US1329777A - Waterproof garment - Google Patents

Description

M. KRIGEH.

WATERPROOF GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.24. 1919.

1,329,777. Patented Feb. 3,1920.

MYER KRIGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATERPROOF GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed February 24, 1919. Serial No. 278,693.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, MYER Kursen, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Waterproof Garments, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

My invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel, particularly adapted for the use of automobilists, travelers, and others exposed to the inclemency of the weather.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a garment preferably made of water-proof material, having a lining of similar nature arranged to present spaces which may be inflated, so as to be used as a pillow or support, when the garment is not required for its normal purposes.

A further object is to provide the inflated features in such a manner as to avoid any objectionable appearance or discomfort when the garment is normally used.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying' drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing a garment made in accordance with the invention, the front portions being opened so as to disclose the structure, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken on line 2-2 of Fig. '1.

The garment, which in all respects resembles an ordinary raincoat, is comprised of skirt portions 10, extending from a body portion 11, which is provided with buttons 12 upon one side, engageable with buttonholes 13 upon the opposite edge.

Sleeves 111 are attached to the coat, together with a collar 15, below which is a suspending chain or band 16. All of the foregoing parts being substantially of the ordinary well known form of construction of a raincoat.

The invention consists of applying to the inner side of the garment a lining extending from the collar and shoulders to the hem at the bottom of the skirt, this lining being of pliable,.water and air proof material, secured at its marginal edges along all sides of the material forming the body of the garment. The manner of securing the lining to the marginal edges above described may be by means of cement, gum or other like material.

This lining is further secured by longitudinal spaced rows of stitches 18 so as to attach the lining at intervals to the body portion of the garment, or kit may be se` cured in the same longitudinal manner by means of cement, gum or other adhesive material, which will cause the points of adhesion to be air proof. Either' method of spacing above described will form a plurality of cells or pockets inflatable by air supplied through inlet valves 20, which may be applied to the human mouth and inflated by the lungs or by any other convenient means, as a bicycle or hand pump, so as to extend the lining from the body portion of the garment to a desired degree,

It will be obvious, that the minute' perforations made by the needle in stitching the spaced rows 18, if that method of spacing be used, may be filled with a suitable elastic cement or varnish so that the entire structure is,` not only waterproof but air-proof as well.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a neat appearing and serviceable garment has been presented having the usual appearf ance and performing the ordinary functions of a raincoat, and which s further capable of affording a restful and comfortable support when the spaces between the lining and the body of the garment are inflated.

Moreover, it will be apparent that the normal function of the coat is in no wise interfered with by the function of the inatable pillow, and that the article may be used for either purpose with equal facility.

The foregoing description is to be understood as illustrative and descriptive only, as obviously many minor modifications may be made-with respect to the manner of attaching the lining to the body portion of the garment, the number of pockets or spaces formed therebetween, and the Inanner of filling them, without departing from the general scope indicated.

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

1. In an article of the class described the combination with a garment adapted to be used as a raincoat, of an impervious lining secured to the inner side of said garment,

said lining normally being` flat, level and parallel with the garment and extending closely adjacent thereto, means for securing the stitch perforations air-proof, and valves permitting the inflation of each of said cells independently, said lining` when in a normal, uninilated condition being disposed closely adjacent to said body.

Y 3. n an article of the class described the combination with a raincoat body of a lining made or pliable impervious material secured at its margin to the interior of said body, vertical rows caused by cementing the said lining to the said body whereby a plurality of cells are formed therebetween,

and valves permitting the inflation of each of said cells independently, said lining in a normal, unini-lated condition, being disposed closely adjacent to said body.

MYER KRIGER.

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