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@twitch gieten @aient-@ffice ALFREi) It. STANLEY, 0F BOSTON, .MASSACHUSETTS Letters Patent No. 76,291, dated March 31,1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN E OOPjSKIRTS.,

.To `ALL wnoM 1T MAY conocen;

Be itknowu that I, Ai,1vnEn R. STANLEY, .of Boston, in the .State of Massachusetfs,have invented .afnewand usefullmprovement in Ladies. IIoop-Skirts; and; I do h'er'eby 'declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmlmaking part of this. specification, in whichi i Figure 1 isanhelevatio'n of a skirt, representing two modes of application of my said improvement. Figure 2, alongitudinal section oiithat partV of-.onc of the hoops where the vtwo ends are united and clasped; and i i Figure represents inV section, longitudinal and cross, another o'f the modes of .application of my said improvement.

Figs. 2 and 3 are drawn on a large scale.

The same letters. indicate like parts in, all theiigures# ,In the manufaeture'of hoop-skirts, the connecting-'ends of each hoop are generally united by. a metal-clasp,- wh'ch surrounds 'the lapped portions of the hoop-wire,and is intended to afford a substantial security against any tendency :of the ends to separate, the clasp beingl generally struck down upon or ben't withthe wirein such manner. as to lock 'the partsirmly together. I

vThe edges of these clasps, however, yare-more or -less sharp-or jagged,y and catch into the clothing-of the wearer. To remedy this, thetapes'of manj skirts are made or woven alternately double and single, toA form tubes or pockets, which receive-and cover the`metal clasp; but, though said pockets'. answer the purpose of cov' ering tlie'clasps, the manner in which the `skirts have been madehas rendered such use of them very objection able. In such cases the ends of the hoops'bave been united simply by lapping the ends with'ina metall-ic tube, and the' tube simply squeezed or clasped, and then inserted in 'the'pocket of one of the'tapes. In consequence ofthis imperfect union, the ends are very apt to become disengaged from the clasp while the skirt in .being` worn,

muclito the annoyanceand trouble of the wearer.

To remedy these diiiculties is the object of my invention, which consistsjiu irst giving ashortbend tothe metallic Vtube or clasp, and to the two lapped ends oi" the ho'opwith'ii it, so that they cannot be drawn 'out or separated without bursting open the metal cla'spand covering the metallic clasp with a non-metallictube, or pocket fastened thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents the waistband of a skeleton skirt; Z? b, the tapes "woven alter-1 nately as a single and as a double-cloth to form pockets for the reception of the hoops c c. which are covered with braid in the usual manner. In making the skirt, each' hoop, in succession, isinserted inthe pockets d of the tapes, a metallic tube or u clasp', e, slipped on to one of the ends, the two ends. lapped, as represented in' the sect-ions, 'iigssiand 8, the' metallic'tu'oe eslipped over them, and then, by means of a suitable tool or instrument, thetube and lapped4 portions of thevhoop bent in a short curve, as representednt forming a slight protuberanceon one side, and a corresponding cavity on the other. When thus united, the two en ds of, the hoop cannot b'ejseparated. 'The part of the hoop thus clasped an'dunted is then inserted in one of .the pockets d o f one of the tapes `Z, and therein secured by sewing, as represented ,at h l The thread passing into the'cavity, and each side of the protuberance ,'will eii'ectually'prevent the hoop from being drawn out of the pocket yall these operations'being performed on the former, and the skirt being completed before reinovalfr'om the former-frame; and, .although I dee-m this the best mode of securing the jointed: portion of --the Ahoop inthe pocketsof .the tapeSr-otherend' i equivalent modes may be substituted.

In cases in which the pockets of; the tapes. 'are. not usedias a covering to the metallic clasp bywhich the ends of the hoops are united, as, when single tapes areused, I use a tube,7c, made ofrbrai'ded 'or woven fabriciof greater length than the metal tube, so that `when slipped on andsecured, it will overlap the braiding .on the' hoop. This covering may be` secured in place by sewing ccme nt ing, 'or otherwise, 'and if' 'made ofiin elastic material, it -will adapt itselfto the prot'uberan'cc andcavity'of the cla-sp, and thereby retain its place. A tube oi' vulcanized India rubber,'of a suitable color, 'maybe used for that purpose. l

ain alware thatheloeklelasp is no1: new, and that al staghb clasp hee-:been inserled in -the pocket of-the tapeg'and retalned by 's'pengles, as shown` in -the p zitnt of -Waterfmanj of 1864. I. do not, therefo're, wish't be understood es' claiming veeparaAcelyeither of these feutuxfes; no'rdo Ielaimv any other4 method thenfchet. speefed hereinhefcnjegxbei: Y

What I claim asew, and desire to s ecure by Letlens Patent, s- .l The method' of manufacturing hoop-skirts herein degrb'ed, that is to sa untingthe ends of the wires by means ef the lock-.clasps herein described, and enclosing ead clasps i'n the pockete of 'the'tapes or equivalent4 I also cleimglas a new manufacture; a. h op-skiri with the- .ende of thevres united togethe by the lock# cl'aspe herein described., and se-id clasps enclesedin vthe pockets of the tripes) or the equivalent ther-eef, ulll'eub#V stantially es herein described. l

' ALFRED R. STANLEY.

.Witnessesz ANDREW DE'LcY; WM. H. BISHOP,

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