US2405647A

US2405647A - Garment belt

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Publication number: US2405647A
Application number: US557392A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis W Foster
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-10-06
Filing date: 1944-10-06
Publication date: 1946-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1963-08-13

Description

Aug. 13, 1946.

L. w. FOSTER v GARMENT BELT Filed Oct. 6, 1944 Patented Aug. 13, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates generally to wearing apparel, such as belted coats, jackets and gowns,

and more particularly to improvements in the construction and arrangement of the belt in association with the garment of which it forms a part.

Among the principal objects of the present invention is to provide an improved means for securing the belt to the garment against accidental loss or displacement thereof, the arrangement being such that such means is normally concealed by the belt to render the same invisible to the eye.

A further object of the present invention is to provide belt securing means of the character aforesaid which affords the belt limited movement longitudinally thereof with respect to the garment with which it is associated in order that the belt may be comfortably adjusted about the waist of the wearer.

Still another object of the invention is to provide retaining means for the belt which permits the latter to be readily removed from the garment as desired and which facilitates as ready replacement of the belt in secured relation to the garment, the said retaining means being operative to maintain the belt at all times in its proper and desirable position with respect to the garment.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide retaining means for the belt which is of exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction and which in no way detracts from or changes the conventional appearance of the belt when it is secured to the garment for which it is intended.

Other objects and general advantages of the present invention will appear more fully hereinafter, it being understood that the present invention consists substantially in the combination, construction, location and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be described hereinafter, as shown in the accompanying drawing and as finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the said accompanying drawing, which 11- lustrates a preferred construction embodying the principles of the present invention:

Figure 1 is a rear view of a belted coat having a belt detachably secured thereto in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the waist portion of the coat showing in perspective the belt secured thereto by the retaining means of the present in- Vention;

3 Claims. (01. 2-93) Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken alon the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing belt retainer tab without the belt; and

Figure 6 is a plan view of the inner face of the belt showing the central looped portion thereof.

Referring now to the drawing, it will be noted that the present invention is applicable to any belted garment, such as the coat II], the belt being adapted to be drawn about the Waist of the wearer of the garment in such manner that the free ends thereof may be secured or tied together in any suitable manner at the front of the garment. The garment, as illustrated in the drawing, is provided with the conventional supporting loops Il-II for the belt I2, although it will be understood that such loops form no part of the present invention and may be entirely dispensed with, if so desired.

The belt l2 of the present invention is preferably constructed of material folded or doubled upon itself to provide the belt with a pair of closely associated inner and outer panels I3 and I4, the marginally extending edges of these panels being preferably stitched together, as at I5, to reenforce and maintain the belt substantially flat. As appears most clearly in Figures 2, 3 and 4, the inner panel I3 of the belt is slit, as at It and I1, along spaced parallel lines in the central portion of the belt to provide a loopforming strip l8, the opposite ends of which are integral with the material forming the said inner panel l3 of the belt. As most clearly appears in Figure 2, the free edges of the slitted parts of the belt, such as the slitted edges l9 and 20 of the panel I3 and the opposite longitudinal edges El and 22 of the loop-forming strip I8, are each suitably bound with a reenforcing tape 23. While it is preferable to form the loop I8 as a struckout portion of the inner panel I3 of the belt, it will be understood that such loop may be formed of a separate strip of material, the opposite ends of which are secured to the inner surface of the belt, and that in such case, the belt may be in the form of a single ply fabric.

The garment itself is provided in the back thereof at a point located centrally along the belt line with a retaining strap 24 for detachably securing the belt in place upon the garment. This retaining strap 24 is preferably in the form of a short piece of material which is folded upon itself,

3 a at 25 (see Figures 2 and 3) to provide a pair of

superposed panels

25 and 21. The upper folded edge 25 of the retaining element 24 is secured, as by stitching 28 or otherwise to the garment fabric, while the lower edge of the inner panel 25 thereof is similarly secured, as at 29, to the garment. The outer panel 21 thus extends freely from the garment in the form of a depending tab, and the free edge thereof is provided with a buttonhole 38 which is adapted to receive a button 3| secured to the lower edge of the secured part 2B of the retaining member.

It will be observed that the overall length of than the width of the belt [-1 so that when the latter is secured in place, it eifectively conceals from view the said retaining member. In order to secure the belt to the garment against accidental displacement therefrom, the depending tab 2'! is slipped through the loop (8 provided on the inner or rear surface of the belt, following which its free end is buttoned in place, as shown in Figure 2. The loop E8 of the belt is thereby interlooped with the closed loop formed by the buttoned tab with the result that the belt is de-- tachably secured against displacement from the garment, the belt being 'shiftable, however; longitudinal of its length to the extent permitted by the length of the loop member l8. In order to detach the belt from the garment, it is only necessary to unbutton the tab 21 to thereby release the loop l8 of the belt from its interengagement with the said tab 21. i

It will be understood, of course, that the retaining tab 27 may be formed, if desired, of a single ply strip of material, the upper edge of which is secured directly to the garment with its free lower edge adapted for detachable securement to the garment. Also, instead of a button and button-hole arrangement for securing the free edge of the tab to the garment, any other suitable fastening means may be employed for thi purpose, such as coacting' snap fasteners or the like.

The important is that it provides an arrangement wherein the beltsecuring means is at all times concealed from view when the belt is worn upon the garment, thereby providing a belted garment which, while quite conventional in its outer appearance, insures against accidental loss or displacement of the belt with respect to the garment.

It will be understood, of course, that the present invention is susceptible of various changes feature of the present invention T and modifications which may be made from time to time without departing from the general principles or real spirit of the present invention, and it is accordingly intended to claim the same broadly, as well as specifically, as indicated in the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In a belted garment, concealed retaining means for the belt including a loop arranged upon the inner face of the belt and extending lengthwise thereof, a tab-forming member doubled upon itself to provide an inner ply permanently secured at its opposite'ends to the garment and an outer ply having one end extending freely of the garment to form a tab adapted to be passed through said loop substantially at right angles thereto, and means for detachably securing the free end of said tab to the garment, said doubled tab-forming member being of an overall length less than the width of the belt whereby the latter conceals the tab from view and said loop being of a length substantially greater than the width of the tab whereby to permit of limited lengthwise adjustment of the belt relatively to the tab.

2. In a belted garment, a two ply belt adapted to be extended about the waist of the garment, the inner ply of said belt being slitted along a pair of spaced, parallel lines to provide a relatively narrow concealed loop extending lengthwise of the belt with its ends integral therewith, the cut edges of the slits on either side of said loop being bound with reinforcing tape, and a tab element having its opposite ends permanently and detachably secured, respectively, to the garment to form a second loop extending at right angles to the belt loop, said tab element being adapted forprojection through the belt loop to retain the belt in position upon the garment.

3. In a belted garment as defined in claim 2 wherein the body of said. belt includes a pair of superposed plies of which only the inner one is slitted as aforesaid to form the belt loop, the outer ply of the belt being of a width sufiicient to conceal from external view the said belt loop and its associated retaining tab, and wherein said tab element consists of a doubled member the inner ply only of which is permanently secured to the garment while the outerply thereof extends freely of the garment for projection through the belt loop as aforesaid.

LOUIS W. FOSTER.