US931151A - Undergarment. - Google Patents

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R. M. SIDEY.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 196B.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

RosE M. sIDE'Y, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed September 29, 1908. Serial No. 455,260.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rose M. SIDEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los vAngeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has'reference to a novel construction of undergarments adapted to be worn exclusively by women and more particularly knownto the trade as tubular knitted garments, and an important object thereof is the formation of two separate and distinct undergarments intended for different uses into a single unitary structure, that can be readily put on or removed, and which when in place on the wearers body will fit neatly and smoothly and offer no interference to the fit of the wearers costume or gown.

Heretofore single undergarments of the above recited class have been formed into combination garments which have usually consisted of an undervest and drawers, the drawers sometimes being cut wide and full at the bottom so as to subserve the purposes or functions of a short underskirt.

In my improved garment I have retained the novel and useful features of the abovementioned garment and in addition thereto I have formed integrally therewith a garment known as a corset cover,- or protector designed not only for use with a combination garment or union suit, but equally useful when applied to an undervest or the like which is designed to protect the upper portion of the body.

My. improvedgarment embodies several distinct and ,useful functions or objects, among the most important being :First,- the protection of the corset from wear or soil. Second :the elimination of the lines of the corset visible when wearing a close fittin costume, such as sheath gowns and the li e. Third,it answers all the useful purposes of a separate corset cover without the inconveniences of wearing separate shoulder straps which are liable to slip over the shoulders and onto the wearers arms. Fourth,it provides a means whereby thin open-work costumes such as summer gowns, kimonas or the like, may be worn without the necessity of wearing additional corset covers or undervests.

. A further object is to provide a garment that is light in weight, easily laundered and inexpensive in manufacture.

I accomplish the above recited objects by means of the garment described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which:--

Figure 1, is a view of a union undergarment with. my improved cover attached thereto, illustrating the method of attachment. Fig. 2,is a view of my cover attached to an undervest. Fig. 3, is a detailed sectional view of a portion of an undervest showing my improved garment formed integrally therewith.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, and to Fig. 1 especially, 5 designates a tubular-knitted union undergarment, which consists of an upper portion or undervest. 6 provided with shoulder straps 7, and a lower portion or drawers 8. Preferably formed integrally therewith, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is a corset cover 9 which extends from the upperportion 10 of the garment downwardly to about the waist line 11, where it can be secured in any suitable manner, but preferably as illustrated by means of a draw string or tape 12. The corset cover 9 when formed of tubular knitted material as illustrated is formed integrally at the top or neck ortion of the undergarment, being free at alfother points of con tact therewith, thus enabling a wearer of the garment to tightly stretch the cover over the corset 13 as shown in the drawing.

When the undcrgarmenh is fashioned ol material other than above described, such as nainsook, or other sheer fabrics, it may be secured to the neck portion of the garment by sewing or any other desirable manner. When fashioned ol' the abovemcntioncd materials which have practically no clasticity to them, it may be found desirable to shape them by means of "darts and the like so the cover will fit snugly and smoothly over the corset.

It will be observed from a reference to the drawings that when the garment is in place on a wearer that it will fit smoothly over the corset without any fullness at the waist line or hips, thus insuring a perfect fit of the wearers costume and at the same time effectually eliminating, visually or otherwise, all lines of the corset.

It will also be noted that by the integral formation of the corset cover with garments such as undervests, union suits or chemises, that I am enabled to dispense with the extra shoulder straps that would be required if the garments were detached and worn separately and independently of each other. When wearing these garments separately the plurality of shoulder straps has often been a fruitful source of annoyance by reason of the constant slippage from the shoulders.

hen it is desired to fdon the garment, the suit or vest as the case may be, is drawn onto the body, the corset cover being rolled or drawn upwardly from the waist line so that the corset may be secured in place, after 1 which the cover is pulled downwardly to-the waist line where it is secured by means of the draw string 12.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have produced a novel combmation undergarment that will be found to be exceedingly useful in eliminating all unsightly fullness in close fitting gowns.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is As a new article of manufacture, an under garment, comprising a body portion, an auxiliary tubular portion secured to the upper or neck portion of the body portion and extending downwardly therefrom and terminating at the waist of the body portion, and a draw string secured to the lower edge of the auxiliary garment to retain it in position while the garment is in use.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of September, 1908.

ROSE M. SIDEY.

Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUSE, ()L IE PALMER.

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