `to panty garments,

the invention will be described typically with respect to panty-type girdles.

Certain of my major objects are predicated upon the concept of providing the panty with a disposable crotch insert, the latter being disposable not only by reason of its mode of attachment but by reason of the characteristics and Specifically, it

form of the insert, and the particular kind of 2 garment-carried fastener means which is used for the purpose of properly and securely retaining the insert notwithstanding that it may be made of an inherently weak material.

While it is contemplated that the inserts may be made of anysuitable material 4characterized by 'its disposabilityas indicated, I find it convenient to use a cellulosic sheet material having a loose or unwovenbrous structure contributing to the disintegrability of the material in Water. To give strength to an otherwise excessively weak brous structure, the material may contain appropriate reinforcement, such as an open weave fabric in the nature of cheesecloth.

It is found that the insert may effectively be heldV in place by fasteners of a type acting to detachably clamp against opposite surfaces of the insert and received within openings in the insert. For this purpose I may secure to the gir- 'dle about the crotch opening,` spaced snap-type fasteners so mounted as to permit reception of the insert between the sections of the fasteners, with the latter received Within openings in the insert material. Preferably in mounting the fasteners I use fold-over tabs or short tapes each carrying the spaced sections of an individual fastener, one end of the tab being secured to the garment, With the opposite end of the tab free to fold over the insert and bring the fastener sections into engaging positions,

For use with this fastener arrangement, the inserts may be made available very economically as single die-cut pieces containing openings spaced in accordance with the fastener arrangement about the crotch opening, all in a manner such that the inserts may be secured Within and removed from the garment very simply.

All the features and objects of the invention, as well as the details of a typical and illustrative embodiment, will be understood more fully from the following description of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view showing in front elevation a typical pantie girdle construction embodying the invention; v

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 through the crotch;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a View showing the disposable insert.

First it should be understood that the invention is applicable to vany of various pantie girdle constructions, and that the type and form shown in Fig. l is to be regarded merely as illustrative of various particular forms to which the invention is adaptable. The body I0 of the girdle preferably is made of suitable woven or knitted elastic material, as for example the kind having transversely or horizontally extending elastic I threads joined by a knit-type Weave so that the body of the girdle is elastic both horizontally and vertically. The front of the garment and also the rear if desired, may contain any suitable insert, such as the diamondshaped panel I I, having Vlittle or no horizontal elasticity, but which is elastic vertically of the girdle. At the bottom, the garment contains the usual leg openings at I2 at opposite sides of the elastic crotch piece I3. The crotch contains an opening I4 extended in the plane of the section line 2-2, as best illustrated in Fig. 2.

The crotch opening I4 normally is closed by a removable and disposable insert I5 .having preferably the general shape characteristics illustrated in Fig. 4. The insert I5 is shown to have the form of an elongated material proportioned to overlie the body material of the girdle at the inside of the crotch opening I4, and beyond its sides and ends. While the invention contemplates broadly the use of an insert made cf any suitable disposable material, characterized by at least partial disintegrability in water, the insert as illustrated in Fig. 4 is shown to be made of a die cut cellulosic sheet stock, partly of randon or unwoven cellulose fiber composition which tends to disintegrate in water, and appropriate reinforcement to give the material adequate strength under normal conditions of use in the garment. Thus the material I5 is shown to be composed of an open