US683582A - Skirt-supporter and waist-holder. - Google Patents

Description

No. 683,582. Patented 00f. I, 190i.

L. G. WABFIELD.

SKIRT SUPPOBTEB AND WAIST HOLDER.

(Application iuea Feb. 11, 1901. (No Modai.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IiEMUEL G. WARFIELD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SKlRT-SUPPORTER AND WAIST-HOLDER.

'SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,582, dated October 1, 1901. Application filed February 11, 1901. Serial No. 46 768 (No model.)

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Beit known that I, LEMUEL G.\VAREIELD,a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters and Waist-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvem nts in the means of uniting the parts comprising the skirt-supporter and waist-holder.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind having its parts so constructed as to be easilyand quickly connected to and disconnected from each other and forming a look while in use upon the garment.

My invention consists in a bar removably connected to the waist and having a slotted hole in each end and two hooks each secured to the skirt and adapted to take into the slotted holes and be held locked therein while in use.

My invention also consists in certain novel features of the construction,combination,and arrangement of the several parts of the improved skirt supporter and waist holder, whereby important advantages are secured and the same is rendered 'more convenient, economical, and effective and better adapted for the purposes intended.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a rear view of a part of a female figure, showing my device in position for the purpose of holding the skirt and waist together and in proper position on the person. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the device applied to the intended garments, part of the outer garment being broken away. Fig. 3 is one of the comple mentary parts of the device and illustrates particularly the part which is attached to the.

waist. Fig. 4 shows the device detached, the object of this view being to show the relative position of the parts when being manipulated for the purpose of engaging or disengaging the parts.

Iprefer to construct my skirt-supporter and waist-holder substantially as follows: The bar A is formed of a fiat strip of metal or other hard substance and is provided near each end with a hole (1., having a slot a. connected thereto at its lower edge. Each waist B to be worn is provided, as shown in Fig. 1, with a loop I), comprising a piece of cloth secured at its upper and lower edges and with open ends to form a passage to receive a bar A, which is adapted to fit ad justably therein and be supported thereby. Each skirt -band O has permanently secured on its under side two flat hooks 0, adapted to take into the slots and be retained in such position by the walls thereof until disengaged by hand. These hooks are so bent that when applied their free ends are turned toward the skirt band, to which they are secured. The width of the hooks at the bend may extend the length of the respective slots, and they are held from movement upwardly and endwise of the slot by means of the upper and end walls thereof.

The operation of my device is as follows: Secure the loop to the waist permanently by sewing or other suitable means, as before described, and secure a hook to the under side of the skirt-band at each side of the placket in the manner above described. Place the bar A in the loop, as shown in Fig. 3, and insert each hook in its hole and adjust it to its place in the slot, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be noticed that the holes are by preference made round, but may be varied in shape, if desired, the purpose of the hole adjacent the slot being to permit of ready and easy removal or insertion of the hook, which could not be secured by the use of the slot alone. The diameter of the hole is preferably wider than the width of the book which takes into it, and the. hook is easily removed by simply drawing it sidewise from the slot into the hole and pushing it upwardly until the top of the hook clears the lower edge of the hole, when the parts are disconnected. To connect the parts, the operation is simply reversed.

One of the advantages of this device is that the edges of the bar are smooth and regular, with no notches or indentations to tear the garment or injure the wearer. Another advantage is that this construction aflords a practical locking of the parts together while in use withoutthe aid of any extraneous parts or attachments, while at the same time the wearer can readily attach and detach the parts herself.

end and adjacent each hole and connected therewith by a passage, a slot closed at each end and adapted to receive, through said hole and passage, a hook, said slot having upper and lower walls to prevent vertical movewent, and a wall at each end to prevent endwise or lateral movement and accidental disengagement of the hook from the bar, substantially as set forth.

LEMUEL G. "vVARFIELD. Witnesses:

LILLIE CORCORAN, JAMES N. RAMSEY.

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