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0. H. SGHOPBAGH.

CORSET. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1912.

Reissued Mar. 10,1914.

fwfeh for. Vzariefi jciz 90542672 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. SCHOPBACH, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL CORSET COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CORSET.

Specification of Reissued Letters latent. Reissued D131. 10, 1914.

Original No. 1,085,481, dated August 13, 1912, Seriaili'm 644,841. Application for reissue flled Fovcmber- 27, 1912. Serial No. 733,921. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. SonornAoH, 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 in Corsets; and I do hereby declare that the followin isa full, clear, and exact description thereo reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, and particularly to' such corsets as are provided with a ventilating sectionapplied either at the back, 'or in the case of a corset laced in front, at the front of the corset, or inboth places. herein, it is shown as applied to the back of a corset.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view representing in elevation the upper portion of the back part of a corset body provided with my improved ventilating section; Fig. 2 is a view representing in elevation the inner face 01' the art of the corset body as shown in Fig. 1; ig. 3 is a view representing a cross-section through Fig. 1 on the line 33 thereof, said section bein shown on, an exaggerated scale; Fig. 41s a perspective view of a part of the back of the corset showing some of the parts removed to illustrate the construction and manner of attachment of the ventilating section.

Referring now to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings, 10, 10 indicate the two sections of a corset body which, in this. case, has the lacing (not shown) applied in front. 11 indicates a ventilating section attached to and forming the connection between the margins 10, 10, of said body sections at the back of the corset, which margins are separated by a space extending vertically of the corset body from the top to the bottom thereof and occupied by the ventilating section. The ventilating section is in the form of a lattice work and comprises a plurality of parallel, horizontal, spaced members 13, and a vertically extending member 14 which is located between the margins 10 of the body sections and As illustrated which intersects said horizontal'members,

' thus providing a plurality of vertically separated open spaces 12 at each side of the ver} tical member, between the. lateral margins of said member and the margins of body sections; The-horizontal members .13 of the ventilating section have their ends extended beyond the margins of the body sections and are attached tos'aid body sections while the vertical member 14 is attached to each of the horizontal members 13 where it intersects them,-- and is attached at its top to the binding of the corset body.

The horizontal members of the ventilating section each consists of two superposed strips 13, 13, of soft flexible material, each strip being turned in upon itself along its lateral edges to form reinforcing hems 13".

Said strips are secured together by a line of' stitching 13 extending parallel with and adjacent to each lateral margin thereof.

The vertical member 14 of the lattice work strip 15 applied to the top marginconsists of two superposed strips 14, 14,

located on opposite sides of the horizontal members 13* which extend between them, and each 'strip being doubled over along its lateral edges to form hems 14" which are arranged facing the said horizontal members. .A line of stitching 14 extending parallel to and adjacent to each lateral margin of thevertical member 14, secures the strips 14, 14, comprising said member, to each other and to the horizontal members 13 where they cross said-horizontal members.

Each body section 10 consists of a single ply\or thickness of soft flexible. material, ex-

cept near its margin, where it has a part 10 bent back upon itself to thickness of material. T e end parts of the horizontal members 13 of the: lattice work lie next to and "in contact with this doubled over part 10 of the body section and terminate short of its free vertically'ex- .tending margin. A line of stitching lfi exrovide a double body and having their margins at one side closely adjacent to the margin 10" of the body section, and their margins at the other side extended beyond the ends of the horizontal members of the lattice work so as to be conterminous with'the' free margin of the doubled over part 10 of the body section. Between said wear strips is to be inserted a stiffening member 19 ofwhale-bone or the like. 20 indicates a pocket-forming strip extendin vertically of the corset body.

Said poc et-forming strip is turned in -at its 'bers 13 of the lattice work where they are "crossed by it. Thus at the margins of the body sections said horizontal members of the lattice work are secured to the body section at its margin by two lines of stitching. The line of stitching 21 defines-the side of the pocket 19' for the stifiening member 19,

adjacent the margin of the body section.

A line of stitching 22 located about midway between 'the' lateral edges of the pocketforming strip 20 defines the side of the pocket 19 for the stiffening member 19 remote from the margin of the body section and secures together said pocket-forming strip the . wear strips 17, 18, the horizontal members 13 of the lattice work and the don; ble thickness of the'body section 1 0.

A line of stitching 23 extending along the margin of the pocket-forming strip 20 remote from'the margin 10 of-the body section secures said strip to the corset body 1 along a-line parallel to, andi'iipaced from the pocket 19 containing that v ening member.

By the construction described, .it is possi. bleto attach a ventilatin section to acor'set body which is ofa sing e thiclmess'except.

at its -marginal part in such manner as to produce a strong and durable connection.- In addition, .the attachment of the pocketforming strip to the single thickness of the. corset body alon a line spaced from theline of stitching de ning the inner side of the pocket for the stiffening member, largel 'increases the strength and durability o the connection in that the pull tending to separate; the parts is not ap lied directly along the line of stitching d ning the inner side 'its associated stiffening strip, and is at-' v engaged by I Witnesses;

of said pocket, that is to say, adjacent to the edge of the stifiening member,

I claim as iny invention 1. In a corset, the combination of two. body sections thereof, each formed of a single thickness of material, vertically spaced, horizontal members, stifl'ening strips extending along the adjacent margins of said body sections, and pocket forming strips, each of which is substantially wider than its associated stifli'ening strip, and is attached to the material of the associated section by three laterally separated lines of stitching; the first and second lines of stitching being located at opposite sides of the said associated stifleningstrip and the third line of stitchin extending along the edge of the pocket orming strip remote from the margin of the body section; the said horizontal members extendin at their inner ends be-' tween the pocket orming strip and the material of the section, across the stiffening strip, and being engaged by both lines of stitchin at the sides-of said 'stifiening stri and sai members terminating attheir en 5 between the said second and third lines of stitching. I 2. In a corset, the combination of two body sections thereof, each formed of a single thickness of material, a ventilatingsec tion consisting of a vertically extending member and horizontal members stitched to said vertical member, stiflening strips" extending along the adjacent margins of said body sections, and ocket formin strips, each of which is so stantially wi er than tached to the-material of the associated section by three laterally separated lines of.

stitching; the first and second lines of stitching being located .at opposite sides of the said associated stifiening strip and the third line of stitchingextending along theedge of the pocket, forming strip remote from the margin of the bod section; the said hori- 'zontal members 0 the ventilating section extending at their inner ends between the pocket forming strip and the material of the section, across the stifiening stri and being both lines of stitc at the sides of said stiffening strip, and said memhas terminating at theirends, between the said second and third lines of stitching.

. In testimony that 1,.CHARLEB H. Sonoe;

naon, claim the fioregoing as my own invention -I aflix'niy own signaturein the presence of two" witnesses, this twenty-third day of November .A;jD. 1912. dHARLES H." SCHOPBACH.

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