US1361565A

US1361565A - Mitten-fastener

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Publication number: US1361565A
Application number: US272631A
Authority: US
Inventors: Blanche C Christy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-01-23
Filing date: 1919-01-23
Publication date: 1920-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 1937-12-07

Description

B. C. CHRISTY.

MITTEN FASTENER. APPLICATION man 1AN.23,1919.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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MITTEN-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application led January 23, 1919. Serial No. 272,631.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BLANCHE C. CHRIsTY;,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Mitten-Fasteners, o f which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for preventing the loss of childrens mittens. Various contrivances have heretofore been devised for the purpose and according to one of them it has been customary to fasten the mittens to a long tape passed up through one sleeve of the coat and down through the This has the disadvantage that it does not positively prevent the loss ofthe mittens, because the tape is not actually fastened, and by drawing one of the mittens through the garment, both may be removed and so be lost. Another disadvantage is that the tape is apt to slip farther down in one sleeve than the other, thus making the arrangement unhandv and irksome. Furthermore, there is no give to the tape,-which hampers the child in its play. The object of my invention is toprovide a device which will always hold the mittens in proper position and at the same time be stretchable so that the child in swinging its arms will not feel a binding sensation, which is always unpleasant and makes the child object to the u se of such a device. Another object is to provide a device which may be readily at- 5 tached both tothe garment sleeve and to the mitten and which when attached will exhibit a neat appearance. In carrying out my invention the fastening devices are to all intents and purposes blind, being practically invisible when in use. Another object .of the invention is to devise, in a device of this character, a Wristband which may be used to tighten the wrist portion of the `mitten close about the wrist of the child for Vkeeping out snow and cold air. According to my invention this wrist-band is an integral 'part of the device and is adjustable so that it may be tightened to the desired. de-

gree.

I attain my objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing the relation of the device to the coat and to the mitten.

Fig. 2 is a general perspective showing the appearance and position of the device when the mitten is on the wearers hand.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device itself, and

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the connector and fasteners. l

Like reference numerals denote like parts throughout the several views.

In my device the connector 1 consists of elastic tape which under ordinary circumstances is about two and a half or three inches long. Its length is great enough to afford a perceptible degree of stretching so as not to hamper the free movement of the arms of the child; at the same time it is short enough to render it possible to reach in readily from the outer end of the sleeve and attach or detach the connector to or from the sleeve 20. At the inner end a fastener is secured, this preferably being in the formof a -safety pin the back or bow 2 of which lies against the outer-surface of the connector and is held there by the turned-up end 3 of the connector. bow is) secured by means of parallel rows of stitching 4 lying on either side of it and extending at right angles to thelength of the connector.

At the outer end of the connector is a braid or tape 6 which is preferably non-stretchable and is arranged at right angles to the connector. The advantage in using an inelastic tape for the Wristband is that it doesv not interfere -with the circulation at the wrist. The band may be drawn tight enough to hold the mitten close and yet there will be no binding action in the sense that would be true if elastic tape were employed for the purpose. The connector is secured to the wrist-band by folding the outer end of the connector backward over the band as shown most plainly in perspective in Fig. 3. The resulting return bend or infold 7 not only overlies the inside of the wrist band but also overlies the back or bow 8 of a safety pin as shown. The parts are held assembled by parallel rows 9, 9 of stitching which extend at right angles to the connector and hold the pin halfway between the two edges of the -wrist-band. It will be evident that as a result of this construction, the pin will be invisible when the device is in use.

The size of the Wristband is made variable by means of a slip buckle 11, the center bar of which is fastened to the backturned end 12 of the braid. This forms a loop which In the present case the lpasses through a metallic loop 14. The op? posite end of the wrist-band is adapted to pass through loo 14 and to be secured to itself by means o the two coperating parts 16 17 of an ordinary snap fastener.

lVhen the device is to be worn, the inner end of the connector 1 is fastened to the inside of the coat sleeve by means of the pin 2. As thepin lies between the connector and the fabric of the'sleeve it is, practically speaking, invisible. The next step is to fasten the connector and Wristband to the mitten by means of the pin 4. For reasons previously described this fastening element will also be invisible when the device is in use. After themitten has thus been fastened to the 'garment, the mitten is slipped over the hand, after which the wrist-band is applied, thus holding the wrist portion of the mitten close This device is of particular utility for' infants and younger children. It renders it practicable -to keep the mittens at all times with'the coat, whether the latter is being worn or not. When the proper position of the-connector in the sleeve has once been I found the device may be left there, thus making it unnecessary to apply and remove the device every time the coat and mittens are worn. Furthermore, it makes it very easy wrist portion.

forthe childs hand to be inserted or withdrawn from the mitten for two reasons. li'irst, as 'the' connector is elastic the mitten may be temporarily pulled down to bepassed over the end of the hand, after which the elasticity of the connector will pull the mitten up to the position where itshould remain. Second, as the Wristband may be so readily clasped and unclasped, it is 'not necessary that the mitten itself have a tight-fitting 'lhe mitten may be large at `the wrist and yet it will bel made tight by he wristbandas soon as the latter is ap ied.l .Y

t will be understood that the device may be modified in minor details without departing'from the spirit of the invention. For

example, the ends of the Wristband may hook together or other means may be provided for clasping and unclasping the ends.

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

A mitten retainer comprising a wrist band, a connecting strap secured to the wrist band by passing one end across the outer face of the wrist band and then returning the same across the inner face of the band, a mitten. attaching element held against the inner faceof the band by the portion of the connector lying across the same, and a fastening device carried`by the free end of the connector. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

BLANCHE C. CHRISTY. v