US1236278A - Coat-front. - Google Patents

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S. N. ETTINGER.

COAT FRONT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 19!].

Patented Aug. 7', 1917.

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SAMUEL N. ETTINGEB, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH RYACK AND SAMUEL WASSERMAN, BOTH OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COAT-FRONT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. *7, 1917.

Application filed February 5, 1917. Serial No. 146,684.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. Errinenn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Dorchester district, Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coat-Fronts, of which the following de scription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to coat fronts by which is to be understood the reinforcement commonly applied to the breast portions of coats to stiffen them and keep them in shape.

My invention will best be understood by reference to the following description of a preferred embodiment of my invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the main body ofthe front;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the stiffener utilized therewith; and

Fig. 3 is a view of the completed coat front with the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2 assembled, a portion non-essential to the invention being broken away and a portion being folded back to more clearly disclose the structure.

In all these views the reinforcement for the left-hand breast of the coat is shown as viewed from the inside. In other words, as the reader faces the drawing the coat front corresponds to that which he wears on the left-hand side.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the main body of the coat front which is usually constructed of stout canvas or like fabric. I shall herein use the word canvas in an exemplary sense. The body 5 is cut to a suitable shape, the details of which are not essential to the invention. For purposes of clearness I re fer to the portion 7 adapted to fit about the arm-hole, the portion 9 extending to the shoulder seam, and the portion 11 adapted to extend into a lapel of the coat. The line a-a indicates the approximate position of the fold which forms the lapel. A slit 15 substantially in the position indicated alongside the folding line is provided for a purpose which will presently be described.

Coat fronts are ordinarily stiflened by a reinforcement of haircloth or fabric which consists of hair mixed with textile fibers. I

shall herein refer to haircloth in an exemplary sense. In Fig. 2 I have shown sep arately the haircloth stiffener 17 having the arm-hole portion 7 and the shoulder portion 9 corresponding to the portions 7 and 9 of Fig. 1. The side of the stiffener which is to lie nearest the edge of the coat has a free edge portion 19 corresponding substantially in length tothe length of the slit 15 in the member 5. Herein this edge portion 19 is terminated by the short slit 21, the edge of the remainder of the reinforcement 17 (indicated by the numeral 23) being, in the embodiment of the invention here shown, an. extension of the edge 19 but being separated therefrom by the slit 21. However, this construction of the portion 23 is by no means essential.

Referring to Fig. 3 I have shown the parts 5 and 17 assembled and stitched together to form the completed coat front along with a portion 25 of the usual padding and certain stay strips and the like customary in devices of this kind. The parts 7 and 9 of the haircloth 17 are placed in register with the portions 7 and 9 of the body 5, and these portions are marked 7 and 9 in Fig. 3. The main portion of the hair cloth 17 lies on the inner side of the canvas body 5, as it is necessary to have it covered by the canvas, since otherwise the texture of the haircloth would show through the fabric proper of the coat in which the reinforcement is used. The edge 19, however, is passed through the slit 15 so that it lies on the opposite side of the canvas body 5, that is, on the farther side viewing Fig. 3. This is clearly shown by the folding back of a portion of the body 5 at the upper, right-hand portion of Fig. 3. The edge portion of the haircloth extends toward the lapel fold indicated by the line aa and the edge 19 lies spaced a short distance away therefrom. The edge may be covered by a suitable strip or tape 27 if desired. The lower portion of the haircloth including the edge portion 23 which lies below the breast portion of the coat is disposed on the interior of the body 5 or on the nearer side viewing Fig. 3.

From this description of a preferred construction of coat front in accordance with my invention, the reader will be enabled to understand the advantages arising there from. As has been stated it is necessary to place the haircloth at the inner side of the reinforcement or front, because otherwise it would show through the woolen or other fabric from which the coat is made. Adjacent the lapel, however, where the coat is subjected to sharp foldings and rubbings which tend to roll over or fold the same, the hairs of the haircloth in previous constructions have worked loose and projected through the outer layers of the coat. Thus the inside of the edge of the coat adjacent the lapel after wear frequently would feel rough to the touch because of the projecting ends of hair, and as the hairs worked free they were frequently plucked out by the wearer, thus further weakening the re inforceinent and impairing the integrity of the front. Even though the raw edge of the haircloth has been covered as by tape, this working through has not been prevented because the hairs would work through the fabric or through the seam because of the constant rolling action against the raw edge of the fabrics overlying the same. In a coat front constructed in accordance with my invention the main body of the haircloth which is adjacent the visible portion of the outside of the coat is behind the main body 5 of canvas, but the raw edge is at the outside of this canvas and is presented at the outside of the coat but beneath the lapel. Here it is not subjected to the constant rubbing of the outer layers of the coat across its edge, as is the case when it is at the interior of the coat. Furthermore the ends of the hairs are not presented at that portion of the coat, which, while in one sense the interior, is also a portion usually eX- posed in the ordinary wearing of the coat, that is, the inner surface of the coat adjacent the lapel, where they will be readily perceived and disagreeably noticeable to the wearer of the garment.

Having thus described a preferred embodiment of my invention and briefly inclicated some of its advantages, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A reinforcement for a coat front, comprising a canvas foundation, a stiffener of haircloth for the breast of the coat at the inner side of said foundation, and having an edge portion terminating adjacent the fold of the lapel, said edge portion lying at the outer side of the foundation.

2. A reinforcement for a coat front, comprising a canvas foundation having a slit adjacent the fold of the lapel, a stiffener of haircloth for the breast of the coat at the inner side of the foundation, and having an edge portion extending through said slit and overlying said foundation adjacent the lapel fold.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL N. ETTINGER.

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