Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – With means to gather peripheral edge – e.g. – drawstring
Patent
1994-01-07
1995-07-18
Chapman, Jeanette E.
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
With means to gather peripheral edge, e.g., drawstring
450 1, 450 41, 450 52, 450 71, 2 73, 2183, 21952, 24 68SK, 24 71ST, A41C 312
Patent
active
054336481
ABSTRACT:
A ratchet spool mechanism including a rear or bottom housing having a central column, and positioned around the central column a belleville-type spring, positioned thereover a rotary spool having affixed therebetween two lengths of twine and positioned over the top portion of the spool a rotary cap having beveled projections which cooperate with correspondingly positioned orifices in the top surface of the rotary spool whereby operation of the belleville spring, the beveled surfaces and the orifices provide for a locking mechanism and one-way rotation to tighten or draw in the twine, and upon pressing the rotary cap downward against the belleville spring, the beveled projections become disengaged from the orifices, and the spool may be rotated in either direction.
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