US469412A - Corset-lacing - Google Patents

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J. STONE CORSET LAGING.

(No Model.)

Patented Peb. 2s, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES STONE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF 'IIVO-TIIIRDS TO ALICE M. BALL, OF SAME PLACE, AND ELIZABETH FLORSIIEIM, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

CORSET-LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,412, dated February 23, 1892. Application filed January 28, 1889. Serial No. 297,841. (No model.)

to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of lacing-eyes for corsets and similar articles wherein a looped cord or braid forms the lacingholes or eyelets.

The invention embraces the feature of a marginal part of or upon the corset containing lacing-holes which coincide with the loops of the cord or braid.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the margin of a corset having an overlying part broken away to reveal the construction of the parts. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of an eyelet-strip detached and partly made. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the eyelet-strip shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 41. is a sectional view in the line 4 A of Fig. l, illustrating the relation of the eyelet-strip to the adjacent parts when applied in a corset.

A represents a strip of cloth folded upon itself at a, forming, as shown, the two folds c a2. The overfolded portions are gummed or pasted together, and near the edge ay are punched a series of lacing holes or eyelets at at. a

a3 is a cord inserted within the folded edge a of the strip A.

B is a narrow fiat braid, or it may be a cord. If a cord, it is loosely woven, so as to be easily iiattened. This braid or cord B is pasted or stitched upon the surface of the overfolded portion a2 in a series of loops h, extending around the holes co4 and reaching back a considerable distance -as, for exalnple, to the edge of the overfolded part c2, as shown. Theloops are unattached to the overfolded portion a2 at the part adjacent to the holes a4, by which arrangement they may be easily and cheaply constructed, any sewing` lengthwise of the cord or around the holes being rendered unnecessary. Desir-ably the loops are brought together or nearly together at their inner ends, and the cord extended from one loop to the next in a substantially straight line, also as shown, in order to give a smoother surface to the finished article. Vhether stitched or gummed in place, the braid or cord B is flattened down as much as practicable, except at the eyelets at. Before applying the cord or braid the folded strip is desirably stitched near the edge c.

The eyelet-strip A is complete, as above deor braid B, excepting at the extreme ends of the loops which surround the said eyelet-holes. The strip D is secured in place by rows of stitching CZ and CZ at its edges, which pass not only through the corset-section C, but also through the inner and folded-in edge and through the body of the eyelet-strip A, as clearly shown in Fig. A. The one or more rows of stitching d at the outer margin of the strip D confine the loops b in place and take or share the immediate strain of the lacing-strings when the latter are applied to the corset. A third row of stitching Z2 is desirably inserted at the inner ends of the loops or at a suitable distance from the rows of stitching Zto admit the stiffening-strip E, Which is inserted in the usual manner after the rows of stitching have been formed. In this construction the cord or braid forming the eyeleteloops is outside the edge of the double-thick corset-section C, and the completed garment is flat and thin and has an even smooth appearance. It is not, however,

strictly essential that the braid should have this precise relation to the edge ofthe corsetstrip C, though it is desirable that it should.

The essential feature of the invention is the combination of a marginal part of the corset containing lacing-holes with the loops b extending around the holes, s that the laclet-holes c4, and it therefore covers the cord IOO ing-strings pass through the lacing-holes, as

Well as through the loops, said loops being free from the corset at the part adjacent to the holes, but secured thereto at otherpoints. By this means the tension of the lacing is taken both by the cloth of the corset and by the loops, so that less strain is brought upon the loops. By this construction, also, the chang or Wear of the lacings is brought partially on the cloth, so that the loops are not so liable to be rapidly cut through or Worn out as when the loops alone are engaged by the lacings.

As far as the main feature of my invention is concerned, the loops may be attached to the corsetbody and the lacing-holes or eyelets formed in the marginal part thereof in any manner found convenient or desirable. The

particular construction herein shown, how-- ever, wherein said lacing holes or eyelets are formed in a separate strip extending beyond the -man layers of` the corset-body, is of csJ pecial advantage in practice, and a construction embracing these last-mentioned features is herein also claimed as a specilic improve- Y ment. Y

The cord a3 serves the purpose of stiftenin-g and giving greater strength to the margin vof the corset outside of the lacingholes, so that the lacings are Vmuch less likely to Wear or cut through the margin `than when such cord is absent and the corset is rendered much more durable. vantages the corset provided with amarginal cord arranged in the manner described is By reason ot' these adbeyond the margin of the same, and loops se` cured between the strip and body-layers by stitching and extending beyond the body-layers and around the holes, said loops coinciding with the outer margins of the lacing-holes and being free from the corset in their parts outside of the body-layers, substantially as described.

3. The combination, With the cloth layers forming the main part or body of a corset, oi' a strip provided with lacing-holes and secured to the body-layers with its edge containing the holes extending beyond the edge of the same, and loops consisting of a continuous looped cord secured by stitching between the strip and the body-layers, with the loops eX- tending around the holes, said loops coinciding with the outer margins of the lacingholes and being free from the corset in their parts adjacent to the holes, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a lcorset havinga series -of lacing-holes near `its edge and provided with a cord stitched into the rsaid edge, of aseries of cord loops secured to thecorset and extending around the said holes, said loops coinciding with the outer margins of the lacing-holes and being free from the corset -iu their parts adjacent to the holes, s'ubstantially as described.

5. The combination, with the cloth layers forming the body of a-corset, of a strip provided with a cord in its outer edge and a series of lacing-holes near the cord, said strip being secured to the bod y-laye-rs With its edge extending beyond the margin of the same, and a series oli' cord loops secured by stitching between thestri p and bod y-layers and extending around the lacing-holes, said loops coinciding with the outer margins of the lacing-,holes and being free from the corset.in their parts adjacent to the holes, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- i JAMES STONE.

Witnesses:

WARREN TYLER, FRANK A. TYLER.

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