US2686311A - Girdle - Google Patents

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S. E. ROSENBERG Aug. 17, 1954 GIRDLE Filed Aug. 25, 195l.

2 Sheets-Sheet l ug- 17, 1954 s. E. RosENBERG v 2,586,311

GIRDLE Filed Aug. 25, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet.` 2

atented Aug. 17, 1954 STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to girdles of the dipped latex kind, that is, girdles which are made by diping a form in liquid rubber latex with which has been mixed suitable vulcanizing agents, pigments, fillers, and accelerators, well known in the art, or which has been prevulcanized in liquid form. Girdles of this type have been on the market for a number of years. The present invention has to do with an improved dipped latex girdle provided with one or more pendent eienients secured thereto by reason of latex and a cooperating aperture or apertures in the pendent eieinent.

According to the invention, pendent elements such as a crotch piece or garters are secured to the body portion of the girdle in a novel manner, and the edge contours of the body member are shaped so as to minimize waste.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following description of certain embodiments of the invention, and to the drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a front elevation or" a girdle as it would appear when suspended in an upright position;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a crotch piece prior to incorporation into the structure of the girdle shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure e is an elevational view of a dipping mold of novel shape;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 4;

Figures 6 and '7 are fragmentary sections of the mold shown in Figure 5, but showing successive steps of the formation of the girdle structure thereon;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary front elevation of a Inodiiied form of girdle;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary front elevation of another modified form of girdle;

Figure 10 is a front elevation of a third modilcation;

Figure 11 is a perspective View of a garter to be attached to the body portion of a girdle; and

Figure 12 is a fragmentary elevation of a mold for use in making the girdle shown in Figure 10.

Figures 1 and 2 show the iront and rear views of girdle embodying the invention. The girdle has a front wall 2t and a rear wall 22 joined by curved side walls 24 and 25. When the girdle is in an unstressed condition, the front and back walls are substantially plane and the side walls have an approximately semicylindrical shape. The girdle is open at the top and bottom and the upper edge 28 of the front wall is concave downward as indicated in Figure 1, the upper 2 edge Bt of the rear wall being slightly concave downward. The bottom edges 32 and 34 of the front and back `walls are substantially horizontal. According to the invention, a crotch piece 35 is attached to the girdle as an intermediate step in the formation of the girdle by successive dips of the form into a pool of liquid rubber latex, The form 4@ shown in Figure 4 is shaped to form girdles thereon in an inverted position. The form has parallel front and rear faces, as indicated in Figure 5, and the side edges i2 and 44 are curved to a. Substantially semicylindrical shape. The form is suspended by suitable hooks lit. The front and rear faces of the lower portion of the form have inward offset portions 48 and 5S which result in arcuate shoulders E2 and 55. (Figure 5). These shoulders cause the latex on the front and rear faces of the form to form beads by surface tension immediately above these shoulders. The shoulders are longitudinally curved as indicated in Figure 4 so that the beads thus formed will constitute reinforced edges along the top opening of the iinished girdle. The upper part 553 of the form is made thicker than the body of the form so as to provide shoulders 58 and Gil on the front and back of the form. These shoulders extend horizontally across the front and back faces of the form and also around the side edges. When the form is dipped into a pool of latex up to the shoulders 58 and B some of the latex is held by capillarity in the angles formed by these shoulders and the adjacent vertical faces of the form, the latex thus held forming beads of extra thickness to reinforce the bottom edges of the finished girdle. For girdles which are to have a crotch piece 3S, a shallow recess or groove 52 is provided in the upper portion of the form, this recess extending from the central portion of the shoulder 58 over to the central portion oi the shoulder 86 and being just wide enough 'to receive a crotch piece 35. In making a girdle of this type, the form is dipped one or more times in a pool of prepared latex, the form being lowered into the pool until the surface of the pool reaches the shoulders 58 and Si?. After each dipping the nlm of latex which adheres to the form is dried but retains a sticky surface. When a sufficient thickness of material has been built up on the form and dried, a crotch piece is applied to the groove 62 and the end portions of this crotch piece are pressed against the sticky surface of the latex nlm which has been accumulated on the body portion of the form. The crotch piece is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with one or more apertures at each end thereof. The form is then dipped again one or more times to a suiciently greater depth to cause the formation of iillets E8 where the crotch piece meets the front and rear walls of the girdle. The additional lm of latex overlies the end portions of the crotch piece and coalesces with the previously deposited lm of latex along the edges of said end portions and through the openings 65, if any, the underlying and overlying nlms of latex in the finished girdle merging along the edges and through the openings. The crotch piece may be of any desired material such as a strip of vulcanized latex with r without textile reinforcement. It is preferably of the order of 1/32 of an inch in thickness. In the nished girdle, the end portions of the crotch piece are underlaid and overlaid by the material of the body member of the girdle so that the crotch piece becomes practicallyT integral with the body member.

When a girdle of this type is worn, the upper edges of the iront and rear walls are substantially on the same level and the lower edge of the front wall is somewhat higher than the lower edge of the rear wall. When the girdle shown in Figures 1 and 2 is being put on, the front wall is drawn up to bring its upper edge E8 substantially on a level with the rear edge 30. This elevates the lower edge 32 of the front wall above the level or the lower edge of the rear wall. Since girdles of this type cling tightly to the skin of the wearer, the girdle when once adjusted in this manner will stay in place. making the form so as to have the shoulders 58 and 05 horizontal and on the same level, a considerable saving in waste material is had since there is very little to be trimmed from the girdle after it has been stripped from the form.

Figure S is a fragmentary front elevational view of a girdle which is made in the manner hereinbefore described and is identical with the girdle shown in Figure 1 except that the lower edge of the iront wall instead o being horizontal is concaved upwardly at I9 and l2 on either side of the crotch piece. This provides for more freedom of movement of the legs of the wearer'. These concave edges are reinforced by beads formed under the shoulders lli and 'i8 on the mold 89 as shown in Figure 12.

A girdle having garters 8l attached thereto but without a crotch piece is shown in Figure 9. This girdle has a body member with horizontal lower edges when the girdle is unstressed, two garters being attached to the front edge and two to the back edge. The gai-ters are provided with bands or strips 82 as shown in Fi.,- ure l1. Each strip 82 may and preferably does have an aperture 84 in its end portion remote from the garter itself. rThe form 89 is provided with shallow grooves 88 in its upper portions, these grooves being located in the positions to be occupied by the garters and their strips. Figure I2 shows the grooves for the front garters. Similar grooves (not shown) are provided on the back face of the form but are more widely spaced apart. In making a girdle such as is shown in Figure 9, the form is given one or more preliminary dips to such a depth that the surface of the pool reaches the horizontal shoulder 88. The garter strips are then applied to the form, the end portions with perorations 84 being pressed against the latex film on the form so as to adhere thereto. Suitable hooks 9i) are provided in the grooves 86 to support the garters themselves and to keep them clear of the latex in the pool when the form is dipped.

After the garters have been mounted with their strips in the grooves 86, the form is again dipped to the shoulder 88 one or more times. The additional iilm of latex overlies the end portions of the garter strips 82 and coalesces with the underlying iilm of latex through the openings 84, thus anchoring the garter strips firmly to the body member of the girdle and making the garters practically integral with the body member.

A girdle can also be made with a crotch piece and garters as indicated in Figure l0, the form shown in Figure 12 being suitable for such purpose. The upper portion of the form is provided with a central recess S2 which extends from the shoulder 88 on the front of the form to a similar shoulder on the back of the form. After a preliminary dip the crotch piece and the garters are applied to the form as hereinbefore described, the end portions of these members being pressed against the sticky latex film on the form so as to adhere rmly thereto. Subsequent dippings cause the latex to cover the end portions of the crotch piece and garter strips as herenbefore described.

Instead of or in addition to the crotch piece and the garters, I may reinforce a portion of the body member of the girdle with any desired reinforcing element or elements. For example, as indicated Figure 10, a patch gli of suitable thin material, such as an ordinary textile fabric or a piece of thin elastic cloth having a one-way stretch, may be pressed against the front of thel form after the preliminary dips. Subsequent dips cover the reinforcing patch so that the patch is embedded in the front wall of the girdle by the underlying and overlying lnis of latex. If desired, one or more natural or articial whalebones 98 may be built into the front wall of the girdle in a similar manner to stiffen the same.

I claim:

1. A girdle of deposited latex having a body member and a separately made pendent piece, said pendent piece having an end portion with an aperture therein joined to said body member, the material of said member including latex films which underlie and overlie said end portion and merge along the edge of said end portion and through said aperture.

2. A girdle of deposited latex having a body member and a plurality of garter straps joined thereto, each said garter strap having an end portion with an aperture overlapping the lower margin of the body member, the material of said body member including latex iilms which underlie and overlie said overlapping end portions of the garter straps and merge in said apertures.

References Cited in the nle of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,518,062 Glancy Dec. 2, 1924 1,828,990 Watkins Oct. 27, 1931 1,907,856 Murphy May 9, 1933 2,092,999 Wipperman Sept. le, 1937 2,324,735 Spanel July 20, 1943 2,367,328 Bercaitz Jan. 16, 1945 2,371,883 Gammeter Mar. 20, 1945 2,428,127 Sidnell Sept. 39, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 605,019 France Feb. 8, 1926

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