US2177023A - Wearing apparel - Google Patents

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I. E. HELLER WEARING APPAREL Oct. 24, .1939.

Filed Aug. 5, 1938 '1 57 d 6f 67 BY WMLW A ORNEY.

Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WEARING APPAREL Application August 5, 1938, Serial No. 223,296

1 Claim.

My present invention relates to wearing apparel and more particularly to light outer garments'worn on the upper portion of the body by men and boys. I refer more particularly to what is known as tropical wear wherein, in the clothing industry, the object is to provide for the trade coats of summer suits that give a maximum of tailored appearance and a minimum of heat confinement around the body of the wearer. In other words, the wearer of formal or semi-formal clothes in the hotter districts of the south wish, on the one hand, to be comfortable and, .on the other hand, to be formally dressed. The improvements herein contained relate to producing an outer coat structure in which the appearance of formal dress is maintained but the comfort of lighter wear than it appears to be is, as a matter of fact, realized.

To these and other ends, the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a coat for mens wear constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a much reduced inside view of the same garment with the outer shell broken away showing the appearance of the sleeve lining from the interior of the coat;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2, enlarged to the scale of Fig. 1, showing a shoulder of the sleeve of a mans coat reversed and the complete sleeve portion thereof turned inside out to illustrate a point of the invention, and

Fig. 4 is a detailed diametric section through the sleeve and lining taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

Accepted outer garment and suit construction for men, particularly the coat portions thereof, usually involves a complete outer shell, a body lining and sleeve linings. The sleeve linings are customarily composed of silk, satin or similar closely woven material, not only to resist wear but to enhance the appearance of the interior of the garment, facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the arms and to inject an element of luxury in'the general get-up of the coat.

However, such sleeve linings add to the bulk of the garment and are warm, that is, they conserve and retain the body heat.

In garments designed for tropical wear, by

which is meant light summer mens clothes wherever worn, it is desired to retain this richness of appearance and yet render the clothing as airy as possible. To this end, both body and sleeve linings have largely been dispensed with 5 entirely, interior furnishings being confined to localized seam linings or coverings. In the practice of my present invention, I accomplish the effect of producing the coat with the appearance of a full sleeve lining, wherever ordinarily visible, while at the same time freeing the sleeve portion from added covering to the arm of the wearer that might prove uncomfortable in hot climates. Also, the facility with which the arms may be inserted in and removed from the sleeves is prell served and the visible portions of the sleeve interiors still have a rich design.

To these ends and referring more particularly to the drawing, I indicates the shell of a man's suit coat having sleeve openings 2 to which the outer sleeves 3 are attached. In the connecting seams are sewn silk or similar linings 4 at the arm pits that extend very briefly into the sleeves proper. Similarly, at the bottoms and in connection with the cuff portions are short linings 5 that extend only briefly upwardly into the sleeves so that on the whole, whether the garment is viewed exteriorly or interiorly, the effect is a full sleeve lining. Were these lining parts left as so far described, it is obvious that they would become displaced at one end or the other or both when the arms of the wearer are inserted or removed. To prevent this and, as aforesaid, to give a light and aerated interior complexion to each sleeve above and below the elbow portion thereof, I connect these lining portions 4 and 5 with an intermediate lining or stocking 6. This is composed of netted material having a substantial mesh, as shown, and providing interstitial air spaces that ventilate the sleeve in general. It may be and preferably is of cotton or other inferior substance which is strong and durable and actually resists wear in the continued use of the garment far beyond the capabilities of the more richly appearing parts 4 and 5 to which it is 5 attached.

With the added comfort, it nevertheless decreases the lining costs or, in any event, adds very little to it.

I claim as my invention:

In a garment for tropical wear, the combination with the outer shell of a coat having the customary sleeve openings and outer sleeves secured therein, of a short upper section of cloth lining within the sleeve stitched in the sleeve 55 cufi opening, and an intermediate length of lining at the elbow portion stitched at the top to the upper section and at the bottom to the lower section, said intermediate section being of netted material having a substantial mesh providing 5 interstitial air spaces for ventilating the sleeve.

' ISRAEL E. HELLER,

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