US1777215A - Undergarment - Google Patents

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Sept. 30, 1930. REMQGgLL 1 1,777,215

UNDERGARKENT Filed June 11, 1927 ,FJT/F Z-ji' INVENTOR 7 BY i ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 39, 1 939 1 377,2

UHTED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK E. IlIoGILL, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA UNDERGARMENT Application filed June 11, 1927. Serial No. 198,162.

This invention relates to improvements in means, such as by stitching. indicated at 1%. garments and has especial reference to un- This stitching is shown in Figures 2 and 3 dergarments, an object being to provide of the drawings and as snown in these figmeans located at the waist of the garment for ures acts to hold the pleats properly spaced 5 relieving strain and preventing tearing due when the strip is either contracted or expand- 5 to stooping or other body movements of the ed. A binding extends along theupper wearer. and lower edges or" the strip and this bind- Another object of the invention is the proing is connected to the upper and lower vision of means of the above character which members of the garment through stitching or 10 are simple and economical in construction other suitable means. 5 and which Wlll not render the appearance It will be apparent that when the wearer of the garment bulky. of the garment bends forward, the plaits With the above and other objects in view, which normally occupy the position shown the invention further includes the following in Figure 2 will be extended to substantially novel features and details of construction, the position shown in Figure 3 and when the to be hereinafter more fully described, illuswearer again assumes an u right position, trated in the accompanying drawings and the plaits will be returned to their normal or pointed out in the appended claim. folded position through the action of the In the drawings elastic sections 1%. v Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing an 1111- The invention is susceptible of various 7o dergarment constructed in accordance with changes in its form, proportions and minor the invention. details of construction and the ight is here- Figure 2 is an enlarged section on the line in reserved to make such changes as properly m 22 of Figure 1. fall within the scope of the appended claim. Figure 3 1s a similar view showing the Having described the invention what is plaits extended. claimed is Referring to the drawings in detail where- A. garment comprising a body portion and in like characters of reference denote correlegs, a pleated strip secured horizontally at sponding parts, the invention is shown in the waistline or the garment and connecting 30 connection with an undergarment of a parthe body and legs, and spaced elastic strips so ticular type, but it is capable of use in cone ending transversely across the pleats and nection with other types of garments. The 1 ing their ends secured to the garment, and

garment shown includes an upper member said elastic strips being secured to the pleat- 10 and a lower member 11 which are connected strip at spaced intervals between the 35 ed at the waist-line, the connection at the back pleats.

of the arment bein afi'ected b Y means of the in testimony whereof i aflix my si nature.

e': e 1 a resent invention. It ma be more stated that 1* RAN K 1t. MOGI p J the invention may either be applied to the back of the garment or may extend entirely around the waist.

The invention comprises a strip which is formed of a plurality of sections 12. These sections are longitudinally plaited as shown at 13, so that the plaits extend horizontally along the waist. The plaited sections 12 are connected by elastic sections 14, the edges of these elastic sections being secured to the adjacent ends of plaited sections 12. The elastic sections are also secured to the pleated sections between the pleats by any suitable

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