US1197328A - Shirt. - Google Patents

Description

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SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 19M. 1,197,328, PatentedSept. 5, 1916.

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SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10. 1914.

1,1 97,328. Patent-edSept. 5, 1916.

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SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed October 10, 1914. Serial No. 866,110.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, GIUsErPE DI REUBEN ARBIB, a subject of the King of England, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel and refers to a means for improving the appearance of a shirt-front, particularly a dress shirt-front, by holding it at all times in tension, particularly in a lateral direction with the object of preventin the shirt-front from bulging or creasing.

Treviously it has been proposed to employ a strap or band, resilient or otherwise, which is adapted to pass around the back of the wearer and is secured at its ends to the sides of the shirt-front by a loop or a single clip or button. Also a brace has been suggested comprising 7 a strap which was adapted to pass around the back of the slnrt and to be buttoned at its ends to triangular flaps or tags which were secured to the edge of the shirt-front at their bases, while their apices were provided with single buttonholes for connection with the ends of the strap. According to the present invention, however, such an attachment or brace is resilient or otherwise and is secured or adapted to be secured to the shirt, or to a part connected with it, on each side of the shirt-front and to pass around the back of the wearer, and is characterized by having ends which provide an extended connection with the shirt, or with the interposed part, along a line on or close to the side of the shirtfront. Thus the tension of the brace is distributed more evenly over the shirtfront. Preferably the dimension of the brace along the line of its connection with the shirt is greater than a similar dimension of its middle portion.

A feature of the invention consists in a member which is separate from the brace, is secured or is adapted to be secured to the shirt, has means of attachment between it and the brace, and has an extended connection with the shirt along or close to the side or edge of the shirt-front.

The invention will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments and in which Figure 1 shows a shirt-brace applied to a shirt; Fig. 2 shows a modified means of applying the brace to the shirt; Fig. 3 shows a brace; Fig. 4 shows a modified construction of brace; and Figs. 5-9 show some forms of intermediate member to be interposed between the shirt and the brace.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to Fig. l the brace is composed only partially of resilient material and is substantially the same as that illustrated in Fig. 3 with the exception of the manner in which it is applied to the shirt and of the buckle B shown in Fig. 1. Thus, referrmg to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the brace comprises two triangular side pieces A of linen or other desirable material connected by an elastic or resilient connector B. In Fig. l the bases of the triangular pieces A are secured to the front or a portion of the shirt near the front by stitching, while in the construction according to Figs. 2 and 3 they are secured by buttons and buttonholes, the latter being provided on the shirt at or near the edge of the front. The portions A are provided with stiifeners of whalebone or the like at A which may be slipped into pockets provided for that purpose or stitched or held in place by any convenient means. In order to prevent the portlon of the brace at the back of the wearer from shifting, a loop may be provided on the shirt as at B in Fig. 1.

If desired, to more securely maintain the front in tension the flap or tag which is customarily provided at the bottom of the shirt-front may be pinned or clipped or otherwise secured to another portion of the wearing apparel so as to cooperate with the above described brace to apply a tension mainly in a direction at right-angles to the resultant of the tension applied by the brace. Preferably this tag is enlarged in its lateral direction as shown in the accompanying drawings at O, that is to say, that portion of it secured to the bottom of the front eX- tends for a greater length along that portion of the front than is usually the case. Such a tag or vflap may be triangular as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 or rectangular as shown in full lines in Figs. land 2. In the former case the loose point of the flap is secured to a portion of the wearing apparel after the shirt has been put on, while in the latter case the twofree corners are secured in a similar manner. The side pieces A and the bottom tag or flap C are all preferably designed to have an extended line of connection with the front (or a portion of the shirt adjacent the front) as above described so as to distribute, more or less evenly, the tension over the surface of the front, If desired, when the brace is secured to the shirt as described in connection with Fig. 1, the portion B, resilient or otherwise, may be in two parts connected together by means of a buckle as shown at B A modified construction of brace is shown in Fig. 4: in which the triangular portions have been substituted by several separate tags as at A These may otherwise be formed by separate strips or tapes secured together by their ends to the part such as B and extending fan-wise to be secured by their other ends to the shirt. 7

In Figs. 58 there have been shown additional strips which may be secured to the shirt to obviate the necessity of securing the actual brace to the shirt. In Fig. 5, A shows one end of the brace and D is a strip separate from the brace A which can conveniently be sewn as at D to the edge of the shirt-front or a portion near the edge thereof. Between the strip D and the brace A are any suitable means of attachment and in the example shown the strip D has been provided with button-holes D while on the brace are buttons. Alternatively the brace may be provided with button-holes and buttons may be on the strip D.

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of the strip D in which each button-hole or each point of attachment is located in an extended or pointed portion of the strip. The points may be engaged by any convenient form of clip or other attachment in place of buttonmg.

In Fig. 7 the strip D has been shown as replaced by a length of looped tape or cord or any convenient material as at E, while in Fig. 8 a member similar, to the member E is shown as secured to a strip D Fig. 9 shows a modified method of securing the buttons to the brace, wherein they are at the endsfOf tapes or the like A It will therefore be seen that the attachment such as D D or E constitutes the means of attachment between the shirt and the brace. It also obviates any necessity for sewing the brace permanently to the shirt. The strips such as D D or E are readily sewn or otherwise secured to the shirt and may remain permanently fixed in place and in supplying a shirt-brace according to my invention preferably the brace A and the strip D D would be supplied together.

Buttons and button-holes have been illustrated as the means of attachment between the brace and the shirt or between the brace and the additional strip or member such as D D or E. Obviously any other convenient means of attachment could be employed, for example hooks and eyes, clip or spring hooks, clip buttons, press buttons or any other convenient attachment could take the place of the buttons and button-holes and it is further within the invention to secure one side of the brace to the shirt by one kind of fastener and the other side by means of another kind of fastener. Thus, one side of the brace could be sewn and the other side fastened by buttons, clips or the like.

It is immaterial to the present invention whether the hooks or eyes or other clip members be on the brace or the auxiliary strip or member or the shirt provided that there be interengaging devices for the several parts where required. Where buttonholes are employed they may be either sewn around with thread or the like in the usual manner or they may be provided with metal eyelets. The auxiliary strips or members such as D and E are preferably sewn to the edge of the shirt or to a part adjacent thereto although the invention is not limited to this means of securing them in place as any other convenient method of attachment may be employed. 7

The invention is not limited to the details described provided the spirit of the invention, as defined by the claims, is not departed from. The details of the construction of the brace, such as the particular formation or the material of which it is formed may be modified. In place of elastic for the resilient portion any other resilient means may be employed. Also, it is not essential that the stiffener A be provided although, particularly if the brace is buttoned or clipped to the shirt-front, it is'desirable.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A shirt-brace for the purpose de scribed comprising a single band separate from the shirt and adapted to pass around the back of the wearer, separate portions of material to which the ends of the said band are secured and which is interposed between the said ends and the shirt sufficiently near to the edge of the shirt-front to permit the brace to apply a tension across the front, the interposed portions being so dimensioned that they may each be connected with the shirt over an extended line substantially parallel with the shirt-front and the said ends being so shaped and dimensioned as a single piece of material that they may be connected with the interposed portions over an extended line of approximately the same dimensions, and means for detachably securing the said end-portions to the said interposed portions, substantially as described.

2. A shirt-brace for the purpose described comprising a single band separate from the shirt and adapted to pass around In testimony whereof I have signed my the back of the wearer, laterally extended name to this specification in the presence of 10 ends on said band, stifiening members attwo subscribing Witnesses.

tached to said ends and means for connect- GIUSEPPE m REUBEN ARBIR ing each of said ends With the shirt over an extended line substantially parallel with the Witnesses: edge of the shirt-front, substantially as de- HAROLD WADE, scribed. HARRY B. REID, Jr.

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