US2063469A

US2063469A - Shooting jacket

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Publication number: US2063469A
Application number: US61329A
Authority: US
Inventors: Howard O Smith
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-01-29
Filing date: 1936-01-29
Publication date: 1936-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 1953-12-08

Description

. 8, 1936. H. 0. SMITH SHOOTING JACKET Filed Jan. 29, 1936 INVENTOR. HowardQSmith ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

vide a padded shooting garment that is refined in appearance, durable in use, and economical in manufacture.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a front view of my garment ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a left side view of my garment in use.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the left arm sleeve of my garment taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the left arm sleeve of my garment taken on line L- l of Fig. 2.

Shooting garments are universally used by sportsmen and are intended to provide comfort to the shooter and increase the accuracy of his shooting. Such garments usually have a pad element over each elbow portion, and a pad element at the gun butt arm socket. Such garments 1 find, however, do not have a properly designed or positioned pad element around the upper portion of the arm of the wearer where the gun sling strap embraces it. I have overcome such objections by providing a shooting garment giving freedom of movement and having a self-adjusting pad element extending substantially around the upper portion of the gun sling arm of the user.

Referring to the drawing, I have used the numeral ID to generally designate my shooting coat or jacket having the usual sleeves l l and I2. The numeral l3 designates the seam of the sleeve 50 I2 which is the gun sling arm of the garment.

In order that the garment provide maximum comfort and freedom, I recommend that it be of the inverted box pleat back type as shown in Fig. 2. The numeral I4 designates the shoulder arm- 55 pit pad element designed to be engaged by the gun stock butt plate. Such pads aid in protecting the shooters shoulder from the gun recoil at time of gun discharge and also frictionally yieldingly hold the gun butt in proper non-slip shooting position. The numeral the right sleeve elbow pad element and the numeral i6 designates the left sleeve elbow pad element. The numeral I7 designates my gun sling pad element extending substantially around the left sleeve i2 and overlapping the sleeve seam l0 l3, as shown in Fig. 1.

All such pad elements are preferably of pliable leather and are formed by sewing their marginal edge portions to the garment l0, and placing padding material I8 such as kapok, cotton, felt, or 15 like between the leather and garment, as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. The pad elements l5 and iii are particularly desirable for prone shooting as they provide a suitable soft cushion for the elbows of the shooter. of my garment, however, is the pad element II. This pad element l! is in the shape of a band extending transversely of the length of the sleeve l2 and has its two ends terminating a slight distance apart, as shown. in Fig. 3. The inner end 25 portion of this element ll substantially overlaps the seam i3, leaving the space between the two ends of the pad located as shown in Fig. 1. The top marginal edge of this pad ll extends to a line just under the arm socket of the wearer and the 30 lower marginal edge terminates at a line substantially above the elbow of the wearer. The elongated elbow pad it which extends longitudinally of the sleeve l2 has its upper end portion over-lapped by the pad 11. In the manufacture of padded shooting garments, most pads are sewed on before the garment is sewed together. In the case of sleeves, the pads are sewed on and then the sleeves are sewed up and onto the body portion of the garment. Obviously, such pads cannot overlap the sleeve seams. It will be noted, however, that the pad I! does by necessity overlap the seam i3. I accomplish this by sewing the pad it completely on the sleeve and the pad I! only partially on the sleeve before the sleeve itself is sewed up. The pad I1 is sewed onto the sleeve to points near the seam l3 and then after the sleeve is sewed up the balance of the inner end portion is lapped over the seam I3 and sewed as shown in the drawing. A gun sling strap 19 5 completely embraces the arm with pressure on the back, outer side, and inner side of the arm.

Garment sleeves have seams on the inner side of the arm so it is obvious that the pad I! must overlap the seam I3. This is particularly neces- I5 designates 5 One of the chief features 2 sary as the large muscle of the arm substantially follows the seam line, and should be protected and padded. Also, it eliminates a cutting of the seam l3 into the arm by the gun sling pressure. Still another advantage of my construction is that the coat sleeve will wrinkle when the gun sling is tightened upon it, as shown in Fig. 4, and this wrinkled condition should not occur on the back, inner, or outer side of the arm. Shooting garments must have loose sleeves and by spacing the two ends of the pad apart, the sleeve wrinkles when the gun sling is tightened will naturally occur between the two ends of the pad ll. This important feature of my garment makes it automatically conform to the size of the arm of the shooter at the time of firing and the arm will be substantially completely surrounded by the pad ll, which is embraced by the loop of the gun sling. There will be no tendency for the sleeve of the garment to wrinkle under the pad ll.

The garment shown in the drawing is for right-handed shooters. Obviously, for left-handed shooters the pad i7 is on the right sleeve and the pad M on the left shoulder.

It will be noted that when shooting in the proper position the sling fits very tightly around the arm and the scam in the sleeve must not bind into the forearm. By using my construction, two ends of the sling pad are spaced apart and the coat is permitted to wrinkle naturally at the forward side of the arm. This does not interfere as the gun sling only engages the arm in the back, on the inner side and at the outer side. By providing the gap in the front of the sling element, the sling may be adjusted or tightened about the arm of the shooter. Furthermore, with my garment, the elbow pad and the sling pad work together, brace each other, and give complete, continuous and uniform support to the gun sling arm of the shooter. By overlapping one pad with the other, the sling strap may be easily removed from the arm as there are no projections or edges of the pad to catch. Furthermore, there is notendency for wrinkling between the pads that are mutually supported by each other.

Some changes maybe made in the construction and arrangement of my improved shooting garment without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a shooting garment, a body portion and a sleeve portion, a pad element on the back portion of said sleeve extending longitudinally of the longitudinal length of said sleeve, and a gun sling strap pad element having its ends spaced apart substantially at the front and extending transversally of the longitudinal length of said sleeve around the back, inner side and outer side of said sleeve with its lower marginal edge overlapping the upper edge portion of said first mentioned pad element.

2. In a shooting garment, a coat portion having a seamed sleeve, a pad element on the back portion of said sleeve extending longitudinally of the longitudinal length of said sleeve, and a gun sling strap pad element extending transversally of the longitudinal length of said sleeve around the back, inner side and outer side of said sleeve, overlying the seam of said sleeve and having its two ends spaced apart substantially at the front and its lower marginal edge portions overlapping the upper marginal edge portion of said first mentioned pad element.

3. In a shooting garment, a coat portion having a seamed sleeve and a gun sling strap pad element extending transversally around the back, inner side and outer side of said sleeve with one of its end portions overlapping the seam of said sleeve; said pad element being rigidly and permanently fixed to said sleeve and with a substantial space between its two ends substantially at the front for permitting the sleeve to wrinkle when the said pad is in use.

HOWARD 0. SMITH.