US848479A - Body-conformer. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

0. MUNTER BODY OONFORMER APPLICATION FILED $1111.16

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14 TTOHNE Y8 TTED STATES @FFTQE;

CHARLES MUNlEli, 0F INl Il YORK, N. Y

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 135, 1907.

Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,324.

ot' the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of" New York, have invented {1- new and Improved Body-Coiiiormer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

The purpose of the invention is to provide a corset device particularly adapted for rectifying the shape of the human body at the hips and at the lower portion of the trunk, wherein a pliable material, such as cotton or silk cloth fabric,is'cut in such a way as to be given a skin-tight lit to the bpdy at such points by reason of the peculiar shape of the device and, further, by reason or a sim: ple arrangement of laces running through eyelets, the individual laces being joined to belt-straps connected by a buckle or its equivalent at the frontof the device,

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that by drawing the belt-straps together at the front of the per son the tendency will be to place the body in such a position as to render the base of the spine the center of gravity, thereby leaving the weight of the upper structure above the hip-line so perfectly centered as to relieve the various individual parts of the body" iroln all cumbersome weight, since the whole body when the device is applied is practically lifted up, and, furthermore, to prevent the body from sinking down or sagging into the space designed for the hip-bones. The gradual lifting of the body and uniform pres sure of the device a gradual reduction in the size of the portion of the person surrounded by the conformer, since by the manipulation of the belt-straps and connected lacings each and every part of the device has even tension, there being a total. absence of concentrated tension at any particular spot.

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that when worn the pressure is thrown across the shoulders, making the shoulders carry the weight of the body instead of the pit oi the stomach or the diaphragm. This condition relieves the )ressure on the shoulder-blades, which relief in itself allows the lungs to inflate through l the vacuum which is formed therein. and it also causes thelungs to rise by reason of l their becoming lighter through inflation, and l thus the bony structure is distended, allowing the heart free action and providing a space into which the stomach may recede upward and backward under the protection of the ribs in its not ral position.

The above conditions cause a relief below the waistline ot the body, and with such conditions prevailing the space across the front or the body at the waist-lineto the pelvis-bones becomes empty, naturally reducing the size around the entire abdomen at such point without any uncon'ifortable pressure from without or any inconvenience from within. The major portion of the above results is accomplished by reason of the formation of the aforesaid lacings, which when the belt-straps are pulled together shorten themselves through an automatic process, being nilled in opposite directions without individual force or strain, but in a general uniform and cooperative manner. By throwing the body back on the spine and relieving the pressure on the front of the person deep breathing is possible, which when the lungs inilate forces the loose covering of skin on the body to draw upward and backward, raisin upward the bust of the' body in either a man or woman and giving thereby a correct figure and graceful can ria e.

Knothei purpose oi" the invention is to provide a device which will act with relation to the male or the female body to relieve all the vital organs from internal pressure Without injuring the stomach, spine, ribs, or other important organs.

The invention consists in the novel construction and con'ibination of the several parts, will he hereinafter lullyset lorth, and pointed out in the claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspoiuling parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a perspective view oi the improved device placed upon a person viewed partially from the side and partially from the Fig is a front elevation of the device, illustrating it as partly uni 'asteiukd for removal front the person. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device shown upon the person, illustrating the manner in which it is ti otened thereon. fig. i is a perspective View of the device in set or adjusted position B, separated by a'waist-line ltli i joined together.

upon the person, the view being taken partly from a side and from the front. Fig. is a rear elevation of the device upon a person, the device being shown in set or ad usted pi) sition; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged orizontal section-through the device. I I

The device practically, its entirety is made of cotton, silk, or 'fahricofiasimilar nature and comprises, rimarily an upperorv body section A. and a ower'or skirt section The, two

parts A. and B may be made from two parts suitably cut and gored, or the two and B may be separately cut I gether, or the two parts A and B, may consist of any desired 'number of pieces pro ,erly

' The skirtsection exparts A. and joined to- 1 tends around the body'from the waist line' downward, covering thehipsflandfthe lower to such portions of t line to about a part of the abdomen,

while the upper or body sectiomA; or the dc:

vice is shaped to that .portionofi the wearer and is ','suitably shaped e body of the person,-l

B are open atthe front from top. to bottom,

as is shown at 11 inFigs. 2 and 6,1and at saidi'ront'ope'ning 11 the parts are connected when the garment is 'worn by means of any suitable'form of fastening devices 12- for instance, separable; biittons or'clips.

At the central portion of the back ofth garment a vertical opening 13 is produced,

' extending through the lower edge of the skirt across the waist-line 10 and terminating at a point adjacent to the up er edge of the said filustrated at 14 in device or arment, as is Figs. 3 an 5. Inconnection with the skirtsection B at the back a cross-lacing C is employed, utilized in connection with two belt straps, designated, respectively, as D and D, and which are adapted to extend along the waist-line to the front and to meet at the front of said waist-line, as is best shown in Fig. 4-. To that end a series of eyelets 15 is 'formed in the material of the skirt-section B at each side of the'opening 13, the eyelets being intransverse alinement. The said eyelets commence at a point near thel-lowerj edge of the skirt and terminate at a point just below or slightly below the Waist-line 10. In order' that the material shall be strengthened Where the eyelets 15 are placed, stay strips 16 are introduced intopockets formed attic edges of the rear ogening 1 3, and other stay-strips 17 are locate in pockets formed at the op osite' sides of the eyelets 15, as is shown in ligs. 3, 5, and 6. These stays are the onl stays em loyed in the construction of the evice, as tli to hold the body in t is desired position and e soft material of the, devine is soskilfully shaped as to be relied upon- 1{1g. 3,1 0? example, v rear edge'of the, belt-strap'D 'andis then car- .rig'hteliandside of t cured. ,The second lace: cross the first lace at the the body of strap 'is drawn upon it exerts a seems healthi ully and scientifically modii y the gen 'vidual laces 18 of graduated length, and in applying these laces one lace, as is shown in is attached to the lower I'lSCl (lOW H and'is passed'th'rough the lowermost left-hand eyelet of the shut-section B, as. is shown at m in said Fig.3, and this lace is then carried through the second lowermost eyeletolr the right-hand side of the skirt acrossfthe'scotion extending from the stra D and to anengagement with the left-hand strapl) at 'a oint nearits rear lower edge. Thus it'will he observed that the lace just described is secured at one end to the lower portion of the right-hand belt-strap and at its opposite end adjacent to thelower portlonjof the left-hand belt-strap. The. next lace i's'passed'thron h the last eyelet x at the e skirt and is carried 11 to 'anattachment to the left-hand belt strap 'D f at its lower rear. edge or "justbelow the point where the first-named lane was seis-then made to opening'13 and' is then passed the leil'tdia'nd side of the opening, and crossing the opposite-strand of the same laceit is earned up to an enga hand beltl--' strap. an above the'pointwhere was attached; 'In

ement with the rightsecured thereto ust laces are-passed 'throu h alinjng eyelets, forming cross-lacing at the inside of the arment' and cross-lacing at the outside; lint, the cross-lacin at the, outside is an inter lace, since all 0%t11e' strands ofthe laces coming from the left-hand side of the device are attached to the belt-strap at the right-hand side and all the strands of the laces coming up through thesecond eyelet at the first-named lace the manner individual from theeyelets of the ri ht-hand side of the device are attached left-hand side.

to the belt-strap at the IIO In operation the garment is placed 113011 theperson and is fastened at its front e go. Then the belt-straps D and Dtare'drawn forward and upward at the same time, placing the wearer in the positions which have been described, and after the erson has been thus pro erly straightene -or posed the ends'of the halt-straps at the front of the device are connected at the waist-line by a buckle 19 or any equivalent thereof. It will he observed that when the right-hand beltentle pullin lnfluence on the right-hand side portion 0 the skirt, and when the left-hand portion of the skirt-section of the'device is to be tight ened to any particular extent the left-hand belt-strap is moi strongly drawn upon or more forcibly placed under tension. Thus it will be observed that the body of the wearer at the hips may be lifted more on. one side than on the other, if required, and that the lifting and confining action may be rendered equal all around by simultaneously drawin e ually on each of the belt-straps D and D nder all conditions of operation, however,

tension on the belt straps causes a-grad-' ual and uniform contraction of the device throughout its area. The upper end portion 14 of the body of the device, or where the opening 13 in the back stops, acts in conjunction with the strengtheningstrips 16 and 17 in similar manner to a pivot-point and in a great 'nieasure regulates how much or how little the body of the wearer needs to be straightened. I desire it to be distinctly understood that each end of each lace 18 is individually attachedto one or the other of the belt-straps D or D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A body-conformer constructed of pliable material and consisting of a body-section shaped to fit the body of the wearer. above the waist-line and extending to a point just below the breast, a skirt-section shaped to fit the body below the waistline and extending over the hips and the lower part of the abdoinen, the sections being secured together,

formin a corset-like garment adapted tofit the be y skin-tight and havingan o ening V in its front extending from the top to t e bottom and arear opening; extending from thebottornto a'point near the upper edge the rear opening being rovided along) its edges with eyelets extend i'ng from the ottoni to within a short distance of thewaist-line, strengthening stay-stri s on either side of each row of eyelets an bein the only stays in the garment, fastenin ovices ,or the front opening, a series 0 individual laces graduated in length and laced through the eyelets at the sides of the rear opening, the lowermost lace being the longest and the uppermost one the shortest, and belt-straps,

one of which is provided with a buckle at its front end and to the rear ends of each of which an end of each lace is attached, the belt-straps bein adapted to be pulled upwardly and forwar ly toward the waist-line, passes around the waist and. buckled to ether at the front.

In testimony whereo I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES MUNTER. Witnesses: i J. FRED. ACKER,

JNo. M. BITTER.

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