US2304251A - Garment - Google Patents

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3, 1942- w. J. FREEDMAN I 2,304,251

GARMENT I Filed Feb. 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3 J \NVENTQR Dec. 8, 1942. w. J. FREEDMAN 2,304,251

GARMENT Filed Feb. 17, 1941 I 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 INVENTOR W/'///'am./. med/220d BY v ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 8, 1942 l GARMENT William J. Freedman, Los Angeles, Calif assignor to Hollywood Rogue Sportswear, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., a corporation of California Application February 17, 1941, Serial No..379,155

" 3 Claims. (01. 2-115) This invention relates to a garment, and more particularly to a garment adapted to be worn as a sport shirt.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a garment of this character that is readily donned and removed, and that may be used either as an outer coat-like garment or in lieu of an ordinary shirt.

It is another object of this invention to provide a novel breast pocket structure that presents a good appearance and that may be quite simply fabricated.

This invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objects which may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of one embodiment of the invention. For this purpose there is shown a form in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. This form will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a. limiting sense, since the scope of this invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment embodying the invention, and shown in use on a wearer;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating the garment as it would appear when not in use, and the front and back portions being laid out flat;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged front View of the upper portion of the garment, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along plane 44 of Fig. 3;

' Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along plane 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of several of the parts, shown before assembly, for making up the front portion of the garment.

As shown most clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the front of the garment is formed by a pair of breast covering members I and 2. These breast covering members are formed separate from the corresponding waist covering members 3 and 4.

The breast covering members I and 2 cover respectively the left and right hand breasts of the wearer. They are each made in a manner that may be best explained in connection with Fig. 6. The breast covering member I is shown as made of a single piece of fabric folded along a line 5 to form an edge of the front opening of on itself, defines a portion of the neck opening. The outer layer formed'by the folding of the member, I. along the fold 5 is provided with an integraldownwardly projecting pocket flap I.

The-member. 3 forms a part of. the front of the: garment that coversthe waist portion. As shown in Fig. 6 it is formed of a single piece of material adapted to be folded along the line 8 to define a continuationof the front edge formed by fold 5 in member I. At its upper edge 9 the member 3 is attached as by sewing to the lower edge II). of the. innerlayer of the breast covering member I. This seam extends entirely across the lower edge I9 of the inner layer. The upper edge 9 of the waist coveringpmember 3 is also attached to the lower edge portions II and I2 of the outer layer of the breast covering member I. It is not, however, attached to the flap I (see Fig. 5). v

The corner edge I3 of the waist covering member 3 defines the lower front portion of the armhole to which the sleeve I4 may be attached. If desired, a lining I5 for the inner surface of the pocket flap 1 may be provided. This lining I5 may be made from the same material as the other parts of the garment. Its upper edge It may be attached as by sewing to the lower edge II), as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5.

The flap I with its lining I5 is shown as overlying the upper edge of a pocket forming member I I. This pocket forming member I1 may be sewed in place as illustrated by the dotted lines I8 of Fig. 6, so that its upper edge is sub stantially coincident with the upper edge 9 of the waist covering member 3. If desired, the up per edge of the pocket may be formed by foldedover material, the lower edge of which is indicated by the dotted line I9 of Fig. 6.

The pocket flap I may be provided with an appropriate buttonhole 20 for cooperation with a button ZI attached to the outside of the pocket forming member II.

While only one-half of the garment ha been the garment. The arcuate line 6, when doubled 23. This button hole is shown as cooperating with the button 24 sewed near the edge of the breast covering member I.

The back of the garment is formed of a single piece of fabric 25 (Fig. It is sewed at its sides to the members 3 and 4. This back member 25 may be appropriately joined as by a seam to the lower edge of a two-ply shoulder yoke 26. This shoulder yoke 26 is joined as illustrated at 21 (Fig. 5) to the upper edges of the breast covering members I and 2. The shoulder yoke 26 has side edges defining the remainder of the armhole openings to which the sleeves M are attached.

The shoulder yoke 26 and the breast covering portions I and 2 define the neck opening to which the collar band 28 may be attached. If desired, a button 29 (Fig. 3) may be provided at the upper corner of the breast covering member 2. This button when it is desired toclose the collar, may cooperate with a cord loop 30 attached to the breast covering member I underneath the collar band 28.

The garment may dbviously be utilized as illustrated in Fig. 1 with the button 29 unbuttoned, and the collar band 28 providing widespread wings; or alternatively the button 29.- may be engaged by the loop 30 to form a more closely confining collar band.

The fabric utilized for the various parts of the garment may be of any appropriate type, such as wool gabardine or cotton or the like.

The garment is easy to put on and take off. The front of the garment presents a neat and attractive appearance, enhanced by the treatment of the pocket flaps and. the concealment of any seams beneath the flap I.

What is claimed is:

1. In a garment, a breast covering member formed of an integral, folded fabric, the fold forming a front edge of the garment the outer fabric layer having an integral depending pocket flap, a waist covering member attached at its upper edge to the lower edge of the inner layer, as well as only to those parts of the lower edge of the outer layer exclusive of the pocket flap, and a pocket forming member attached to the waist covering member and having an upper edge adapted to be overlapped by the pocket flap.

2. In a garment, a breast covering member formed of an integral, folded fabric, the fold forming a front edge of the garment the outer fabric layer having an integral depending pocket flap, a waist covering member attached at its upper edge to the lower edge of the inner layer, as-well as only to those parts of the lower edge of the outer layer exclusive of the pocket flap, a lining for the flap and attached at its upper edge only to the lower edge of the inner layer, and a pocket forming member attached to the Waist covering member and having an upper edge adapted to be overlapped by the pocket flap.

3. In a garment adapted to be opened at the front, a pair of breast covering members each made of a single piece of material folded to form an inner and an outer layer and the front edge, at the fold, the outer layer having an integral depending pocket flap, a pair of waist covering members respectively attached at their upper edges to the lower edge of the layers except at the flap, and pocket forming members attached to the waist covering members and having upper edges respectively adapted to be overlapped by the pocket flaps.

WILLIAM J. FREEDMAN.

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