US2991479A - Collar construction for garment with removable liner - Google Patents

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y 1961 H. G. COHEN 2,991,479 COLLAR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENT WITH REMOVABLE LINER Filed Sept. 9, 1958 S Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig. I

INVENTOR. HENRY G. COHEN ATTORNEYS July 11, 1961 H. G. COHEN 2,991,479 COLLAR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENT WITH REMOVABLE LINER Filed Sept. 9, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. 6

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HENRY G. COHEN -|O B1745. I :w cdmrwg AT TORNEYS Unite My invention relates to an improved construction for the collar of a garment formed by the removable interlining of coats or the like. More particularly, it relates to an improved construction for forming a collar on a removable interlining, the lining being otherwise adapted for use as a bath or lounging robe in that the material of which it is made and the tailoring and finishing are similar to ordinary garments of this type. 7 It is of course known to provide a removable lining for outercoats so that the coat may be used in mild or cold weather. In general, these linings are collarless and have little utility apart from their use as a coat lining. Thus, except in cold weather, the lining serves no useful function, and merely hangs in the owners closet. It has heretofore been proposed to add sleeves to the interlining, and by proper finishing to utilize the interlining as a bathrobe or lounging robe. However, this idea has not been found completely satisfactory because the collar portion of the bathrobe adds an extra layer of material immediately beneath the collar portion of the coat. The coat is already fairly bulky at this point and this extra material gives the coat an undesirable feel and makes the wearer uncomfortable.

Some provision must be made to provide a collar for the interlining when it is to be used as a bath or lounging robe, since in many cases coats of the type described are of very high quality and sold to patrons of discerning taste. :Many patrons of this class buy these coats for use when travelling since they do not then require a separate bathrobe. A collarless bath or lounging robe, for esthetic reasons, would be completely undesirable for use by customers of the class described.

In coats made according to my invention, the interlining of the coat may be readily used as a bathrobe with an attractive attached collar, but when used as an interlining the undesirable bulk heretofore mentioned is eliminated.

Accordingly, it is a principal object of my invention to States Patent provide an improved construction for coats having a removable interlining which may itself serve as a garment, but in which the bulky effect of the collar of the interlining is eliminated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of the type described which utilizes a separate collar piece for attachment to the coat interlining to form the collar thereof.

A feature of my invention is the use of the same fastenings for both the attachment of the collar piece to the interlining and for the attachment of the interlining to the coat.

Another feature of my invention is the design of the interlining and collar piece to provide either a shawl collar or a conventional collar having notched lapels.

Other and further objects and features of my invention Will impart the obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

My invention accordingly, comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the constructions hereinafter set forth and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claim.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of my invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a drawing showing an interlining made according to a first embodiment of my invention inserted in a coat;

FIG. 2 illustrates the collar construction of the garment formed by the interlining of FIG. 1, and the collar piece;

FIG. 3 shows the collar piece forming a portion of the collar in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a section taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a section taken along the line of 5-5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 illustrates a garment formed from the interlining of a coat such as that shown in FIG. 1 having a difierent collar construction;

FIG. 7 shows the collar piece forming the collar of the garment in FIG. 6; and

FIG. 8 is a section taken along the line 88 of FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 1, an interlining 10, made according to my invention, is fastened to a conventional coat 16 having a collar and sleeves by means of conventional buttons 12 on the coat and buttonholes 13 along the front edges of the interlining as well as by snap fasteners 14 to form the lining of the coat 16. As shown, an armhole 18 is formed in the interlining to which a sleeve 19 is attached and a breast pocket 20 is also formed at the usual location. Interlining ltl also includes a lapel portion 22. When the interlining is used to line a topcoat, the lapel portion is folded over as shown in FIG. 1 and occupies the area indicated by the broken line. If the interlining were not folded over in this manner, the lapel portion would occupy the area 24 shown by the alternate dotdash line. Although not shown, additional buttons are provided on the fly portion of the coat to hold the interlining therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the interlining is provided along at least one front edge thereof with a row of buttons on the reverse side thereof (i.e. the side which is next to the interiorof the coat when used as a lining) the buttons being indicated at 26. These buttons cooperate with the buttonholes 13 to close the lining in the manner of a conventional single breasted coat or jacket. The lapel portions 22 which are held in the position shown in FIG. 1 by the buttons 28 and buttonholes 30, may be left in this position when the interlining is used as a bathrobe or they may be unbuttoned to give the appearance of the lapels on a conventional suitcoat if desired. A collar portion 32, to be more fully described hereinafter, is attached to the interlining by the fastening which are utilized to fasten the yoke of the interlining to the interior of the yoke of the coat 16. It will be apparent from FIG. 2, that the garment shown therein is completely conventional in appearance and adequate for use as a bath or lounging robe by persons of the most discriminating taste.

The collar portion 32 illustrated in FIG. 3 comprises a shaped collar 34 having buttonholes 36 formed in each end thereof, and an arcuate portion 38 having a plurality of fasteners 40 secured thereto. Fasteners 40 cooperate with the fasteners 14 of the lining to hold the arcuate portion 38 of the collar piece in engagement with the yoke of the interlining 10. It will be understood, that the arcuate portion 38 shown in FIG. 3 is foreshortened because it is a perspective view with the collar portion 34 lying flat in the plane of the drawing. If the perspective had been taken such that the arcuate portion 38 was in the plane of the drawing, then it would occupy the area extending outwardly to the alternate dot and dash line 42.

FIG. 4 illustrates the manner in which the yoke of the interlining is fastened to the yoke of the coat 16. As shown therein, the interlining includes the male portion 14 of a snap fastener, the female portion of the fastener 44 being attached to a flap 46 which in turn is secured to the interior of the coat 16. The manner in which the collar piece 32 is attached to the interlining is shown in FIG. 5. As shown therein, the collar piece is folded substantially double with the arcuate portion 38 on the inside and the collar forming portion 34 on the outside. The fasteners 14 in the interlining are adapted to engage corresponding female fasteners 40 on the arcuate portion 38. Additionally, the buttonholes 36 in the collar are adapted to cooperate with buttons 48 (FIG. 2) attached tothe underside of the lapels to attach the collar portion 32 thereto. In this manner the collar is securely and adequately fastened to the interlining to provide the pleasing appearance of FIG. 2. When the interlining is used .to line the coat 16, collar portion 32 may be conveniently buttoned to one of the buttons on the reverse face of the interlining, such as buttons 28 or 48, for storage. It will then be readily available for use when it is desired to convert the interlining to a bath or lounging robe.

In FIG. 6 I have illustrated another embodiment of collar construction for use with a removable interlining. As shown, the collar construction is different from that shown in FIG. 2 in that no lapels are formed on the interlining, but rather the entire collar is formed from a single detachable collar piece 32'. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the interlining adapted to be attached to the coat 16 by a plurality of buttons and buttonholes around the yoke of the interlining rather than by the use of snap fasteners. This collar also presents a pleasing appearance and tends to eliminate some of the bulk associated with the lapels 22 of the construction illustrated in FIG. 2.

In this construction, a plurality of buttonholes 58 are formed about the yoke and along the lapels of the interlining 10. The collar piece 32', shown in FIG. 7, includes a collar portion 50 with a substantially rectangular attaching piece 52 integrally formed therewith. Buttons 54 are attached to the inside surface of the rectangular portion 52 of the collar piece, and at one end thereof one portion a snap fastener 56 is attached. As shown in FIG. 6 this snap fastener cooperates with another part of the snap fastener attached to the interior of the interlining 10 to hold the collar piece in place under the overlapping portions of the fly. FIG. 8 illustrates the manner in which the collar portion 32 is attached by the buttons 54 through the buttonholes 58 formed in the yoke portion of the interlining 10. The collar piece 32' may, of course, be detached and stored in the same manner as the collar piece 32 of FIG. 3.

It will be understood of course that snap fasteners might be used with the construction of FIG. 6 and buttons with the construction of FIG. 3 and that the constructions shown are by way of illustration only. It is also to be understood, that by an appropriate arrangement of flaps, the entire interlining might be attached to the interior .or the coat 16 by means of zippers or the like. However, I have found that it is preferable to use the button 'or snap fastener constructions herein illustrated for reasons of convenience and economy.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an improved construction for the collar portion of a garment formed by the removable interlining of topcoats or the like which is esthetically pleasing and simple of construction. -By the use of this collar construction, the removable linings of topcoats and the like may readily be converted for use as separate garments, and these garments will retain a pleasing appearance and will not indicate that they also have another utilitarian purpose. It will be 4 noted that the same fastenings which are used to hold the lining in the coat are also used to hold the removable collar piece to the interlining, and that the collar piece may readily be stored by merely attaching it to one of the interor surfaces of the coat or lining.

It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above among those made apparent from the preceding description, are efliciently attained and, since certain changes may be made in the above construction without departing from the scope of my invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a lmiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim:

In combination, a coat having a collar and sleeves and a pair of front edge portions with separable fastening means for securing said front edge portions together, a collarless lounging robe and the like having sleeves and a yoke portion and a pair of front edge portions but no lapels, the robe being received within the coat with the sleeves of the robe disposed within the sleeves of the coat and with said yoke portion being in registry with the collar portion of the coat and with the front edge portions of the robe lying generally alongside the front edge portions of the coat, a plurality of cooperable separable fastening means arranged along each of the collar and front edge portions of the coat and along each of the yoke portion and front edge portions of the robe and securing the robe to the coat whereby the robe serves as an interlining for the coat, a separate shawl type collar for the robe, means storing the collar between the coat and robe so that the collar is readily accessible for use, a plurality of fastening means on the collar cooperably engageable with at least some of said fastening means arranged around said yoke portion for detachably securing the collar to the robe when the robe has been removed from the coat for use as a separate garment, and additional fastening means along one of the front edge por tions of the robe cooperably engageable with at least some of the first-mentioned fastening means along the other front edge portion of the robe to detachably secure the front edge portions of the robe together when the robe is used as a separate garment.

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