US1361384A

US1361384A - Pocket ornament

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Publication number: US1361384A
Application number: US314652A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert M Isaacs
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-08-01
Filing date: 1919-08-01
Publication date: 1920-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 1937-12-07

Description

H. M. ISAACS.

POCKET ORNAMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1919.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT M. ISAACS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

POCKET ORNAMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed August 1, 1919. Serial No. 314,652.

To (17/ whom 2'! may concern:

Be it known that I. Hnnnnn'r M. ISAACS,

-a citizen of the Inited States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Pocket 0rnaments, of which the following is a specification.

This is an invention relating to wearing apparel and is designed to provide an article that can be inserted in the pocket and will have the appearance. on the outside, of the corner of a handkerchief, and which is arranged to present different pieces of fabric successively, the major portion of the device being hidden in the pocket and one projecting end only being in view.

The projecting parts of this device, that is, the fabric, are preferably silk. so that as each one is presented it has the appearance of the corner of a silk handkerchief, and, if desired, these pieces can be of different colors so that the wearer has at his disposal.

several different colored fabrics. any of which can be used either to suit the fancy or to be more appropriate to the color of the suit with which it is worn.

At present, many men who desire to utilize the upper pocket of a coat for the dis play of the corner of a handkerchief, usually of colored silk, are under the necessity of putting a whole handkerchief in the pocket and showing but a small corner of it, and as it is purely ornamental, this is, in a sense, expensive.

In my invention the manufacture of these articles will permit the use of remnants, as no whole handkerchief is used, but a number of pieces, preferably of different colors, are employed which can be successively brought into position so that the partly project from the top of the pocket, and this projecting part has the appearance of being a part of a handkerchief.

In the preferred form of this invention I arrange the pieces of fabric on a support, which can be arranged so that the pieces can be rotated within the pocket, the piece that is uppermost having its end projecting from the top of the pocket, the other pieces being concealed within the pocket.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a coat, illustrating my improved pocket ornament in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of one form of the pocket ornament with a fastening strip in section and the pocket and part of the coat being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a front view of the article shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section showing a modified form of pivotal support.

In the drawing 10 represents a coat and 11 is a pocket, usually the upper breast pocket of the coat, and within the pocket my improved ornament is installed. The invention consists of several pieces of fabric 12, which can be of any suitable material or form, but I prefer to use silk, and these can be of small pieces, preferably pointed at the end so as to simulate, when projecting from the pocket, the corner of a handkerchief, although other forms can be employed. These pieces 12 are usually of different colors and one can replace the other at the top so as to be successively brought into view and to project partly from the open or top part of the pocket.

One means of permitting such successive .display is by mounting these pieces on a suitable support, and, if desired, this support can be made so that the pieces can be rotated. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the pieces 12 are mounted on a central hub 13 provided on the back with a button 14, the button 14: being placd in a suitable buttonhole and thus held against settling too far into the pocket, and providing a substantiall fixed point around which the pieces of fabric can be rotated.

In the form shown, the button is fastened to a strip 15, which is sewed to one of the sides of the pocket and is provided with a buttonhole 16, into which the button 14 is buttoned. In this way it is possible to reach into-the pocket to pull on the piece of fabric that it is desired to display, and by turning this to the top it will be placed in position where it can be seen, projecting slightly from the pocket.

A modified form of hub is shown in Fig. 4, in which the plate 17 has the pieces 12 secured to it by any suitable means, such as the staples 18, and is pivoted, by suitable means, such as a rivet 1.), to the button 20 which is provided with a pin 21. The pin 21 is used to fasten the device to the inside of the pocket. and when so fastened, the hub 17, with the pieces of fabric 12, can be rotated as above described.

It will be understood that modifications of the fastening means can be made withtion.

With this device the wearer can have a number of different colored pieces of fabric and have at his disposal changes to replace a soiled piece, or a different colored piece, without the necessity of purchasing complete handkerchiefs of these different colors. The manufacture of these devices is cheap, because remnants in many cases can be used in making up the device. and there is no bulging or projecting content in the pocket, as the device is substantially fiat.

I claim:

1. An ornament for use in a pocket of a garment, said ornament comprising a rotatable support having pieces of fabric projecting radially therefrom and adapted to be moved edgewise in the pocket when the support is rotated so as to successively present the outer ends of the pieces to view.

2. An ornament for use in a pocket of a garment, said ornament comprising a support which includes a securing means and a rotatable element on said securing means, and pieces of fabric projecting radially from the rotatable element and lying flat in the pocket so that they are moved edgewise and successively presented to view when said element is rotated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 31st day of July, 1919.

' HERBERT M. ISAACS.