US3115642A - Covered boning - Google Patents

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Dec. 31, 19

63 HfHARlNG COVERED BONING Filed Jan. 4, 1962 United States Patent 3,115,642 COVERED BONING Harry Haring, Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor to Universal Boning Co., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed .Ian. 4, 1962, Ser. No. 164,300 1 Claim. (Cl. 2--256) This invention relates generally to the field of concealed boning used in the tailoring of garments, particularly womens garments such as strapless gowns, corsetry, and the like, and more particularly to an improved form of the same.

In the prior art, it is known to manufacture such covered boning by providing a resilient elongated body either of featheroone, or synthetic resinous materials having similar resilient properties. To provide a means for interconnecting such boning in a garment by stitch means, the body is normally provided with upper and lower cover elements of textile material which are interconnected about the body along either longitudinal edge thereof. The cover elements have normally been formed from low-count material possessing a high degree of stretch but little resiliency. As the boning is flexed during the coiling of the same after manufacture, and subsequent to installation, both upper and lower cover elements normally acquire wrinkles which are not subject to subsequent elimination. Aside from being unsightly, these wrinkles form focal points for the accumulation of dirt and soil so that they quickly assume an unsightly appearance, and where such wrinkles have been acquired prior to installation in the garment, sewing difiiculties are encountered in smoothly installing the boning within the garment.

It is among the principal objects of the present invention to provide an improved covered boning in which the above-mentioned disadvantages have been substantially eliminated.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of improved covered boning of a generally wrinkle-free nature, in which the cost of fabrication may be of a reasonably low order, consistent with prior art constructions, thereby permitting consequent wide sale, distribution and use.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of improved covered boning which may be fabricated in a more or less conventional manner, no new sewing equipment or skills being required.

A feature of the invention lies in the provision of a pair of upper and lower cover elements in which one of the cover elements is arranged with its warp threads at right angles to the principal axis of the boning body, and the other of the cover elements is interconnected thereto with its thread axis disposed on a bias with respect to such principal axis.

These objects and features, as well as other incidental ends and advantages, will more fully appear in the progress of the following disclosure, and be pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing, to which reference will be made in the specification, similar reference characters have been employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary view in perspective of an embodiment of the invention.

FIGURE 2 is a similar fragmentary view in perspective of the embodiment, showing surfaces disposed opposite those seen in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view as seen from the plane 3-3 in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary view in perspective correice sponding to that seen in FIGURE 2, but showing the device in curved flexed condition.

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary enlarged bottom plan view as might be seen from the upper portion of FIGURE 2, but showing the lower cover element in extended or developed condition.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary view as seen from the plane 66 in FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary view in perspective corresponding to that seen in FIGURE 4, but showing the effect of curved fiexure obtained when using conventional covered boning.

In accordance with the invention, the device, generally indicated by reference character 10, comprises broadly: a resilient body 11, an upper cover element 12, and a lower cover element 13.

The resilient body 11 may be formed of featherbone or suitable synthetic resinous material, such as styrene or other material having similar properties. It is bounded by an upper planar surface 16, a lower planar surface 17, side surfaces 13 and 19, the surfaces 1649, inclusive, bein interconnected at rectilinear edges 20, 21, 22 and 23. Where the body 11 is made of synthetic resinous material, it may be formed by continuous extrusion, as is well-known in the art.

The upper cover element 12 is preferably formed of high-count gauze material (a relatively low-count weave), and includes an outer lamina 26, and first and second inner laminae 27 and 28.

The outer lamina 26 includes an upper planar portion 30, side portions 31 and 32, and lower planar portions 33 and 34 bounded by side fold edges 35 and 36. The first and second inner laminae 27 and 28, respectively, are generally similar and symmetrical, each being bounded by an inner edge 38, and including an upper planar portion 3-9, a side portion 40, and a lower planar portion 41 extending to the edges 35 and 36, respectively. Referring to FIGURE 1, it will be observed that the material from which the upper cover element 12 is formed includes warp threads 42 and woof threads 43, the latter being parallel to the principal axis of the body 11, and the former being disposed at right angles thereto.

The lower cover element 13 is also formed from highcount gauze, and, as best seen in FIGURES 2 and 3, includes an outer lamina 45 and first and second inner laminae 46 and 47, respectively, the laminae 45-47 being interconnected at fold edges 48 and 49 and terminating at inner edges 50 and 51. As best seen in FIGURES 2, 4 and 5, the warp threads 52 and wool threads 53 are disposed on a bias with respect to the principal axis of the body 11.

The upper cover element 12 is interconnected to the lower cover element 13 by stitch means 56 and 57 in wellknown manner. However, during the sewing, the lower cover element 13 is placed under tension as compared to the upper cover element 12, and, being disposedupon a bias, after sewing the same will exert a slight resilient contractile force which will prevent the formation of wrinkles.

This effect is best seen from a consideration of FIG- URES 4 and 7, wherein a bowing effect is absorbed by the contraction of the lower cover element, whereas in conventional construction, wherein the upper and lower cover elements are both interconnected with warp threads parallel to the axis of the body 11, a noticeable wrinkling effect will occur, usually on the lower cover element but at times also on the upper cover element as well.

To preserve the contractile effect of the lower cover element 13, periodic interconnection of pieces of goods forming the lower cover element are also disposed on a 3 bias, as seen in FIGURES 2, 5 and 6. This is preferably done by a concealed stitch 62.

I wish it to be understood that I do not consider the invention limited to the precise details of structure shown and set forth in this specification, for obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

I claim:

In a covered boning construction, including an elongated resilient body having a principal axis an'd up er and lower cover elements, the improvement comprising: said upper cover element being formed of woven textile material having warp and woof threads, said warp threads being arranged at right angles to said principal 4% axis; said lower cover element being formed of woven textile material having warp and Woof threads arranged on a bias with respect to said principal axis; and stitch means interconnecting said upper and lower elements; said lower cover element being sewed to said upper cover element while under tension.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 454,587 Bray June 23, 1891 798,240 Warren Aug. 29, 1905 2,773,265 Dick Dec. 11, 1956

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