[1]Patented Deco 31, IM 2 9 2 2 7 , 2 1 4 UNITED STATES PATEN.T OFFICE 2,227i2l4 UNDERGARMENT FOR WOMEN Nathan Bleberc, New York,,N. Y., amignor@to -.Leon& Undertarment Co. ]Inc., New York, N. Y, a corpoistion of New York APPHcauon June, 7, 1939, Serial No. 277,802 1 CWm. (Cl. 2-243) MY Invention relates to Improvements in an undergarment for women, popularly known as a slip. A slip is customarily worn beneath the outer garment or dress, to render the dress substantially opaque, to avoid contact of dress and body, and to give shape to the dress. A slip i$ a separate article of manufacture, which Is made in various sizes, ready t6 wear, aiid Is usually solcl separate from the outer garment or., 10 dress. The slip when worn is required, tG be slightly shorter thaii the dress, so that when worn the slip Is, not se&n. If it is longer than the dress, it produces an ungainly, slovenly and ill dressed appearance. 15 One object of the Invention is to provide conven,entadjustment of a slip whereby proper shortening to suit the outer garment or person may be accomplished by a person unskilled In the sewing art. 2( Another object of the invention is to provide a finished tailored edge in a slip at all times after shortening, without the I need of resorting to sewing means at the time of shortening. A further object of the Invention Is to provide 25 such an edge as will not unravel or fray and withstaiid launderings. A further object of the Invention is to provide such simple adjustment means for a slip, as will not@ interfere with the manufacture of 30 slips in accord=ce'with the current art, and as will perrnit the manufacture of such slips substantially commercially as cheap as theretofore. My invention also has for its objects surh other advantages as hereinafter are made to 35 appear. To fulISr explain my,invention, I shall briefly refer to the disadvantages, flowing from the shortening of a ready to wear slip, which It is the object of my invention to avoid. 40 In shortening a ready to wear slip, to suit the length of the outer g@rment with which it is to be worii, the wearer by cutting the bottom of the slip, simultaneously removes its stitched bottom hem or other tauored bottom edge, leav45 ing an unfinished bottom edge which will unravel or,fray in wearing and in laundering. To produce a new stitched hem or other tailored edge, requires the time and -labor of a skilled person and access to sewing means, and this is 50 so each time the slip Is subsequently shortened. The inability, thus, to conveniently and quickly shorten a sUp results, In its non use or In its use with an unftnished untailored edge. There is, therefore, a definite need for an easily adJustable slip. My invention is a slip which can be easily and In a -few moments shortened to suit the length of the outer garment wliile at the same time without recourse to sewing means retaining its fit and a stitched hem or otherwise tai- 5 lored bottom edge. It also permits a slip for a person of one height to be easily adjusted to a perron of shorter height. Mv Invention consists in providing a slip witlh a plurality of narrow strips of cloth, said strips 10 of cloth being sewed to or otherwise permanently applied by their upper edges to the outer surface of the slip, 16aving the area between the upper and lower edge of each strip free, each strip encircling said slip completely and run- 15 ning parallel to the bottom edge thereof. The first of said strips so sewed or applied is pref - erably placed a short distance above the bottom edge of the slip and each of the balance of the plurality of strips follow similarly one 20 above the other, each separately spaced and siniilarly pernianentiy sewed.or attached. It is preferable to use a sufficient number of strips to encircle an area approximating about Y6 of the length of the slip. Each of s@,id strips is 25 In fact a potential hem, narrow so that it may lay flat against the body of, the slip, and not interfere with the contour of the outergarment. To shorten the slip, all that is necessary is to lift the free edge of that strip gt which shortenIng is desired and io out away beneath if close 30 tO its -.Upper edge completely around the slip. To guide the cutting means, the body of the slip beneath each strip m'ay be marked with a fine soface line or with @a perforated line produced 35 with a hem stitching:, machine, completely aro@md the slip, but these means, however, are uneci , @ssary tnce the slipbody may be cut away s safely without thenl The result is a shortened slip, and the'pernianent strip from under which 40 the slip has been cut away furnishes a finished tailored edge which will not unravel or fray and which will withstand many launderings. One strip in Place of a plurality may be used, although lftipractical. 45 This way of providing an adjustable slip does not interfere with the manufacture cf the body of the slip according to the best practice in the art. As heretofore the slip -can be manufactured from cloth cut at a biils,so that the warp ro and fLI1 of the cloth is at an angle to the horizontal and vertical aids of the body to be clothed, giving resiliency and stretch to the cloth when needed and the other advantages Inherent In cloth thus cUt.. As heretofore the body of the 55
[2]2 2,227,214 slip may be designed and made with a plurality of cloth pieces to fit it to the contour of the b6dy. The provision for shortening by iny invent@on does not Interfere with this practice, and furnishes an exceedingly inexpensive w6,y of adjusting any type of slip while retaining a tailoted edge and its other advantages. The manufacture of the improved slip remalns substantially, commercially as cheap as heretofore,'. 10 while. the improved slip is by far more commerciallyattractive in that it is a tailored edged garment which retains its tailored edge eveii after shortening. My invention also Is ln.the combination and 15 arrangement of parts and In the details of construction as herein set for@th and claimed. My invention is illustrated in the acodmbanying drawing In which: Fig. 1 Is an elevation of -the impr-oved slip In 20 perspective. Flg. 2 is an elevation of the lower portion- of the improved slip in perspective to show a portion of the slip being cut away In the course of shortening. 25 Mg. 3 is an elevation of the improved slip in perspective after a portion of -the slip has been cut away, showing the first strip as the new hem. Fig. 4 is a detailed vertical sectional elevation taken on line 4-4, Mgure 3, viewed in the direc30 tion of thli arrow., Fig. 5 is a detailed vertical sectional elevation taken @on line 5-5, Fig. 1, view)ed in the direction of the arrow. Mg. 6 is an elevation view in perspective of 3.-, one of the strips -showing one portion of its free edge raised and other detai-Is. Fig. 7 is an elevation in perspective of an improved slip sho@ving a different type of slip body. Simila,r numeral@ refer to simuar parts throughout the several views. Referring mgre particularly to the drawing, M.@ure 1 represents a slip, embodying my invention. Upon the outer surf ace of the slip body 7, ap45 proximately 11/2" above its bottom edge 8,, there ispermanently attached in the manner hereinaf,ter indicated, a narrow strip of cloth of the same n@ateriai and color, preferably, as that of the.s@ip body 7. The strip continues conipletely r)o around the slip body parallel to the bottom edge 8. In similar manner there is attached a plurality of such strips ohe aboveeach other-, each spaced approximately 11/2" apart. In my part;cular embo-diment I have used strips 9, 10 and 55 1 1, although as many -more may be used as are desired. Sufficient strips - to cover approximately 1/6 the length of the hem produces a slip adjustable to the various dress lengths a wearer is apt to have, and one which may be adjusted -t-o fit a 60 shorter person. The strips 9, 1 0 and I I are made approximately -@l-" in width. In my embodiment t-hese are made 1 6 out of cloth strips 7/a" in width of the same material and color as the slip body, the strlps being 65 double stitched, after being fed through a hemmer device which folds the strip and reduces it to a finished edge strip of a final width of about My invention, however, is not intended to -be limited to the use of strip of this. kind, but 70 any equivalent strip with its edges finished will serve to attain the objeets of my inventlon, whether made by hand or machine. The details on a large scale are shown for strip 9, in Mg. 6, which I have chosen as illus@ritive of all other 75 strips. rn the embodhnent of my Invention thua strhe 9. 11 and I I are attached to the outer slip body by sewing their,upm edges 12, 11 and 14 to the slip body 7,@ leaving the portions of the strips below their upper edge down to and 5 their lower edges 15, .16 and 17 hanging free, asshown on. Fig. 5 a vertica-I section of the sUp on line 5-5 jUi Plg. 1. 3[n sewing the upper edges of the strip to the slip. body 7, I have I>referably used a zigzag stli@h 18, 19, 20, this stitch 10 being unusually permanent, and not loosening or unravelung, by an accidental cutting across the stitch. I do not intend, however, to ltmlt my lnvention,by the type of stitch us nor bv the manner of a;ttachment of the strips, any other 13 means of secure attachment -beint sufficient provided the lower portion of the strip be free to act as a flw&hed bottom edge after shortening. The manner of attachment by zigzag stitch 20, Is shown on a large scale for strlp 9 in Plg. 6. which 20 I have chosen as illustrative of all strips. To. shorten a slip as desired, I proceed In the following manner. In Flgure 2 the slip is shown being shortened. The -bottom of strip 9, being free, is raised and with a geis@or orother - cutting 25 means portion 21 of the slip body is cut away beneath strip 9 as close to the point of attachment of the strip 9 as wW permit without cutting Into the zigzag stitch. The commencement of the cutting is shown in Flgure 6 at 26, where the 50 strip is shown raised. This process is continued completely around the slip body until the entire slip is shortened. Mgure 3 shows the shortening completed with strip 9 now serving M the new hem or tailored edge of the slip body. The cut 33 edge of the slip body cannot be seen, being con- - -cealed beneath the new hem 9 as shown in Plgure 4 a vertical section iDf the slip on line " In Mgure 3. In similar manner the slip body may be further shortened permitting strip 10 and then 40 strip I I to successively serve as the tailored bottom edge of the, slip. To guide the cutting means the body of the slip at point 26 in Flgure 6, and beneath each stiip at a corresponding point may. be marked with EL fine c@urface line or a perforated line produced with a hem stitching machine completely around the slip, but these means are, how. ever, iinnecessary since the slip body may be @ut away safely without them. The slip body shown in,Mgure 1 possesses the 50 following features, but these are not Intended to limit my inventioxi to use with this type of slip body, it being equally well adapted to use with any type of slip body in which suitable shortening mean@, at the lower part of the slip body are a desirable feature. Thus, Mgure 7 shows a half slip body 27 which terminates at its top, at the waistline, with an elastic band 23 to keep the slip in place. As shown It has side pieces of cloth F and G which are sewed in at these points to 60 give fit to the waistline. It has the bottom edge I and strips 9, 1 0, I 1, attacliled and constructed as described for Mgure 1. The slip body as shown in Flgure I is made of a front comprising a plu-@ rality of cloth pieces a, b, c, d, e, seamed together 65 or in any other way, the front being seamed to a single Piece of cloth comprising the back. The cloth is cut at a bias, in th6 manner heretofore stgted, insuring to that @lip the advantages flowing from the use of cloth thus cut. In the slip To body the bottom edge 8 is made Oy foldiiii tLnd6r to produce a hem which Is then permanently stitched. In Mgure 1, a shoulder stmp 22 Is shown to support the body of the slip.upon the shoulders, together with shortening means 24 y4
[3]and 25 old In the art for procuring adjustment of the slip to fit:about the upper portions of the body and for minor adjustment in length. Means 24 and 25 may be omitted without detracting .5 'rom the invention. It Is not Intended, however, that my inventi6n Is to be limited to its use with a particular slip body possessing the above features, It being broadly adapted for use with any slip. io Various changes in the form, proportion and the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrifleing any of the advantages of this invention. Alth6ugh I hal!e described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure has been made orily by way of example. Having thus described my invention, I
