US1733632A - Neck loop for aprons - Google Patents

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Oct. .29, 1929. F. M. STEINER 1,733,632

NECK LOOP FOR APRons' Filed June 18, 1927 lrracusns Patented Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATIENT. OF CE FRANK M. STEINER, OP MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AssIGNoR o sTn NnPt sALns COMPANY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION or UTAH NECK LOOP FOR A PRONS Application filed June 18,

vide a type of neck loop which may be ma chine ironed without turning, creasing or wrinkling. This neck loop is usually formed of fiat material throughout, and during the laundering process, it laps or folds upon itself and wrinkles, so that it is not only unsightly but does not lie flatly under the collar of the wearer, resulting in discomforture. This is due to the fact that a flat piece of material which is in form of a loop attached by its ends to another piece twists, under the above conditions, in such a manner that it" turns and wrinkles the bib strap and the bib if preferred, the, elements 5 being connected together at the outer end by the flexible or of the apron when ironed by means of a mangle (the ordinary way of ironing). The bib or loop must turn in going thru the machine and it would take so much labor to straighten the wrinkles that it is not done. Practically all the laundry work of this type is done by machines.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a very simple means for obviatingthe above difficulty, so that no twisting, wrinkling or lapping of the neck loop is had. To this end the present invention contemplates the use of a cord like, narrow, pliable knitted or Woven fabric as an insert, which forms the outermost looping, or neck-engaging portion of the neck loop, and connects two tapering portions of the loop which are respectively attached at their opposite ends to the apron proper, or the loop may be made of one piece of suitable fabric with flattened ends and a middle portion which is capable of turning without wrinkling or twisting the end portions.

Features of the invention include the construction of the loop as a whole; the use of an insert of flexible, narrow, fabric as one of the elements of the neck loop; the use of a pliable fabric; the use of a narrow pliable fabric; the use of a narrow strip of knitted fabric; and the use of an insert of flexible, narrow, knitted or woven fabric for the purposes setforth.

Advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description of the drawings,

1927. Serial No. 199,741.

forming a drawings:

Figure 1 shows a general view of anapron having a neckloop constructed in accordance withthe teachings of this invention; d Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the upper part of the apron and of the neck loop; and

Figure 3' is anenlarged section through part of this application, and in said the tubular flexible insert on ,line 3-3 of Figure 2. I V I The numeral 1 represents the'body portion of my improved apron, 2 indicates the' bib and 3 the strings. 'My improved neck loop comprises in this'instance three ele merits, though it may be made in one piece,

pliable insert element'fiwhich as shown in Figure 3 has an approximately rounded cross section. Each element 5 preferably "tapers outwardly from that end 7 which is connected to the bib, to the end 8"which is connected to one end of the flexible element 6. The x base 7 of the element 5 is, therefore, broadened, this to prevent outward bulging of the central part 10 of the bib when the apron is worn. The element 6 is herein shown in Figure 3 to be formed of knitted, tubular material that is free to rotate on a longitudinal axis and prevent twisting of the end portions during the ironing operation and' the resulting twisting of the straps. As shown in Figure 2, the loop is flat throughout its entire area and for this reason no wrink-' ling or twisting takes place during ironing/ ferred. The .element 6 is preferably flat tened before inserting and stitching so that its plane substantially corresponds with the planes of the elements 5; i

I claim as my invention:

1. An apron having Wide neck bands forming extensions thereof and composed of fabric strips adapted to lie flat in the plane of the apron before and While passing through a mangle, and a cord-like means having an approximately rounded "cross section joining together the outer ends of said Wide strips and so formed that it may be manu- -a lly held and drawn through the mangle Without'foldi-n'g or wrinkling said bands.

2. An apron having a bib portion and a pair of flat fabric bands one 'on each side forming extensions of the bib,.said bands being comparatively Wide at their point of union with the bile and tapering outwardly and means connecting the outer ends of said bands, 'said means comprising a narrow insert having an approximately rounded cross section whereby, when the apron is drawn into a mangle, said bands may be ironed Without wrinkling or folding.

3. ,Aanapron having wide flat fabric sup- .portirrg stripsattached to the upper portion thereof on each side of the apron and an insert joining together the outer ends of said strips, said'insert being composed of pliable textile material of less width than said strips, said insert being sufliciently thick as com- :pared to its width to twist and conform to the rolls of a fmang-le as it is passed therethrough w ithout tapping the material of the Wide strips whereby they may be ironed smooth and :IHIWVDiHk-ld.

In witness -WhereofJ-have hereunto set my hand thislldtlrday ofJune, Y

FRANK STEINER.

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