US2272796A - Shirt - Google Patents

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ATTORNEYS 4. N. DoUMAUx SHIRT Filed July 2, 1.940

Feb. l0, 1942.

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SHIRT `lerome N. Dcumaux, Bayside, N. Y., assigner to The B. V. D. Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application duly 2, 194i), Serial No. 343,618`

4 Claims. i (Cl. 2-115) This invention relates to garments for they terminate in points.r Each tab is provided with upper part of the body and is concerned more a button hole i8 through which may be passed particularly with a garment of the shirt type a button 2i) on its associated pocket for the purembodying novel features which give it an impose of holding the tab down. Thelower edge proved appearance but without substantially in- 5 of the yoke is secured to the lower front panel creasing the cost of manufacture. on either side of and between the tabs, and the The new garment, in the form of a shirt suittabs are thus free to be raised and lowered. able for sportswear, includes a yoke forming the The overlapped top edge l5 of the lower front upper portion of the garment in front and havpanel is not stitched to the yoke, since such a ing a lower edge shaped to provide tabs for a l line of stitching would detract from the appearpair of breast pockets. Preferably the lower edge ance of the garment. Each tab is, therefore,

of the yoke is formed of curved sections to give provided with a liner 2l which is secured to the the garment an attractive appearance and this lower edge of the tab and extends upwardly bemay be enhanced when the garment is made of iiWeeIl the YOke and the overlapped POT'OD 0f patterned goods, by causing the patterns on the l the lower front panel to be connected to that yoke and remainder of the garment to lie out of portion, es, for exemple, alone. the upper edge registry. The yoke and the panel below it iormheTeOf, by a lille Of SChDg 22- Wth this a1- ing the remainder of the front of the garment rangement, the raising of e tab does not provide are connected together only along the lower an opening between the yoke and the overlapped edge of the yoke on either Side and between the portion of the lower vfront panel into the interior tabs, but provision is made to prevent the escape 0f the galmeP- and all Objeet inserted in the of articles upwardly from the pockets between pocket Cannot eSCDe uPWeIdly bell/Veen the yke the yoke and overlapped portion of the lower and 10We1 I'GH Panel. front panel, In the construction shown in which the lower For a better understanding of the invention, 25 flOIl panel S made 11Dl 0f a Deir of vertical reference may be had to the accompanying sections, the yoke is similarly formed in two drawing in which sections and the yoke sections and back are cut Fig. 1 is a view of the new garment in front t0 DIOVde a Heek Opening t0 the edge 0f Wheh elevation, with certain parts removed; is secured a collar 23. The back, yoke, and lower Fig, 2 is an elevational View of the inner sur- 30 Afront panel are similarly formed to provide armfaee of o, portion of the garment; v holes to the edges of which are secured sleeves 24. Fig. 3 is a perspective view on the line 3 3 The use 0f the '.VOke Secured alOIlg its lOWeI of Fig, 1; and edge only to the lower front panel gives the shirt Figi is a sectional View on iii@ iine 4 4 of an attractive appearance and providesvtabs for Fig. 1. closing the breast pockets and the provision of The new Shirt in the form iiiustyatod comthe liners makes it unnecessary to continue the prises a back of conventional construction which 10We1` from? Panel t0 the 1SODS 0f the ShOulderS. extends to the tops of the shoulders and may WIOU Such liners, the iiOPS 0f the Dockets either be a single piece of material or monroe Would be open betweenthe yoke and overlapped a yoke io, Connected aiong its Sido edges to the portion of the lower front panel, unless the panel back is a lower front panel Il which terminates Continued t0 1he ODS 0f the Shoulders. If that a substantin distance below the top edge of the Construction were used, there would be a double back and mays if desired, loo formed of o, pair of thickness of material throughout the part of the vertical sections having overlapping hems l2 garment OCCllped by the Yoke and this Would Connected by buttons and button holes, The add substantially to the cost of manufacture lower front panel is provided with a pair of because of the extra material and would make pockets I3 on either side of the central Vertical this DOTOII 0f the garment uncomfortable. line thereof and in the construction illustrated, With the construction ,described in which liners each pocket is formed with a vertical pleat I4. are used, only a relatively small part of the ear- A yoke i5 is connected to the upper odge of 50 ment includes two thicknesses of material and the back and extends downwardly to overlap the on buttoning down the tabs, the pockets are top edge I6 of the lower front panel. This yoke completely closed. has a lower edge Il cut along arcuate lines and The use of the front yoke gives the garment is so formed as to provide a pair of tabs I8 a novel and attractive appearance which is cawhich serve to close the tops of the pockets and pable of variation by cutting the lower edge of the yoke in dierent forms. Also, when the shirt is made of patterned fabrics, variations in appearance may be obtained by offsetting the patterns in the yoke and lower front panel in various ways, as, for example, by cutting the lower front panel lengthwise of the goods and cutting the yoke on the bias.

I claim:

l. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edges which are shaped to dene armholes and are connected together below the armholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower front panel, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edge of the back is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges being connected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neck opening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the level of the bottoms of the armholes and being overiain by the lower edge of the yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides of the vertical meda-n line of the front, a pair of extensions from the lower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of the pockets and providing closure tabs therefor, the yoke being secured along its lower edge to the lower front panel on either side of and between the tabs only, and sleeves secured to the edges of the armholes,

2. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edges which are shaped to: dene arniholes and are connected together below the armholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower front panel, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edge of the back is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges being connected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neck opening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the level of the bottoms of the armholes and being overlain by the lower edge of the yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides of the vertical median line of the front, a pair of extensions from the lower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of 'fof the front panel overlapped by the yoke, and sleeves secured to the edges of the armholes,

3. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edges which are shaped to dene armholes and are connected together below the armholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower front panel, the yokeY having an upper edge which with the upper edge of the back is formed to provide a neck openingy said upper edges being connected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neck opening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the level of the bottoms of the armholes and being overlain by the lower edge of the yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides of the vertical mediari line of the front, a pair of extensions from the lower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of the pockets and providing closure tabs therefor, the yoke being secured along its lower edge to the lower front panel on either side of and between the tabs only, liners for the tabs secured to the free lower edges thereof and to portions of the front panel overlapped by the yoke and lying above the upper end of the pocket, and sleeves secured to the edges of the armholes.

4. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edges which are cut to provide armholes and are connected together below the armholes, the front being formed of a yoke at the top and a lower front Panel, each subdivided into right and left sections having overlapping vertical edges, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edge of the back is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges being connected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neck opening, the lower edge of the yoke overlapping the upper edge of the lower front panel and both said edges intersecting the armholes, a pocket on each section of the lower front panel below the upper edge thereof, and extensions from the lower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of the pockets and forming closure tabs therefor, the lower edge of the yoke being connected to the lower front panel on either side of and between the pockets and the upper edge of the lower front panel being free.

JEROME N. DOUMAUX.

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