US1612451A

US1612451A - Infant's garment

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Publication number: US1612451A
Application number: US84366A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louise K Lindley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-01-28
Filing date: 1926-01-28
Publication date: 1926-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 1943-12-28

Description

Dec. 28 ,1926. Y 1,612,451-

| K. LINDLEY INFANTS GARMENT Filed Jan. 28. 1926 lav/g1. y 2

Patented Dec. zs, 1926.

STATES LOUISE K. LIHDLEY, 0F CHARLEVOIX, IvIICHIGAN.

INFANES GARMENT.

Application filed. January 28, 1926.

The inv ition relatcsto a novel form of garment for newborn and relatively young children and has for its object to provide a garment so formed as to be spread fiat, the in fant placed thereon and the several portions of the garment folded and wl pped about the torso, including the abdo i and the arms, in such manner as to constitute a relatively snug fitting abdominal bandage, but without interfering with the normal action of the heart and lungs. To this end, the invention comprises a garment, preferably formed with two sections of cloth united in the middle section of the back to form a double thickness over the spinal region, two free flaps. adapted to be overlapped to form the front of the garment, a neck opening intermediate the front and back portions, which opening is completed by the closing of the front forming iiaps, foldable sleeve forming sections extending substantially normal to the intermediate section of the body portion, and lateral flaps extending from the lower portion of the back, each flap having a curved upper edge merging into the back adjacent to the sleeve forming sections, said flaps being adapted to be folded in lapped relation over the abdomen alone to form, with the lower portion of the back, an abdominal bandage.

T he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of an infant wearing the garment.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete garment in spread relation to receive the infant.

Referring to the drawings, the body portion proper of the garment comprises a back section, including

members

1, 1,'which are overlapped and united by stitching i, l longitudinally of the center of the back, so as to overlie the spinal region from the neck down, and a front section comprising two

free flaps

2, 2, which are of substantially the same length as the back section and are adapted to be lapped over the front of the body from the neck downward. Intermediate the front and back sections and in substantially the center of the fashioned garment, when in spread relation, is a neck opening 5, which is closed when the front flaps are brought into overlapping relation.

Extending from the mid portion of the body portion are two sleeve forming sections 6, the lower edge of each section being Serial No. 84,366.

gathered at an intermediate portion to form an elbow receiving fullness 7.

Each of the back forming sections 1, l is provided with a lateral extension or flap 8, the lower marginal edge of which is an ertension of the bottom 11 of the back and the upper edge is cut on a curve as at 9, sothat the upper edge of each flap 8 gradually merges into the back at or about the junction of the sleeve forming sections with the body portion. Ordinarily, the flaps or extensions 8 will extend laterally from the heck of the garment approximately the same distance as the sleeves, but, if desired,

these flaps may be made considerably longer.

The edges of the fashioned garment are preferably bound with tape or the like, as indicated at 11, to which is secured suitable fastening devices, such as the usual form of snap fasteners 12, which are applied to the edges of the sleeve forming sections and the neck enveloping edges.

In applying the garment to a newborn infant, or small child, the garment is spread out flat and the infant laid thereon on its back. The

front forming flaps

2, 2 are then folded over the front portion of the body and the neck opening closed by the fastening devices; the

sleeve forming sections

6, 6

are wrapped about the arms and he edges connected by the snap fasteners 12, after which the lateral flaps 8, forming extensions of the lower portion of the back, are folded successively over the abdomen, and the upper section secured to the lower section by suitable pins, or the like, so that said lateral flaps 8 and the lower portion of the back constitute an abdominal bandage, which envelopes the abdomen alone and holds the garment in its properly adjusted position to resist any tendency to work upward. The curved upper edges of the flaps 8, when the flaps are wrapped relatively tight over the abdomen, tend to support be back of the infant and assist in maintaining the garment in its properly adjusted position. These flaps, when in folded relation, however, exercise no pressure upon the chest of the infant, so that the garment does not interfere, in any way, with the free action of the heart and lungs, but, on the other hand, the flaps, when operating with the lower portion of the back as an abdominal band, may be drawn tight enough to serve the usual and necessary functions of the abdominal band, which is generally applied as a separate element. It will be seen, therefore, that the garment includes the equivalent of the usual shirt enveloping the entire torso and the arms, together with an integral abdominal band formed in part by the lower portion of the back and in part by the lateral flaps, which latter may be folded over the abdomen with the necessary degree of pressure to prevent protrusions, ruptures and the like, but which abdominal band will not, in any way, interfere with the normal action of the heart and lungs. t will also be noted that the garment may be quickly applied and removed from the infant by a series of simple folding and unfolding operations, so that exposure of the infant may be reduced to a minimum.

What I claim is:

1. An infants garment comprising a back portion, a front portion including free overlapping flaps, with a neck opening intermediate the front and back, foldable sleeve forming sections extending substantially normal to the front and back, and lateral flaps extending from the lower portion of the back each having an upper edge curving upwardly throughout substantially itsent-ire extent and merging into the back adjacent the sleeve forming sections, the lower portion of said back portion and said flaps cooperating to form an abdominal band.

2. An infants garment comprising a body portion fashioned from two blanks including overlapping sewed sections forming a double thickness over the spinal region of the back, centrally overlapping free flaps constituting the front, foldable sleeve forming sections extending laterally from the intermediate portions of the blanks, a centrally disposed neck opening, and lateral flaps extending from the lower portion of the back each having an upper edge curving upwardly throughout substantially its entire extent and merging into the back adjacent the sleeve forming sections, the lower portion of said back portion and said flaps cooperating to form an abdominal band.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUISE K. LINDLEY.