US722316A - Shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter. - Google Patents

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No. 722,316. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903'.

. F. E. MOODY. SHIRT WAIST HOLDER AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1902.

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FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

SHIRT-WAIST HOLDER AND SKlRT- -SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,316, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1902. Serial No. 99,169. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY, gentlewoman, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Waist Holders and Skirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shirt-Waist holders and skirt-supporters, and particularly to that class in which the belt passes through three links having hooks; and the object of the invention is to improve the form of such shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter now in use so that the skirt will be held securely together at the back, where it is open, and which will at the same time prevent the metal, which is preferably of aluminium ,from being disintegrated or rendered soft and breakable.

It consists, essentially, of three plates, preferably of aluminium, hinged together and provided on each piece with a double-hook staple, the loops of which extend to the inside of the plates and lie flat against them and the bent points of which extend outwardly through the plates at the same level, so as to form a support for the Waistband, and consequently the skirt itself, and the skirt-holding staple of which is located inthe central piece and extends downwardly in V shape on the outside and downwardly in two bent points to the inside, the central plate being provided With two end slots, and the end plates, which are hinged thereto, being provided with one inner end slot each and two outer end slots each, whereby the belt fabric passes for the major portion across the plates to the inside of the same, so as to separate the major portion of the plates and keep them away from the body, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter looking from the inside, portion of the belt fabric being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking from the outside. Fig. 3 is a detail of the plate looking from the inside.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A A are the end plates, and B the central plate. The end plates A are provided with inner end slots a, through which the bent tongues b b of the innermost plates extend and are bent through, so as to form hinges.

b b are slots in the ends of the plate 13 in proximity to the hinges.

a a are slots formed in proximity to the slots a, and a and a are a pair of slots formed in the outer end of each of the plates A A.

O O are bent-hook staples, preferably substantially rectangular in form on the inside and extending outwardly in the form of up wardly-bentpointscc. Thebent-hookstaples O are formed, preferably, of the same size, so that all the upwardly-bent points 0 c of each staple extend through holes in the plates A and B, preferably at the same level.

D is a V-shaped staple with bent points 01 d. The V-shaped staple D extends for the major portion to the outside of the plate 13, and at the inside the bent points d extend downwardly and are located beneath the top bar of the central staple O.

E is the belt fabric, which extends through the slots a and a and across plate A, so as to cover and hold in position the flat staple O, thence through the slot at to the outside of the hinge Z), thence through the end slot b over the staple D, at which point the bent points d d are carried through the belt fabric, so as to project inwardly therefrom. The belt fabric is then carried through the opposite slot b outside the hinge I), through the slot a, and to the inside of the plate A and through the slots a and a in the other side of the device, as hereinbefore described.

In my arrangement by the construction of the plates, slots, and hooks the belt fabric is carried through the plates, so as to protect the plates from exposure to perspiration, hold all the bent points in position, and provide in the central plate bent points whereby the central openings at the back'of the skirt are insured of being held up and kept close together, thereby avoiding any unsightly appearance. At the same time the shirt-waist may be held down with facility by the bent points 61 d, which extend inwardly through the belt.

What I claim as my invention is In a shirt-waist holder and skirt-supporter comprising three plates hinged together, the

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outer plates having each a pair of slots at the outer ends and a single slot near the inner ends and in proximity to the hinge, and the central plate having a single slot near each end in proximity to the hinge, a staple in the inner face of each plate having prongs extending through openings in the plate to the outside and upwardly to form hooks, a staple located within the staple on the central plate and having the base of the staple on the outside and the prongs extending through the plate and downwardly on the inside of the plate and a belt passing Within the ends of the plate then outwardly and inwardly through the two outer slots of the outer plates to the inside of said plates and then through the in ner end slots of the end plates to the outside of the hinge and inwardly to the inside of the major portion of the center plate at which point the downwardlyextending center prongs project through the fabric, whereby the wear of the belt fabric is minimized, the plates are held from contact with the body and the hooks and fabric are held in position as and for the purpose specified.

FRANCES ELIZABETH MOODY.v

Witnesses:

B. BOYD, L. O. REYNOLDS.

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