Year: 1888

page_text: I, LEBRECHT HEUMANN, of No. 6 Hohenstaufenring, Cologne, in the German
Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to an undergarment for use in combination with corsets, and
having mainly for its object to prevent the upper edge of the latter from showing
through the dress, as is usually the case, inasmuch as it effects a smooth and rounded
transition from the upper part of the corset to the bust of the wearer.
The said undergarment can be easily put on and adjusted in position, and it has
combined with it, waterproof pads or lappets under the arins, whereby the application
of such lappets to the dresses is rendered unnecessary.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shews the undergarment in use, Fig. 2 shews
the right hand side thereof to a larger scale, the left hand side being identical
therewith.
The undergarment consists of the flaps a shaped to fit under the arm pits where
they have attached to their curved edges the upper edge of a water proof pad or
lappet b, the loose part of which is placed inside the arm of the dress on putting this
on, and serves in lieu of the pad usually fixed in the dress.
The two flaps a may be connected together in front either by button and button
hole or by stitching &c., and when placed with the loops h over the arms, as at
Fig. 1, they hang with their lower edges somewhat over the upper edge of the
corset.
The flaps a consist of a double layer of a suitable woven fabric, the underlayer
being of cotton or other material that will absorb the perspiration while the
upper layer is made of a fabric impregnated with caoutchouc, or other waterproof
material.
Between the upper and under fabrics, there is introduced a lining of woven horse
hair or crinoline material, which reaches over the whole of the chest part of the flap,
up to the line f. In the section on line ry, Fig. 2, shown at Fig. 3, c is the water-
proof upper fabric, d the cotton underfabric, and e the horse hair lining, the three
parts being united by sewing to a binding braid. By means of the horse hair lining a
certain stiffness is imparted to the flaps, while leaving them perfectly flexible, so that

page_text: the under garment fits accurately over the bust of the wearer, enabling the dress to
fit the person perfectly while avoiding all indication of the edge of the corset.
The application of the waterproof arm lappets as described, without attachment to
the dress, is of particular advantage with dresses of Jersey and other tight fitting
elastic material, as up to the present time water proof lappets have not been applicable
to such fabrics, dresses of this kind having no lining to which the lappets could bo
attached, and if these were sewn directly to the fabric the stitching would show
externally. This inconvenience is avoided by the use of the above described loose
lappets attached to the undergarment a.
This undergarment also affords facility for providing a suitable watch pocket, as
indicated at g Fig. 1.
,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
An undergarment consisting of flaps a a fitting with loops over the shoulders and
connected together by buttoning, stitching, or otherwise, which flaps extend to below
the upper edge of the corset, and consist of an upper and an under fabric between
which is a lining of horse hair material extending over the bust to the arms, the
part beneath the arms being without such lining but provided with loose water proof
lappets b substantially as herein described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.