US984899A - Corset-clasp. - Google Patents

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M. B. GARDNER. CORSET CLASP. .APPLIOATION FILED '11110.27, 1909.

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MARSHALL B. GARDNER, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL CORSET COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

CORSET-CLASP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL B. GARD- NER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inV Corset- Clasps; and I, MARSHALL B. GARDNER, do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to improvements in corset clasps or closures for fastening together the two halves of a corset at the front thereof without the employment of the usual metallic studs in order to produce a flat fitting effect and to avoid the objectionable projections at the front of the corset due to the presence of such studs.

A corset constructed in accordance with my invention is provided at the front margin of one side of the body with a plurality of hooks or like fastening devices which are designed to hook over and engage a stifiening stay fixed to the front margin of the other side of the body.

The invention relates to improvements in the hook engaged stay and is particularly applicable for use in the corset clasp described in an lapplication filed by me on June 1st, 1909, Serial No. 499,311. In the construction described in said application the hook engaged stay is contained in a pocket, the front wall of which is provided with longitudinally spaced openings opposite the hooks, so that said hooks may directly engage the stay. In such engagement the end of the hook engages between the rear face of the stay and the rear wall of the pocket. In this construction it is dificult to catch the hooks on the stay for the reason that no definitely formed openings are present between the rear wall of the pocket and the rear face of the stay so that it is ditlicult to catch the hooks on said stay.

One object of my invention is to provide a. stay having permanent openings or slots to receive the ends of the hooks.

Another objection to my prior construction is that when the corset is fastened, the ends of the hooks by engaging under Vthe hook engaged stay, come into direct contact with they flexible fabric of which the stay Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 27, 1909.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911. serial No. 534,925.

containing pocket is made, and cause projections to form in that wall of the pocket which comes next to the body. Such projections are objectionable and uncomfortable, and are apt to chafe or irritate the body. The ends of the hooks also tend to wear the material of which the pocket is made.

Another object of my invention is to overcome these objectionable features.

In the drawings :*F igure 1 is a front elevation, partially broken away, of a portion of the front of a corset provided with rmy improvement. Fig. 2 is a partial, transverse section, through Fig. 1 on the line 2--2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar section of Fig. 1 on the line 3&3 thereof. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of my improved hook engaged stay. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through said stay on the line 5-5 of Fig. et. Fig. 6 is a similar section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 7 is still another modification in perspective view of my invention. Fig. S is a transverse section through Fig. 7 onA the line S-S thereof. Fig. 9 is a similar section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a perspective View of still another modification of the invention. l

As shown in Figs. 1 to G of the drawings, 20, 2l indicate the two `sides of the corset. 22, 23 indicate marginal pockets formed at the meeting edges of the corset body, one of said pockets 23 being adapted to contain the hook carrying stay 24, to which are secured a set of fiat hooks 25, and the other pocket 22, the hook engaged stay 26. The marginal pockets are preferably of the kind described in the application above referred to, and the pocket 23 containing the hook engaged stay has its outer wall cut away transversely of the length of the stay, to provide longitudinally spaced openings to expose the stay for enga-gement by the hooks.

Referring now more particularly to my improved form of hook engaged stay and especially to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, said stay comprises two flat strips of metal or other suitable material, an outer member 26al of comparatively thick material, and an inner member 26b of thinner material. Said outer and inner members are spaced apart by means of some light fabric, such as strips of pasteboard, indicated at 26, which are cut away to leave openings between the inner and out-er stay members, as indicated at 2G, within which openings the ends of the hooks engage. The pasteboard strips are secured to the thinner metallic strips 2Gb by means of thin bands of4 metal 2GB located between the openings 26d, while the outer and inner stay members 2G, 261 are secured together by one band Qf preferably located near the middle ot their length. This permits a slight longitudinal play between said stay members when curved to lit the body. It is apparent that by reason of this construction permanent openings are formed for the reception of the hooks and when the hooks are in place and in engagement with the outer, heavier stay member 26, the underside of the end of the hook will lie above the thin strip of metal Q61 which will prevent it from coming in contact with the inner wall oi the pocket and `from wearing through said wall or causing said wall to project in such a way as to chate the wearer of the corset. rlhc rear wall will, at all times, present a lat, smooth surface unaltccted by the presence of the hooks.

Instead of locating the spacing or filler strips of pasteboard between the two metallic strips as above described, the two stay members may be brought into contact throughout their length, except at the places where the hook openings are to be provided, where the thinner metallic strip may be bent away from the thicker metallic strip, (see Fig. 7) to form such openings. Such a modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 7 to 9. In this case 27?? indi- Cates the heavy stay member, 27", the lighter stay member, and 27, the hook openings formed by bending the thin stay member away from the stay member 27a. 27 indicates the filler strips which occupy the spaces intermediate the hook openings and thus make the thickness of the stay, as a whole, uniform throughout its length. I-Iere again the ller strips are attached to the stay member 27b by means of thin bands ot' met-al 27e, while a metallic band 27f engages all of the parts to hold them together at a point preferably near the middle.

In Fig. l() is shown a modification of the construction shown in Fig. 7 in which the loops forming the hook openings are made in the heavier stay member 28a in which case the filler strips 28C are secured to said stay member 28a, the construction being otherwise the same.

It will be noted that in all the modifications above described, there is what may be called a hook-'engaged member upon which the hook catches and a guard member spaced apart from said hook engaged member, to form a permanent, definitelyy formed slot or opening to receive the end of the hook.

lVhile I have described herein certain em bodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to them except as pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. A stayTV for corsets adapted :tor enoagement by tlat hooks extending transversy of the stay, comprising a hook-engaged mem ber and a guard member adapted to underlie the hook end, said hook-engaged member and said guard member being separated by slots or openings transverse of the stay at longitudinally spaced points opposite said hooks, and filler members att-ached to one of said stay members to till the spaces intermedia-te said hoolr openings.

2. A stay for corsets adapted for engage'- ment by flat hooks extendingv transversely of the stay comprising a Vhook-engaged member extending the full length of the stay, a guard member spaced apart from said hook-engaged member and also extending the length of the stay, filler members secured to one of said stay members, said filler members being cut away at points opposite said hooks to leave slots or openings between said hook-engaged member and said guard member at longitudinally spaced points opposite said hooks, and mea-ns for` securing said members together.

3. A stay for corsets adapted for engagement by flat hooks extending transversely of the stay, comprising a hook-err gaged member extending the full length of the stay, a guard member extending the full length ot' the stay, said two members being spaced apart, iller members located between said hook engaged member and said guard member, said filler members beingcut away to leave slots or openings transverse of the stay at longitudinally spaced points'opposite said hooks, bands adapted to secure said filler members to one of said stays intermediate said openings, and means'located near the middle of the stay adapted to secure said hook engaged member and said guard member together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as K MARSHALL B. GARDNER.

Witnesses S. I. Mor'r, E. S. PARMETER.

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