Showing posts with label breast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

TRAINING-WEIGHT

TRAINING-WEIGHT
Lewis T. Foreman, of Omaha, Nebraska
Application filed April 2, 1918

T0 all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Lewis T. Foreman, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Training-Weights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to physical culture devices and aims to provide a novel form of weight. to be balanced on the shoulders when exercising, to force the user to hold his shoulders and head erect the brackets resulting in maintaining the body in an erect and healthful position. To this end the invention comprehends the provision of a hollow receptacle formed of any suitable material and provided with an opening or valve by means of which it may be filled and the weight thereof regulated to suit the convenience of the user. This filling also permits of each shoulder being subjected to different weights, resulting in the proper balancing of the shoulders.



Wednesday, July 13, 2011

ADJUSTABLE BRASSIERE DRYING HANGER


ADJUSTABLE BRASSIERE DRYING HANGER
Martelle C. Badgley, Los Angeles, Calif.
Application December 8, 1955

This invention relates to drying hangers and more particularly to a hanger for drying brassieres when washed.

The general object of the invention is to provide a brassiere drying hanger constructed and arranged to cause the brassiere to retain its normal shape after it has been dried on said hanger.
A more particular object of the invention is to provide an adjustable brassiere drying hanger, by means of which the bust forms of the hanger may be adjusted laterally toward or away from each other, to fit the breast cups of brassieres spaced at different distances apart.