US2160521A - Garment - Google Patents

Description

May 30, 1939.

D. ROTHST EI N GARMENT Filed Nov. 5

INVENTOR OOPOTH POTHSTE/N ATTORNEY Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Dorothy Rothstein, New York, N. Y. Application November 5, 1938, Serial'No. 238,985

3 Claims.

This invention relates to garments such as dresses, play suits orbathing suits for girls or women.. I

An object of this invention is to provide a gar,- ment of the character described which when worn will eliminate the necessity for wearing underwe'ar, and which will nevertheless conceal the crotch portion of the body of the wearer, when the wearer sits, moves about, exercises or assumes almost any position, while permitting perfect freedom of movement.

Heretofore, play suits or bathing suits for girls or women have been made by combining a pair of pants or shorts with a skirt thereover to make the garment look feminine. In accordance with the present invention, the garment is not a modification of any pants or shorts, the pants or shorts being wholly eliminated, whereby the garment is Wholly feminine in appearance.

The improved garment has a skirt with a diaphragm or bottom beneath, stitched to the skirt below the waistline, eliminating restriction of the legs and producing an attractive appearance.

In priorplay suits or bathing suits for women,

the pants part of the, garment had to be snug on the'legs, otherwise, underwear had to be worn. With my garment although there is no constricting snugness, yet there is perfect concealment Without necessity: for underwear beneath the skirt. In previous play suits or bathing suits, when the skirt part was lifted pants were revealed, which is not feminine looking. In myimprovedggarment, if the skirt is lifted, the appearance is that the entire skirt is lined underneath with only the legs coming through, and there is no pants exposed;

Another object of this inventionis to provide a rugged and durable, garment of the character described, which will fit a relatively large variety of figures, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, attractive and wholly feminine in appearance, and yet practical and efficient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed. out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and. arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction. hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be 7 indicated in the following claims.

embodying the invention, with parts broken away;

' Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken 2-.2 of, ig. ,1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the garment shown in Fig. l, with the dress opened out into horizontal position;

Fig; 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of-Fig. 3; 1

Fig. 5 is a top planview of a piece of cloth from which the skirt is made; and V Fig. 6 is a plan view of a piece of cloth from which the skirt bottom is made. I

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I designates a garment, embodying the invention. The invention is here shown in the form of a dress or play suit for a little girl. The same comprises a waist portion II provided with sleeves I2, a-skirt portion I3, and a combination skirt lining and bottom I4.

The skirt portion I3 is made from a flat circular'piece of cloth I having a central opening I6. Thepiece of cloth I5 may be provided with a radial dart I1, extending outwardly from opening I6, for the purpose hereinafter appearing. The opening It forms the waistline for the skirt I3.

The skirt bottom I4 is made from a flat circular piece of cloth I8, of substantially the same diameter as the piece of cloth I5. The piece of cloth I8 is formed with two similar holes I9,

on line symmetrically disposed about a diametrical'line passingthrough said piece of cloth and'extending from front to rear (top to bottom in Fig. 6). The openings I9 eventually form leg openings through which the legs of the wearer pass.

Looking at Fig. 6 of the drawing, the bottom of the piece of cloth I8- will be at the rear of the dress, and the top will be at the front. I

The openings I9 are closer to the front than to the rear, to allow more room at the rear than at the front. The openings I9 have straight inner edges 20, inclined toward the front, as shown in Fig. 6. Extending from the rear ends of the straight edges 20, are substantially semicircular edges 2| connected to the front ends of said straight edges by inwardly curved edges Zla.

In making the dress, the piece of material I5 is placed on the piece of material l8 to register therewith, with the dart I! on a diametric line between the openings I9 and rearwardly of said openings.

The pieces of cloth I5 and I8 are then stitched together by a circular line of stiching 22, adjacent the outer registering edges of said pieces wardly and stitched together by said line of stitching 22. The pieces of cloth I and I8 may then be stitched together by a plurality of circular, concentric lines of stitching 23. The innermost line of stitching 23 preferably has a radius about half the radius of the piece of cloth I5.

The openings I9 are located in the central portion 30 of the piece of cloth I8, within the innermost circular line of stitching 23. The diameter of the opening I6 is preferably less than the diameter of the portion 30 of the piece of material I8.

The waist portion II of the garment maybe made in any suitable manner, and is stitched to the upper end of the skirt I3 by a line of stitching 32. The body II may be provided with slide actuated fasteners 33 at the rear. Said fasteners 33 may be attached to the edges of the dart or slit I'I, so as to extend down below the top of the skirt I3.

It will now be noted that the portion 3| of the piece of cloth I8 between the smallest line of stitching 23 and the largest circular line of stitching 22, constitutes a lining for the skirt I3, and the portion I3 constitutes a diaphragm which contacts the legs of the wearer only at the rim edges of the openings I9. Any suitable decorative binding 35 may be attached to the edges of the openings I9.

It will now be understood that when the skirt is lifted, the body of the wearer above the openings I 9 is entirely concealed, thus eliminating the necessity for separate pants or shorts.

It will be noted that no part of the garment hugs or constricts the legs or hips of the wearer, with the exception of the edges at the openings I9, thereby permitting freedom of body movement and permitting the garment to fit different figures.

Play suits or bathing suits have heretofore been made of a skirt portion and a pants portion. The present dress does not have a pants portion, but merely a diaphragm on the underside of the skirt provided with a pair of openings for the legs. The leg openings I9 being located closer to the front of the piece of material I8, provide additional material at the rear necessary for comfort to the wearer. Since the inner edges of the openings I9 diverge towards the rear, the garment gives the necessary comfort of movement while effectively concealing the crotch of the wearer.

If desired, the portion of piece of cloth I8 between the inner line of stitching 23 and the outer edge thereof, may be omitted.

Although the invention has been illustrated in the drawing in the form of a play suit or dress for a little girl, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in dresses, play suits or bathing suits for women as well as girls.

It will be also understood that the pieces of cloth I5 and I8 may be made of a number of pieces of cloth stitched together or all in one piece, as shown in the drawing. Furthermore, the pieces of cloth I5 and I8 need not form complete circles, but may comprise segments of circles, it being preferable, however, that the bottom member comprise a piece of cloth which registers with the portion of the skirt above the top line of stitching 23.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this inven-'- tion are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A play suit having a skirt portion made of a fiat circular piece of cloth, having a central opening forming the waistline of the skirt portion, and a combination lining and bottom for said skirt made of a flat circular piece of cloth of substantially the same diameter as the diameter of the skirt portion, stitched to the underside of said skirt portion by a plurality of concentric circular lines of stitching, the central portion of said second circular piece of cloth being unstit'ched to the skirt and provided with a pair of openings symmetrically disposed about a diametric line, to receive the legs of the wearer.

2. In a garment, a skirt, and a flat substantially circular piece of cloth attached to the underside of the skirt on a circular line nearer to the waistband than the lower edge of the skirt and having a pair of leg openings formed therein.

3. In a garment, a skirt made of a fiat circular piece of cloth, having a central opening forming the waistline of the skirt, and a combination lining and diaphragm for said skirt made of a flat circular piece of cloth substantially the same size as the piece of cloth from which the skirt is made, said'lining being stitched to the underside of the skirt at its lower edge portion and also at its intermediate portion at a point nearer to the waistline than the lower edge of the skirt, said diaphragm portion having its central portion unattached to the skirt and provided with a pair of leg openings.

DOROTHY ROTHSTEIN.

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