US1166689A - Garment. - Google Patents

Description

G. A. HOUGH.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1915.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM co.. wASmNGroN, D. C.

Nlll l rarer GEORGE A. neuen, or onnina, new Yoan.v

GARMENT.

cXact descrip tion.

T his invention relates to certain improve-l ments in garments, and more particularly to a means and method of securing together the collar., shirt and coat of a burial garment, in a unitary structure.

The primary object ofthe invention is to produce a garment as a unitary article of sale comprising a coat, shirt, collai,'etc., and in which the collar is readily rem-ovable from the shirt and the coat readily removable from the collar to permit separation of the parts` for changing the colla-r when desired and allowing the use of collars of various sizes and heights by reason of the susceptibility and rapidity of the change, so that the same garment is adapted for use upon persons of variouslsizes by` the mere insertion of a collar of the proper size, as distinguished from the method of manufacture used and the garment pr duced prior to this invention, in which the coat was permanently secured by sewing to the collar, necessitating the undertaker and jobber carrying a large stock of goods covering garments provided with collars of all sizes and heights.

Other objects and uses relate to the specie means and devices for accomplishing the above objects, and will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of a sufficient part of a garment to illustrate the practical application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the garment showing the means for removably connecting the garment to the collar and the means for removably connecting the split portions of the garment at the rear of the collar. Fig. 3 is a cross section through the collar andthe coat.

The invention comprises a suitable shirt 1- having an upwardly projecting band -2- at its upper end, to which an ordinary turn-down collar 3* is removably secured by means of buttons -4 -5- and 6, the buttons 5- and -6- extendl suitable clip Specification of Letters Patent. Pgtglltd Jimi, 4c, 1916,

'Application inea nay 2o, 1915.

serial No. 29,329.

ing through both thicknesses of the collar and projecting from the cute" surface thereoi Suitable buttons -7-- and -v-c-r are likewise passed through openings in the collar, preferably through the outer thickness only, so that the base of the button is not expos'erhand to the buttons -5-, --6-, --T' and of a coat -l0-, split vertically at the rear, is secured, the buttons projecting through button-holes in the inner thickness of the coat collar, such buttons ybeing covered by' the turn-over portion ofthe Acoat collar, the side milofthe coat collar secured to the buttons -6- and \-7- and the side l2- S- the turn-over collar Slv secured to the buttons n5--- and -8-, the u split portions of the coat collar t the rear being roverlapped and preferably the two thicknesses of the collar at one side, asthe side 12%, 'are inserted between the two thicknesses of the coat collar in the opposite. side, as -ll-, and the parts llandV l2- are-'removably connected under tension b v a spring 13% having its opposite ends formed in hooks lfdadapted to penetrate and grasp the outer layer "of the sides -lland --12- of the coat collar.

To prevent the sides 'ofthe coat collar from aecoming accidentally disengaged with the buttons -5-, -6-, -7-4 and -8-, a -15-v is provided having elongated slots -164- adjacent its opposite ends and passageways IY-e leading to the slots at one end, said passageways 17- being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the distance between the buttons -5- and 8 and between the buttons -6 and -7-, respectively, a separate clip being provided for each side of the collar.

A clip -15- is passed over the buttons 5- and -8-' or the buttons -QG- and -7- so that the buttons move through the passageways -17- into the slots 16 and the clip is then moved longitudinally until the buttons are positioned in the closed ends of the slots -l6-- and thereby lock the sides of the garment in position.v

lt is obvious that the coat is adapted for use with collars AVof various sizes and-by means of the spring 1B- is held in the desired position irrespective of the size of the collar, and that the coat may be removed from the collar and the collar from the shirt to change the collar, by releasing the spring -13-, removing the clips l5- llio the coat collar from the shirt collar, and removing the shirt collar from the buttons -4l -5- and -6-, and that another collar of proper and desired size may be attached by reversing the method.

Although I have shown and described one particular construction and arrangement and one particular method for removably connecting the separate parts so that collars of various and desired sizes may be used Without affecting the appearance or the eX- actness of form and shape of the garment, i do not desire to limit myself to any particular construction, arrangement or form, as many changes may be made in the details of the same without departing from the spirit of this invention as set forth in the appended claims.

d'fhat i claim is l. A garment comprising a shirt, a shirt collar connected thereto and adapted to carry securing elements, aV coat having its coliar split vertically at the rear to ferm side portions, said side portions engaged with said securing elements, and means for resiliently connecting the split portions of said coat collar to hold the side portions of said collar under tension and in engagement with said securing elements.

2. A garment comprisinga shirt, a shirt collar connected thereto and adapted to carry buttons projecting outwardly from the surface thereof, a coat having its collar split vertically at the rear to form side portions, said side portions having openings in which said buttons are adapted to be seated,

and spring means for connecting said side portions at the rear of the shirt collar to hold said portions under tension.

3. A garment comprising a shirt, a shirt collar removably Aconnected thereto and 'adapted to carry a plurality of buttons having enlarged heads projecting outwardly from the collar, a coat having the collar thereof secured to said buttons, and a plu rality of members, each provided With a slot having an enlarged portion adapted to engage said buttons to prevent removal of the coat collar.

it. A burial garment comprising a shirt, a shirt collar connected thereto, securing elements projecting outwardly from the collar, a coat, said securing elements extending through said coat and exposed beneath the coat collar, and a member provided with a slot having an enlarged portion engaged with each of said securing elements to prevent removal of the coat therefrom.

5. i burial garment comprising a shirt` a shirt cellar connected thereto, securing elements carried by said collar, acoat split vertically at the rear thereof, said securing elements extending through a portion of the coat,'means for preventing removai of the coat from said securing elements, and a removable spring clip connecting the split portions of said coat at the rear.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of February, lQ.

GEQRGE A. HOUGH. lVitnesses z Fan-nir. Slimmer, RICHARD A. Boon.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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