US1392314A - Garment-supporter - Google Patents

Description

J. N. AND C. A. FAUST.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1929.

Patented Oct 4, 1921.

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GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed June 7, 1920. Serial No. 386,936.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J ACOBN. FAUs'r and CLYDE A. FAUST, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain ,new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporting belts of the class designed to be detachably secured inside of the garment and adjustable to the body of the wearer, having particular relation to such belts worn for the support of trousers.

To secure a satisfactory fit of the trousers to the wearer, requires generally that the waist band be worn somewhat above the hips. Tightening the ordinary narrow belt about the waist sufficiently to hold the trousers in the desired position occasions discomfort and wrinkles the goods under the belt while wearing the belt loose permits the trousers to sag. about the hips and lose their fit.

With the aim in view to obviate the diffi culties mentioned, the objects of this invention are to provide a supporting belt which may be worn within the trousers and suitably constructed to hold them in correct position without discomfort; to provide a light durable belt, suitable for wear in all seasons and which retains its shape; to provide ready means of adjusting the belt to the person of the wearer; and to provide means for securely attaching the belt to the trousers, and for retaining under garments within the belt.

We attain these objects by constructing the belt of durable porous abric of wide proportions, reinforced where necessary, and shaped to suitably support the trousers in correct. position. The .belt is in sections joined by adjustable running straps permitting any desired adjustment by the wearer, and permitting free movement of the body without the constraint imposed by a one piece belt.

A novel arrangement of button holes provides positive attachment of the belt to the trousers, and friction pads are employed to retain the shirtin place.

These and other advantages will be apparent in the following description.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of the outer side of the belt. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part of the belt taken through its center between the points 22 and showing in elevation the improved adjusting means. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the belt taken transversely at the line 33. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view illustrating the button fastening and a friction pad for retaining the shirt in place.

The belt as illustrated, comprises a back' portion 1 and two end portions 2 and 3, said end portions being provided'with any ordinary fastening devices at their outer ends whereby the portions 2 and 3 may be secured together at the front of the trousers. The end portions are adjustably secured to the back portion by means of the straps 4 and 5 which are attached to the end portions, run through loops fixed to the back portion, and are fastened to adjusting straps 6 and 7 which latter are adjustably fastened together in front of the body. The body of the belt is composed of a porous fabric 8 having longitudinally bands 8 at the top and bottom edges and vertical bands 9 located at intervals along the length of the belt. The bands are of suitable fabric secured to the body fabric as by stitching.

In order to preserve the shape of the belt under conditions of wear, reinforcement means are provided in the form of stiffening stays 8 and 9. The stays are preferably inclosed between the body fabric and the bands 8 and 9, being held in position by the stitching with which the latter are secured to the body fabric, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. To receive the buttons by which the trousers are secured to the belt, buttonholes 10 are provided at suitable intervals in the upper part of the belt. It will be noted that the buttonholes are located between the parallel stays 8 and that when the belt is buttoned in place, as indicated in Fig. 4, the stays 8 underlie opposite edges of the button 10* and hold the sides of the buttonhole 10 in alinement. This construction effectually prevents the buttons from accidentally working out of the buttonholes, and permits the use of long buttonholes whereby the length of the belt may be adjusted in relation to the waist hand without changing the position of the buttons.

In order to overcome the tendency of a shirt to creep upwardly out of the trousers with the movement of the body of the Wearrunning connection.

er, we have provided a plurality of shirt retaining devices 11, spaced at intervals upon the inner side of the belt. The devices illustrated are rubber pads having a plurality of outstanding integral fingers, and may be sewed or otherwise secured to the fabric of the belt. The fingers grip the fabric of the shirt and resist its tendency to work upwardly from the waist.

The fit of the belt about the waist may be adjusted to any desired degree by means of the straps 4 and 5 which unite the back section to the front or end sections by a Adjusting straps 6 and 7 are attached to the straps 4 and 5 and are secured together at the front of the belt by suitable means. The adjustment of the belt is made after the front sections are fastened together, and permits the wearer to change the adjustment at will without removin or disconnecting the belt. As both sets 0' straps operate in the same manner, a description of one will be given.

Fig. 2 illustrates, in' elevation, one of the similar straps 4: having its two ends 12 secured in spaced attachment, as by sewing, to the end portion 2 of the belt. The strap 4 runs through a pair of loops 13, preferably formed of metal, secured by suitable means to the back portion 1 of the belt, and passes through a similar loop 14 carried on the end of the adjusting strap 6, the stra 4 having free movement through all oftlib loops. 'Th'-" adjusting strap 6 is adapted to be brought across the front of the belt when in position on the wearer and fastened to the complementary adjusting strap 7 by suitable means, such as a buckle 15. belt by taking in or letting out the adjusting straps 6 and 7. It will be seen that by tightening the adjusting straps, the straps 4 and 5 are drawn through the loops on the back portion of the belt reducing the space between theback and end ortions and'thus drawing them together. he opposite result occurs upon loosening the straps. It is preferable that the straps be made of wide webbing to avoid discomfort to the wearer from the pressure at the spaces between the portions of the belt.

A bill-fold 16 may be attached to one of the adjusting straps, as shown in Fig. 1. This feature has the merit of concealing the fold in an unusual mannerwith a secure attachment.

In attaching ,the belt for wear, it is buttoned to the inner side of the waist of the trousers and the end portions 2 and 3 secured together at the front by twosets of fastening devices 17 and 18, the fasteners 17 being ordinary snap fasteners and the fasteners 18 comprising a hook and stud. The snap fasteners serve to prevent the accidental disengagement of the hook fas- The wearer may adjust the size of the.

teners. The belt is then adjusted to the desired fit by means of the adjustable straps 6 and 7 While we have herein described in detail the preferred embodiment of our invention, we do not desire to be limited thereby but aim to cover in the appended claims all modifications and equivalents falling within the scope of our invention.

VVe claim as our invention:

1. A supporting device for trousers or similar garments, comprising a back section and a pair of end sections, and flexible connections between each end section and the back section, said connections being adjustable lengthwise to vary the distance between the end. and back sections and including a pair of straps extending lengthwise and forwardly for ,adijustable connection to each other at the front of the body.

2. A garment supporting belt having a plurality of separately "formed sections,

movable longitudinally with respect to each other to adjust the length of the belt, and

attached to one of said sections and slidably passing through a loop of an adjoining section, said straps having an adjustable interconnection whereby the space between the said sections may be varied at will.

4. A garment supporting belt having, in combination, a series of self contained sections com rising a back section and end. sections, if necting together said end sections forming the front of said belt, and flexible means for adjustably connecting said end sections to said back section, said flexible means being slidable with respect to certain ofthe sections and extended to the front of said belt and operable therefrom to adjust the size of said belt.

5. A garment supporting belt having, in combination, a back section and end sections, means for detachably connecting together the outer ends of said end sections, a pair of straps each having its ends fixed to the inner end of one of said end' sections and passing slidably through a pair of loops fixed to the adjacent end of the back section, and a pair of adjusting straps each carrying a loop having slidable engagement with one of said first mentioned straps, said xed means for detachably con-v adjusting straps having adjustable interengagement.

6. A garment supporting belt having, in combination, a plurality of body sections, a plurality of longitudinal and transverse bands afiixed to said body sections a plurality of stiffening agents inclosed within said bands arranged in spaced parallel pairs, a plurality of spaced buttonholes formed in said body sections positioned between said parallel stiffening agents.

7 A garment supporting belt having, in combination, a back section and end sections adjustably connected-in continuous relation, a plurality of bands attached to said sections and arranged longitudinally at the edges and transversely 0 said sections, a

plurality of stays lIlOlOSGd between said bands and said sections,

20 tudinal bands inclosing a plurality of stays each of said longi' arranged spaced position substantially parallel, a plurality .of elongated buttonholes spaced in said sections along said longitudinal bands positioned between pairs of said stays.

8. A garment supporting belt having in combination, a plurality of body sections adjustably connected, a plurality of buttonholes formed in said sections for attaching said belt to the inside of an outer garment, and a plurality of friction pads mounted on the inner side of said belt, each of said pads comprising a plurality of flexible fingers adapted to engage a roximate inner garment and resist its wit drawal therefrom.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JACOB N. FAUST. CLYDE A. FAUST.

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