US679559A - Combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter. - Google Patents

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No. 679,559. Patented July 30, 190i. H. A. GUINZBUBG.

COMBINED CORSET CLASP LOCK AND STOCKING SUPPORTER.

(Applicltion filed Dec. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

WWRXL I ATTORNEY UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE I. B.

KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CORSET-CLASP LOCK AND STOCKING-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,559, dated July so, 1901.

Original application filed November 29, 1899, Serial No- 738,650. Divided and this application filed December 22,1900. Serial No. 40,721. (No model) To aZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. GUINZBURG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented Improvements in a Combined Corset-Clasp Lock and Stocking-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject of this invention comprises a hook of peculiar construction extending from a front member and adapted to be detachably engaged with the fastener of a corset, said front member being adapted to bear against the lower front part of the corset and suitably formed for the connection thereto of a pair of stocking-supporters. This device was shown and described in an application for Letters Patent filed by me November 29, 1899, under Serial No. 738,650, of which this present application is a division.

The essential feature of this invention lies in the formation of the hook or connecting part of the device, which hook comprises a cross-bar connected to the front member of the device through the medium of an upwardly-extending bent neck, the said crossbar being adapted to be passed between the steels of a corset-fastener and to lie behind the steels, transversely thereto, when in operative position, with the bent neck interposed between the corset-steels and resting upon one of the clasps of the corset-fastener, the front member, to which the stocking-supporters are attached, lying in front of and across the lower front parts of the steels or the two parts of the corset-fastener. By this construction the pair of stocking-supporters are readily and securely suspended from the fastener of a corset of ordinary construction, and the clasp of the fastener to which this improved corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter is attached will be securely locked by reason of the interposition of the neck between the corset-steels, which is of such a width as to prevent the steels moving toward each other sufficiently for the loop of the clasp becoming disengaged from its stud.

In the accompanying drawings, to which I will refer to more fully describe my invention, Figure 1 represents my combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter applied in operative position to the lower clasp of a corset-fastener. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken between the edges of the corset-steels; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device.

The metal plate CL of the front member may be made of any suitable form for the attachment thereto of the elastics or tapes t' of a pair of stocking-supporters, either directly or through the medium of a connecting fabric. It is shown as having lateral extensions or ears d d, made narrow for the purpose of lightness and formed to be placed between or otherwise connected to the fabric pad or connecting-piece e of the front member, to the lower part of which the elastics or tapes t' are attached.

From the upper central part of the plate a extends the neck I), which is bent rearwardly and joins the central part of the cross-bar c. This cross-bar lies in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the front member, the distance between the planes being about equal to the thickness of the fastener of a corset, so that when the device is applied to a corset, as shown, the cross-bar 0 will lie against the rear side of the steels, transversely to the opening between the edges of the steels h h, above the loop of the clasp, and the parts d cl of the plate Ct will be in front of and extend over the lower parts of the steels 7t and 72' below the corset-clasp. Thus it occupies but little room and holds the two parts of the corset-fastener together. It is readily applied in effective position after the loop 1 is placed over the stud g of the clasp and as readily removed before the clasp is unfastened by being moved or swung around into about a right-angular position to bring the bar 0 in line with the opening between the corsetsteels, through which opening it may be readily passed. When in position on the corset, the bent upper part of the neck I) rests upon the top edge of the loop f, thus affording a single point of suspension for the stockingsupporters, and the neck I) in such position between the two corset-steels holds the edges of the steels apart and so positively prevents the accidental disengagement of they clasp. The front member shown comprising the fabric pad 6 and parts d d of the metal plate bears when the device is applied to a corset upon or against the lower parts of the front fastener of the corset and so acts to press inwardly such parts of the corset.

From the nature of this invention itis evident that changes in the form of the hook and modifications in themethod of attachment of the stocking-supporters to the plate a will come within-the scope of this invention.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter comprising a plate sustaining the suspended supporter elastics or tapes and having at its upper central part a cross-bar connected thereto by an offset neck, the neck being of such a thickness as to prevent, when interposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward each other and resting on one of the clasps of the corset-fastener when in operative position, and the cross-bar lying behind the corset-steels and transversely to the opening between them.

2. A combined corse -clasp lock and garment-supporter,comprising a metal plate having the supporter-tapes connected to and depending below the bottom thereof and having a cross-bar connected to the plate by an ofiset neck, the neck being of such thickness as to prevent, when interposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward each other, and the cross-bar when in effective position extending beneath the steels and athwart the same, while the neck projecting between the steels rests upon one of the clasps, substantially as set forth.

3. A combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter, comprising a member adapted to bear upon the lower part of the front of the corset, supporter elastics or tapes depending from the bottom or lower part thereof, a rigid offset neck extending up centrally from the upper part of said member, and a crossbar rigidly attached to the offset neck, the neck being of such a thickness as to prevent, when interposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward each other and resting on one of the clasps of the corset-fastener when in operative position, and the cross-bar lying behind the corset-steels and transversely to the opening between them.

4:. A combined corset-clasp lock and stocking-supporter, comprising a member composed of a fabric pad and a metal plate socured thereto, said plate having an oifset neck extending centrally above the upper part of the fabric pad and a cross-bar rigidly attached to the offset neck, and a pair of stocking-supporters connected to and depending from the bottom of the fabric pad, the neck being of such a thickness as to prevent, when interposed between the corset-steels, their movement toward each other and resting on one of the clasps of the corset-fastener when in operative position, and the crossbar lying behind the corset-steels and transversely to the opening between them.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of December,

HENRY A. GUINZBURG.

WVitnesses:

J. J. HANNAN, DANIEL NEWMAN.

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