US2719302A

US2719302A - Women's undergarments

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Publication number: US2719302A
Application number: US416776A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cooperman Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1954-03-17
Filing date: 1954-03-17
Publication date: 1955-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 1972-10-04

Description

Oct. 4, 1955 E. COOPERMAN WOMEN S UNDERGARMENTS Filed March 1'7, 1954 FIG.3.

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ATTORNEYS United States. Patent WOMENS UNDERGARMENTS Edward Cooperman, Berkeley City, Mo.

Application March 17, 1954, Serial No. 416,776

3 Claims. (Cl. 2--73) This invention relates to womens undergarments, and more particularly to improvements in an undergarment, such as a slip, having hose supporting means.

Generally, it is the practice for women to support the hose by elastic supporters attached to a corset, girdle, or garter belt confined about the mid-section of the body. Heretofore such articles constituted the only practical, comfortable and effective means for properly supporting the hose. There are times such as during pregnancy, when it is undesirable to wear those constraining and restricting garments about the mid-section or abdominal region.. Accordingly, it is a major objective of the present improvements to realize a combined slip and hose-supporter assembly in which the abdominal region is not subject to confinement, and in which the hose is supported from the shoulders of the wearer.

Another important object of the invention is realized in an arrangement of shoulder straps on the slip having attached elastic hose-supporting means adapted to support the hose at opposed front and rear zones, and in the disposition of a coacting elastic means on the slip in particular relation to the waist portion which prevents twisting of the slip, on the body of the wearer, and also prevents twisting of the supported stockings, thus insuring a straight disposition of the hosiery seams.

The foregoing and numerous other objects of the invention will more clearly appear from the following de-- tailed description of a preferred embodiment, particularly when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the garment as worn, showing the location of the component parts relative to the body of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the garment as worn, and

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the slip as seen along a vertical plane passed longitudinally of the slip between the shoulder straps, and showing the inside half of the slip.

Referring now by characters of reference to the drawing, it will be noted that the garment is shown in applied position on the figure of a woman in Figs. 1 and 2. The garment especially consists of a slip, generally indicated at 10, having a bodice portion 11, a waist portion referred to at 12, and a skirt portion 13.

A pair of inverted U-shaped shoulder straps 14 are fastened to the inside of slip 10. Each of the straps 14 extends down the front and the rear of the slip as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. The length of strap 14 from the top 15 of the slip to a point considerably below the waist portion 12 is fixedly secured to the slip by a double row of stitches 16 (Fig. 3). The length of strap 14 immediately above the top 15 of the slip provides a loop 17 (Fig. 3) adapted to receive the shoulder of the wearer.

Attached to the lower ends 18 of each strap 14 is a pair of elastic hose supporters 20 that include clip elements 21 adapted to snap on and retain the front and rear portions of the host. The ends 18 of straps 14 are disposed below the lowermost row of elastic threads indicated at 22 and later described, and attached by stitches 16 to the skirt portion 13.

An elastic construction is provided in the slip to prevent the slip from twisting about the body of the wearer, and hence insures straight seams on the hose at all times. This construction includes a plurality of vertically spaced rows of elastic threads 22 sewn into the waist portion of the slip. Preferably, the rows of elastic threads extend upwardly above the waist line for a slight distance, and extend below the waist line and into the hip-covering portion for a considerable distance. Although not being intended as restrictive as to dimensions, but being understood in an informative sense, the rows of elastic threads 22 are spaced approximately one-half inch apart, and extend for substantially two inches above the waist line, and for substantially twelve inches below the waist line. Thus, it is apparent that the portion of the slip in which these elastic threads 22 are sewn is yieldably molded to the body, and particularly to the waist and hips of the wearer, but without resulting in any confinement or uncomfortable restriction as is found in the conventional corset or girdle.

The lower ends 18 of the straps 14 terminate below the slip region having the elastic threads 22, and are located on the skirt portion 13 directly above the front and rear regions of the hose of the wearer. The hose supporters 20 are relatively short, and are sufficiently elastic to reach the top of the hose.

Since the elastic threads 22 serve to mold a considerable portion of the slip to the wearer, and particularly at the waist and the hips, there is no tendency of the slip to twist, and hence the straps 14 are retained in aligned positions at the front and rear as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the clip elements 21 are attached to the front and the rear of the hose, the hose are supported by the straps 14 and hence by the shoulders of the wearer. The elastic hose supporters 20 constitute an aligned continuation of straps 14, and exert an upward pull on the hose in the line of the straps.

This structural arrangement of the elastic hose supporters 20 with the straps 14, in cooperation with the elastic threads 22, prevents the hose from twisting and insures straight seams. The fact that the rows of elastic threads 22 extend considerably below the waist, and that the ends 18 of straps 14 are located below these threads 22 and on skirt portion 13 only slightly above the normal location of the top of the hose, materially aids in realizing this advantageous non-twisting feature of the slip, and hence of the supported hose.

Although the improvements have been described by making particularized reference to a single preferred embodiment, the detail of description is not to be understood as restrictive, numerous variants being possible within the principles disclosed and within the fair scope of the claims hereunto appended.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a combined slip and hose supporter, a slip including a portion adapted to conform to the waist of the wearer, a pair of inverted U-shaped straps located on the inside of said slip and adapted to fit over the shoulders of the wearer, a plurality of rows of elastic threads sewn into said slip, said rows of threads being regularly vertically spaced and located in substantially horizontal relation, and extending entirely about said slip, the rows of threads being disposed at the said portion and for a considerable distance therebelow, the elastic threads yieldably molding the slip to the body to prevent any twisting, the straps extending down the front and rear of the slip, and having ends located considerably below said portion, the straps being secured to the slip along the strap length from the top of the slip to the strap ends, and elastic hose-supporting means fastened to the strap ends, said means ineluding connecting elements adapted for detachable connection to. the front and rear of the hose.

2. In a combined slip and hose supporter, a slip having a portion adapted to conform to the waist of the wearer, a pairof inverted U-shaped straps located on the inside of said slip and adapted to fit over the shoulders of the wearer, a plurality of vertically spaced rows of elastic threads sewn into said slip entirely about said slip, the rows. of threads extending from a point slightly above the said portion, through said portion, and downwardly to a point considerably below said portion, the elastic threads yieldably molding the slip to the body to prevent twisting, each of the straps extending down the front and the rear of the slip, and having its ends located at a point considerably below said portion and below the lowermost row of elastic threads, each strap being secured to the slip along its, length from the top of the slip to the lower ends of the strap, a relatively short elastic element attached to the ends of each strap, and a clip carried by each of said elastic elements, and hence operatively connected to each strap, said clips being adapted for detachable connection to opposed zones at the front and the rear of said hose.

3. In a combined slip and hose supporter, a slip including a portion adapted to conform to the waist of the wearer, a pair of inverted U-shaped straps located on the inside of said slip and adapted to fit over the shoulders of the wearer, an elastic means sewn into said slip, said elastic means being disposed at the said portion and extending for a considerable distance therebelow, the elastic means extending around the front, rear and sides of the slip and yieldably molding the slip to the body to prevent any twisting, the straps extending down the front and rear of the slip, and having ends located considerably below said portion, the straps being secured to the slip along the strap length from the top of the slip to the strap ends, and elastic hose-supporting means fastened to the strap ends, the last said means including connecting elements adapted for detachable connection to the front and rear of the hose.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,655,812 Erickson Jan. 10, 1928 2,194,181 Jasper Mar. 19, 19.4.0

2,548,742 Scheinberg Apr. 10, 19.51

2,649,062 Nogler et a1. Aug. 18, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 523,893 Great Britain July 25, 1940