US2742643A - Foundation garment - Google Patents

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US2742643A
US2742643A US446061A US44606154A US2742643A US 2742643 A US2742643 A US 2742643A US 446061 A US446061 A US 446061A US 44606154 A US44606154 A US 44606154A US 2742643 A US2742643 A US 2742643A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A41C1/02—Elastic corsets

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  • This invention relates to an improved foundation, gar-' ment which may comprise a corset, corselette, girdle or the like and is of the type having tubular body com posed of elastic fabric material which whenworn conforms with the body shape and ,yieldably supportsthe trunk and abdominal region of a wearer.
  • tubular garments of the type specified are manufacturedrfrom conventional two-way stretch elastic fabric material, i. e, a fabric having responsive to a given degree of tension a greater stretch in the length than in the width of the material, which is so disposed asto' impart to a garment a principal stretch in width and a considerably less or reduced stretch in the depth.
  • Tubular foundation garments have been constructed of single strips or lengths of two-way stretch material, the ends of which have been overlapped to provide reinforcing panels, but garments having such panels, while providing abdominal support restricted normal free thigh and leg movement.
  • the principal objective of this invention is to provide a tubular foundation garment manufactured "from a single strip or length of two-way stretch material, which provides a flattening efiect of the upper region of the stomach or abdomen, creates a supporting lift for the lower abdomen while supplementing normal muscular control, providing complete freedom of thigh and leg movement, and furthermore eliminating any binding of the lower hem of the garment and resultant restriction around the thighs of the wearer.
  • a foundation garment comprises a single piece or blank of elastic fabric material having the ends so shaped and overlapped and stitched together as to form a tubular body and having a central panel of double thickness at the front of the garment and a pair of separated overlapped body sections of single thickness disposed below the central panel, the lower edges of the separated body sections extending transversely in sloping crossed arrangement downwardly to wards the sides of the garment, and the courses of the elastic yarn being oppositely inclined in the central panel and in the separated body sections.
  • the central front panel supports the upper region of e the abdomen, while the separated. body sections have a supporting lift for the lower abdomen and supplement normal muscular control. Moreover, the separation of the body sections and the sloping crossed arrangement of the lower edges thereof permit freedom of the thigh and leg movement.
  • Fig. l is a front elevation of the exemplary foundation garment.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a material blankto comprise the body of the foundation garment.
  • Fig. 3 is a front elevation view of the unstitched body of the garment formed by bringing together and overlappingthe ends of the blank.
  • the numeral 5 designates generally a blank shown flatly and cut from twoway stretch material to comprise the, body 6 of the garment, 7
  • the blank 5 is of required width and length and is so cut from the material that the elastic courses of the latter are disposed longitudinally in the blank, which accordingly has a greater stretch in the length than in the width for the same degree of tension.
  • the upper edge 7 of the blank 5 is slightly concave as shown, while the lower edge 8 has a major slightly convex medial portion 9 whichat each endis upwardly curved and continued to comprise upward inclined curved parts 10 extending to the ends of the blank.
  • Each end of the blank 5 has a'pair of upper and lower angular portions, indicated respectively by '11 and 12, the upper portions 11 being formed by cutting the ends .of the blank on a downward inclination as at 13-13a for a required distance to a point comprising the apicesv 14 of the upper portions 11:and cutting the ends of the blank inwardly and substantially at right an-' 'gles to the downwardly inclined edge parts 13-1312 for a required distance from the apices 14 to form inwardly inclined edge parts 15-1511.
  • the lower angular portions 12 of the blank ends are formed by cutting the blank on lines inclined at a rerequired angle to said inwardly inclined edge parts 15-15:: at the inner end 16 of the latter to form outing over the end 20 shown by broken lines.
  • edge parts 13 and 15 are stitched to the underlying material and the edge parts 13a and 15a to the overlying material.
  • an upper central panel 23 of double thickness and substantially diamond shape at the front of the garment,in which the elastic courses of the material in the inner and outer portions or thicknesses of the panel are oppositely inclined so as to exert an inward pressure and upwardly directed pull upon a wearers abdominal region for figure correction.
  • edge parts 17 and 17a are stitched respectively to the underlying and overlying material between the angular points 16 and 18, and the lines of stitching are extended as indicated by 24 to the lower edge 8 but only through a single thickness of material.
  • the lines of stitching thus extending between the angular points 16 and the lower edge 8 are reinforced at the innerside of the garment by strips 25 for suspender support.
  • These lower portions 26 and 27 comprise separated outer and inner pentagonal body sections of single thickness in which the elastic courses of the fabric material are relatively inclined in opposite directions to have a supporting lift for the lower abdominal region as well as supplementing normal muscular control.
  • the upper and lower edges 7 and 8 are reinforced with strips 28 and 29 of elastic webbing and suspenders 30 and 31 for hosiery support are attached to the webbing strip 29, the suspenders 30 being positioned at the front of the garment in alignment with the lines of stitching extending between the points 16 and the lower edge 8 and the suspenders 31 being located at required points at the back of the garment.
  • a foundation garment having a tubular body comprised of a single elongated blank piece of elastic fabric material formed at each end with an upper angular extension having straight edges inclined inwardly from the apex of the extension and a lower angular extension having a straight upper edge and a lower curved edge inclined inwardly and downwardly from the apex of the lower angular extension to the lower longitudinal edge of the piece of material, the formed ends of the piece of material being overlapped and stitched together, said tubular body having a central upper panel of double thickness comprised of the upper angular extensions and separate lower panels of single thickness comprised of the lower angular extensions disposed below the upper panel and having the lower edges sloping transversely outwards in crossed re lation downwardly to the sides of the body and comthe formed ends of the blank being overlapped and stitched together, said tubular body having a central upper panel of double thickness comprised of the upper reduced extensions and'separate panels of single thickness comprised of the lower reduced extensions disposed below the upper

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2849003A (en) * 1955-09-27 1958-08-26 Sarong Inc Body garment
US2872927A (en) * 1957-09-19 1959-02-10 Erteszek Olga Girdle structure
US3029822A (en) * 1959-11-25 1962-04-17 William Gluckin & Company Inc Girdle with relatively movable hip and thigh panels
US3112751A (en) * 1959-11-25 1963-12-03 William Gluckin & Company Inc Girdle with relatively movable front waistband panels

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US1321134A (en) * 1919-11-11 Band eob
US2445322A (en) * 1945-05-26 1948-07-20 Maude C Fridolph Body garment
US2519602A (en) * 1947-11-01 1950-08-22 Michael J Rago Girdle
US2610324A (en) * 1950-10-16 1952-09-16 Dowd Bernard John Control panel for foundation garments

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1321134A (en) * 1919-11-11 Band eob
US2445322A (en) * 1945-05-26 1948-07-20 Maude C Fridolph Body garment
US2519602A (en) * 1947-11-01 1950-08-22 Michael J Rago Girdle
US2610324A (en) * 1950-10-16 1952-09-16 Dowd Bernard John Control panel for foundation garments

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2849003A (en) * 1955-09-27 1958-08-26 Sarong Inc Body garment
US2872927A (en) * 1957-09-19 1959-02-10 Erteszek Olga Girdle structure
US3029822A (en) * 1959-11-25 1962-04-17 William Gluckin & Company Inc Girdle with relatively movable hip and thigh panels
US3112751A (en) * 1959-11-25 1963-12-03 William Gluckin & Company Inc Girdle with relatively movable front waistband panels

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