US2641764A - Child's outerwear ensemble - Google Patents

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2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 20. 1951 5 JNVENroR. Willard H. Fisher June 16, 1953 w. H. FISCHER 2,641,764

CHILDS OUTERWEAR ENSEMBLE Filed April 20. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .IN V EN TOR.

YWillcnrd H. Fisher ATTORNEY Patented June 16, 1953 CHILDS OUTERWEAR ENSEMBLE Willard H. Fischer, New York,'N. Y., assigner to Wee Modems, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 20, 195v1, Serial No. 222,023

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a childs apparel, and, more particularly, to a childs outerwear ensemble, such as a coat and trouser combination of the type generally worn by a child 'or infant when outdoors.

H eretofore, in order to safely secure a child against a fall when in a vehicle, such as carriage or stroller, or when in a highchair, it has been customary to use a harness which fitted about the body and over the shoulders of the child and to which are attached clips that are secured to suitable fittings installed on the vehicle or on the highchair, or the like. The use of such baby harnesses has not been found completely satisfactory. They are generally of complicated arrangement and relatively involved and difficult to put on and take off; the putting on and taking off being necessary each time the child vis dressed or undressed. They are not always completely safe for the reason that they permitted the child to twist andV turn within the harness and sometimes out of it, and also, for that reason, fre quently caused discomfort to the child;

It is a primary object of the lpresent invention to provide a childs outerwear ensemble which is formed with its own safety attachment for a vehicle or high chair or the like and by which the child may be directly secured in such baby vehicle or highchair with maximum safety, thus elimie nating the necessity for the use `of any Vseparate harness outfit and their putting on and removal each time the child is dressed or undressed.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a childs outerwear ensemble of the character described which will aioid the child a maximum of comfort when in use and will not materially interfere with its comfort when not in use.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a childs outerwear ensemble of the character described which may be used for the safety of the child with least trouble and inconvenience to the childs attendant. i

It is a further object ofthe present invention to provide a childs outerwear ensemble of the character described the safety feature of which may be utilized with the individual members of the ensemble, separately, as well as in their assembled state, with equal safety, comfort and convenience both for child and attendant.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a childs outerwear ensemble having safety features which are of simple construction, simple and easy to use, are strong and durable and highly effective for their purpose, and which are relatively economical to provide with but little added cost to the cost of the garment ensemble, generally,

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the childs outerwear ensemble of shown with the coat open, partly broken away l.

the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art froml the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing and from the description following. It is to be understood, however, that such embodiment is shown by way of illustration only, to make the principles and practice of the invention more readily comprehensible, and without any intent of limiting the invention to the specific details therein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a front perspective view of the childs outerwear ensemble of the present invention,

and partly in section, and as used in combination with the safety belt; and

Fig. 2 is a front Iperspective `view of the coat only, shown open and partly broken away and in use with the safety belt of the present invention.A

Referring. more specifically to the accompanying drawingthe embodiment of the childs outerwear ensemble illustrated is shown to comprise a coat member, generally designated as I0, andl a v trouser member, generally designated as I I. The coat member Ill may be of` any desired length,

such as the jacket length illustrated, andof any conventional style, fabric and construction generally vused for childrens coats or jackets. The trousers or leggings II may likewise be of4 any desired length, style, fabric and construction conventionally used for the purpose.

The coat or jacket may include aback section I2, apair of front sections I3-secured to the back section I2 at its side edges, as at I4, sleeves I5, anda collar` I6, all of which may be lined with a liningk Il or interlined or unlined, as may be desired. The front sections I3 may be provided with cooperating fastening means at their side edges, such as the button and button hole type, as illustrated by the button holes I8, or slide fasteners, or the like.

Theback section I2 of the coat I0 may be provided at approximately the-waistlinek of the garment and adjacent each of its side edges, near the connecting seams I4, with a vertically disposed slot 20 passing through the entire thickness of the garment, including lining and interlining, if any, from the inside to the outside of the garment; which slots 20 may have'their edges iinv morefabric sections or gores. The back section 24 of the trousers II is likewise provided at approximately the waistline of the garment, with a pair of'vertical-ly disposed slots 2-6- extending therethrough from the-inside to the outside, one' adjacent each side edge of the back section 24. 'Ihe slots 26 may likewise be formed with their edgesl finished, as by buttonhole stitching, for

reinforcement and proper appearance. Prefer# ably, the distance between the slots. 26 maybe slightly less than the distance between theslots. 29 of the coat I0.

The ensemble of the present invention includes a band or belt of webbing' or'other suitable material 30 of a width adapted to pass through the slots and 26 and of a length greater than the distance between the slots 20 of' the jacket I9. The band 3l] whichA may preferably be of wholly' or partly` longitudinally elasticr material, if desired, may havev secured thereto, at each of its ends, as' by loops 3l formedat such ends,.a metallic'` ring 32': through which is sli'dably passed an adjustably buckled strap 34 which slidably engages a clip 35 as by passing through the loop or'v eyev 352 formed at' one end thereof. It will be apparent, of course, that the clips 35 may be secured directly to the belt 39,. if desired, or may be secured thereto' by any other practical andl convenient means'.

" I n use with the ensemble the belt mayv be passed' through the slots 26jof the trousers I I from` the inside tol the exterior' thereof, so that the ends of the belt 30 project' outwardly from the trousers I I. After theV trousers are placed on the child, the coat may be placed on the child and the strapends thenY passed through the slot's 2li.

When a child is thus dressed with this en-k semble, it will be apparent that it may bev placed in any position in or out of a babyE vehicle or highchar without danger or discomfort, or it may be secured in the vehicle or' highchai'r for safety, with great speedl and' convenience, with a minimum of interference with the childs move-r ments, vwith a minimum of trouble tothe'childs attendant, and without any possibility or chance of the child slipping out as it might from the harness now conventionally used, because such slipping out could be accomplished' only with the removal of the ensemble.

It will be apparent, also, that the child may use either the trousers or the coat, one independ'entlyof the other, in association withl the safety stray 30, as may be desired, in accordance with any change of temperaturetliat might require the removal of4 one or the other, as when a child isl brought into the house foi feeding, for

instance, when the jacket may be removedy and then rep-laced with al minimum. of trouble.

This completes the description of the childs outerwear ensemble of theA present inventiony and the manner of its use. It willbe readily apparent that'numerous variations and modifications may be made thereinVin accordance with the principles of the invention hereinabove described and without the use of any inventive ingenuity. I desi-re, therefore, to be protected for any and all such variations and modifications that may be made within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is: Y

1. A-,childs outerwear ensemble ofthe character described comprising, in combination, a coat having a waistline coveringr portion, trousers having a waistline covering portion, said 4 jacket including a back section and front sections secured. to, the side.. edges. of said back section' and having' meansV at their facing edges for separably securing one to the other, said jacket having spaced, vertical slits formed in its back section at approximately the waistline thereof, said trousers; having a back section and a front section connected thereto, said trousers having vertical slits formed in the back section thereof at. approximately the waistline thereof, said coat and trouser slits arranged to be in horizontal register when worn on the body and a belt passed from the inside of said trousers through the slits thereof and through theslits of said coat with its free ends extending outwardly of said coat, said belt having a clipsecuredat each nd thereof'.

2'. A childs outerwear ensemble of the character described comprising, in combination, a coat having a waistline covering portion; trousers having a waistline covering portionl said coat including a back section and front sections secured to said back section at its side edges and means for separably securing the contiguous edges of said front section to one another, said coat having vertical slits formed adjacent each side edge of' its back sectionv at approximately the waistline thereof, said trousers having a backl section andl aV front section connected thereto, said trousers having vertical slits formed therein adjacent theside edges of the back' section thereof at approximately the waistline, and a belt passed from the inside of said trousers through the slits thereof andl through the slits of sai-d coa-t, withA the free ends ofy said belt extending outwardly of said coat, said belt having a fastening clip secured at each end thereof. 1

3. A child's outerwearl ensemble of the character described comprising, in combination, a coat having a waistline coveringV portion;V trousers having a waistline covering portion, said coat including a back section and front sections secured to said back. section, and means for separably securing the contiguous edges of said front section to one another, said coat having vertical slits formed therein adjacent each side edge of its back section at approximately the waistline thereof, said trousers having a back section and a front sectionconnectcd thereto, said trousers having vertical slits formed therein adjacent the side edges ofA the back section thereof at approximately the waistline, the distance between said trouser slits being less than the distance between said coat slits; and a belt passed from the inside of said trousers through the slits thereof and through the slits of said coat with its free ends extending outwardly of said coat, said belt having a fastening c1ip` secured at each end thereof. l v

WILLARD H. FISCHER.

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