US PATENT SUBCLASS 450 / 143
.~ With stiffening strips or stays

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450 /   HD   FOUNDATION GARMENTS

94  DF  FOR LOWER TORSO INCLUDING THIGHS, E.G., CORSET, GIRDLES {39}
143.~ With stiffening strips or stays {4}
144  DF  .~.~> Including stay-reinforcers at waistline or broken stay shields
145  DF  .~.~> Movably articulated directly one to another
146  DF  .~.~> Readily separable from supporter, e.g., from pockets
147  DF  .~.~> Having means to interengage with lacing cord

DEFINITION

Classification: 450/143

With stiffening strips or stays:

(under subclass 94) Subject matter which include slender elongated elements which are inflexible or laterally resiliently elastic.

(1) Note. In the art these are commonly referred to as stays, bones, busks and stiffeners.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

109, for stays or stiffeners located at the upper edge of a corset to resist downward rolling of the upper margin.

114, for stiff or nonflaccid plates or panels incorporated in or serving as supporting means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

140, Wireworking,

91, making crimped or bent wire stays employed as stiffeners in garments, particularly corset stays.