US1745801A - Garment fastener - Google Patents

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Feb. 4, 1930. M. MACLEAN GARMENT FASTENER Filed Aug. 22, 192

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Marya]?! Maclean A TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 4, 1930 PATENT me MARGARET MACLEAN, orsan rnancrsco, CALIFORNIA GARMENT FASTENER Application filed August 22, 1927. Serial No. 214,675.

This invention relates to new and'useful improvements in fastening means employed for connecting and dependably, supporting one under garment with respect to another.

'5' The primary object ofthis invention is the provision of improved fastening means intended to be employed for connecting one under garment, such' as a petticoat, bloomers, etc., to a corset, a corselette, or a girdle, so that the first; mentioned garment will be dependent entirely upon the second mentioned garment for, its support and the first mentioned garment will be held in its proper position, namely, held against twisting about 4 I 5 thebody of the wearer.

; A further object of the invention is to provide and locate improved fastening means for the aforementioned types of garments which will reduce materially the bulk of i ladies wearing'apparel in the region of the waistline and hips.

A still further object of the invention is to provide improved fastening means which will be of suitable strength and rigidity and yet will not produce any unsightly bumps or bulges.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals areemployed to designate like parts throughout the $211116, I

Fig 1 is a side elevational View of two under garments connected by the improved fastening means and in the manner embodying this invention,

Fig. 2 shows .in detail one element of the improved fastening means, and

Fig. 3 shows in detail the second element of the said fastening means.

. In" the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodi- .ment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates in its entiretyan under garment, such as a corset,- a' corselette, or a. girdle which may beofany desired style or size; a second under garment, designated in its entirety by the reference character 6, is properly associated so they are'of a flat'characteristic. These me- -.dallions are shown in detailin Fig. 2 and will be specifically referred to with respect '60 thereto. The main body 'portion 7 of each medallion, asstated above, maybe of any desired shape or size and is intended to be directly sewed or stitched to the garment5. This body portion preferably has depending therefrom a tongue portion 7 Secured to this tongue portion is a relatively flat hook '8, which'may be formed of any desired material that has the requisite strength. It is believed thatsheet metal will probably be' the'most suitable material for this hook.

It will" be 'notecl'that the medallion, being made of fabric, is fiexible'and will bend vor flex with the garment 5. The hook 8 is of such a reduced size that it will not produce '75 any unsightly bulge and will not catch in any garment overlying the same. It is to be understood that these combinedwmedallions and hooks may be sold or'attached tothe types of garments designated generally by:so the character 5 or they may be soldto purchasers so that they may be attached to such garments then in use.

The under garment 6, shown in Fig. 1, is illustrated as having suitably attached to its upper edge, as by stitching, a band 9 which has projecting upwardly therefrom a continuous line of eyes or loops 10. These loops may be made of metal, cord, or the like, and may be secured to the band in any desired 9i manner.

It will be understood that the specially designed garment 6, which acts as" either a petticoat, a pair of bloomers, or the like, may be attached to the lower edge of the garment 5 so thatthe latter will entirely support the garment 6 and will hold the latter against twisting about the body of the wearer. The plurality of eyes or loops 10'will permit the garment 6 to beshifted or slightly 10C.

adjusted circumferentially with respect to the garment whereby any desired adjustment may be made by the wearer. s

The garment 6 is specially designed so as to be .ofa proper length to permit of its attachment to the lower edge ofthe garment 5 and yetnot dependbelow'the normal height of the lower edge of the ordinary garment I V for which it is a substitute,

It is to be understood that whilethe" medallions with their hooks have been illustrated as being attached to the corset, etc., 5, and the loops or eyelets 10 attached to the band 9, I do not desire tolimit myself to this exact arrangement for the said loops or eyes 10 vmight lee-secured to the corset -5 while the hooks and their medallions are secured to the garment 6.. It also might be noted that the hoolrs 8might be secured to the band 9 while the loops or eyes 10 might depend from the medall ons 7 s It is to. be understood that the forms of this invention herewith shownand described are to taken as preferred examples of the same, and that varlous changes n the shape,

size, and arrangement of parts may be re sorted to without --departing from the spirit of the inyentionor thescope of the subjoinedclaim- I liming thus described the invention, I claim:

1 The combinationwith twounder garments, 7

one of which is of the corset type and extends below the waistline of the wearer, of'a plurality of fabric medallions each including a looped body portion sewed to, the edge of one of said garmentsand having a narrow dependingtongue left free-of stitching, a fiat metallic hook secured toeach medallion at the lower portion of the looped body to overlie its respective tongue, a band fastened to the edge of the other of said garments, and a plurality of relatively small,- closely positioned loops secured to the top edge of the band,v whereby the edges of said garments may be deta'chably and adj ustably connected s by the engagement of loops on the hooks.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

' MARGARET VMACLEAN.

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