US863159A

US863159A - Garment-supporter.

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Publication number: US863159A
Application number: US33650706A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ellen M Degenhart
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-09-27
Filing date: 1906-09-27
Publication date: 1907-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1924-08-13

Description

No. 863,159. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

' E. M. DBGENHART.

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GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.27,1906.

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GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed September 27, 1906. Serial No- 836.507.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN M. DEGENHART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philipsburg, in the county of Granite, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GarmentSupporters; 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 has relation to combined diaper and stocking supporters, it being the object of the improvement to obviate the tearing of the garments by the fastenings and to support the stockings and diaper from the shoulders of the child in such manner to avoid discomfort and secure the most satisfactory results.

The invention is shown as embodied in the means portrayed in the annexed drawings forming a part of this specification, in view of which it will be described with respect to its construction and mode of use, and then be pointed out in the sub joined claims.

Of the said drawings :Figure l is a perspective View showing the application of the invention to the body of a child, and the manner of attaching it to the clothing in front. Fig. 2 is a back view.

Similar figures of reference designate similar parts or features as the case may be wherever they occur.

The supporter is provided with shoulder-straps 10, that may be of any suitable material although all of the straps above the belt 11 with which the ends of the shoulder strap are connected may be of inelastic tape, or the like, while the straps below the belt I prefer should be of quite elastic material in order to secure entirely satisfactory results from the use of the device. Above the belt in front the shoulder-straps 10 are con nected bya breast-strap 12 that serves to keep the shoulders of the wearer, or, in other words, keeps the shoulder-straps from slipping down off the shoulders of the child. The belt may extend around outside of the abdominal band, if one should be worn by the child, and of course, the device entire will be outside of the immediate underclothing.

13 designates elastic straps connected at their upper ends to the belt in front and having branching straps 14 connected to each of the lower ends. The lower ends of each of the branching straps 14 is provided with a loop clasp or fastener 15 adapted for engaging the upper portion of the stockings and holding them up properly. The straps 13 are provided with adjusting slides or buckles 16 which provide for the variation of the length of said straps in a way that is commonly understood.

At the back and depending from the belt 11 to which their upper ends are attached are two pairs of diverging elastic straps 17, each of which is provided at its lower end by a loop fastener or clasp 18, like the clasps or fasteners 15, by which the said elastic straps 17 are fastened at widely different points, relatively to the upper edge of the diaper 19 at the back.

By the employment of the garment supporter shown and described the stockings are supported in front without the use of safety-pins and the diaper is always held up in place, keeping the strain, so far as any exists entirely on the shoulders of the child. The diverging straps 17 at the back keep all parts of the diaper up, so that there is not the strain on the supporting means that there would be if but one or two straps were employed,

and the portions of the diaper to the sides of the clasps were allowed to slip down to some degree, thus pulling on the points where it was held up. The same advantage accrues in the employment of the pairs of branching straps 14, which hold up the stockings in front. Furthermore, by my improvements a great saving is offected in the clothes from being torn by the clasps, not only by the reason of their form but by the manner of distributing the force exerted on the garments supported.

It is obvious that parts represented as inelastic may be made elastic if desired, while other parts indicated as elastic may be composed of inelastic material, and adjustable.

What is claimed, as the invention, is:

A garment supporter embodying in its construction shoulder-straps, a bolt two adjustable inelastic straps connected with the bolt in front and extended thcrebclow, a pair of diverging straps connected at their upper ends with the said extension of the inelastic straps and provided at their ends with loop i'astenings. and two pairs of diverging straps connected with the belt at the back.

In testimony whereof, I affix any signature. in presence of two witnesses v ELLEN M. DEGENHAR'I.

Witnesses .Txo. S. AXTELL. A. A. FAIRBANKS.