US798543A - Garment-supporter. - Google Patents

Description

No. 798,543. PATENTED AUG. 29, 190-5.

E. M. TOWN.

GARMENT SUPPO'RTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1904.

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No. 798,543. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

' E. M. TOWN. I

GARMENT SUPPORTBR.

APPLICATION nnnn NOV.19, 1904.

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ELLA M. TOI/VN, OF WATERLOO, IOWVA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,523.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA M. TowN, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVaterloo, in the county of Blackhawk, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Snpporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment-sue porters.

The object of the invention is to provide a peculiar arrangement capable of supporting the drawers and 'hose and at the same time have a bracing effect upon the wearer.

The invention consists, essentially, of a pair of shoulder-straps having oppositely-disposed straps connecting the front and rear thereof, each shoulder-strap having a wide depending portion composed of suitable strong material fitting in the armpit of the wearer and extending therebeneath, to the lower end of each of which portions is secured a tab provided with a vertical series of openings or buttonholes for interchangeable fastening to a button secured to the drawers, there being secured to each lower corner of each depending portion elastic garter or hose connections having means for connection with the front and rear or the sides of the garter or hose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating the improved device upon the body of the wearer. Fig. 2 is a view of the device detached from the wearer, and Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating a portion of the device with the drawers-supporting tab detached.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate the shoulder or arm straps, each having a depending portion 3. It will be observed that the depending portions 3 are broader at the top than at the lower end, the purpose being that the said portions may well fit over and into the armpit of the wearer, it being understood that all parts so far described are formed of a single piece and of any suitable material. The shoulder or arm portions at their tops, as at 4:, disclose where the elements described are secured together in any suitable manner to form the proper contour to the device.

Extending across the back of the device and secured in any suitable manner to the arm or shoulder members 1 and 2 is an elastic strap .hose for supporting purposes.

connection 5, as shown, the elasticity of said connection affording the proper give to the upper part of the device. It might be stated that if this strap connection 5 were not composed of elastic material, but of jean or the like, it could be formed integral or of the same piece from which the shoulder or arm portions are formed.

Secured in any suitable manner to thelower ends of each depending portion 3 and extending considerably therebeneath is a drawerssupporting tab 6 of any suitable material, provided with a series of openings or buttonholes 7 whereby this part of the device may accommodate diflerent-sized persons or short or long drawers worn by the same wearer.

In the present device the hose-supporting connections are so arranged as to support or connect with the upper part of the hose at the front and rear or at both sides thereof. The object of this arrangement is to evenly support the hose, a single strap or connection not supporting the same evenly, and for this purpose it will be seen that the lower ends of the depending portions each have secured at opposite corners therebetween and the tabs the pair of hose-supporting straps 8 and 9, each of the latter having any suitable clasp or other means (not shown) for connection with the These hosesupporting members are formed, preferably, of elastic material.

Arranged for adjustable connection across the front or breast of the wearer is a strap 10 of any suitable material for securing the device against accidental displacement from the body of the wearer, this strap being fixedly secured at one end to one arm member and havinga series of openings or buttonholes 11 for cooperation with the button 12 upon the other arm member, whereby the device may be contracted or expanded, according to dethe back of the respective arm members, a

breast-strap fixedly secured to the front of one of the arm members and formed for adjustpending portions therebetween and the said I able connection with the other arm member, a tabs. drawers-supporting tab secured to the lower In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature in end of ealch of tcllie aforesaid depending porpresence of two Witnesses.

5 tions an eXten ing therebeneath, each tab having a series of openings therein for inter- ELLA TOWN changeable connection with the drawers of Witnesses: the wearer, and a pair of hose-supporting con- JESSIE MCCOY, nections secured to the lower ends of said de- L. E. PARK.

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