US2517357A

US2517357A - Bib

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Publication number: US2517357A
Application number: US29291A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Karl F Schlegel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-05-26
Filing date: 1948-05-26
Publication date: 1950-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1967-08-01

Description

Patented Aug. 1, i950 BIB Karl F. Schlegel, Jr., Penfield, N. Y.

Application May26, 1948, Serial No. 29,291

,The present invention relates to apparel and more particularly, though not exclusively, to protective appurtenances for infants and children, and it has for its general object to provide an improved and eflicient bib to be attached to the person in the region of the neck and worn in the usual manner but which will be slightly, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and which will comfortably maintain a correct position while in use.

A further object of the invention is to so equip the bib that it will catch and retain, instead of wholly shedding into the lap or on the floor, both liquids and fragments of solid food such as crumbs andsmall edibles that may also thereby be retrieved.

These and other desirable objects are accomplished by the construction disclosed as an illustrative embodiment of the invention in the following description and in the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a bib constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section therethrough on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragment of the showing of Fig. 2 at the top edge of the pocket, and

Fig. 4, n the same scale as that of Fig. 3, is a fragmentary rear view of one of the joints between the pocket, its supporting element, and the apron body.

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

The major parts of the improved bib may be made of any suitable fabric or similar flexible material agreeable to the touch and both receptive to cleaning and folding and to liquid resistance but thin plastic sheeting, as currently available on the market, is preferred. The back or body portion l of the illustrated embodiment is of sufiicient height and width to protect the upper body, is reentrantly curved at the neck portion, and is there bound with a tape 3 stitched at 5 and the extended ends 1 are utilized as ties to suspend the bib from the neck. A pocket sheet 9 bridges the lower portion of the back or body sheet, the bottom and lateral edges of the two sheets being coincident, and this pocket sheet is slightly wider (or longer from side to side of Fig. 1) than is the body sheet so that it has a natural fullness when the body sheet is flat. The overlying or coincident edges of the two sheets may be described as proximate edges or adjacent edges. The edges of the body sheet are fur- 6 Claims.

of the pocket sheet 9, and which is stitched to the sheet or sheets by lines of stitching. The binding tape ll meets the tape 3 at the neck.

The free upper edge of the pocket sheet 9 which, as explained, is adapted to stand away from the flatter body sheet located at its rear, may also have a tape binding, but it is preferred to form it with an integral hem l5 stitched at IT. There isthreaded through this hem a stiffening element l9 preferably in the form of a spring Wire bow having a normal arcuate curvature but adapted to flex either way. The element may, alternatively, be of whalebone, or of a resilient plastic strip or rod, or of a resilient flat metal strip. The ends 2| are turned laterally of the plane of the bow, in the present instance downwardly, and are inserted respectively in portions of the binding H to occupy the same and be concealed thereby. In making this latter connection the bow spring wire may be so nicely proportioned as to length as to remain free of tension and still hold the body sheet substantially flat relatively to the pocket. A slight outward flexing of the bow before the ends 2! are thrust into the binding will insure the desired degree of such flatness of the body sheet.

In either event, the result is that the mouth of the pocket is held open at all times (unless collapsed for storage or shipping) which makes it convenient for emptying or cleaning. When in place on the chest of the wearer with the tapes 1 tied about the neck the distended pocket is in position to catch and retain crumbs, bits of food, liquids, or whatever may fall from the region of the mouth and chin.

The initial or set curvature of the bow may be varied according to the particular use, to the nature of the flexible material used for the body and pocket sheets, and the size and proportions of the intended wearer.

It is seen from the foregoing disclosure that the above-mentioned objects of the invention are admirably fulfilled. It is to be understood that the foregoing disclosure is given by way of illustrative, example only, rather than by way of limitation, and that without departing from the invention, the details may be varied within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a bib, the combination with a body portion sheet having means for attaching its upper part to the person, of a pocket sheet spanning the lower portion thereof and slightly wider than the corresponding width of the body portion, a binding encompassing the proximate edges of the body and pocket sheets, the latter being provided with a hem at its top edge, and a bowed spring- Wire brace enclosed in the hem and having laterally turned ends occupying portions of the binding to maintain the pocket open and the body portion flattened.

2. A bib comprising a body sheet of liquid-impervious material adapted to extend from the region of the wearers neck downwardly over the wearers chest, a pocket sheet of liquid-impervious material overlying the front face of the lower part of the body sheet, a binding tape folded over and embracing the lateral edges of both the pocket sheet and the body sheet for at least a substantial distance downwardly from the upper edge of said pocket sheet, and a forwardly bowed resilient element extending across said pocket L sheet approximatel at the upper edge thereof to tend .to hold the upper edge of said pocket sheet, throughout a substantial part of its length, in forwardly-spaced relation to said body sheet to provide an open-top pocket for receiving refuse,

3. A bib including a body sheet adapted to extend over a portion of the chest of a wearer, a pocket sheet overlying the front face of the lower part of the body sheet, the side edges of the pocket .sheet being located substantially at the side edges of the body sheet, a hem formed along 4 the top edge of said pocket sheet, hems formed along the side edges of said pocket and body sheets, and a forwardly bowed resilient element extending along the top edge of said pocket sheet and embraced within said hem at said top edge, said resilient element having at its ends portions bent at a substantial angle to the main length of said element and extending approximatel vertically along and embraced within said hems at said side edges, thereby to anchor said resilient element and hold the main length thereof in forwardly bowed relation to said top edge of said pocket sheet.

4. A construction as defined in claim 3, in

. which said resilient element is formed of wire.

5'. A construction as defined in claim 4, in which said body sheet and said pocket sheet are formed of substantially liquid-impervious sheet material.

6. A construction as defined in claim 5, in which .said hems at the side edges of said sheets are formed by binding tape folded over the respective edges of said sheets.

KARL F. SCI-ILEGEL, JR.

REFERENCES CITED .The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 563,644 Birney July 7, 1896 677,010 Ziller June 25, 1901 788,489 Moore Apr. '25, 1905 1,591,721 Melvin July 5, 926 2,474,699 Silbert et a1 June 28,, 1949