1,422,441 N@,ar(Ily aii(I tipin,ai,dly from the center to the fro.@-it and rear sides of the skirt, and the seam formed at 10 aiid 11 extends upwardly and in",,,Lrdly from the leg-opeiiiiigs to the front and rear sides of the skirt, so that the leg-opeiiings and the central panel, except at its 'Lront and rear edges, are thereby positioned to lie in a plane beloiir the contolir seain-line 4. This maiiner of connecting the io sectilon fol,ms the depending leg-portions having depending otiter sides ivhich are shorter in length fi-om the seam-line 4 to the leg-opening than is the center dimension of either of the sections 7 or 8 from the leg15 opeii.ing to the seam-lin6 9. Thus extending betweei the leg-openii-igs is the long panel sectioii. which in norinal positioiis is prevente,d from sa--giny beloai, the plane of the leg-operiiiigs pi,eferably by the arched seam 20 9 and also forms long insl(.1e leo-pol-tioiis, and at the 6utside of each leg-open - ing is the relatia,ely short leg-portion ivliicl-i pi-events sagging of the otitside of the 16g-portions and periiiits a freedom of olit-wa rd movement 25 beyond the limits of the seam-line 4 at both sides of the gai-ment simiiltaneously. What I el,,tim is: , 1. A skii-t liavirio@ a flexible diaphragm emboCI3,iiig depending le(Y-poi-tions each being 3o constrileted fi,om a piece of material h@iving oiie straight long-side, endedges formed it rigbt-angles to said straight lo - i(:Ieir an rg s form a short oliter side for the dependin(, 35 legportion, and an extended central panel to form long inner sides for both leg-portions and to the side-edges of which are connected the straight end-eclges of the le,-,- portio ns, the flaring edges of saicl, leg-por- 40 tions ,Lnd the front and reir e(lues of s,,iict central panel being secured all. arounct the inner side of the skirt between the bottom edge ,tnd the.waist-line thereof. 2. A skirt haviny a flexible diaphrigm 45 embodyi ng depending leg-portions e,,tch be' ' constructed from a piece of material 1"g htivinone straizht lonly-side, end-edges formed ,tt ri.zht-anrgies to @'aid sti@aiglit Icnaside, an opposite long-side which flares al,-,,a-v, 50 from said straight long-side towarcl its encls to form a short o Liter side for the depending legpoi@tions, and ,tn extended central panel to form long inner-sides for botl-i leg-portioris and to the side-edges of which are con- 55 nected the straight end-edges of the leg-portions and provided with a central do-wnwardly,trched seam extending between the -front and rear sides of the -,Ii@irt to support the central portion @tbove the bottom edges 60 of the leg-portions, the flaring edges of said legportions and the front and re,,tr edges of the central pa,nel being secured all aroliiid the inder-side of the skirt between the bottomedge and the wtist-line thereof. 65 In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my opposite long-side Ni@hich flares aival, om signature. said straight long-side toward its ends to ANNE HARMON.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, ANNE HARMON, OF IRVING'TON-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORR. ATHLETIC SKIRT. 1,422,441. Sp,-oification of letters Patenti. Pttelited Ji-ily 11, 19212. Ap@lfd6,ti on filed April 10 To ci7l qvl@o??l it,?)I-ety C6116e@"7@: 130 it knowi@ thai I,, ANNF, HAR,@ION, a: citizell of th'e -Unit-ea Siat@@, ,iiid, 6f Irvi.h, bl-toh-6h-tl@e-iTuds6h, i@n t'iae cotinty of @itostchester and @@,tate of NeA, Y6rk, @ave inveiited certaiii n6ii, 4n(i usefi-il lii4i)roN,ement@ in Atlileti(, Skii-ts of Avhlch the f'olIoNving is a specification. This inventi6n re@l:ite to iiii pi,oveiiients 10 in g@Lrments T-or Av'ol'neii g'nd childf6ii especi@LIly desigiiod to be @-,,'orn -wheii pa@ticipacing Ili spoi-t's. atlil@tic ekoi-eise , or tile like and h,@s for its &6iler@l 6bj'--ct tb i)ro' ido a pi -col)-lljined Aclsing le garment gssessino@ th6 vantage@ of a sl;@i@t '@thd p,@it 6f blobihers withotit tlae disq(I-A@ailtao@es, @of @@id6d okpense of tAV6 @eparato! garments ,in'd tlib ei'l@uiAberiiag- 6i the *@ai,-ei,'s lei@s by b,,tgg@@, bl @ tn 60m@. ers i'v6'r'n Within @ skirt. 20 Oth@@ 'Obje@ts of- ti-lo lnl,6tition a-i@e to p'rovi,cle@ a -ai-ment havihg the grlii@effil al)poarane'e -6f 6, ski@t 'and o coi-istrttetod ',i's to perrnii p6rtect @@e@ed-oiii @of i@bt'ro-Ti iiithotit expbsing the 1)@i,@oii ot -Lili'de-tuA'riheiit@ of e -v@i@ar,ef; to p@,6@,id6 'An @th'I ic skirt ha' 26 th e'j Ar in,g a I D sei-,,Lired-k@,'thi- tlio amoa-n(16 :klehilh6ACIOSS th@e @skitt in a plane jiist ab6Ve tli6 linees of th6 w6'ai-et, s'a a to lea-@e th6 log f Pe@ u@ 30 to 6,iid iiicliiding the Itii'06 j6iiit , kii'd iilso le"a 16i)"S ft6b iiiid iifi'en'13'umbi@,f-'ed ,tb@ov'e t orti@6@'diAI)hk'a(-:&rtn- ,,tnd t6 p@o-,,ide aii c ski'r't h-aving' @a t@iiiisi,-i@rsely ext,eh4ing 'di,@phfagih @tovid6d with leg '@peri@ 3@ ing@ ahtl so loc,@t6d -@ifid 'cbii trtici'ed tliat th6 8kijrt i@ill T@all natiii--,tlly aiid bv6nly ff-oiii the Waist-lliid 'wife@n ih6 @'wear@@ stan@l in d no@inal i)ositibii, tliat ih6 )'V'eAroi ft@@ely m'o-,,e the 166@ @olatiVOly t'(j b,@ich I o@h@r in all 4o dir,ecti,6@iis the hiliximil''m, Oxte-nt-, ai@ct thiit the e T e I d )h@@l&'- Avill 1,16t bfill ii@ b'tAA@e@ i th,6 knees 'and '6'r6t@h ahd iihped6 th6 @@,ear'e@'g mb'v@- 'm'efits b@ @cdii@s'e al cb 'mf,oi-t an@l 'cliafihg. In the drawino@@, I"i6-. 1 ". :i IJ''ers' tiv6 is pe6 45@ view; pa@tiy in v'rtid' I 6@,tioh) of a 'skirt, illu,,3ifAti,n,; th,o @'refe@'r6c, eiiibbdiffi6iit of th@ inv@oniioii; Fig, bbt'iblil @lah vi@i@. pig. 8 @ Tr-a&mptitar'y ver c@a'l s'6cti6nitl I 50 vi6,@v, tik6n.6ii ihe.1iii6'IIILLIII bf Fig-. 2@ a pdi-@ ol the clia@h'r'ag'-'m' b6i4'g sh'owii in' fr'ont 6le-V@ti6ii F@ig. 4 a plan view of the tNNo sections@ 6t wh@icfi thO cbnir@l b@id&6-pii@6e 'of th'e dia5@ ht'@gm@ is fto,r@m,@,@ed; p Ser192 i@il No. 372,743. Fi6- 5 laii A,iew 6f one of the tvvo enil ])Ioces or Pleg' -ell@eireling i:)ortioiis of the diaplii'aom, I' 1(., -6, a plail Aie@v sli-i6illin@@ ,t slig@litly niodi@'fied f6riii of end piece; 60 Fi-. 7 a pliin vieai, O-E the ditplirac,,m IlTitliotit ]the -"elastic g,,irters or ot m @@lis foll her e gdtherin(Y the ]'till end poi-tioris@ of@ the diaplii@,igni at'ouncl the leg 61)eDitigs; aiid Fia. 8 a pla@n Ai-lw of the (li:il:)hr,,t@M. vvitli- 65 otit Che o@rters, folded c@lit@ally. r.,Ofel.@lhg t6,tlle ITarious pai,ts b-,- iiiiiiierals, I desi.g@ates t @@kirt NVI-iieli is prefet,ablv a -I fill Of ppi@oXfrh',ItelIT knee-leii@4tl d proa,ided )vith a ieira@ deel; bottoiii 9, tile laei-ll be-@ 70 ing prefer'll'tl)ly @botit sei,ei-i ilielies (leep. xk el'o'siii-e or cliaplii-agi@n 3 i's seoiii-ed )Avithiii the sli:ii-t at ti po' t aboae the li@i-ioe line by stitchin incr oi- otliorwise -,itt@cliing the otiter edo,@ of th6 di@,iplir,,tgm t6 the ii-iside of the skirt 75 along the 1)6m line. ds shoA-Vn @it 4 iii Fi s. 9 I 4h@d 3. The dial@hra,@@ii-i is 1)@ol-ide@t @vith leg 6peni'ng@ 5 adi@etnt"opi)6site sides of the ski@t; and is eloiigated iii th@e dir@Betioii of tlie )4viclth of the sltir't Tor the ilir oses 1-iore- 80 p p ilififter set T6rtb. T116 diai,)hrao-m is so cbiist@ucted is to h' Ae t genei,6,1 eili@ptic,,tl eoiitoul@ ).II plaii @IeNv ivlien attaclied to the sl@irt aii@,t also to htve an @.@cess 6f iii,,tteri,41 @,it o,,icli eiid -foi-ftliji 85 9 full portions arottiid tlio le,@),@ ol)eiiii-igs, ,,is showii in Figs. 2 @ti-id @3. a-diapl-ii-d li-,Li,ing the tiii,,tl fortA-1 shoivii iii t]-ie dr,,tivings i-nay I)e rflade ii.1) f@6rii i-ai-N,ii-io, iitimbo@s of PiO'cOs of inate@iql ei-it iii Aari"oiis sliapos, 1 90 prefei, to fol-Ri the (li@@phrq"Tm of CAN7o endpiec'(,s 6, of sililillir shape, and tii,o int6rmediato pi.eoes 7 a' nd 8. Tli @@ 0 Piooes of ateri,,ti 't a cl 8 tw m n ire stitch @d to(s-etlier along their adjac@ent con- 95 zn c,tae 'oii- iiii@,ai@dly 6i.ii@i,iiig end ed@cs 9 to for @m a two part bridgo piec6, hiiiing pointod oLitor e--d I)ortions oi- inte,@ral giissets formod b),, tlic@ oppositely inclinei eii@l edaes 10 and It - of t]-io, pieces T. and S. The front ttnd rear 100 edg6 s of the pieces 7 and 8 are straiaht and pat' @,llol 'With each other, as sliown in Fig. 4. Tho end 1)ieces 6 hai,e oi-ie l,ong straio;l-it sid@ edge ',@ihd two,]-e-latively sliott straiuht zn en@ d 6dge@ @xtendiiig at rigl@t angles to said 105 strdi gl-it side ed-e. The otlier side edge of each end piece 6 flares away from the long str,,ti ght sid'e edge tl-iereof ioward eael-i 6'nd of tl-ie Iiiece so that the end piece gkadually ijj6ie as-e,s iii wiclth toward its ends. This 110

1)422,441 result may be obtained by cuttillo, this edo-e of the end piece on a continuous arc, as shoii,n at 12 in Fig. 5, b3,, etitting this edge so as to provide an interftiediate straio-ht edge portion 13 and 6ppositely incliiied ec[ge portions 14 as shown in Fig. 6 or in any other suitable manner. The straight side edo,es of the end pieces 6, or 6'@l, are folded zn tipward and stitelied to the end piece alon(r L@ 10 the dotted line 15 (Figs. 5 and 6) to form henis 16. The end edges of the pieces 6, or 6-1 from the hem line 15 to the curved or of dished side edge there , ,ire the siiile lengtli as the i.nelined edges 10 ind 11 of the outer 15..ends of the two pai-t bridue pi.ece and are stitch.ecl therelo as shown in Figs. '@ and 8, thus foriiiino- full portions of peculiar foriii at the encls'@'of the diapl-iragm havin,y lec, openin s 5 theretlirotigl-i botinded by the 9 20 hemrned edges 16 of the end pieces. The ends of each of the hems 16. meet at the apex of the adjacent pointed o I r gusset portion of the central bridge. These hems form -,,ery lai,ge o enings aTicl the fi,ill porp 25 tions of the diapl-ii-a(ym arotin@[ tl-ie le, openings are gathered by coiafliiiny in eacii heiii 16 an elastic band or (Yai-ter -17 of @tiitibl@ size to 80cill-ely gr@ip ti@e' AA'I,-arei@'s le(y aboa,e the knee. It will be obvioiis that clraw30 strings, ttpes, oi, the like m,.ty be employed instead of elastic (-ai,ters if desired. The@ total len(-th of the-froiit and reiir ed-es of the contral bridge piece tncl the dislied edges of the two end I)ieces, 35 form the oiiter edo-e of the coinpleted @diaphra-m, equals the length of the stitelied 1-ipper edge of the liem 2 of the, skirt or the circumference of the skii,t at the point of coiinection of the diiphragm thereivith, The 40 straight front and reai, ed-es of the pieces 7 and 8 are stitched to the f ront aiid back of the sli:irt, respectii,ely, alona tlie, tipper edge of the hem 2, and ihe dis.fied edces of the end pieces 6 are stitched aloi-i(y tl-ie re45 maini-no- portions of the hem lin-e Lt op0 ':@des of the skirt. p site Si By. loonstrticting tl-ie diapliragm a,s abovo described, the skirt 'Will not. b-@ 1)tilled in-wardly fore and aft at the iiiiier si4e of each 50 leg openina A-vlie-n the acljacent poi@tions of the diaphr@gm are gatliered ai-oilind the leoopenings, as sho-wn i@ Figs. 2 and 3,. It Nl'ift also be observed that the elojigated diaphraam. provided witl-i ftill leg-encirelinfy 55 portions formed by the end pieces 6 ana pointed gtisset portions of th' e eentral bridge, p@rmits,free rnaximlim inoveiiient of the le(ys in @ll di@ections relatii,ely to e,,tcli otlie-r, and will not drop beloia, @iie bottom of the 60 ski.rt at any point. 'riie diapliragm extends across the skirt between the knees and tlie@ tops olf the weai-er's stocl@ino:s ind is so constructed th,it it ",ill not @ecome bunchecl between the I.eo,,-,- @ibove the stoel-,iii@,ys oi, sag 6,5 do 7nwardly so as to be visible @elow th& sldrt and -will not dr,-tw the Skitt- inward betinleen the'ivearei.'s leg . By foimiiilg the brido-e piece of two members -7 ancl 8 having dislipd edges 9 stitched too-ether- unnecessary fullness of the diapliragm between the leas 7 0 is avoideci aiid the -Nvidth of the diaphra(ym centrally froiii front to rear is increase'd,, I)ei-niitti.ng natitral sa'Yo-inc, of. the - d-ia@n 2n plii-agiii iii the ceiiter without,distorting the . 1-@ skirt. 75 In tise the (r@ti-tei-s 17 ai,e @@rably pushed zn P"e tip abo-Lit the legs to oint 'Loo It midway the upper and 1()were ce of the liei-n 2, as sliown iii Fi@,. l@ in ivliieli position the fullness cit the eiids of the diaphragin arolin@t 80 the openings 5 permits consilderable free@toM of Molroment of- the le(-s- in all. directioiis AN,-itlio,,it on t.he line 4 ancl disttirbiiig tlie iiattii@,,tl.hano, of the skirt. The -e-' ski@rt I ma3,- be accordion plaited, as shown, 85 or inay be 1)lai.n. lt,,ivill be obvioti,-, that-a full sl@ii,t. i-' -,iccordion plaited, will normaII3, hatig i-iioi@e closel.1, abotit the. -",earer's body tllati i ])lain fiill skirt, It iirill be obsei-N,ed in ll'ig- 4 (iihich is t 90 plan iiew of the bloomer section extended) that the outsicle or lo.wer edges of the leg, openings pi,oject in this position a considerable distanec, beyoncl tlie,up.per edges thereof ivhich are secured to the skirt. This en- 95 ables the ivearer to s@re,,icl her legs a great distaiice be@yond the limits of the seam I ine @ 4; conseqiiently, any -",ide stride of the weater will not clr-,tw' or ,iffect the ha,ng of the skirt. This exti-,t lengtli of the bottom of the bloom- 100 ers is secured by forming tlae central panel wicler across its center than at. its edo-es and shaping the bl,,tnli:s of the leg-sections with one etit-oiit side, @s at 12, so th-,tt when the le@,,,-sections are seciired to the centi-al - panel 105 t@@ narrowest portiohs of s,,tid leg-sections are located ,tt the otitside, ,Lnd, as the top eclge of the di,@,phrtoii-i, including the legpoi,tions, is seciired @o the skirt on a horizoii.tal Iiiie, this inc]ities the bottom edges of 110 the leg-portions 1-ipw-,trdly a.nd o-Litwardly and (,,onsequentll, ca,Lises tb.@ outer lo-wer portion of t e leo- s@ctions to project. beyond the secit.t-ed do-e,@tt@etopside. Iriotherwor(IS, the leiio h @1-1 of the botiom of the di,,tphracrm 115 taken o@-'n a conter line 'which is the m t of spread, is greatei.- -thlin the length of the space between the extremities of the top,edge where it is secured to the skirt. it -will be observed f-Lirther that the I . ength.120 I pa el from one leg-opening to of, the centi-,,tl n the other is greater than the width of the same from the front to the back of the skirt, so t.liat, wlien the diaphragm including the leg-portions is exp,,tnded it will be a@proxi- 125 mately ov@tl in sh,,tpe, which wiR permit a greater stretch in one directioia.than in the other. The areb. formed @y the seam uniting the ur 8 0 c ved edgo f the pieces 7 aiid 8 curves out- iso