US313547A

US313547A - John squibes

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Publication number: US313547A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 1902-03-10

Description

(No ModeL).

J. SQUIRES. COLLAR.

Patented. Mar. 10, 1-885.

UNITED STATES I?ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SQUIRES, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,547, dated March 10, 1885.

Application filed February 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SQUIRES, of the city of Troy, county of Bensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparel-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collars for ladies wear, and is applicable either to stand-up collars or to rolling collars, either of which styles may have the cape of the cape collar attached; and it consists in constructing a collar by inserting in its band a series of separate strips, composed as will hereinafter be described, the ends of which strips shall extend above the said band, the strips being inserted in a continuous row, which row shall, for all practical purposes, constitute the body of the collar.

My object in effecting this invention is to produce, in the case of the stand-up collar, acollar that can be spread out at the top by pushing back the projecting ends of the separate strips, thereby affording greater freedom for the neck, or, in the case of a rolling collar, to furnish a collar that can be turned over at the top with the greatest facility,after it is fastened around the neck,by turning down the projecting ends of the separate strips.

My drawings show both a stand-up and a rolling collar; but as it is obvious that these may have the ordinary cape of the cape-collar attached I do not show any cape, as I make no claim to any part of the cape of a collar in combination or otherwise.

Accompanying and forming a part of this specification is one (1) plate containing four (4) figures illustrating my invention, in all of which the same designation of parts by letterreference is used.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a stand-up collar, S representing the separate strips, B the band of the collar, and A the face of the strips. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a rolling collar, S representing the separate strips, B the band, and A the face of the strips, the parts being precisely as in Fig. 1, save that the band, while made in the same manner, is somewhat broader in Fig. 2 than in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the separate strips S before being doubled and stitched, A being the linen face, the edges of which are folded 1ongitudinally over the ply 0. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the separate strips S doubled and stitched around three of its edges and ready for insertion in the band B.

The separate strips S, which are inserted in the band of the collar, are formed by folding the edges of a long piece of linen of the proper width, which forms the face of the strips, longitudinally over one or more plies, dividing this combination-strip into pieces of the required length, as shown in Fig. 3, doubling these pieces separately in such a way as to leave the linen face A outside, and stitching the two halves together around the edges of three of their sides, as shown in Fig. 4. In this condition the unstitched edge of the strip is inserted between the pieces forming the lace and back of the band and stitched permanently into place.

It will be seen that the difference between Figs. 1 and 2 is one of degree only, consisting, as it does, merely in the difference of the width of the band.

I do not limit myself to the width of the bands as shown by my drawings, nor to the width or number of the separate stripsas so shown, as both bands and strips may be made of varying widthsto meet the demands of the trade.

Having thus described myinvention,whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The improved apparel collar herein described, consisting of a base-band and a series of independent pieces set in the band side by side, with their vertical or adjacent edges disjoined, and having their bases secured to the band by a line of stitches, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February, 1884:.

JOHN SQUIRES. Witnesses:

O. W. PALMER, HORACE L. Bronze.