US277006A

US277006A - Shirt

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Publication number: US277006A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-05-08
Anticipated expiration: 1900-05-08

Description

(No Model.)

H. GLUETT.

SHIRT.

Patented May 8 Inventor.

Willie SSCS:

UNITED-- STATES PATENT O FICE.

RoBEaroLUnrT, on TROY, NEW YORK.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 277,006, dated May 8, 1883.

' Application filed'Fcbr nary 12, 1883. (No model.) V

clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

' which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts; and it consists of the novel combination of a gusset or triangular-shaped piece of fabric with a shirt-opening and facin gs thereon.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a cheap durable stay for the back or sleeve openings of a shirt.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a portion of the inside of a shirt with an angular opening therein, and; shows the gusset A and facings B and (3. Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the shape ofthe gusset. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the outside ofthe same portions of the shirt and ,facings shown in Fig. 1, the parts being turned over, so that the lower portion in Fig. 1 is the upper portion in Fig. 3.

The gusset A is inserted in the opening, as shown in Fig.1. The body portion of theshirt to the right ofthe opening, as shown, is turned over upon the gusset, so that the edge of the shirt bordering upon the opening corresponds with the edge a c of the gusset. One edge of the facing O is then laid upon the other side of the gusset, so that its edge corresponds with the edge a c. The three parts, the gusset being in the middle, are then run together by the stitching shown at G, after which the shirt part is turned back again and the facing turned and folded in so that the three partsgusset, shirt, and facing-occupy the relative positions shown in Fig. 1. The facing G is. then stitched to the body of tbeshirt by the row of stitching shown by the dotted line E. The other edge, at, of the gusset is then laid upon the edge of the body of the shirt on the left-hand side of the opening, as shown, the

edge of one corresponding to the edge of the other. One edge of the facing 13 is thenlaid upon the edge of the gusset, and the three parts run together, as on the other side of the opening. (Shown by dottedline F.) The facing is then turned, folded in at theother edge, and stitched to the body of the shirt by a row of stitching. (Shown by the dotted linell) In Fig. 1 the facing 13 is broken away to show the edge of the gusset; but :itextends on the side of the shirt (shown in Fig. 1) the whole ledgth of the shirt-opening, and on the other side of the shirt past the end of the opening, as shown in Fig. 3.

The facing may be stitched by one or'more rows of stitching across its face to the body of the shirt at the end of the opening, as-shown by the dotted line H, and around the extended end. 7

i Fig. 3 shows the opening closed, facing B lying upon facing O,in which position the gusset folds together onthe inside into the position shown by the broken lines, where it is entirely concealed from view.

In Figs. 1 and 3 only a portion of the shirt is shown, but sufficient to illustrate my improved method of staying. and re-enforcing back and sleeve openings. In Fig.1 the thickness of the fabric is exaggerated for the purpose of more clearly explaining the same, and broken edges'of the facings are shown for the same reason.

I am aware that stay-pieces have been employed to strengthen shirt-openin gs and openings in pantaloons which were stitched to the body of the garment on both sides of the opening and formed a part or the whole of the facing to said openings, and I wholly disclaim any such use or construction.

The gusset A may be of any desired num ber of thicknesses.

mond-shaped thickness together,.so that the fold will be along the line b c. As the triangular-shaped piece is widest at the angle of the opening, and has a bearingor staying surface the whole length of the stitched sides which are stitched at one and the same time with the facings, my improveddevice alfords the greatest strength at the desired point with the least material, and is cheaply constructed.-

I' prefer to make it of two thicknesses formed by folding a single dia- ISO 2" v M mos- What Iclain as new, and desireto secure by dered edges of the opening, substantially as Letters Patent, is described,-and for the purposes mentioned. 10 A gusset or triangular-shaped piece of fab- In testimony whereof Ihzwe hereunto set my ric, A, two sides of which are stitched at their hand this 8th day of February, 1883. 5 edges to the respective edges formed by the ROBERT OLUETT.

back or sleeve openings in a shirt, in combi- Witnesses: nation with facings B and G, which conceal WM. H. HOLLISTER, Jr.,

the stitchededges of the gusset and the sun- JOHN '1. BOOTH.