US444809A - Garment-stay - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

0. W BELL.

GARMENT STAY.

No, 444,809 Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES XV. BELL, OF TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444 809, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed August 15, 1890. Serial No. 362,109. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLEs'W. BELL, of Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in GarmentStays; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the intion, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to garment-stays.

The object is to produce a garment-stay which shall be of such construction that corrosion of the stiffening-blade will be prevented either from the action of water or from the moisture emanating from the body of the wearer. Afurther object is to produce a garmentstay having a re-enforced stifieningblade. A further object is to produce a garment-stay having a stiffening-blade arranged in such a manner within the fabric covering that all danger of the said blade cutting or working its way through the said cover will be overcome. A further object is to produce a cheap, durable, and desirable stay.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of garmentstay with modification embodying the essential features of my invention, although the same may be carried into effect in other ways without in the least departing from the spirit thereof, and in the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a sheet of garment-stays,one end of which is separated to show the fabric covering, adhesive material, stiffening-blades, and re-enforcing strip. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the stiffening-blades removed from the fabric covering. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a completed stay, and Fig. at is a transverse sectional view showing a different form of strengthening-strip over that shown in the other figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the stiffening-blade, which is constructed of the usual material, around which is arranged a resilient re-enforcing or inclosing strip 2, which is of sufficient length to extend entirely around the said blade, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and may be made of a suitable vegetable growth, preferably in this instance of cane or reed, but if desired whalebone may be employed. Upon each side of the strip is arranged a sheet of adhesive or binding material 3, which may be of gutta-percha, rubber, or other analogous material, and upon each outer side of the said adhesive material is arranged a fabric covering 4.

In the figures just described the re-enforcing strip is shown rectangular in cross-sec tion, but if desired it may be made planoconvex, as shown in Fig. i at 5. The latter construction will be found highly advantageous, inasmuch as a rounded surface is presented, whereby all sharp corners are done away with, thus preventing cutting or rapid wearing away of the fabric covering.

From the foregoing description the advantages of my improved stay will be obvious. It will be seen that by arranging the re-enforcing strip around the stiffening-blade that not only is the latter strengthened, but corrosion from the action of water or perspiration will be overcome, inasmuch as it is entirely protected from the same, not only by the reenforcing strip but also by the adhesive material, which, if rubber, will'effectually exclude a-nydampness. Moreover, as the reenforcing strip is interposed between the fabric covering and stiffening-blade it follows that all danger of the said covering becoming discolored from rust should any accumulate upon the blade will be overcome. Another advantage of this construction is that when finished the stay will be the same thickness throughout its entire length as contradistinguished from the ordinary stay, in which end tips are employed to prevent the stiffeningblade working through the fabric covering, which tips form bulges at each end of the stay and cause the rapid wearing away of the fabric covering at these points. In this instance I have described a sheet of elastic materialsuch as rubber or gutta-percha-as being employed to bind the parts together; but it is obvious that I may, if desired, employ any other substance suitable to the purpose, as of reed covering the two faces and ends of for instance, a water-proof glue. said blade, an adhesive material binding the Having thus fully described my invention, strip to the blade,and a textile covering held 15' what I claim as new, and desire to secure by in place by said adhesive material, all as de- Letters Patent, isscribed, and for the purposes stated.

1. In a garment-stay, astiffening-blade hav- 3 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ing its two faces and ends covered by a strip my ownlafiix my signaturein presence of two of reed, the ends of which meet on one face witnesses.

of the stay and in the same plane, for the pur- CHARLES \V. BELL. poses stated. lVitnesses:

2. The herein-described garment-stay, con- LOUIS SCHNEIDER,

sisting of a stiffening-blade, a re-enforce strip WALTER O. BURRIDGE.

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