US757672A - Skirt-supporter. - Google Patents

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No.757,6 72. Y PATNTED'APR.19,1904.

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SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 190 3.

HO MODEL.

Patented April 19, 1-904.

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. OF DENVER, COLORADO.

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' Q fsrncm rckflorr O-ata 'paa of' L ette rs'Patent No. 757,672, dated April 19, 1904.

' dpplioation filedlinvember26,1908. Serial a. 182,695, (in model.)

Be it known that 1, Annie M. Our, a citizenof the United States, residing at Denver, in

the county of Denver-and-State of Colorado,

have/invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, of which-the following is a specification t,

My invention relates'to; devices ,us'edfor supporting-skirts; and my objects are, first, to

-provide a skirt-supporter which, being simple in construction, may be readily applied and will most effectually prevent the skirt from sagging, while at the same time holding down the shirt-waist; second, to provide a skirt-supporter which, having a plurality of independ' 'ent points of contact with the skirt, will hold it securely and'prevent tearing of the garment; third, to provide a skirt-supporter which will at no time show above the waistband or become unfastened on account of the strain taken along the line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective view of one of the skirtengaging members of the device; Fig. 4, an enlarged perspective view of the pin-engaging member; and Fig. 5, a perspective view showing the device attached to a shirtwaist, the

skirt being shownras partly fastened.

Similar reference-numerals refer to similar parts throughout the various views.

My device consists of a safety-pin 5, of the usual construction, comprising a pin-arm 5, spring-coil 5 shank 5 and shield or sheath 5 Shank 5 is provided with the skirt-engaging members 6 and 6, located at the outer extremities of said shank,one adjoining springcoil 5", while the other adjoins shield 5"". They are separated from each other and held in place by the pin-arm-engaging member 7, the aggregated width of the three members being equal to the distance between the spring-coil and the shield 5 Members 6 and 6 are plates the upper edge of which has been bent around the shank 5, allowing free movement of the plates around the shank, while their opposite or lower extremities have been bent upward and are provided with a number of points or prongs 6. The third or middle member '7 is also a plate,-one' edge'of which is bent around the shank, from which point it tapers toward its free extremity, which is bent upward, forming a hook 7", whichwhen the member 7 is moved upward will engage. the pin-arm 5, as shown in Fig. l, in which thelocked positiontof plate.

locking position, its hook engaging the pinarm. The shirt 12 when placed over the shirtwaist will by is weight cause skirt-band 12 to engage the upwardly-extending prongs of the members 6, thereby v securely attaching the skirt to the waist.

The necessity of the pinarm-engaging memher 7 will be readily understood if it is taken in consideration that the weight of the skirt (which often is considerable) causes a constant downward strain on the shank of the safety-pin. If the member 7 were omitted, this strain while pulling the shank 5 downward would naturally cause the pin-arm to bend, with the result that it eventually would appear above the waistband of the skirt and if bent still farther would fail to engage the shield, and consequently detach the skirt from the waist.

Another advantage of great importance gained in my device is the fact that I provide two points of contact with the skirt-band a certain distance apart instead of having one plate, as is sometimes used in devices of this kind. My construction allows the skirt-band to conform to the rounding shape of the figure without having to bend or strain the plates, which invariably results in the tearing and eventually loosening of the garment. It furthermore assures a better and more lasting contact of the device with the skirt-band, as the strain caused by the weight of the skirt is distributed to more than one point on the skirt-band.

Although the form of my device as shown in the drawings is preferable, it will be un derstood that the shape and proportion of theto engage the middle portion of the pin-arm when the device is in place, substantially as described. V

2. In a device of the class named, the combination with a safety-pin having two pronged hooks depending from its shank, of a third hook hinged to the shank of said pin in between the first-mentioned hooks and adapted to engage the pin-arm, substantially as de-,

scribed.

3. In a device for supporting skirts, the combination with a safety-pin, comprising a shank and a spring-arm, of three adjacent hooks hinged to the shank of said pin, the

outer ones of said hooks being adapted to engage the skirt while the middle one is adapted to engage the spring-arm of said pin, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class named, in combination, a safety-pin, two skirt-engaging'members consisting ofplates, one extremity of which is movably connected with the shank of the pin, While their opposite extremities are provided with upwardly-extending prongs, and a third member located between the two skirt-engaging members, said third member consisting of a plate, one extremity of which is bent around'the shank of the pin, while its free extremity is provided with a hook adapted to engage thepin-arm, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have 'afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNIEM. OTT.

Witnesses:

K. M. ST MP, W. H. STo'oKLEY.

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