USRE2653E - James h - Google Patents

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@with tetes gutem @fitte JAMES HQEOY AND LAV'INIA'YH. FOY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNEES BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS OE LAVINIA H. FOY.

Letters Patent No. 39,911, dated September 15, 1353; reissue No. 2,653, lated June 1S, 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET SKIRT-SUPPORTERS.

`'To ALL wHoM 1T MAY OONOERN:

Beit known that LILAVINIA Il. FOY, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massaclusetts, but formerly of the city'and county of Worcester, in said Commonwealth, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Corset Skirt-Supporters, &c.; and I do hereby declare that 'the following is e full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference lbeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a. partl of this specification, and in'whichv v Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved corset skirt-supporter.

Figure 2 represents a back view of the upper part or section' thereof; while p Figures 3, 4, 5, ,and 6, and Sections A, 13,0, andD represent detached parts, and are designed more particularly to illustrate the forms of the bottoms of the pieces which form-the extension rim or supporter, and the particular mode of binding the same, as will be more fully described hereafter.

In fig. 1, I representsthc body oil the article, which is fastened in front bythe metal clasps a a a, in the usual and well-known mode of fastening corsetsin which steel springs are used. J J are Athe Shoulder-straps, provided with elastics b b, their frontK ends being retained bythe buckles c c, attached tothe front of thebody I, (see iig. 1.) The back of the body I is left open 'and laced up, as fully shown in gs. 1 and l2,1whereby the upper part of the body I can lic-adjusted and the shoulder-straps thrown further oil` of the shoulders whenever desired. The front of the body I is left open, as 'seen at K K, and provided withl lacings cZ d, whereby the size of the central part of the body I can be very quickly adjusted and varied vin size, and that, too, wit-hout in the i least impairing the form or 4action of the skirt-supporting rim L, since the openings-KK are both in front of thepoints e eof the exitensor L. If preferred ."the openings K K could extend quite through the bottom of body I, instead of being cldsed, as seen atff. vThe extensor or supporting rim L is formed from the lower parts or bottoms ofthe pieces which go to make up the back of the body I, thegeneralform of which is shown in the drawings, iig. 3, 4, and 5. When these pieces are sewed together, and the hoop M inserted, the extensor or rim L is produced. The rim or extensor L is bound'in a. novel and peculiar manner, whereby the outer edge thereof has a corded appearance, lwhile the binding piece is made .to answer. as a case to receive and retain the hoop M'. Strips of'cloth of suhcient length and width to bind with are cut bias, and then one edge g is folded over, as seen in fig. 6, when the single edge tis stretched so as to give the proper curved form as. indicated in. the same figure. The binding piece is then placed with its single edge 7L neXt to th lining t' ofthe face-cloth N, as indicated in section line B, whichis designed to represent line A B, fig. 3, when the parts are placed .together for stitching. After the edges'', z', and N are stitched together, the loop part j is turned over upon the other side of the face-cloth N, soles to bring the edge g in close proximity to the edges 7L, z', and N,'when allof the thicknesses are 'stitched'togethexg just back of the first stitching, whereby thc edges lift', N, and g are all turned in and brought together outside of the scam K,'gs. 4 and 5, thereby giving thc article the appearanceo'f corded work, as seen at O, samel figure. All that remains is to stitch another sea'in atm, when the hoop M can be inserted, the article having thev inishe'd appearance indicated in dig. 5. In the sections B C D -of the lines A B, C D, and E F, the relative positions of the different thicknesses of cloth are represented in a loose and expanded 'conditionwith a view to' illustrate more fully the mode of operation or binding.` When, however, the stitching is performed, the parts arc all drawn closely together, and assunte a compact and neat appearance, the edges O and P assuming rounded forms. l

It will be observed that by folding-the edge g as shown, that too much bulk and thickness are avoided in the outer scams and edge, and a ncatcr piece of work produced than if the edge g folded down even with the edge h; besides the curved form is morereadily produced by stretching a single edge, as shown. If preferred, one or both of the openings K could bc extended from top to bottom. ppp p are metal caps, placed over thc ends of the springs and whalicbones. Y i

Having described my improved corset skirt-supporter, what I claim therein as new, und desire to 'secureby 1. The bindingv clolvtlx, out bins as described, in oombnationwth the exteiior orio-uber. e'dge of` the 1 'im L, to which the bindingelotb is applied as speoied, whereby nllgathoring isA avo'led, while ai corded appearance and' a, ease for `the hoop M are produced, substantially as set fort-h.

2. The combination of laced openings K K, o1' citller of them, with the front part of the body I of i1 corset, open in front, subst'ntially as sei: forth. l

3. The body I, open in'ffont;1 and zuljustnblcl both in front and in the back, by means of laced openings; substantially as shown and dcsoribed.

LL'Forxning the curve for the hoopnnd corded edges O and P froms t'lxe same piece of bias-cut clotb, as

shown und described? LAVINIA `H. FOYt Witnesses:

CQG. LANE, GEORGE AMES'.

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