USRE21253E - Undergarment - Google Patents

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0a. 31, 1939. 1 p. s. BLOOM Re. 21,253

UNDERGARMENT Original Filed June 22. 1936 I) Ni pyz'fiij Reissued 31, 1939 UNITED STATES 21,253 nNnnacAnMEN'r 4 Philip s. Bloom, Chicago, m.v

Original No. 2,064,409, dated December. 15, 1936, Serial No. 86,480, June 22, 1936. Application for reissue December 15, 1938, Serial No. 245,950

4Claims.

The present invention relates to a lady's combination un'dergarment free from hooks and eyes,

snap fasteners, buttons and the like, and more particularly to a combination lower body garment and an upper body garment such as a brassire slip, wherein the back of the lower garment section or slip portion is provided with an extension which extends upwardly above the upper edge of the slip portion and forms the back section of the upper garment section or brassiere. The combination garment produces an arrangement whereby a single band of elastic secured to the upper margin of the back extension of the lower garment section has the ends thereof connected with the upper rear corners of theupper garment section to afford a combination undergarment wherein the single strip of elastic serves both as a means for resiliently drawing the upper garment section or brassiere around the bust of a wearer and also draws the front and sides of the lower garment section or slip around the body of a wearer, thereby grouping'any fullness of the garment sections in the back'of the garment, causing the front and the sides to form-fit the wearer of the combination undergarment.

It is anobject of this invention to provide a combination ladies undergarment wherein an upper section, such as a brassiere, is secured to the upper end of a lower section, such, for example, as a slip with the rear upper extension of the back of the slip forming the back of the brassire and terminating in an elastic hem which serves as a common means for making the front and the sides of both the brassiere and the slip form-fitting by concentrating the fullness of the garment in the middle portion of the back of the slip.

It is an important object of this invention to provide an improved ladies combination undergarment, such as stepins, brassire chemise, brassiere panties or bloomers, or more particularly a brassiere slip, in which the back of the slip is provided with an extension, the sides of Other'and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the, specification and the accompanying drawto the upper comers of the side extensions 8 of The invention (in preferred forms) is illustrated in the drawing, and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 illustrates a fragmentary backperspective view of the upper portion of one of the forms of an improved combination undergarment embodying the features of this invention.

Figure 2 Ba fragmentary rear perspective view of the upper portion of a modified form of combination undergarment.,

As shown onthe drawing: In the form of the combination undergarment illustrated in Figure 1, a brassiere slip is shown. The slip portion comprises a front panel I and a rear panel 2, with the front panel being wider than the rear panel and extending around the sides of the garment to connect up with the rear panel along the scams 3. The rear panel 2 ex-- tends upwardly abovegthe top margin or edge of the front or body panel I to form an extension 4, across the upper margin of which an elastic band or strap 5 is sewedor secured, which holds the upper margin of the extension 4 shirred or formed with plaits or gathers 6. 25

Sewed or otherwise secured to the upper edge of the front panel I of the slip is a brassiere which is constructed of two breast portions 1, each'of which is provided with a side extension 8 which extends around one side'of the garment and has the end margin thereof secured by stitching or other suitable means to one side of the back extension 4 of the rear panel 2 of the slip. The ends of the elastic strap 5.are secured 35 the b'rassire sections I.

As clearly illustrated in Figure 1, it will be noted that the extension 4 of the back panel 2 of the slip forms the back of the brassiere, and the elastic strap 5 performs the double purpose of holding the upper margin of the back panel shirred or gathered, and furthermore acts to the - cause the brassiere as well as the slip to be drawnto form-fit around the body of a person wearing the garment. 45

Attached to the upper margins of the front sections I of the brassiere arethe front ends of a pair of shoulder straps 9, the rear ends of which are attached to the upper margin of the rear portion of the garment.

If preferred, the brassiere, of course, can be made of a one-piece construction extending across the front of the garment and around the sides to connect with the sides of the upper extension I of the back panel 2 of the slip. Attention is particularly called to the fact that, in this improved type of garment, only one elastic strap is necessary for both the upper and lower sections of the garment, such as the brassiere and the slip, and that the upper extension I of the rear panel 2 of the slip also serves as a shirred, plaited or gathered back for the brassiere.

Figure 2 illustrates a modified form of combination undergarment consisting of a slip having a brassiere secured to the upper margin thereof, with a portion of the slip forming a back for the brassiere. In this modified form of the device, the reference numeral Ill indicates a' front slip panel which extends part way around the sides of the garment and is secured to the side margins of a rear panel ll along the seams l2. The middle portion of the upper margin of the back panel ll extends upwardly above the top edge of the front panel Ill and above the edges l3 formed at both sides of the top part of the rear panel 'H beyond the sidesof the extension I. The upper margin of the back extension It may be plaited, shirred or gathered at l5 by means of an elastic band or strap l6 sewed or otherwise secured across the upper edge of the back extension ll.

The brassiere section of the undergarment comprises a pair oflireast sections ll which extend across the front of the garment, with each of the breast sections having a side extension l8 which extends around the side of the garment and has the lower edge thereof stitched or otherwise secured to the top edge of the side portions of the front panel I of the slip and to the edges l3 of the rear slip panel II. The ends of the brassiere side sections l8 are sewed or otherwise secured to the side edges of the rear panel extension I 4. The ends of the elastic strap 16 are secured to the upper rear corners of the bras-' ends of which are secured to the back of the garment.

The improved combination undergarment, while being described as a brassiere slip, may, if so desired, take the form of stepins, a brassiere chemise, brassiere panties, brassire bloomers or the like, with all of said various types of undergarments having an extension of the back portion of the lower section of the garment projectlng upwardly to form the back of the upper section of the combination undergarment.

Itwill, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and it is therefore not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than is necessitated by the scope of the appended claims. g'

I claim as my invention:

1, A combination undergarment comprising a slip section, a brassiere section circumferentially tending upwardly between the side portions of l! the brassiere and secured thereto to form a back for the brassiere, and an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the extension on the back portion of the slip to hold said extension shirred, saidelastic member having the ends 10 thereof secured to the ends of the side portions of the brassiere and offset vertically above thecircumferentially extending seam. I

2. A combination undergarment comprising a lower garment consisting of a front paneland a rear panel, said rear panel having an extension-extending upwardly above the upper margin of the front panel, an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the rear panel extension, a brassiere consisting of breast sections and side extensions with the breast sections and side extensions secured to the upper margin of the front panel of the lower garment, said brassiere having the ends of the side portions thereof secured to the side margins of the rear panel I extension and to the ends of the elastic member.

.3. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion formed to define a brassiere having breast sections and side extensions, the

rearwardly extending ends of said side extensions being spaced apart to define an opening between their rear terminal edges, a lower garment depending from-said bras'sire and having a rear panel portion extending upwardly between the rear terminal edges of the brassiere 5 and secured thereto to form a back for the brassiere, and an elastic member secured to the up- I per edge of the panel extension and to the adjacent upper side margins of the brassiere side extensions, whereby the panel extension forming 40 the back of the brassiere is shirred.

4. A combination undergarment comprising an upper garment part formed into a brassiere having breast sections and side extensions provided adjacent the bottom of the brassire with 'rearwardly extending ends spaced apart to define an opening between their rear extremities,

' a lower garment part depending from said brassiere and having a rear portion extending upwardly between. said side extensions and secured to said ends of the brassiere, and elastic means in saidopening at the top of. said rear portion of the lower garment part and beingsecured to an upper end of said rear. portion between said ends of said brassiere to form an elastic back for the

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