US849137A - Bone-pocket. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

S.KOPS. BONE POCKET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed October 16,1906. Serial No. 339,150.

To all whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KoPs, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Bone-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

Pockets for securing bones to corsets are usually made as parts of the corset by sewing strips of fabric to the under or back surface of the fabric body into which the bones are slipped, and one or both ends are then sewed down to place. Bones for corsets and waists have been incased in suitable material to prevent the same rusting and prior to placing the same in ordinary bone-pockets.

The device of my invention is adapted for sale to be attached to a corset or waist or to be attached directly to a corset in the manufacture thereof, and the construction is of such nature that a particular manner of connecting the same to the corset or waist has to be followed or carried out and which in the performance thereof imparts certain functions or characteristics to the bone-pockets and bones in relation to the article to which the same are connected.

In carrying out my invention each bonepoc :et is made alike and is to be secured alike and contains two parallel bones. I employ a strip of fabric materially longer than the bones and more than twice as wide as the over-all width of the two bones when spaced apart the desired distance, so that when folded over the respective edges appreciably overlap. I employ a liningstrip of fabric within the aforesaid folded fabric of a width agreeing with the over-all width of the spacedapart bones.

In making up the bone-pocket the two bones are laid in the first foldable strip upon the lining-strip and the edges are folded over and overlapped, and a line of sewing is made between the bones through the overlapped edges, the lining-strip and the first aforesaid strip, the same being sufficient to hold the parts together. The respective ends are then folded over entire beyond the ends of the bones and toward the surface having the folded edges. The pocket is then in condition for sale and use or to be at once attached to a corset or waist in the course of the manufacture of the same.

In attaching this bone-pocket to a corset or waist the surface having the overlapped edges and overturned ends is laid down upon I the back face of a corset or waist and is secured thereto by at least two parallel lines of sewing lengthwise of the pocket along the res ective edges and outside of the bones an preferably also by a central line of sewing between the bones. These sewed lines extend from end to end of the bone-pockets through the overturned ends, and it will be observed that these overturned ends come between the bones and the corset or waist to prevent the bones wearing or pushing through outward and also that the two I thicknesses back of the bones perform the same function inward, and in this construction and after attachment of the device to a corset or waist there are at least two thicknesses of fabric at each side of the bones.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the parts composing my invention, with the bones laid in place upon the lining-strip. Fig. 2 shows the edges as folded over with a line of sewing centrally between the bones. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the respective ends overturned against the surface'where the edges of the strip of fabric overlap. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section at the dotted line a; x of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a cross-section at the dotted line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a cross-section at the dotted line 2 z of Fig. 3. bone-pockets upon the under surface of the corset or waist, and Fig. 9 is a cross-section at the dotted line 00 0c of Fig. 8.

a represents a main foldable strip of fabric, which is materially longer than the bones and is more than twice as wide as the over-all width of the two bones when spaced apart the desired distance. This strip is to be folded over along its respective edges 2 3, so that these edges appreciably overlap over the space intervening between the bones. 1) represents a lining-strip of fabric substantially as long as the strip a and of a width substantially agreeing or slightly greater than the over-all width of the spaced-apart bones, the edge of this fabric indicating the line of fold upon which the sides or edges of the fabric strip a are to be folded, and c (2 represent the bones spaced apart and lying upon the strip 5. These bones are considerably shorter than the strips of fabric a Z), so that their respective ends leave an apprel ciable margin of fabric at the respective ends 0 (1. These bones are to be spaced apart and their outer edges also spaced apart from the Fig. 8 is a broken elevation of the I outer edges of the fabric strip 7). In assembling these parts the strip 1) is laid upon the strip a and the bones are laid upon the strip 1) in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The edges of the strip a are then folded over at the respective edges of the strip 1), and they over- I lap centrally upon the bones, and a line of sewing 4 is run the complete length of the strips a I) through the overlapped edges 2 3 of the fabric a between the bones, through the fabric b, and centrally through the fabric a, so as to bring the parts into the position shown in Fig. 2. The parts are thus held together, and the frictional grip of the fabric is generally sufficient to prevent the bones shifting within the pockets. The respective ends a a of the combined strips a b are then folded over beyond the ends of the bones, the fold being toward the side of the overlapping edges of the strip a, and when this is done the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3', and the bone-pocket is then in condition for sale and application to a corset or waist, as the-user desires, or to be at once attached to a corset or waist in the course of manufacturing the same for sale.

In Figs. 8 and 9, e represents a part of the fabric of a corset body or waist, and in the manner of attaching the completed bonepocket, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the surface illustrated in Fig. 3 is to be laid down upon the inner surface of the corset or waist and to be sewed thereto.

I have shown at 5 and 6 edge lines of sewing, which secure the bone-pocket to the fabric body of the corset or waist, passing through the folded edge of the fabric a, the edges of the fabric 5, and the fabric c, and I also prefer to employ a center line of sewing 7, which passes through the fabric a, through the fabric b, and overlapped edges 2 3 of the fabric (1,, and through the fabric 6. These lines of sewing 5, 6, and 7 also pass through the overfolded ends a a of the fabric strips a I), so that the entire length of the bonepocket is secured to the fabric a of the corset body or waist.

From the illustration and foregoing description it will be apparent that in this manner of attaching the bone-pocket to the fabric-body of the corses or waist, the smooth and continuously-even surface of the bonepocket. is presented to view and that the folded edges 2 3 of the fabric a and. the overturned ends a a are concealed from view between the bone-pocket and the fabric 6. My improved bone-pocket attached in this n1an ner not only presents a desirable finish and pleasing contour, but performs the function of providing abundant thicknesses of material between the bones and the outside of the corset to prevent any rust showing through and also at the respective ends of the bones and between the same and the corset to prevent the ends of the bones in the wear of the corset wearing or working through and protruding, for it is a well-known fact that there i is a greater tendency of the ends of the bones to work through the ends of the pockets in a forward direction in use than in a backward direction away from the inner surface of the corset, and it will also be apparent that even in this direction there is not only the material of the fabric strip a, but of the fabric strip Z), or, in other words, two thicknesses of material to prevent even this tendency of the bones to work through at the ends.

The bone-pocket of my invention is of simple construction, of marked strength, and great durability, and when attached to the under surface of a corset or waist increases the life of the corset or waist by preserving the fabric thereof from injury and from the protruding of the ends of the bones.

I claim as my invention 1. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-strip of the same length as the foldable strip and in width appreciably greater than the width of the bone, a bone laid fiatwise on the lining-strip and of a length appreciably less than the length of the foldable and lining strips, with the edges of the foldable strip turned over and over lapping and. secured together and the respective ends of the foldable and lining strips at the ends of the bones overturned against the overlapped edges of the foldable strip and means for securing said overturned ends in place. a

2. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-strip, bones spaced apart and resting upon the lining-strip in the same plane, the edges of the foldable strip overlapped upon the bones and a line of sewing connecting said parts and passing through the overlapped edges of the foldable strip through the lining-strip and substantially through the foldable strip.

3. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-strip of the same length and in width appreciably greater than the overall width of two spaced apart bones and both of said fabric strips of greater length than the length of the bones, two bones spaced apart and lying upon the liningstrip, the edges of the foldable strip folded over the same and overlapping at the center and a line of sewing passing centrally between the bones, through the overlapped edges, the lining fabric and substantially through the center of the foldable strip.

4. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-strip of the same length and in width appreciably greater than the over-all width of two spaced-apart bones and both of said fabric strips of greater length than the length of the bones, two i bones spaced apart and lying upon the lin- "ing-strip, the edges of the foldable strip folded over the same and overlapping at the cen ter, aline of sewing passing centrally between Signed by me this 8th day of October, the bones, through the overlapped edges, the 1906 lining fabric and substantially through the center of the foldable strip and the respec- I SAL/IUEL KOPS' 5 tive ends of'the foldable and lining strips Witnesses:

overturned against the overlapped edges of ARTHUR H. SERRELL,

the foldable strip. E. ZAOHARIASEN.

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