US1263446A - Cuff-protector. - Google Patents

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G. R. LOGAN. curr PRoTEcTQR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1914.

mmm Apr. 23,1918.

FIGS- Gauw s GEORGE R. LOGAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CTIEF-PROTECTOR.

Application 1ed`1VIay23, 1914.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. LOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff- Protectors, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification andthe accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to wearing apparel and pertains more particularly to shirt cud devices, having for an object to provide an unobtrusive yet serviceable over-cu.

To this end my cui in its general aspect meets the requirements of an ordinary cuff, to which are added means for covering the wearing portions of the cuff over which it may be worn to protect the latter from injury and soiling; and also my over-cuil'a may be used to conceal defective or damaged portions of the cuE proper by means of a fabric counterpart similar in appearance to the texture of the cui itself, which may when desired be made of the same material vand pattern as the shirt cuff itself, and not distinguishable therefrom.

Heretofore articles of this class have been devised as cuff protectors, so called, which are frequently made of impervious materials, usually in stiff, unwieldy forms, and also of paper of various designs intended to be used `once and thrown away, with no attempt to have such protecting cuff appear otherwise than a superimposed device.

This disadvantage in itself, it can readily be understood, would often tend to detract from if not wholly destroy the benefits of an effective protective device of the class described.

Hence, it is one of the purposes of my invention to provide a supplemental cu' made of linen or other desirable fabric of a similar flexible nature which in its general outline and appearance may be made to conform to the shape of the usual wristband or cuff of a shirt, having portions that may be folded or turned back under the cud proper, to cover both the edges at the end and at the sides of the cuff, and also to cover those portions of the surface thereof which are the most readily soiled in wearing.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a preferred form of my cud protector shown fiat or opened; Figs. 2 and4 3 are similarl partial views of modified forms of myy over-cuff; Fig. 4 shows my protector Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, twin.

serial No. sacs/is.

applied to an ordinaryshirt cuff, preparatory to folding-in the end flaps; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. f with fiaps turned under; and Fig. 6 shows a sectional View of the cuff and protector.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a preferred form of my over-cuff having what may be termed the body portion 2 with button-holes 3 worked near the ends in the usual manner of cuff-designing. the holes 3 other holes 3a may be set in alinenient therewith circumferentially of the over-cuff to admit of its being buttoned on over cuffs of different sizes when necessary, and for other reasons presently to be eX- plained.

The holes 3 and 3 conform in general construction to the usual form of button-hole as shown, but one at least thereof would preferably have an enlarged opening 4l through which the head of the cuff button may easily ass, with the narrowed part la extending t Aerefrom to receive the shank of the button.

Either one or both sides of my over-cuff may be extended to form a Hap 5, and a similar extension 6 maybe added at one or both ends of the cuff, for the purpose of being turned around and under the correspending edges of the cuff so as to conceal and protect those portions, as illustrated in Fig. 5. ylhe flap 6 is divided substantially midway of its length into component portions 7 and 8 respectively. The flap 7 will therefore protect the upper inner side of a cuff when worn in the usual manner and likewise the portion 8 will protect the under portion of the interior part of the cu. Y The flap 6 if made in a single member, would form objectionable wrinkles or creases that would not only yproduce discomfort for the wearer but would interfere with the proper and convenient adjustment of the device uponand around the cuff. The bifurcation 6 can be any sort of an incision, preferably at right angles to the edge of the cuff, extending substantially to the portion to which the edge of the cuff proper normally extends.

The flap 5 need be given only sufficient length to insure its beingheld securely in its position surrounding the edge at the sides of thezlffand if desired to have it reach beyond the pomJ henejhe cuff button extends through the cu", anotched opening or buttonhole 9 may be formed in" In addition tov links of the button, as shown in Fig. 3. Or,

- as shown in Fig. 2, by suitably placing a button-hole 3 within the flap 5 at the point through which the stem of the button may pass before being inserted into the under 'cui secured by such button-hole, the overcull' may then be drawn around the edge of the under cui in the same manner as the flaps 7 and 8 are shown folded back as in Figs. 5 and 6, and again inserted over the button to hold the iiap more securely in position.

In actual use, however, it has been found that when the cuff is made of a fabric of reasonable body strength, the notch above described is sufficient for all practical purposes, although the hole in the flap 5 when placed with care at the proper distance from the `adjacent; hole in the body portion, acts to draw the parts into more accurate ad* justment, and hold the cuff in such adjusted Y position until detached.

lThe insertion of the second hole 3a thus creates the lateral flap 5 to the cuff, which flap may be carried over one edge only of the cuff, in the manner indicated in Fig. 6,

or folded upon the broken line indicated at a in Fig. 2 or Fig. 3, and carried around both the contiguous edges of the cu, if desired.Y In the former practice, however, as pointed out, the usual appearance 0f a cuff is more 'perfectly simulated.

A portion Vof each of the iiaps 7 and 8 is cut away at the end as shown at each cor ner of the cuff as at 10, so that the shank l trated may if desired be attached to both Y edges of the cuff, as illustrated inthe drawings, whereby four possible changes of the cuff are made available; that is to say, the

Copies of this patent may be obtained for over-Gulf may be worn either side out and changed end for end.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, an overcuff of flexible material, having buttonholes for attaching to the buttons of an underlying shirt cuil', and a medially divided edge or iiap adapted to be folded over said under cuff, the bifurcation thereof extending substantially to the corresponding edge of said cui substantially in the manner dcscribed.

2. As an article of manufacture, an overcuif of flexible material, having button-holes for attaching` to the buttons of an underlying shirt cuff, a medially divided edge or flap adapted to be folded over said under cuff, the bifurcation thereof extending substantially to the corresponding edge of said cuff, anda lateral flap similarly adapted to be folded over the side of said under cuil, substantially in the manner described.

3. As an article of manufacture, an overcuff of iieXible material with a medially divided edge or flap adapted to be folded over an underlying shirt culil and having the bifurcation thereof extending substantially to the position of the corresponding edge of the said under cuff, a lateral flap thereon adapted to be folded over the corresponding edge of said under cuil', and a plurality of button holes arranged in longitudinal aline- Inent thereon and adapted to attach the same to the buttons of said cuff, one of said holes being located in said lateral flap.

4. As an article of manufacture, an overcu of ieXible material with a medially divided edge or flap adapted to be folded over an underlying shirt cuff, and having the bifurcation thereof extending substantially to the position of the corresponding edge of said under cuff, button-holes for attaching to said cuif, and a lateral flap upon the side thereof having a notched portion in longitudinal alinement with the button-holes therein.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE R. LOGAN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Paten. Washington, D. C.

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