US1213481A

US1213481A - Union-suit.

Info

Publication number: US1213481A
Application number: US9259516A
Authority: US
Inventors: Nathan Hatch
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-04-21
Filing date: 1916-04-21
Publication date: 1917-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 1934-01-23

Description

N. PATCHL UNlON SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. ms.

, Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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NATHAN HATCH, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

UNION-SUIT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, NATHAN Huron, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Albany, county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new or useful Improvements in Union-Suits; and I do dccla re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains make and use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The invention relates to an article of Wearing apparel, more particularly to union undergarments for men, women and children.

One of the objects of the invention is to construct a union suit to fit the body of the wearer perfectly and securely, and to make it-very easy to put on and take off.

Another object is to construct a garment in which it is not necessary to provide buttons and buttonholes or the securing means which are usual in undergarments, thereby lessening the expense of manufacture and preventing the annoyance due to the loss of buttons from the garment and the wearing of the buttonholes.

Another object is to so construct the union undergarment that it will be self-supporting over the shoulders of the wearer.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims.

The garment is so constructed that it may be very easily donned and as easily slipped off the body of the wearer, yet while being worn it is securely and effectually held in place upon the body due to the new and particular construction of the shoulder and neck portions. Furthermore, the construction of the garment is such that the neck portion when opened out will extend entirely to the outer portion of the shoulder on each side so that the neck opening will be of suflicient size to pull up around any po tion of the body. The garment is put on the body of the wearer by inserting the legs through the open neck portion into the leg portions, in the usual way, and then the upper portion of the garment is drawn up around the upper portion of the body, the arms are in serted into the sleeves and the neck portion will then close over the shoulders, as will be hereinafter more specifically described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 19t7.

Application filed April 21,1916. Serial No. 92,595.

side of the figure. Fig. J: is a side view of Fig. 2 with the sleeve removed looking in the direction of the arrow.

In the detailed description, similar reference characters indicate the same parts in the several views.

The part marked A represents the body portion of the garment, B the leg portions and C the arm portions. Extending from the points 2 and 3 at or about the arm pits, are front and back flaps E and F covering the chest and back of the body respectively. The back flap is bounded by the lines 2, 4, (3, 8 and 3, and the front flap is bounded by the lines 2, 5, 7, J and 3. The

lines

2, 4,2, 5, 3, 8, and 3, 9, form the arm holes. The upper portions of the front and back flaps are cut away in a substantially curved line so as to make a nicely formed neck opening and at the same time provide shoulder flaps which are to be turned over the shoulder and secured at their outer edges to the sleeve.

Referring to Fig. '4, the shoulder flaps formed at the upper and outer corners of the front or chest flap are turned over the shoulder so that they will he underneath the upper and outer corners of the shoulder flaps of the back flap, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The outer edges of the shoulder flaps are secured to the sleeve between the

points

10 and 12 in the usual way.

I preferably turn the back shoulder flaps over the front shoulder flaps, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and so that the suspenders of the wearer will not cause a buckling of either flap, which might be the case should the front shoulder flap be turned over the back shoulder flap.

The outer side edges of the shoulder flaps are either securedby sewing or other suitable means to the sleeve and to each other throughout the line indicated between the flap F are left free between the points '10 and 20, and the free ends of these flaps are secured to the front of the garment by a button and button-hole or by any other suitable means at the point 15 as indicated in Fig. 2. I

With my improved construction, when the union suit is adjusted in place upon the body of the wearer, the upper shoulder flaps will rest and bind down upon the lower shoulder flaps, thereby holding the garment securely in place upon the shoulders of the wearer without danger of any portion of the garment becoming misplaced. At the same time, these flaps can'be pushed aside by the hands leaving a full opening at the upper portion of the garment amply'sufiicient in order to permit the wearer to disrobe.

The garment may be made of either woven, knitted or other suitable fabric, and except for the novel features of construction which form my invention, it is made in the usual way; namely the leg portions may be long or short, the arm portions long or short; the leg and arm ends are ribbed and finished as usual and the border of the neck and shoulder flaps are finished in the usual manner. The garment may also be provided with an open and overlapping fly construction and it is provided'with the usual substantially longitudinal opening in the seatthereof. s

l have illustrated and described the embodiment of my invention which I believe to be the one best accomplishing the object which I have in view; nevertheless the invention is not restricted in details except as definitely expressed in the claims.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a union suit, a trunk portion, chest and back flaps extending upwardly theremas er from, the upper corners of each flap forming pairs of shoulder portions, one pair overlapping the other pair, the pair of shoulder portions formed from the chest flap extending rearwardly of the horizontal medial line 7 of the shoulders and the pair of shoulder portions formed from the back flap extending forwardly of the horizontal medial line of the shoulders, each pair of shouldenpor tions being secured to the garment at their outer ends, the side edges of the chest and back flaps forming the armholes, the entire upper edges being free of each other from shoulder seam to shoulder seam to form the body opening when separated and the neck opening when closed. 7

2. In a union suit, a trunk portion, chest and back flaps extend ng upwardly therefrom, the upper corners of each flap forming pairs of shoulder portions, the rear pair overlapping the front pair, the pair of shoulder portions formed from the chest flap extending rearwardly of the horizontal medial line of the shoulders and the pair of shoulder portions formed from the back flap extending forwardly of the horizontal medial line of the shoulders, each pair of shoulder portions being secured to the garment throughout their side edges, the side edges of the chest and back flaps forming the arm-. holes, the entire upper edges being free. of

each other from shoulder seam to shoulder seam to form the body opening when separated, and the neck opening when closed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto. set my hand at borough of Manhattan, city and county of New York and State of New York this 17th day of April, 1916.

Grouse W. KAVANAUGH, ISABEL R. RICHARDS.