US65854A - Improvement in hoop-skirts - Google Patents

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- V@uitrit prtent jatent @ffice EIHRAIM ADAMS, JR., OF A'l "LlilBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 65,854', dated Jane 18, 1867.

IMPROVME-NT I HOOP-SKIRTS.

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Be it known that I, EPIIRAIM ADAMS, Jr., of Attleboro, in the county et' Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Hoop-Skirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact-description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making :i part of this specification, and representing a perspective view of a hoop-skirt containing my improvement.

The object of my invention is to construct a skirt which will adapt itself` symmetrically to theiforin of the wearer, and so that the proper proportion between the size of the waist-baud and the general contour of the skirt will always be maintained relatively to the size of the wearer, whereby persons ot' di`erent sizesmayl always be supplied with a properly {itt-ing skirt upon indicating the size of the waist.

In hoop-skirts, as. generally made, the difference in sizes is made by enlarging or diminishing the size of the waist, the cifect of which is to ehange...the proper proportion of the waist in relation to the skirt, and a skirt that might suit a person of a certain size would be unbeeoming or nnitted to one of a diierent size. I-Ioopskirts are also usually made with the bustle hoops or springs extending only partially arund the body, leaving an open space in the front upper portion of the skirt, and the hoops or springs of the main portion of the skirt are not provided with tapes or supports in the centre of the front portion, cniising the front portion oi the lower part of the skirt frequently to sag and interfere with the feet. i

My invention is 'designed to obviate all these objections, and it consists in extending the bustle hoops or springs entirely around the body, the front ends of the same being attached to tapes or supports extending down the centre of the front of the skirt. The proper relation of the waist-band with the bustlesprings and hoops is preserved in the different-sizes required, by forming the skirt on an expanding frame, thus maintaining the proportions of the different portions of thc skirt with each other in the different sizes.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the waist-bond made of a certain size, and to which the tapes c are attached in the usual manner, and carrying the hoopsf. c e are the bustle springs, which extend entirely around and are attached to the tapes d CZ in front. 7Ihe tapes el d are attached at their upper ends to the ends of the waist-band, whence they extend downward in .front to the bottom of the skirt. The tapes d ol are separated where the bustle springs are attached, but below that they are joined together, and the open parts may be provided with any proper fastcnings. I) b are additional tapes attached to the supports d d forgiving additional strength to the same. When the bustle springs extend only partially around the body, the ends of the springs tend to wear out the clothing and interfere with the set .of the dress, and are otherwise objectionable, and by enlarging or diminishing the size of the band, the proper symmetry and balance of the hoop are lost. In my improvement, the tapes extending down in the centre of the front prevent the skirt from sagging, and tend to keep the same from interfering with the feet.

I claim as my invention, and. desire to secure by Letters Patenti 'Ihe combination of the bustle springs e and the central tape (Z, substantially as described for the purpose speciiied. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name te this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EPHRAIM ADAMS, JR.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMs, yM. S. G. WILBE.

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