US3166076A - Corselet - Google Patents

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Jan. 19, 1965 w. D. BROWN 3,166,076

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United States Patent 3,166,076 CORSELET William D. Brown, Glendale, Califl, assignor to Munsingwear, Inc, Minneapolis, Minn, a corporation of Delaware Filed May 7, 1962, Ser. No. 192,874 2 Claims. (Cl. 128-436) This invention relates to womens undergarments, and particularly to corselets.

Such garments usually include a snugly fitting girdle, and an upper portion provided with breast cups. girdles and the breast cup portions form a single garment so that all parts of the torso may be properly confined.

Since the size of the girdle for any one individual wearer is not at all related to the size of the brassiere cups, the possible combinations of brassiere size and girdle size become quite numerous. Hence, the problem of supplying all such combinations becomes serious.

It is one of the objects of this invention to overcome these disadvantages, and particularly by providing separate girdle and bnassiere elements capable of being joined for use. In this way, any desired size combinations may be obtained even from a limited stock. Such an advantage is of considerable importance.

When wearing the one-piece form of garment, that portion of it immediately below the cups is intended to conform quite snugly to the upper part of the waist. In varying positions of the torso, a permanent connection between the girdle portion and the brassiere portion has annoying results. For example, when the arms are stretched upwardly, the breasts also rise. They-are at least partially lifted out of the cups, since the cups are permanently joined to the girdle. Furthermore, stooping or sitting causes the upper part of the girdle portion to develop deep wrinkles, which may in fact affect the fit of the outer garments.

it is another object of this invention, therefore, to obviate such occurrences.

It has also been common to provide such corselets with relatively low backs, to keep the top edge of the corselet out of sight even when gowns or dresses have low cut backs.

It is still another object of this invention to accomplish this result, although separation between the upper and lower part of the garment may be effected.

This invention possessesmany other advantages, and has other objects which may be made more clearly apparent from a consideration of one embodiment of the invention. For this purpose, there is shown a form in the drawings accompanying [and forming a part of the present specification, and which drawings, unless as otherwise indicated, are true scale. This form will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of this invention is best defined by the appended claims.

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FIGURE 1 is :a perspective View of a corselet garment shown worn on a human body;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, taken along a plane corresponding to line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a corselet, shown worn on the human body, the corselet parts being shown in normal position;

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 but showing the wearer with arms extended or raised, to illustrate the resultant positions of the brassiere part and the girdle part of the garment; 7

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the garment, shown worn on a human body;

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3,156,076 Patented Jan; 19, 1965 "ice 3 and 4, made of single stretch elastic fabric, the stretch occurring in the direction of the arrows 5, 6, 7 and 8. Interposed between these panels are the fabric panels 9, 10 and 11. Any convenient form of fabric for the panels 9, 10 and 11 may be utilized, such as lace fabric with a lining of marquisette. Y

The panel 19 forms the front panel for the garment.

Bones or stays 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 may if desired be provided between the panels and are appropriately accommodated in pockets such as 18, shown inFIG. 7. Such stays may also be provided at the ends of the girdle. These pockets are shown 1218 extending between the topand bottom edges of the garment. i i a Appropriate garter straps, 19 of the usual type can be attached to the lower binding edge 20.

To the right hand end of girdle part A, as shown in FIG. 7, a tape edge 21 is sewn, on the reverse side, and carries two spaced rows of eyes 22 and 23. The edge 22 is preferably made in a conventional way, to provide a fabric backing beneath each row of eyes. At the left hand end of the garment, a similar tape edge 24 is sewn to the reverse side of the garment, and serves to support a row of hooks 25 adapted to engage either of two rows of eyes 22, 23.

The structure of the corselet may be of any desired standard form, the above description being merely utilized as an example.

The brassiere portion B of the garment includes the fabric breast cups 26 and 27 made in any appropriate or conventional manner. If desired, each of these cups may 'be provided with an uplift pad 28, such as shown in FIG. 2, and may be lined with marquisette.

The lower portion of each cup is formed by a member 29 providing an edge. This edge is hollow for the reception of a stifiener wire 29a if desired.

The cups 26 and 27 are attached as by seams to a body encircling member 30 made of appropriate fabric, such as lace or the like, lined with marquisette. The bottom binding edge 31 is shown formed with silk or satin tape.

The brassiere portion A is provided with a pair of shoulder straps 32, 33 of conventional design. Each shoulder strap extends from the upper edge of the respective cup 26 or 27 to a point respectively near the ends 34 and 35 of the body encircling member 30. A short section of each strap, adjacent the ends, is preferably made of elastic material. The ends 34 and 35 may if desired be reinforced by stays.

The brassiere portion B as thus far described may be of any desired conventional structure. The specific form shown is merely an example.

Provisions are made. detachably to hold the body encircling portion 30 to the girdle portion. For this purpose, elastic straps 36 and 37 provided with hooks 38 and 39 are sewn to the end edges of the body encircling member 30. Each of these hooks 38 and 39 is intended to engage any one of a series of eyes 40, 41 formed by the aid of a tape structure 42, 43. This tape structure slants downwardly from the upper edge of the girdle member, and toward the center of the back (FIG. 5). The hook members 40, 41' are preferably made of metal and bent at the ends so as to be sewn between the elements of the tape structure 42, 43 which is securely sewn to the girdle member. The tape structures 42, 43 are identical.

Each maybe formed of against the upper edge 44 of the girdle member (FIG. 2).-

The degree .of overlap is such that when the arms of the wearer, as shown in FIG. '3, are in normal position, there is a relatively wide degree of overlap between the upper edge 44- of the girdle member and the lower edge 31 of brassiere part B. However, when'the arms are raised girdle portion, and the other set offastening means join- ;ing the end of the other of the straps to the back of the girdle portion; said detachable fastening means being the sole means for joining the brassiere portion to the girdle portion; each set of fastening means comprising a pair of fastening elements, one element being a tape structure attached substantially along its entire length to the back of the girdle portion below the said rear edge of the said I girdle portion on the corresponding side of the girdle portion, said tape structure slanting from the center of the baclroithe girdie portion upwardly toward the corresponding strap, there being a series of eyes spaced longitudinally of the tape structure, the second element being a hook member carried by the end of the corresponding strap for in the position of FIG. 4, the brassiere member B is al- 7 lowed to rise upwardly, the degree of overlap being somea what reduced. a V V a The inventor claims:

1. In an undergarmentz a girdle portion, having an upper front edge and an upper rear edge; an entirely separate brassiere portion; said brassiere portion having cups as well as a body member to which the cups are attached, said body member, having ends located at opposite sides of the brassiere portion, said brassiere portion having straps at the saidtends of the body member'adapted to extend from the sides of the wearerv toward the back; the

body member being designed substantially to overlie the upper front edge of said girdle portion; and two sets of detachable fastening means, one set of fastening means joining the end of one of said straps to'the back of the cooperative engagement with any one of the eyes of. the corresponding tape structure; each of said straps upon attachment to the girdle portion slanting downwardly at its end so as to extend below the level of the body member to. exert a force having a substantial downward component on said brassiere portion, said straps being attached to each other at the center of the back of the undergarmentonly through the girdle portion.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said straps are made of longitudinally elastic material.

References Cited in thefile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 71,899,890 Cunningham Feb. 28, 1933 2,090,076 Siegel Aug. 17, 1937 2,158,506 Kaupp May 16, 1939 2,160,078 Mayer May 30, 1939 2,366,026 Hawes Dec. 26, 1944

Claims (1)

1. IN AN UNDERGARMENT: A GIRDLE PORTION HAVING AN UPPER FRONT EDGE AND AN UPPER REAR EDGE; AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE BRASSIERE PORTION; SAID BRASSIERE PORTION HAVING CUPS AS WELL AS A BODY MEMBER TO WHICH THE CUP ARE ATTACHED, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING ENDS LOCATED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BRASSIERS PORTION, SAID BRASSIERS PORTION HAVING STRAPS AT THE SAID ENDS OF THE BODY MEMBER ADAPTED TO EXTEND FROM THE SIDES OF THE WEARER TOWARD THE BACK; THE BODY MEMBER BEING DESIGNED SUBSTANTIALLY TO OVERLIE THE UPPER FRONT EDGE OF SAID GIRDLE PORTION; AND TWO SETS OF DETACHABLE FASTENING MEANS, ONE SET OF FASTENING MEANS JOINING THE END OF ONE OF SAID STRAPS TO THE BACK OF THE GIRDLE PORTION, AND THE OTHER SET OF FASTENING MEANS JOINING THE END OF THE OTHER OF THE STRAPS TO THE BACK OF THE GIRDLE PORTION; SAID DETACHABLE FASTENING MEANS BEING THE SOLE MEANS FOR JOINING THE BRASSIER PORTION TO THE GIRDLE PORTION; EACH SET OF FASTENING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF FASTENING ELEMENTS, ONE ELEMENT BEING A TAPE STRUCTURE ATTACHED SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG IS ENTIRE LENGTH TO THE BACK OF THE GIRDLE PORTION BELOW THE SAID REAR EDGE OF THE SAID GIRDLE PORTION ON THE CORRESPONDING SIDE OF THE GIRDLE PORTION, SAID TAPE STRUCTURE SLANTING FROM THE CENTER OF THE BACK OF THE GIRDLE PORTION UPWARDLY TOWARD THE CORRESPONDING STRAP, THERE BEING A SERIES OF EYES SPACED LONGITUDINALLY

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