US798967A - Apparel-corset. - Google Patents

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PATBNTBD SEPT. 5, 1905.

D. KOPS. APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL KoPs, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparel-corset having an abdominal supporting and holdingin function producing a flat front effect and a hose-supporter attachment thereto, which latter contributes to the success of the former, and the same is an improvement upon the device shown and described in Letters Patent granted to me November 9', 1897, No. 593,397. The inclined tapering straps of my said patent with eyelets in the free ends had a tension applied to them in use according to the support desired; but there was not in said structure the possibility of drawing downward upon said parts to hold them and the corset tightly to the figure, nor was there any supporting function below the lower edge of the corset, all of which it is the object of my present invention to provide.

In the device of my present invention Iemploy structures which may be designated as combined tapering inclined straps with skirt prolongations, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former and tapering down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond to attachment with the upper ends of hose-supporters. The gores of the corset, to one edge of which said inclined straps are connected at one end and which are the abdominal gores of the corset, may be of light pliable or yielding material or of a similar material to the fabric body of the corset and constructed with one or more bellows or open fold plaits therein, as shown in my aforesaid patent, or adjacent thereto.

In the preferred form of my invention the lower edge of the corset beneath the tapering inclined straps is cut away slightly more than usual to give more abdominal freedom and comfort to the wearer when in a sitting posture, and I prefer to employ an auxiliary strap of tape with each tapering inclined strap. This auxiliary strap is connected at one end to the freeend of the inclined strap and at its other end to the lower point of union of the inclined strap and its skirt with the fabric body of the corset and comes mainly back of the skirt. When the inclined strap is connected to the steel by its eyelet and the Stud of the steel, both said strap and the aux- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1905.

Patented Sept. 5, 19055 $erial No. 263,907.

iliary strap are under tension, the latter strap drawing across below the cut-away lower edge of the corset for an abdominal-supportingfunction, supplementing the inclined strap and its skirt. In this preferred form of my invention I prefer to use a bellows plait and to place the same at and along the line of union of the corset and inclined strap. I also prefer to employ hose-supporters attached to the lower edge of the corset below the front steels and to place two clasps upon the main front steels quite close together and the studs for the inclined straps between the clasps for strength andstiflness.

In the drawings, Figure 1, I have repre sented my improvement by an elevation at the front of the corset, in which one of the tapering inclined straps with skirt prolongations is disconnected and turned back, so as to show the abdominal gore beneath. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the preferred form of my invention; and Fig. 3 is a section at the dotted line m m of Fig. 2, showing the bellows plait and is drawn of exaggerated size for clearness.

Referring to Fig. l, (a Z) represent the front halves of the corset, and c d the abdominal gores therein near the lower end and at either side of the front steels, which gores are alike, but reversed, having at either side substantially vertical straight edges and from the upper portion of said edge toward the steel an inclined edge or margin of connection to the corset-body.

The gore c, where the strap is turned back, is shown as made with a bellows or open fold plait 0', while so much of the gore das is shown indicates that the same is of pliable or yielding material. 2 and 3 represent the front steels, connected to which near the lower ends are studs 4: and 5. The lower ends of the steels are connected by two clasps of usual character, but much closer together than usually employed, so as to afliord a strong and rigid connection at the place of greatest tension and strain, and the studs 4 5 are secured to the steels between said clasps, it being preferable to employ steels that are widest at their lower ends, so that said clasps may be connected thereto beyond the lines of connection of the clasps to the steels by their studs, and so lessen the chance of breakage and to afford room for connection thereto of the ends of the tapering inclined straps without their lapping upon one another. The tapering inclined straps e f are sewed at the lines IIO w m to the straight edges of the corset-body at its lines of union with the abdominal gores 0 cl. These straps at their free ends are provided with several eyelets 6 7.

The skirt prolongations a f of the straps ef are of tapering form, they are in one with the straps e f or secured thereto along the lower edges, and the upper portions of said skirts are of a length agreeing with the length of the straps, and they taper downward to a width agreeing substantially with the width of hose-supporter straps 8 9, which are secured thereto, and in this downward taper the said skirts extend over the lower edge of the corset and beyond, at which place they are adapted to not only hold the lower abdominal gore and edge of the corset against the figure of the wearer, but below the edge of the corset to themselves come against the figu re of the wearer with asupporting function andat the same time act to hold in the figure and with the corset produce a flat-front effect.

I have shown on the free end of each strap cf three eyelets, which provide for a desired adjustability and tightening of the straps, the straps and skirts when in use pulling from the opposite ends-that is, the sewed place of attachment 00 a1 and the studs 4 5.

In the preferred form of my invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the lower front edge of the corset back of the inclined tapering straps is preferably cut away more than in the form Fig. 1, so as to give abdominal freedom and comfort to the wearer, especially when in sitting posture, and I employ with each strap a f an auxiliary strap 0 f of tape, connected at one end in any desired manner tothe free end of said tapering strap and at its other end secured to the lower point of union of the inclined strap and its skirt with the fabric body of the corset. The auxiliary straps in use draw straight from their places of attachment with the corset to the eyelet attachment of the straps e f with the studs 4 5, and in so doing draw across below thecut-away lower edge of the corset for effecting an abdominal-supporting function, supplementing the inclined strap and its skirt and providing for the performance of its function for what was removed from the lower edge of the corset for the performance of its special function.

In the preferred form of my invention I pretion.

I have shown both in Figs. 1 and 2 hosesupporter straps 1O 11 secured to the lower edge of the corset below the front steels, but, however, do not limit myself thereto.

I do not herein limit myself to the employment in the device of my improvement of an abdominal gore nor to the identical form of strap and skirt extension shown and described, as the gore may be dispensed with and the form of the latter changed. In the device of my improvement the strap part is connected at opposite ends and the line of strain or draft is slightly inclined, while the line of strain and draft of the hose-supporter on the skirt extension is downward on a line substantially at right angles to the aforesaid line of the strap, this latter line of draft having the tendency of drawing toward one another the places of attachment of the strap, consequently increasing the flat-front effect, while at the same time maintaining the abdominal-supporting function both above and below the lower edge of the corset.

Heretofore hose-supporters have been entirely and directly connected to the corset structure and the tension has been direct and alone on the corset to pull the same down, whereas in my improvement the pull is not direct, but secondarythat is to say, the pull is around over the hipsand this at the lower front portion is converted into an abdominalsupporting function exercised by the strain applied to the strap and skirt device.

I claim as my invention- 1. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an inclined tapering strap and skirt extension, the strap secured to the corset along one end and at its other end to a stud on the corset-steel and the skirt adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter.

2. An apparel-corset comprising in each half an abdominal gore, an inclined tapering strap and skirt extension, the strap secured to the corset along one end to the edge of the corset and gore and at its other end having series of eyelets to be removably secured to a stud on the corset-steel and the skirt adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter.

3. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and at its end adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter.

4. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an abdominal gore, a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and atits end adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, said strap being attached along an upright edge to a straight edge of the gore, and means for removably connecting the other end of the strap to the corsetbody.

5. The combination with each half of an apparel-corset, of a fabric structure adapted to extend both above and below the lower edge of the corset at the front over the abdomen, adapted at the upper portion for attachment to the corset at opposite points for tension in an inclined plane and at'the lower end for attachment to a hose-supporter and for a downward tension in adirection, substantially at right angles to the former line of tension.

6. The combination with each half of an apparel-corset, of a fabric structure adapted to overlie the corset at the front over the abdomen adapted at opposite places at the upper portion for permanent attachment to the corset forward of the hip and for removable and adjustable connection with the front steel for tension in an inclined plane and pull over the hips and support at the front and at the lower end thereof for attachment to a hosesupporter, the action of which is in a direction substantially at right angles to the former line of tension.

7. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an inclined tapering strap and skirt extension, the strap secured to the corset along one end and at its other end to a stud on the corset-steel and the skirt adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, and an auxiliary strap beneath and coacting with the inclined tapering strap.

8. An apparel-corset comprising in each half an abdominal gore, an inclined tapering strap and skirt extension, the strap secured to the corset along one end to the edge of the corset and gore and at its other end having series of eyelets to be removably secured to a stud on the corset-steel and the skirt adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, and an auxiliary strap beneath and coacting with the inclined tapering strap.

9. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and at its end adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, and an auxiliary strap beneath and coacting with the inclined tapering strap.

10. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an abdominal gore, a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and at its end adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, said strap being attached along an upright edge to a straight edge of the gore, and means for removably connecting the other end of the strap to the corset-body, and an auxiliary strap beneath and coacting with the inclined tapering strap, at one end secured to the free end of said tapering strap and at its other end to the corset-body at the line of union of said tapering strap and its skirt.

11. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and at its end adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter. and a bellows plait at the line of union of the inclined strap and its skirt with the corset-body.

12. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an abdominal gore, an inclined tapering strap and skirt extension, the strap secured to the corset along one end to the edge of the corset and gore and at its other end having series of eyelets to be removably secured to a stud on the corset-steel and the skirt adapted for attachment to a hose-supporter, and a bellows plait at the line of union of the inclined strap and its skirt with the corset-body.

13. An apparel-corset, comprising in each half an abdominal gore, a combined tapering inclined strap and skirt attachment, the latter extending from the lower edge of the former down over the lower edge of the corset and beyond and atits end adapted for attachmentto a hose-supporter, said strap being attached along an upright edge to a straight edge of the gore, means for removably connecting the other end of the strap to the corset-body, and a bellows-plait at the line of union of the inclined strap and its skirt with the corset-body.

14:. The combination with each half of an apparel-corset, of a fabric structure adapted to extend both above and below the lower edge of the corset at the front over the abdomen adapted at the upper portion for attachment to the corset at opposite points for tension in an inclined plane and at the lower end for attachment toa hose-supporter and for a downward tension in a direction substantially at right angles to the former line of tension, and hose-supporters connected to the lower edge of the corset below the front steels.

15. An apparel corset, comprising front steels widest at their lower ends, two clasp devices close together near the lower ends and studs secured to said steels at one side of the line of connection of said clasps, and strap devices having means for engaging said studs.

16. An apparel corset, comprising front steels widest at their lower ends, two clasp devices close together near the lower ends and studs secured to said steels at one side of the line of connection of said clasps, strap devices having means for engaging said studs, and hose-supporters connected to the corset below the front steels.

17. An apparel corset, comprising front steels widest at their lower ends, two clasp devices close together near the lower ends and studs secured to said steels at one side of the line of connection of said clasps, strap devices having means for engaging said studs, hosesupporters connected to the corset below the front steels and other hose-supporters connected to the said strap devices.

18. An apparel corset, comprising front nected to the corset below the front steels and steels Widest at their lower ends, two clasp deother hose-supporters connected to said taper- IO vices close together near the lower ends and ing straps. studs secured to said steels at one side of the Signed by me this 28th day of April, 1905.

5 line of connection of said clasps, inclined ta- DANIEL KOPS.

pering straps with shirt extensions attached Witnesses: to the corset-body and having means for en- GEO. T. PINOKNEY,

gaging said studs, and hose-supporters con- S. T. HAVILAND.

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