US772777A - Garment-supporter. - Google Patents

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PATENTED 00T. 1.8, '1904.

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J P. W. BICKPORD.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.`

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-sUPPom-ER.

. SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,777, dated October 18, 1904.

' Application flied Juiy 26,1902.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK-W. Biori- FORD, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe 'and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters; .and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingv a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon. j l

My present invention has for its object' to provide a garment-supporter adapted particularly for supporting dress skirts and which may be worn about thel waist and emthe skirt and dress-waist to hold both portions of the dress in position without interfering with the movement of the body of the wearer.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements in construction and combinations of parts, all as will be more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims atV the endV of -this specification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a garment-supporter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view. Fig.' 3 is aA view showing a band or tape upon which one or more of the devices may be applied, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating Athe Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

A garment-supporter constructed in accordance with my invention is adapted to be secured about the wearers waist and upon the exterior of the dress-waist, and it consists, preferably, of a plate l, of light spring metal, provided with a central aperture 2, bounded at the upper side by a band 3, the lower edge of Vwhich is notched or serrated, forming teeth 4 thereon, and this edge of the band is struck up or bent toward the inner side or that side of the device which lies next to the wearers body, as shown in Fig. 3. On the lower side the aperture is bounded by a similar but wider band 5, formed with a serial No. 117,076. No moda.)

manner that small tongues 9 may be bent inwardly sufliciently to allow the passage of a band or tape 10 therethrough. While the material may be entirely removed to provide the apertures 8, I find-it preferable to form them as shown, as the tongues 9, being bent more or less at an angle to the face of the plate, form ribs thereon, materially strengthening the device and prevent its bending transversely, as might be occasioned by ex- .cessive strain upon the bands 3 and 5, and

the tongues may also be bent downwardly to lie more nearly in the plane of the plate l if it is desired to create more or less friction upon the band or tape and prevent the movement of the garment-holder thereon whether in operation or otherwise.

In operation a plurality of supporters may be usedon the band or tape to secure the skirt and dress-waist at different points, and

p when in position the support is larranged with thei narrower. band 3, with the teeth 4 thereon, projecting inwardly. 'The narrower band 3 being at the top permits the plate to bend slightly longitudinally to conform to the curvature of the waist,while acorresponding curvature is also permitted the bar, owing to the extended portions at the ends, containing the apertures 8, which are separated a slight distance from'the ends of the tongue 6, so that while the band upon which the latter is formed may bend slightly the tongue 6 projects outwardly, so that as the device conforms to the waist the teeth 7 are not fiattened, but project outwardly to permit the skirt-band to be vengaged more readily therewith, as will be understood. This is an advantageous feature in that the band or tape l0 may be first applied with the projections 4 engaging the dress-waist and then tightened, which operation will tend to iiatten the teeth 4, so that lthe inner face of the device IOO lies more or less smoothly in contact with the garment, but in secure engagement therewith.

The garment-supporter which I have shown and described may be easily formed from a sheet of light spring metal by the single operation of a stamp or die, and the devices being small a plurality of them may be employed, if desired. The particular arrangement and constructionI have described is advantageous in that I am enabled to provide a number of comparatively tine teeth which enter the goods and firmly engage therewith Without liability of straining or tearing the fabric.

I claim as my inventionl. A. garment-support embodying a plate provided With an aperture bounded at one side by anal-row band having projections upon its inner edge and extending at one side of the plate and having a similar band at the opposite side of the aperture provided with a tongue extending toward the first-mentioned band, and having projections thereon extending at the opposite side of the plate.

2. A garment-support embodying a plate provided With a central aperture forming bands at opposite edges of the plate one of which is provided with teeth or projections and the other with an inwardly-extending tongue having similar teeth thereon said tongue and the proximate edge of the other band being' bent to project their teeth in opposite directions and lips severed at one edge transversely of the plate at its ends and bent to one side of the plate forming apertures therein.

FREDERlCK iV. BICKFORD.

litnessesr Y Gr. W ILLARD RICH, HENRY XV. HALL.

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