US1266506A - Sleeve-protector. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. LOUDER.

SLEEV PROTECTE.

APPLICATION FILED mNE in m16..

J OEL HENRY LOUDER, 'OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

SLEEVE-PROTECTOR.

Specicaton of LettersPatent.

Patented May ii, rais.

Application iled .Tune 17, 1916. -Serial No. 104,262.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOEL I-I. LoUDnR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Elgin, in the county of Kane, and the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Sleeve- Protector, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to sleeve-protectors, and is especially designed for persons engaged in desk and other work wherein the sleeves and cuffs are apt to become soiled or worn.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a sleeve-protector which by its construction and material is adapted to be readily and attractively put upon the market in cartons or other similar means; which is capable of being laundried like any other article of wearing apparel; which may be conveniently applied and removed from the sleeve or arm of the person; which is designed to expose the sleeve where protection is not required; which is capable of being readily adjusted and fastened in position without the use of extraneous means applied to the sleeve itself and which by its design is capable of being manufactured without waste of material.

Various objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and vthe novel features of the invention will be more claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are plan views of the upper sides of sleeve-protectors embodying my invention and illustrating, for the most part, different modes of fastening and adj Listing-devices. 1

Fig. 4 is a similar View of the upper end of a design of protector shown in Figs. l and 3 and illustrating a different mode of adjusting and fastening.

Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank for producing the design of protector illustrated in Figs. l, 3 and 4, the band or cuff being shown detached at one side.

Fig. 6 is a preferred form of blank for this purpose.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The preferred form or design of protector is illustrated in Figs. l, 3 and 4. That is to say, in this design, so much of the sleeve of the wearer as requires no protection, as

particularly pointed out in the appended for instance, the upper side of the sleeve, remains visible, and only that portion of the sleeve which comes in Contact with a desk or other object calculated to soil and wear the 'the blank the two diverging edges of the latter are brought together and meet at their widest point, thereby forming the design of protector shown in Figs. l, 3 and 4, wherein the protecting-portion 3, is formed with a substantially V-shaped opening 4, that exposes the upper side of the sleeve of the wearer.

While the substantially V-shaped opening 4, referred to is preferred, because it affects a saving in material in cutting the blanks for the protector, is cooler, and at the same time more ornamental and attractive, yet such is not essential to the success of my invention, and as will'be apparent, it may be omitted (as shown in Fig. 2), where it is desirable that all of the lower portion of the sleeve be protected from soiling and wearI as would be necessary in many vocations other than clerical.

In either instance, however, the cuff or band 2, may be made either in cuff or bandstyle, and is preferably composed of a plurality of layers 'and made stiff, though not necessarily so, so as to resemble the ordinary shirt-sleeve, while the remaining or protecting-portion of the article is of a single thickness and made flexible and left unstarched.v Any material or fabric may be utilized for this purpose, such, for instance, as cotton, cambi-ic, calico, madras, &c., the short ends of such goods being perfectly suitable and capable of being purchased economically. In all of the designs it will be seen that the lower or cuff-end of the protector is so proportioned that it will permit the slipping of the hand therethrough'while the 'upperI end of the article is larger so as to receive any size arm, or, in otherword's, the article tapers toward the lower or cuff-end. The cuff may or may not be provided with button-holes 5 to receive ordinary cuff-buttons 6, the latter if required being furnished with the article.

Various means may be provided for adjusting and securing the article upon the arm of the wearer, but it will be observed that whatever' the means, it is the intention that they shall be a part and parcel of the article itself and that no extraneous devices, such for instance, as buttons, are to be applied tov the wearing apparel of the wearer.

In Fig. 1 I have provided the two opposite edges of the iiexible upper section 3, with an elastic strap 7, having an adjustable buckle 8, the ends of the strap being stitched to the protector, as at 9. In Fig. 2, I employ a series of sockets 10, the same being located at intervals upon the upper end of the protector, in connection with a strap 11, preferably of elastic material, and having ball-members 12, (shown in dotted lines), for coperatiim with the sockets. By arranging the ball-members in the sockets the larger end of the protector may be more or less gathered so as to approximate the size of the arm .of the wearer. In the design shown in Fig. 3, I provide the edges of the V-shaped opening 4 with a series of eyelets 13, and lace in the same an elastic lacing 141-, the ends of which may be knotted as at 15, after the lacing has been adjusted to the arm. Such lacing may only be located at the upper end of the protector if desired. In the design shown in Fig. 4l, an elastic strap 16, made adjustable by a buckle 17, is employed, the ends of the strap having ordinary hooks 18, designed to engage corresponding eyes 19, sewed to the protector at the upper end of the V-shaped opening. Of course, it will be understood, that other wellknown means may be substituted for those herein shown -without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its numerous advantages.

One very convenient and economical way of forming the blank is illustrated in Fig. 6. The same substantially triangular form of blank is used, as indicated at 20, and at the base thereo-f is formed a rectangular extension 21 extending to and beyond one edge of the blank. By folding the blank 20 so as to bring the opposite corners of the base of the blank together (substantially on the dotted lines 22 22) and folding the extension on the central longitudinal line 23, it will be seen that the sleeve-protector illustrated in Figs. 1', 3 and 4C, and which are the preferred forms, will be produced.

The V-shaped opening is preferred for two reasons, namely, it leaves exposed the upper side of the sleeve of the wearer where no protection is required, and except for the cuiil and the means employed for connecting the rear end of the protector to the arm, is hardly noticeable when worn, and furthermore, a protector having a V-shaped opening is produced, as we have seen, from a blank of substantially triangular shape, and the latter can be cut more economically from the material from which the protector is made. Where the V-shaped opening is employed, -in cutting, each blank is reversed with relation to its immediate neighbors, or, in other words, the inclined edges of one blank will not run in reverse directions to the corresponding edges of the neighboring blanks but in the same direction, so that no waste of material occurs between blanks.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is:

1. The he-reindescribed sleeve-protector, the same comprising a cuff or band, and a sleeve-portion connected therewith and forming a sleeve-receiving guard, said guard having formed in its upper side an opening extending from the cuff or band to the rear end of the guard, one edge of the opening being inclined or diverged with respect to itsconpanion, and both edges having eyelets, and an elastic lacing in the eyelets and connected beyond the same at its ends.

2. The hereindescribed blank for a sleeveprotector, the same consisting of a substantially triangular body-portion adapted to be folded in tubular form by bringing the opposite corners of the base of the triangle together for the purpose of' producing a sleeve-receiving guard having an angular opening in its upper side, and further consisting in an oblong extension formed integral with the base of the triangular bodyportion and extending at one side beyond the same, said extension being foldable longitudinally to produce a cufl thicker than the sleeve-receiving guard.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JOEL HENRY LOUDER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES C. HANSON, Jos. J. SOBRE.

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

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