US2047620A - Coat and sleeve - Google Patents

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July 14, 1936- H.1C. DANNUNZIO 2,047,620

COAT AND SLEEVE '5' "mllhl I IHHHHIII Filed Sept. 14, 1935 2 I ATTORNEY.

Patented July 14, .1936

UNITED STATES zrnmzzo PATENT OFFICE 2 on. (C1

My invention relates to an improvement in a coat and more particularly in the sleem of said coat as combined with the coat.

There have been many attempts to construct 5 a coat having sleeves with perfectly free play at the arm holes but none has been developed that permits both ,free arm movement, free shoulder .and back action as the joiningof the sleeve at the arm hole of the coat has heretofore always in caused a binding or limitation. of perfectly free movement in one direction or another and usual ly in both.

Also, if the arm hole in the body or the coat and the. adjoining portion of the sleeve be made l5 unusually large, then the coat and sleeve do not hang or set right and will cause a misflttlng coat that will not look right and will not meet commercial requirements as to style and fit. It is therefore apparent that this is a real 20 problem and that it has not been solved because of the dimculty in securing free arm, shoulder and back action simultaneously with good fit and appearance. j

My combined coat and sleeve construction has as solved this problem and furnishes not only a coat having a sleeve which permits free arm swinging action but also permits the raising of both arms to the full upright position without raising the shoulders of the coat and the returning of the to coat and sleeve to the normal position when lowered to the normal position and at the same time furnishing a flne fitting coat of the finest style and appearance at all times.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a back 35\ plan view of. an undersleeve portion of a coat sleeve;

Fig. 2 isa separate element conforming to the upper end 01' said undersleeve portion;

Fig.3 is a second separate element similar to 40 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 shows separate elementsi and 3 stitched together along the dotted line on the lower edge; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; A

45 Fig. 6 shows my coat with the sleeve in the raised position, both coat and sleeve being broken away for convenience in illustration;

Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 6, but with the sleeve in the lowered position; Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 6 enlarged and with the upper part cut off to show the cross section structure;

e Fig. 9 is a front view of Fig. 6.

In the drawing, I is the main body of the coat and .II the sleeve. The undersleeve portion of the sleeve ii is it and it an upper end it. A separate element It conforming in shape to the upper end it oi the undersleeve it is adapted to be stitched to a second similar separate element it with portion it overlying it along the dotted line it so as to secure said elements it and i5 together as shown'in Figs. 4 and 5. The upper edge of element M is then stitched along the front upper edge of M, with the portion M overlying portlon ill. The element it is then turned 10 back over the upper edge of i3 and again stitched to the underside oi It at ii. The element it is then turned back on element it along the line of stitching or seam l6 and stitched to the coat to around substantially 1 the entire armscye. An

elastic member i9 is secured at one end to the seam i6 and at the otherrend to the back or underside of the undersleeve member l2.

It is to be particularly noted that the extensible member formed by the Joining together of separate elements it and it as shown in Figures 4 and 5 actually extends around substantially the entire arniscye as indicated at it in Figures 6, 7 and 8. Figure 9 shows how this extensible-mem her comes to the very iront oi the armscye.

In my coat and sleeve construction, I not only have a structure which permits or the ready swinging of the and the closing of the opening on the return to the normal position of the arm but also my novel structure permits the full raising of the arm without lifting the shoulders 'of the coat and displacing same as in all prior structures. Also my combination permits the wearer to use the arms, shoulders and back in a way hitherto impossible without straining or ripping the back of the coat because of the free play to arms, shoulders and back made possible by the same. 40

There are many variations possible in the particular structure of my device without departing from the spirit and intent of the same and such variations are comprehended within the claims.

I ciaimz. I g g 1. In a coat. a sleeve having .the usual undersleeve section, a pair of strip like elements of substantially uniform width each formed with a COD-1 vex longitudinal edge and a concave longitudinal edge conforming to the-upper end of said under- 0 *sleeve and the first element having its concave edge attached to said undersleeve and thereover substantially along the entire inner edge of the same, said second element being attached along its convex edge to the convex edge of said first 2y element, the concave edge ot-said second element to the adjoining arm hole of the substantialiyalongtheentireinneredge'ofthe same, said second element being attached along its convex edge to the convex edge of said first element, the concave edge 01' said second element being secured to the adjoining arm hole or the coat and an elastic element secured at-one end to the fastened edges of said two elements and at the other end to the inner side of said undersleeve element.

' HARRY C. DANNUNZIO.

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