US259422A - Underwaist - Google Patents

Description

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E. W. PHILBROOK.

UNDERWAIST.

. Patented June 13, 1882.,

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UNDERWAIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,422, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed January 10, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMMELINE W. PHIL- BROOK, of Boston, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Underwaists, which improvement is fully set forth 7 in the following specification.

The present invention relates more particularly to the construction of that class of waists or under-garments to which the Letters Patent granted to me March 21, 1876, No. 175,154, and November, 21, 1876, No. 184,545, have reference, and is mainly intended as an improvement on the articles described in said patents. These articles are designed to support underclothing or stockings from the shoulders of the wearer, and to secure the advantages of corsets without the disadvantages attendant upon their use, and they have been made and sold under the name of equipoise uuderwaists.

The present invention has for its object to secure a more perfect adjustment of the waist to the figure, while permitting the advantages set forth in said patents to be retained, and is intended for use principally in connection with waists for ladies and misses. Although itcould be used in corsets and other like garments, a portion thereof is applicable to waists for in fants.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front, and Fig. 2 a back, view of a ladys or inisss Waist embodying the invention; and Fig. 3 a

back or inside view of an infants waist en1- bodying a portion thereof.

The same letters indicate like parts wherever they occur on all the figures.

The waist shown in Figs. 1 and 2 opens in front and the lacing is at the back; but this arrangement is not material. The lacing could be placed at the front or side, if desired. The waist is composed of an outer waist, A, and the lining B, and the two parts are independently finished. The lacing O is applied to the outer waist, which is suitably cut away to allow it to be drawn-as tightly as may be required. In either side of the opening are plain gored pieces, formingpockets for strips 0, of whalebone or other suitable material. The lining B, instead of being cut away, is made full, so that it can be enlarged as required. The scams 12,

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where the two parts are stitched together, are

outside the strips orbones c. The strips forming the pockets for the bones o are preferably placed on the inside of the flaps or free edges of the outer waist, and between the same and the lining, and are formed to expose an intermediate portion of the bones. The supporting-buttons b, when used, as shown, on opposite sides of the lacing, are fastened on or near the seams Z). The buttons 1), as well as the other supportingbuttons, are secured below the belt or waist of the garment. The back pieces of the outer waist and lining both form eontinuations of the shoulder-straps D, as in my before-mentioned patents. The front of the waist is not provided with full bosom-pieces,

but is cut low, after the fashion of corsets, and,

like them, is provided with a slight fullness at the sides. The plain gored strips E E are adapted to this construction, those marked E beingat tached to the breadths F, which are substantially cont-inuations in front of the shoulder-straps. Those marked E are bifurcated, as

shown, so that continuous strips 6 extend on opposite sides of the fullness c. The shoulder-straps are broad bands, giving a good support. As shown, they are secured in front by buttons, of which two or more sets are or may be used for the purpose of adjustment.

The portions of the waist under the arm sizes, instead of being made of a single piece, are formed of two pieces, G H, united by a gored seam, g. A more perfect fit is thus se cured. The same construction is shown as applied to infants waists in Fig. 3. In both styles of waist the two pieces connect together the front and back breadths, which form continuations or prolongations of the shoulder straps. The infants waist, Fig. 3, opens at the back, and has in the front breadth, I, a gored seam, 2', near the top.

Having now fully described my said invention and the manner ofcarrying the same into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that heretofore a full gore has been inserted beneath thelacing in a corset, and that the same forms no part of the present-invention and is not claimed herein; but

- 1. An underwaist of the character described, comprising an outer portion with a continuous lining, and haviuglacing applied to the outer portion, which is suitably cut away, and the 5 lining formed full beneath the 1aeing,substantially as set forth.

2. In an underwaist having lacing applied to the outer portion and a lining made full beneath the lacing, the bone-pockets on the in 10 side of the flaps or free edges of the lacing porlion, between the same and the lining, sub' stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMELINE W. PHILBROOK.

Vitnesses:

EDWARD F. WELLs, GEORGE L. SHAW.

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