Brassiere

2,634,418

April 14, 1953

F. DESROCHERS

BRASSIERE

Filed Jan. 25, 1951

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Patented Apr. 14, 1953

2,634,418

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,634,418

BRASSIERE

Fernand Desrochers, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, assignor to Dominion Corset Company Limited, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Application January 25,1951, Serial No. 207,761

Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in brassieres.

One object of the invention is to provide a brassiere having relatively wide end portions equipped with eyelets through which lacing is threaded to secure the brassiere tightly in place around the body of the wearer, said end portions being reinforced in a novel manner to prevent wrinkling thereof when laced tightly together.

Another object is to provide a brassiere of the kind described in which the end portions of the garment are provided with reinforced areas extending across substantially the full width of said end portions immediately adjacent the eyelets through which the lacing is threaded, said reinforced areas being of sufficient thickness to balance the thickness of the lacing in a manner which eliminates lacing bulges that might cause discomfort or show through the gown of the wearer.

Other objects, advantages and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of the accompanying drawings, in which—

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of a brassiere embodying my invention. In this view, portions of the reinforced ends of the brassiere are broken away to show concealed reinforcing elements.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the section line 2—2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3—3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4—4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the eyelets tapes shown in the preceding figures.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates a brassiere provided with relatively wide reinforced end portions 6 equipped with eyelets 7 through which lacing 8 is threaded to secure the garment tightly around the body of the wearer. The reinforced areas of the end portions 6 are generally indicated at 9 in Fig. 1 and extend across substantially the full width of said end portions immediately adjacent the portions of the eyelets 7 through which the lacing 8 is threaded.

The preferred method of reinforcing the end portions 6 of the brassiere and attaching the eyelets 7 is illustrated to advantage in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive. As here shown, each end of the brassere is folded upon itself to provide a twoply marginal edge 10 which overlaps and is secured to an eyelet tape ί I so that a portion of (Cl. 2—42) the width of the tape projects beyond said edge iO in the form of a flap 12. The tape I i carries a row of eyelets 7 which have their anchoring loops 8α (Fig. 5) sewn to the tape and covered 6 by the two-ply marginal end edge !0 of the brassiere. A feather bone reinforcing element !3 is interposed between the anchoring loops 8α of the eyelets 8 and the covering two-ply marginal end edge portion 10 of the brassiere. This re10 inforcing element is pocketed in place and held against lateral movement by two vertical rows of stitching 14 which secure the folded end edge 10 to the tape 1 i. Endwise or vertical movement of the reinforcing element is prevented by 15 horizontal rows of stitching 15 uniting the upper and lower margins of the folded edge (0 to the tape U. The U-shaped lace-receiving portions of the eyelets 8 project beyond the folded end edge (0 of the brassiere and overlie the inner 20 portion of the flap i 2 afforded by the projecting portion of tape 11.

One advantage of the reinforcing elements 13 is that they stiffen the end edges of the brassiere in such manner as to prevent wrinkling 25 of the latter when the lacing is drawn tight to give a snug fit of the garment about the body of the wearer. Another advantage of these reinforcing elements is that they provide added thickness at the ends of the brassiere which, by 30 balancing the thickness of the lacing, prevents the latter from forming bulges or ridges that might cause discomfort or show through the gown of the wearer.

In the present instance, each eyelet tape is 35 shown formed from a single strip of material (Fig. 5), having longitudinal marginal edges I ία and ί ib folded inwardly over the central portion of the strip in overlapping relation with each other to provide three thicknesses of material 40 underlying the eyelet anchoring loops 8α which are sewn to the tape by stitching 16.