US1191218A - Collar-supporter. - Google Patents

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0. L. PAYNE.

COLLAR SUPPORTER. APPLICATION msp JAN. 10. 1916.

Patented July 1s, 1916.

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ODILE LEMAIRE PAYNE, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-July 18, 1916.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial No. 71,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ODILE LEMAIRE PAYNE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mount Vernon, New York, have invented a new and useful Collar-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to neckwear and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive collar support which will support the collar at practically all points so as to prevent sagging thereof, and which at the same time will yield readily and accommodate itself to the different movements of the wearer.

Other objects are to provide a collar supporter which will not press into the neck of the wearer, and which will not interfere with the freedom of movement of the wearer.

These objects I have accomplished by employing a resilient spring support which is engaged with the edge portion of the collar so as to provide a substantially continuous yielding support therefor, and by mounting this spring support so that it will hold the collar distended without interfering withthe flexing thereof. According to a preferred construction, this yielding spring'support is in the form of a laterally extending arm carried at the upper end of a spring post which is secured at its base to the base of the collar. The supporting post and spring arm are conveniently made of a single piece of spring wire bent to shape. I find it preferable usually to extend two lateral supporting arms in opposite directions from the supporting post, the length and shape of these spring supporting arms depending upon the style and character of collar to which the supporter is applied.

Various other features and details will appear as the specification proceeds, attention being directed to the accompanying drawing, wherein I have illustrated several practical and preferred forms the invention may take.

In this drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention as applied to and in use in connection with an ordinary stand-up collar, the near side of the collar being broken away for the sake of more clearly showing the supporters. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the supporters on an enlarged scale, illustrating in dotted lines how the supporting or spring arm is put under tension when the device is applied to the collar. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in connection with a collar of the military type. Fig. 4 is an illustration of the invention modified slightly in form to suit a collar of another type.

In the constructions illustrated, the supporter is shown made from a single continuous strip or piece of spring wire, such as steel piano wire, bent to provide the two upright portions 7 and 8 carrying at their upper ends the laterally and oppositely extendingspring supporting arms 9 and 10. The uprlght portions 7 and 8 thus constitute a post for supporting the laterally extending spring supports, said two side portions 7 and 8 being connected at their lower ends preferably byalooped portion 11, which adds resiliency and alsoprovides a means for attaching the foot of the post. to the base of the collar. Additional resiliency is secured by providing the reverse bends 12 at the unctions of the uprights with the laterally extending arms. The ends of the spring supporting arms 9 and 10 may terminate in eyes or loops 15, by which said ends may be more readily secured in place. This finishing off of the ends also prevents injury being done the collar.

In'using the invention, one of the collar supporters is usually applied to each side of thecollar, also the shanks or supporting posts of the supporters are applied to the collar at points where there will be no lia-' bility to press upon the nerves or muscles in the neck. A typical application of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein is shown a collar 17 of the type which clasps at the back. In this case the supporting shanks of the .two supporters are applied to the inside of the collar at opposite sides of and near the back of the neck. Theforwardly extending spring supporting arms 9 are in this case longer than the rearwardly extending supporting arms 10, the arms 9 extending forwardly almost to the front of the neck, and the arms '10 approaching each other at the rear of the neck. This will be seen to provide a substantially continuous resilient and flexible support for the upper edge of the collar, serving to support the upper edge of the collar and to hold the collar as a whole distended in proper shape.

The spring support is sufliciently yielding in character to yield readily to all move ments of the wearer and while possessing the necessary resiliency is not of sufficient strength to ofler'any appreciable resistance to any movement of the wearer. The spring supporting arms are usually formed with a slight initial upward set as indicated in Fig. 2 thereby giving them an additional spring quality when they are. applied to the collar and deflected down into the plane of the upper edge of the collar, as indicated in dotted lines in this view. Also in applying the supporters to the collar the upright portions forming the posts are preferably spread apart somewhat, as indicated also in dotted lines, so that the supporter can contract under certain movements of the wearer. The supporter is shown stitched in place on the collar, but it will be understood that other fastenings than sewing may be used. The collar might for instance be formed with suitable pockets to receive the supporting posts and the spring supporting arms. In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a reversal of the arrangement of the supporters, wherein the supporting shanks are placed at the front of the collar and the long spring supporting arms extend around the sides of the neck toward the rear. This arrangement is particularly applicable to collars of the so-called military type.

In Fig. 4 I have indicated how the spring supporting arms may be varied as to length, shape and inclination to suit various styles of collars. In this particular illustration I have shown a point collar in which the supporting shank is extended from the base of the collar up into the point, the forward spring supporting arm 9 extending downwardly on an incline from the point in conformity with the forward edge of the collar,

and the rearward spring supporting arm 10" extending rearwardly along the upper edge of the collar. In the several forms shown the spring supporting posts are inclined with respect to the vertical and this, as will best be understood from Fig. 4 enables the same to yield downwardly as pressure is applied from above so that the supporter may collapse more or less and so not offer any rigid obstruction to the free movements of the wearer. Also in use the spring supporting arms 9 and 10 Will be curved as indicated to more or less fit the curvature of the neck of the wearer.

The invention has proved to be particuarly useful for supporting. lace collars, and collars of a like flimsy and more or less limp character, and I have, therefore, used the term limp to describe a collar of such a character lacking the qualities necessary to maintain it distended.

That I claim is:

1. A support for a flexible and relatively limp collar comprising inclined spring sup porting arms connected at the bottom by a loop secured to the base portion of the flexible and relatively limp collar and extending from said base portion substantially the full height of the collar to the upper edge portion thereof, and a substantially continuous, resilient spring supporting arm extending from the upper end of each of said inclined spring supporting arms projecting in opposite directions and terminating in free ends secured to the upper edge portions of the collar to thereby provide substantially continuous resilient spring supports for the upper edge of the otherwise limp and nonself-sustaining collar and curved longitudinally to fit the curvature of the neck.

2. A support for a flexible and relatively limp collar comprising upstanding spring supporting arms connected at the bottom by a loop secured to the base portion of the flexible and relatively limp collar and substantially continuous, resilient spring supporting arms extending-in opposite directions from the upper ends of the upstanding spring supporting arms having free ends and secured to the upper edge portions of the collar to thereby provide substantially continuous resilient supports for the upper edge of the otherwise limp and non-selfsustaining collar and curved longitudinally to fit the curvature of the neck, theupstanding spring supporting arms diverging from the loop connecting the lower ends thereof to thereby render said arms freely yieldable toward each other to allow for contractive movements of the collar and pro vided with reverse bends on the upper ends thereof at the junctions with the oppositely extending spring supporting arms.

ODILE LEMAIRE PAYNE.

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

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