US2307266A

US2307266A - Sleeping garment

Info

Publication number: US2307266A
Application number: US441871A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hansen Hulda
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-05-05
Filing date: 1942-05-05
Publication date: 1943-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 1960-01-05

Description

Jan. 5, 1943. H. HANSEN SLEEPING GARMENT F'iled May 5, 1942 3 g 6 5. -V I n e s m H w a F Patented Jan. 5, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLEEPING GARMENT Hulda Hansen, Long Beach, Calif.

Application May 5, 1942, Serial No. 441,871

2 Claims.

This invention relates to sleeping garments es pecially designed for use by children in cold weather or during sickness, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a garment of this kind which is entirely safe in that it insures keeping the child covered except for the head and arms, and insures complete freedom of the arms and legs,

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sleeping garment of the above kind which is extremely simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and easy to don or remove.

The present invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In said drawing;

Figure 1 is a front view of a sleeping garment constructed in accordance with the present invention, and shown as it appears in use.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the garment as shown in Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a plan view, partly broken away, showing the garment of Figures 1 and 2 in unfolded condition.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the present sleeping garment consists of a sheet of blanket material adapted to be folded upon equally spaced parallel vertical lines a and b and forming a central front portion 5, an inside back portion 6, and an outside back portion 6a. The portions 5, 6 and Ga are of similar width and are vertically elongated, the back portion 6 being adapted to be folded on the line b onto the front portion 5, and back portion 6a being adapted to be folded on the line a onto the inside back portion 6, the

portions 6 and Ba thus providing a back for the sleeping garment of double thickness. The sheet of blanket material forming these front and back portions is preferably bound at the edges as at l, and the front portion 5 is provided at the top with shoulder extensions 8 and 8a which define between them the front portion 9 of a neck opening. The back portions 6 and 6a are provided with shoulder extensions I 0 and 10a which are longer than the extensions 8 and 8a and which are adapted to be extended over the shoulders of the user and overlapped upon the extensions 8 and 811, as well as detachably connected to the latter by suitable means, such as buttons ll sewed onto the extensions 8 and 8a and received by buttonholes i2 provided in the ends of the extensions l0 and Illa. The outer edges of the extensions 8 and 8a and the inner lower edge 55 portions of the extensions l0 and la are curved as at l3 to provide arm openings when the extensions 8 and 8a and I0 and Illa are overlapped and connected together as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Also, the outward curve of the inner edges of extensions l0 and Illa are such that the latter provide the side and rear portions of the neck opening of the garment when it is in condition for use as shown in Figures 1 and 2. At the same time, the outer edges of the extensions I 0 and Illa are curved inwardly as at Hi to cooperate with the inwardly curved side edges of extensions 8 and 8a and form arm openings for the garment. The outer back portion 6a is adapted to be detachably connected with the inner back portion 6 near the top of the garment by suitable means such as buttons I5 sewed to the inside back portion 6, just below the extension Illa and adapted to be received in buttonholes l6 provided in the inside back portion 8a just below the extension I0.

When the back portion 6 is folded onto the front portion 5 and the back portion 6a is folded onto the back portion 6, the extensions l0 and Illa are brought over the shoulders and secured to the extensions 8 and 8a by engaging the buttons II in the buttonholes l2. The buttons I5 are then engaged in the buttonholes l6, whereupon the garment is effectively retained upon the child in such a way that the arms and head are not covered while the rest of the child is completely covered including the body and legs. At the same time, the garment allows complete freedom of the arms andlegs and is therefore completely safe and presents no danger of the child smothering.

What I claim as new is:

1. A sleeping garment for children comprising a sheet of blanket material having vertically elongated front, inside back, and outside back portions of similar width, said front portion having top shoulder extensions and being cut away between said shoulder extensions to provide the front portion of a neck opening, the upper portion of each back portion having a single relatively longer shoulder extension adapted to be brought over and lapped upon the shoulder extensions of the front portion, means to detachably connect the shoulder extensions of the back portions with the shoulder extensions of the front portion, the outer edges of the top of said front portion being curved inwardly, and the inner edges of the shoulder extensions on the back portions being curved outwardly, the outer edges of said shoulder extensions of the back portions being curved inwardly, whereby to provide arm Openings and to complete the neck opening of the garment when the inside back portion is folded upon the front portion and theaoutside back portion is folded upon the inside back portion of the garment.

2. A sleeping garment for children comprising a sheet of blanket material having vertically elongated front, inside back, and outside back portions of similar width, said front portion having top shoulder extensions and being cut away between said shoulder extensions to provide the front portion of a neck opening, the upper portion or each back portion having a single relativeiy longer shoulder extension adapted to be brought over and lapped upon the shoulder extensions of the front portion, means to detachably connect the shoulder extensions of the back portions with the shoulder extensions of the front portion, the outer edges of the top of said front garment when the inside back portion is folded upon the front portion and the outside back portion is folded upon the inside back portion of the garment, and means to detachably connect the back portions just below the top extensions thereof.

HULDA HANSEK.