US494064A - Garment-stay - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. JDHNSTON.A GARMBNT STAY.

No. 494,064. Patented Mar. 21, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JOHNSTON, OF YPsILANTI, MICHIGAN.

GARIVI ENT-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,064, dated March 21, 1893.

Application filed December 14, 1892. Serial 110.455,15. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ypsilanti,

spiration, thereby obviating consequent damage or discoloration of the cloth or dress goods, and having at its ends guard tips that will not puncture the garment to which the stay may be attached.

The invention consists in the construction and relative arran gement of the several parts of an improved garment stay as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved garment stay. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of my improved stay showing the strips of textile covering material partly separated and turned back from the ends of the steel blade to expose the iiexible or yielding guard tips that are attached to the ends of the blade.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a resilient blade which is preferably composed of steel or other metal. For the purpose of protecting this blade from rust I cover it on all sides with an adhesive waterproof coating 2 consisting preferably of a hot solution of Burgundy pitch to which may be added a small proportion of varnish which renders the waterproof preparation elastic and prevents it from cracking when dried. The Burgundy pitch used in preparing the waterproof coating should be cut cold by means of chloroform, naphtha or other suitable solvent, in an air tight tank. This adhesive waterproof preparation also serves as a secure means for firmly attaching a flexible or yielding guard tip 3 to each end of the stay blade. The flexible or yielding guard tips 3 consist of doubled strips of sheet rubber each having their two ends cemented to the opposite sides of the steel blade 1, the rubber strip being transversely doubled at or about its central portion which projects longitudinally beyond vder extremely hard usage.

the end of the steel or blade in the form of a loop. This ilexible and loop shaped guard tip 3 is capable of yielding to pressurein every direction thereby making the garment to which the stay is attached more comfortable. A guard tip of this construction, being soft, flexible and elastic, also serves to preserve the `garment from being punctured by the ends of the coated side of one of these strips 4 is laid one ot' the blades 1 having its ends provided With the elastic guard tips 3 and the blade and tips are afterward entirely covered by placing thereon another strip 4 with its coated side downward. By means of a hot iron or other suitable appliance the adhesively coated covering strips 4 are now firmly pressed together and thereby become securely attached to each other and to the inclosed blade and guard tips. It will be understood that the covering strips 4 of textile material are Of greater width and length than the inclosed blade and tips, thus providing suiioient margin on both sides and at both ends of the stay to enable it to be readily sewed or otherwise attached to a garment. The adhesive waterproof preparation of Burgundy pitch applied to the blade and to the inner sides of its textile coverings effectually prevents the access of moisture or perspiration and thereby preserves the blade from rust and consequent liability of staining the garment. It will be observed that this adhesive waterproof coating is applied to the entire inner surfaces of the textile covering strips, from edge to edge, so that there is no possibility-of the access of moisture at any point. By this means, also, the blade and its textile coverings are more firmly and durably connected and cannot be separated except with great difficulty or un- The stay is, therefore, not only waterproof but practically in- IOO destructible, while its flexibility and elasticfaces coated with said adhesive material, ity are such that it can be Worn with great whereby the covering strips are adherent to comfort. each other and to the inclosed blade and tips, I5

What I claim as my invention issubstantially as described.

The herein described garment stay, Acom- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set posed of the resilient blade havingasurroundmy hand and afxed my seal in presence of ing adhesive coating, the guard tips, each contwo subscribing Witnesses. sisting of a folded rubber strip having its ends A A 1 secured to the blade by said adhesive coating, HENRY JOHNS '1 ON' and two covering strips of textile material eX- Witnesses: tended beyond the ends and side edges of the Y EDWARD P. ALLEN, blade and tips and having their entire inner TRACY L. TOWNER.

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