US778937A - Garment-supporter. - Google Patents

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No. 778,937. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

v E. O. WOOLLEY GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1904.

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UNITED STATES I Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,937, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed June 9, 1904:. Serial No. 211.865.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH O.WOOLLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporters.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener which shall be simple in construction, thoroughly efficient and durable in use, and which when once positioned upon the wearer will be positively held against possibility of working loose and thus becoming lost.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a garment-supporter, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a garment-supporter constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the tongue ,in the position in which it is placed when the device is to be attached to a garment. Fig. 3 is ayiew in transverse section through the device.

body of the supporter, 2 the tongue, and 3 the teeth or prongs carried by the tongue. The body,as also the tongue, is preferaby made from spring metal, such as steel, and is bent or bowed to conform to the waist of the wearer. The body consists of a bar 4: and a plurality Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the of fingers 5, in this instance three in number, the upper ends of which pass through slots 6 in the tongue and are turned upon themselves to present butt-joints, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The tongue is also of resilient metal, and the prongs 3 are by preference integral with the tongue.

As above stated, the fastener is bowed, and in order to permit the tongue to be moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, which will result in straightening it out, the end slots are of sufficiently greater length than the width of the fingers as to permit the tongue to be moved to the position shown and to be straightened out. By bowing the body and the tongue the latter will be positively held in closed position by reason of the frictional resistance presented to the hinge members by the walls of the slots, so that when the device is once positioned upon the wearer it will positively remain there and be held against any tendency to work loose.

In the-use of the device the body of the supporter is secured to the inner side of the belt of the skirt and is held in position thereon by stitches passed around the bar 4 and fingers 5. When it is desired to bring the prongs 3 into engagement with the shirt waist, the tongue 2 is moved to'the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby straightening out the device. The band of the waist being in proper position within the waistband of the skirt, the tongue is moved to the position shown in Fig. 1, causing the prongs to penetrate the band of the shirt-waist and thereby securely hold it against working up.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A garment-supporter comprising a body having a plurality of fingers, and a tongue provided with prongs and having orifices to be engaged by the terminals of the fingers, the end orifices being of greater length than the width of the fingers.

2. A garment-supporter comprising a body having a plurality of fingers, and a tongue provided with prongs and having orifices to my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in be engaged by the terminals of the fingers, the presence of tWo witnesses.

the end orifices being of greater length than r the Width of the fingers, and the body and ELIAABETH WOOLLEY' 5 tongue being normally flexed from a straight Witnesses:

line. WILL MAULDIN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as F. M. BERRY.

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