US2851693A - Decorative pocket handkerchief device - Google Patents

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Sept. 16, 1958 'v. GOTTLIEB DECORATIVE POCKET HANDKERCHIEF DEVICE Filed Oct. 16, 1956 INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEY VICTOR GoTrL/EB Y 9 .EIVZ

nited States Patent Office 2,$l,693 Patented Sept. 16, 1958 DECORATIVE POCKET HANDKERCHIEF DEVICE- Victor Gottlieli, North Hollywood, Calif.

Application October 16, 1956, SerialNo. 616,175 1 Claim. c1; 2-z79 My invention relates generally to. haberdashery and more particularly to handkerchiefs as worn in the breast pocket of a coat primarily for decorative or show purposes.

At present it is a practice to utilize a handkerchief of the usual dimensions which is suitably folded and then inserted into the breast pocket of the coatto exposetherefrom a portion of the handkerchief either in the. form of a row of triangular pointed ends or more preferably a relatively narrow strip or band which may be mono grammed and extends across the. width of the pocket substantially parallel to the top edge thereof.

When originally purchased, handkerchiefs for such display use have been professionally folded and properly ironed to present a more or less attractive appearance when inserted in the breast pocket, although the bulk of the handkerchief usually cannot be accommodated in the pocket without bulging the latter outwardly, thus destroying the neat, flat front effect of the pocket which is most desirable and in fact essential in order to artistically display the desired portion of the handkerchief.

In addition to the unnecessary bulk of the handkerchief with its attending disadvantages, it is comparatively difiicult for the average person to refold the handkerchief after laundering, in the relatively complicated manner necessary for the handkerchief to properly fit the width of the pocket as well as the depth thereof, with the result that the attractive fiat appearance of the originally professional folded handkerchief is lost, thus detracting from, rather than enhancing the wearers appearance.

An object of my invention is to provide a decorative pocket handkerchief device which is structurally characterized by a relatively small section of handkerchief fabric prefolded and permanently sewed or otherwise secured in its folded formation to define a flat handkerchief simulating display element of negligible bulk, and which is detachably mounted on a support of rigid or semi-rigid material such as plastic, for an example, of a size to be inserted into the breast pocket of a coat and support the handkerchief element with a sufficient portion thereof projecting from the pocket to present the identical decorative appearance of a full size handkerchief without its disadvantages.

Another object of my invention is to provide a decorative hankerchief device in which the handkerchief simulating element may be instantly detached from its support and laundered with the utmost ease and dispatch as well as be adjusted on the support to project from the pocket a predetermined amount when the support is seating in the bottom of the pocket, irrespective of the depth of the pocket, to thus compensate for variations in the depth dimensions of breast pockets in garments of different styles and manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, my invention resides in the combinations, arrangements and functional relationships of elements as set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accomanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view showing in front elevation, one form of decorative handkerchief device embodying my invention as it appears in the breast pocket of a coat;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view of the invention in front elevation;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a view of the handkerchief simulating element detached from its support;

Figure 6 is a view of the support in front elevation; and

Figure 7 is a plan view on, a reduced scale, of the two-part blank from which the handkerchief simulating element is. constructed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my invention in its illustrated embodiment broadly comprises a handkerchief simulating element H and a support S to which the element isdetachably secured by fastening means F.

The element H is preferably, although not necessarily constructed from the two-part blank shown in Figure 7 and is composed of elongated rectangular sections or strips A and B of linen or other material suitable for handkerchiefs. The section A is actually four times the length of the completed element H when mounted on the support S as shown in Figures 1 and 3, andis hemstitched along one side 10 and along its ends 11, whereas the section B is two times the length of the completed element and is similarly hemstitched as indicated at 13 and 14.

The section A is provided along its raw edge with a flap 15 which extends from one end of the section for one half the length of the section. To assemble the sections A and B, the latter is placed upon the section A to register therewith along the length of the flap 15, after which the section A is folded in half over the section B along the line 16. The flap 15 is now folded along the line 17 to form a finished edge and is then folded along the line 18 over the portion of the section A previously folded over the section B. As shown in Figure 5, the flap 15 is now sewed along its free side 19 and ends 20 to the underlying material, after which the element H which is now three ply, is folded medially of its ends along the line 21 to form six ply.

With the fold line 21 as a guide, two of the fastening members F which are preferably,,although not neces sarily in the form of two-part separable or snap fasteners, are secured to the flap 15 by sewing or other means. The female parts 22 of these fasteners are sewed a predetermined distance apart to the flap at one side of the fold 21, whereas the male parts 23 of the fasteners are sewed to the flap the same distance apart at the opposite side of this fold. It will be clear that when the element H is now folded upon itself along the fold line 21, the male fastener parts 23 will be directly opposite the female fastener parts 22 so that when the parts are snapped together the two portions of the element H indicated at 25 and 26 in Figure 5 will be detachably secured together. The portion 25 may have had a suitable monogram 27 woven or otherwise applied thereto as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

The support S is preferably constructed of a rectangular sheet of rigid or semi-rigid material such as clear plastic, so as to be self supporting. The length of the support S is approximately equal to the depth of the deepest pocket found in practice, whereas the width of the support is slightly less than the length of the portions 25 and 26 of the element H. 1

The support S is provided at one end adjacent to its side edges with rows of openings 30 and 31 which are spaced apart the exact center to center distance of the fastening member F and are of sufficient diameter to freely receive the heads of the male fastener parts -23. Thus, with the fasteners F unsnapped and the support placed between the portions 25 and 26 of the element H, the parts 22 and 23 of the fasteners can be snapped together through one of the openings 30 and 31 to detachably secure the element H on the support S.

The provision of the rows of openings 30 and 31 compensates for variations in the depth of the breast pocket as found in coats of different styles and manufacture, so that when the support is inserted into the pocket P as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to seat against the bottom of the pocket, the desired amount of the element H will be displayed above the pocket and will be supported substantially in parallelism with the top edge of the pocket, thus presenting the identical appearance of a full size handkerchief without the disadvantages thereof. By unsnapping the fasteners F from the support S, the element H can be laundered with the utmost ease and dispatch and then reapplied to the support. As the support S is also washable, the device can be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.

I claim:

A decorative pocket handkerchief device comprising: a strip of handkerchief fabric material constructed from a two-part blank composed of elongated rectangular sections each of which is hemstitched along one side and along its ends, with one section being twice the length of the other section and having a flap along its opposite side substantially the length of said other section; said one section being folded in half over said other section and said fiap being folded over said one section and sewed thereto to form three ply material which is folded upon itself medially between its ends to form six ply; two-part separable fasteners secured to the material through said flap at such locations for the parts to be snapped together when the material is folded upon itself to form said six ply; and a support of sheath material having openings therethrough adjacent to one end thereof through which said fasteners are snapped together to dctachably secure the support to the strip between the last mentioned folds at a location for the strip to project from a pocket when the support is inserted thereinto to seat against the bottom thereof, whereby the strip will present the decorative appearance of a full size handkerchief in the pocket.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,362,916 Barber Dec. 21, 1920 2,269,511 Biederman Jan. 13, 1942 2,738,515 Owen Mar. 20, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 11,644 Great Britain May 19, 1913

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