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SHIRT.

No.-254,833. Patented Mar. 14,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE W. MESSER, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO MANVILLE 8s CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.'

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATIoNvformmg part of Letters Patent No. 254,833, dated March 14, 1.822,

` Application nieu september 21, 18er (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: i y

Be it known that I, HORACE W. Messen, ot' the city of Troy, county ot' Rensselaer, and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bosom Shirts,oi'which the following is a specicat-ion. i My invention relates to improvements in bosoinshirts; anditconsistsin amethod ot' constructing and arranging a shirt body and bo- Io soin with the latter detached and free from the former at the top ofthe bosom, and the latter constructed with tabs or subtending ends on the neckband, which are arranged to pass into or through guideways or pockets formed upon the neckband ofthe body, at its sides, the object of the improvement being to produce a means by which the'area of the neckopening may be enlarged or decreased, and so that collars of diiering length may be used and atzo tachedtotheshirt. Duringhotweatheralarger area of neck-opening and a larger and longer collar than that necessitated in cold weather promotes the comfort of the wearer, and by means ot' my improved method ot making the combined shirt-and bosom this desired adjustment is easily produced.`

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specitication, there are two figures illustrating my invention, in both of which the 3o saine designation by reference-letters is used.

Figure l shows a view of a bosoln shirt with the bosom detached from the body at the top ot' the bosom, with the latter turned over outwardly and folded down. This view shows the subtending tabs on the end of the bosom-neckband and the guideways or horizontal pockets made on thesides of the shirt-body neckband to receive the lapping and subtending tab ends of the bosomneckband. Fig. Zillus- 4o trates a bosom shirt made according to my Inethod,with the subtendingendsofthebosomneckband tabs inserted in the guideways or pockets made in the sides of the neckbandotl: the shirt-body, and with the bosom in the p04` sition itis in when worn.

containing myinvention are designated by letter-reference and their connected arrangement described as follows The bosom B is shown 5o as detached from the shirtbodyA atthe top, and by means ofthe facing F connected with the body at S". The bosom B is cnt out to receive the neekbnnd N N, and this latter has tabs c e upon each end,.which project beyond the bosom. Upon the sides of the neckband of the body (designated atNH)V are formed the pockets or guides S, made by a thickness of material sewed to the exterior of the bodyneckband N" at its top and bottom, as designated at a b. These guides or pockets receive 6o the tabs upon the neckband of thebosom, (designated at e e,)the latter passing into or through them for lapping adjustment, and by means of which the neck-opening in the shirt may be enlarged or reduced in area, so as to o5 attach at d a longer or shorter collar.

While I have shown the guides or pockets S as produced by means of an outer thickness of material attached to the ueekband ot' the shirt-hody,the guides or pockets maybe made 7o by cutting one or more vertical slots in the neckband ot' the shirt-body to receive the tabs upon the neckband ofthe bosom, and in either case the guides so made will perform the same office and in the same manner.

I am well aware that shirt-bosoins have been made with the upper portion ofthe bosom unattaehed to the shirt, with strings attached to the ends of the bosom-band, arranged to tie at the back independently of the neckband of 8o the shirt proper. This method otl using a shirt-bosom unattaehed atthe top differed from mine in the fact that tabs are formed upon the bosom-band, which attach to the neekhand of the shirt proper Vat its sides by my method, and the means of attachment is an adjustable one.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Iso In a bosom shirt, the combination of a shirt- 9 bosom unattached to the shirt-body at the top ot' the bosom, subtendingtabsformed upon the neckband of the bosom,and pockets or guides made in the neckband of the shirt-body, as

i, and forthe purposes describedl and set forth'. The several parts of the shirt illustrated as y September, 1881.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 17 th day of HORACE W. MEssEE.

Witnesses:

GHAELEs S. BRINTNALL,

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