US1996367A

US1996367A - Device for and method of protecting clothing

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Publication number: US1996367A
Application number: US655555A
Authority: US
Inventors: Davis Mary Virginia
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-02-07
Filing date: 1933-02-07
Publication date: 1935-04-02
Anticipated expiration: 1952-04-02

Description

April 2,1935'. v M. 'v. DAVIS v 1,996,367-

, vsviclz: FOR. AND METHOD OF PRCTECTING CLOTHING Filed Feb. -7, 1953 INIVENTOR' Patented Apr. 2', I935 UNITED s'rATEs PATENTIOFFICE I 1,990,361 DEVICE Foa AND nmrnon or rao'rscrm cLo'rnma Y Mary Virginia Davis, lilanteea, Calif. Application February 7, 193:, Serial No. scam 1 Claim.

This, invention relates to protecting devices for women's gowns and other garments of the type that are slipped on and removed from over the I With the'custom of 'rouging the cheeks and the lips now prevalent in this country, retail shop- .keepers dealing in women's gowns have found that a considerable percentage of new gowns become soiled and rendered unsaleable after having 10 been tried on by the prospective customers. This is because a certain amount of the face and lip coloring'matter on the person on whom a gown is being tried adheres to the garment with the contact of the same with the face as said gar- 1; ment is slipped on and off.

It is therefore the object of my invention to eliminate this soiling of garments of this character and the accompanying losses or expense to the shopkeeper by the provision of a head cover- 20 ing for the prospective customer on whom the garment is being tried, of such a nature that it may be instantly placed on or removed from the head, which will, then completely cover the rouged portions of the face without interfering 25 with the breathing or-visibility of the wearer and which besides protecting the garment from contact with the face will also protect the hair of the wearer from being possibly disarranged by the putting on or removing of the garment over '30 the head. The coverings'are of a simple and very inexpensive nature so that a supply may be kept in a shop and an individual one used for each customer and then given her without cost for her own use at home if she so desires, without '35 adding materially to-the expense of operation of the shop and saving many times their cost in.

the protection afforded against damage to sometimes costly garments.

These objects I accomplish by means of such 40 structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views;

45 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved protector showing the same in position on a woman's head.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the protector detached, looking from the back;

60 Fig. 3 is a similar view of the protector folded.

. Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawing, the protector comprises a head cover I- of bag-like form and preferably made of cellophane or similar trans- 6 parent, flexible, light and water-proof material,

and of a size to freely fit over the'head. .The bag is formed with vertical relatively rigid edges 2 at the junction of the sides with each other which extend to the top of the bag and act to holdv the latter from sagging down against and possibly 5 deranging the hair as well as holding the sides themselvesfrom contact with the corresponding portions of the head, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The front side of the cover bag is provided with an opening 3 to expose the eyes and through which the nose of the wearer freely projects, while fully covering the cheeks and lips. The lower edge of the opening is intended to engage under the base of the nose back of the nostrils so that free breathing is not interfered with, 16

while the lower edge of said Opening is cut vshaped so that it will tendto center itself relative to the nose and thus retain the bag centered onthe head.

The lower open end of the cover bag is pro- 20 vided with a hem 4 all around through which a draw cord or tape 5 is passed, so that the bag may be taken in somewhat about the neck to prevent undesired upward movement of the cover which might otherwise be had with the withdrawing of a garment over the head. The cover is preferably fastened so that it may be easily folded into a flat compact form convenient for keeping in a drawer or the like if the owner so desires.

As previously indicated, the covers are initially owned and kept by the shopkeepers, preferably in open and stacked relation so that one may be instantly placed over the head of a prospective customer prior to trying on a gown. The cover after having been used and removed may be either discarded or folded and given to the customer for her own use at home, to protect her coiifure and the gown when placing or removing the latter over the head. 40

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail'the 7 ible collapsible bag of transparent material, said bag being polygonal aided in form vertically and having sharp corners forming relatively rigid vertical edges to aid in maintaining the bag against collapse vertically when once extended, the in- 5 terior area of the bag when thus extended being such as to permit the bag to be slipped into position over the head without disturbing or touching the coifiure thereof, and means to then draw the mouth of the has about the neck of the wearer, the bag being provided with an opening to expose the eyes and nose of the wearer.

MARY VIRGINIA DAVIS.