US3151332A

US3151332A - Shirt decorating device

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Publication number: US3151332A
Application number: US137578A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl M Chambon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-09-12
Filing date: 1961-09-12
Publication date: 1964-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1981-10-06

Description

Oct. 6, 1964 c. M. CHAMBON 3,151,332

SHIRT DECORATING DEVICE Filed Sept. 12. 1961 Ergj 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. CARL N. CHAN/30M BY 4 TORNEY Oct. 6, 1964 c. M. CHAMBON 3,151,332

SHIRT DECORATING DEVICE Filed Sept. 12.. 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. CARL M.CH/-)I1BON ATTORN E y United States Patent 3,151,332 SHIRT DECORATDIG DEVICE Carl M. 'Chamhon, 750 Warwick Ave., Oakland, Calif. Filed Sept. 12, 1%1, Ser. No. 137,578 3 Claims. (El. 2-128) The invention relates to the decoration of the front of an outer shirt of a dress or sports type and particularly to the provision of a simulated necktie on such a shirt.

Upper outer garments of the nature of mens shirts used for dress or casual wear are customarily provided with turned-down collars extending from neck openings defined by neck bands of varied hei hts, or lacking neck bands, whereby many of such shirt structures do not readily lend themselves to the mounting thereof of a threedimension four-in-hand necktie as comprising a usual type of decoration for the fronts of such shirts. Furthermore, the portions of a four-in-hand necktie depending from the knot of a neck-encircling mounting band portion, or other support means for such a tie, and being usually unattached to and along an exposed shirt front may interfere with physical activities of the wearers, and it is therefore a general object of the present invention to unitariiy provide a simulation of the knot and depending tie portion of a necktie on the shirt front in lieu of mounting the actual article on the shirt.

Another object is to pictorially provide a simulated four-in-hand necktie on a shirt front which will appear, to a maximum degree, as an actual necktie separately mounted on the shirt.

A further object is to fixedly provide a necktie simulation at a shirt front in particularly simple and effective manners.

Yet another object is to provide a four-in-hand necktie simulation which has the appearance of a separate necktie while comprising an integral part of a carrying shirt structure.

A more specific object is to originally and separately provide a necktie simulation of the character described as an article of manufacture which is unitarily attachable to a shirt front for carrying out the shirt-decorating objectives of my invention.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth or be apparent in the following description of typical embodiments thereof, and in the accompanying drawings, in which,

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary front elevation showing one embodiment of the present shirt-decorating means as applied to the front of a dress shirt.

FIGURE 2 shows the shirt of FIGURE 1 as worn by a person.

FIGURE 3 shows the front of a fla tened-out blank member providing a shirt-decorating necktie simulating means of the present device.

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged section taken at the line 44 in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary top perspective view of the blank of FIGURE 3 showing attaching portions of the blank directed inwardly and rearwardly of the decorative means of the blank.

IGURE 6 is a plan section at the scale of FIGURE 4 showing the blank member of FIGURE 3 partially mounted on an outer shirt-front edge portion.

FIGURE 7 is a view similar to that of FIGURE'I for illustrating a different manner of applying a present shirt front decoration to a sport shirt.

FIGURE 8 is a view showing the sport shirt of FIG- URE 7 as being worn with its upper front portion left open.

. FIGURE 9 is an enlarged section taken at the line 99 in FIGURE 7.'

FIGURE 10 is a section corresponding to FIGURE 9 but lacking one display feature included in the embodiment of FIGURES 7 to 9.

In general, my invention contemplates the provision of a decorative design comprising a pictorial simulation of a necktie, or other decorative article, on the front of a shirt at the location at which the pictured article might be mounted for its viewing from in front of the shirt. For carrying out my invention in its illustrated forms, a pictorial simulation ll. of a formed four-in-hand necktie showing a knot portion ill-K and a lower depending portion ll-L of a formed four-in-hand necktie is shown as variously provided in the normally worn position for such a necktie with respect to a shirt. Preferably, but not essentially, the necktie simulation 11 may be provided by printing the same from a photo-lithograph plate providing a facsimile of a simulated necktie as it would originally appear on the shirt during its wearing, whereby the viewed simulation may generally appear as the original necktie, particularly if the simulation is provided on or in front of, the outer face of the adjacent shirt material, it being understood, however, that the simulation or facsimile might be hand-painted or otherwise provided on the shirt structure.

By particular reference to the disclosure of FIGURES l to 6 inclutive, it will be noted that said figures illustrate the application of one embodiment of my invention to the front of a dress shirt S1 which is openable down its front at mutually lapped outer and inner front portions A and B of the cloth, or other flexible, shirt material C which would usually be of uniform texture and design and/or color at its displayed outer face, as indicated in FIGURE 1. At its neck-receiving opening, the present shirt 8-1 is provided with a down-turned collar D which may more or less taper in height from its rear to its front ends at the top of the lapped front shirt portions A and B. Also, as is usual, at side edge part F of the material of the outer front portion A of the shirt front is turned inwardly behind an opposed front part to provide a bounding edge line G for a two-ply front hem portion H which is arranged for its releasable shirt-closing cooperation with the opposed lapped part of the shirt front portion B by means of suitable fastening devices, as buttons 1, arranged in a line which does not necessarily correspond to the central front line of the shirt opposite and along which hem portion H a separate shirt-mounted four-inhand tie structure would normally extend in laterally centered relation to the latter line.

By further reference to the disclosure of the embodiment of FIGURES 1 to 6 inclusive, it will be noted that said figures illustrate the application of a simulation of a typical four-in-hand necktie to the front of the dress shirt 8-1 by suitably providing a facsimile ll of such a necktie on the outer or display face of a prepared and originally separate member 12 which, for a reason to be hereinafter brought out, preferably comprises a piece or blank of the shirt material C bearing a necktie simulation 11 and mounted on the hem part 1-1 of the shirt. As particularly illustrated, the blank piece 12 is of rectangular outline of appropriate length, and preferably has the necktie simulation 11 provided on the outer side thereof within the boundary of a rectangular intermediate part 13 defined between

rectangular parts

14 and 15 of theblaiik which are coterrninous with the part 13 along straight parallel bounding side lines In and 17 respectively which comprise the side edge lines of the depicted simulation 11 and define bend lines for reference in the mounted application vice, the width ofthe area 13 between the simulation

side edge lines

16 and 17 of the member 12 is preferably at least double that of the distance of the hem edge G from the front center line of the front shirt hem H, whereby a rearward and inward folding of the

side portions

14 and 15 of the member 12 at the

lines

16 and 17 opposite the portion 13 is arranged to form bounding side edges 16' and 17 for the latter portion as defining thereat transverse edges for the simulated necktie 11, while the

side portions

14 and 15 of the member 12 are utilized for attaching the member to the shirt front at the shirt hem part H. As is brought out in FIGURES 4 to 6 inclusive, the portion 14 of the member 12 may be directly secured to and flat against the outer side of the hem H by stitching 18 at an appropriate point thereof while the remainder of the member extends transversely from the hem (FIGURE 6), after which the member may be swung to and against the front of the hem (FIGURE 4) and around its edge G, with the part 15 of the member preferably secured to and along the rear hem part F by concealed stitching 19, whereby the simulated necktie 11 then appears as unattached to the shirt while edge thickness is indicated at both side edges of the mounted simulated tie 11 as by an actual necktie.

By particular reference to the provision and mounting of a member 12 providing a necktie simulation of appropriate width for mounting on the front hem of a shirt in centered relation to the front center line of the shirt, it will be noted that the provision of such members 12 on the material of a shirt having a distinctive color and/or design pattern at its exposed face completes the illusion of the presence of an actual necktie, since the triangular portion of the blank area 13 between the simulated tie parts 11-K and 11-L then matches the adjacent shirt material. Furthermore, it will be understood that the present members 12 advantageously comprise articles of independent manufacture providing simulations of neckties of different design for their original or substitute stitched-on mounting on the fronts of shirts of materials having the same or different patterns and/or colors than those of the member blanks for accomplishing major present purposes in the shirt-decorating art.

Having the member 12 fixedly and unitarily mounted in the described manner on the front of a shirt at its hem H, it will be understood that the outer shirt front portion A may be attached to the inner shirt front portion B for a closing of the shirt by suitable releasable attaching devices which, as indicated in FIGURE 4, may comprise buttons I carried by the portion B and operatively engagcable through button holes I provided in the rearward hem part F. Also, when a present member 12 providing a necktie simulation 11 is integrally fixed on and along the hem portion H of a shirt being worn, the natural outward bowing or other shaping of the shirt front opposite the wearers chest will enhance the desired illusion that an actual necktie is being worn with the shirt, and such an illusion may be further enhanced by applying or depicting articles K of decorative jewelry or the like at the mounted simulation, as is indicated in FIGURE 2.

By particular reference to the disclosures of FIGURES 7 to inclusive, it will be noted that said figures illustrate different and generally simpler applications of different necktie simulations 11 to the material at the front hem of a usual sport shirt S2 having its structural elements corresponding to those of the shirt S1 of FIG- URES 1 to 6 and, for descriptive convenience, correspondingly designated. The present shirt S2 is openable down its front at mutually lapped outer and inner front portions A and B of the cloth, or other flexible, shirt material C which would usually be of uniform texture and color design at its displayed outer face portion. At its upper neck-receiving opening, the shirt S2 provides a collar D which tapers in height from its rear to its front ends at the top of the mutually lapped front shirt portions A and B. Also, as is usual, a side edge part F of the material at the outer front portion of the shirt front is turned inwardly and secured behind said front portion to provide a transverse bounding edge G for a shirt front hem portion H. Said two-ply front hem part H is arranged for its releasable shirt-closing attachment to the opposed lapped shirt front portion B by means of suitable fastening devices, as buttons I, mounted on the portion B. As shown, the front portion A mounts a button I for securing engagement through the eye of a flexible loop L which extends from an upper corner of the hem H, and other but tons I below the upper button I are arranged to cooperate with button holes I in the hem structure in a line which does not necessarily correspond to the central front line of the shirt.

By further reference to the disclosure of the embodiments of FIGURES 7 to 10 inclusive, it will be noted that said figures illustrate applications of a four-in-hand necktie simulation 11 to the shirt material C at the front of the hem H of the present sport shirt S2 by suitably and directly providing it by printing or otherwise on and along a rectangular area 23 of the shirt material C at the outer face of said hem. Preferably, and as shown, the knot portion 11-K and depending portion 11-L of said simulation 11 extend between mutually parallel bounding

side lines

26 and 27 delineating the sides of the area 23, with the line 27 registering with the transverse edge G of the hem H while the line 26 defines the other edge of a simulation 11 which is preferably of such a width that its center line lies opposite the center line of the shirt front for a symmetrical presentation of the simulation on the shirt. Since, however, by reference to the sectional showing of FIGURE 10, the line 26 represents a simulation side edge without the provision of any thickness of shirt material C thereat for providing a transverse edge corresponding to the hem edge 16 of FIGURE 4, it will be understood that, even if the imprinted edge line 26 is relatively heavy and continuous between the simulation portions 11K and 11-1., the illusion of a tie edge solely defined by said line in FIGURE 10 does not structurally correspond to that at the simulation edge line 26.

Understanding from the foregoing that an actual transverse bounding edge at the printed side line 26 of a simulation 11 is desirably provided by a present shirt structure S2, FIGURES 7 to 9 disclose a means for structurally providing this feature. Accordingly, an appropriate portion of the shirt material C at the outer shirt front A adjacent and beyond the line 26 thereon is pleated to provide a flattened and stitched-through multi-lamination pleat portion 31 extending from the line 26 toward the line 27 at the hem edge G to define at the former line a transverse hem edge 32 which corresponds to said transverse hem edge 16' of the embodiment of FIGURES 1 to 6, whereby the present tie-simulation area 23 is defined between the

lines

26 and 27 at the transverse hem edges 32 and G respectively. Also, as disclosed in FIG- URES 9 and 10, buttons .I mounted on the inner front garment portion A are engageable in button holes I provided in the portion F at the hem structure H thus defined and provided, whereby the connection is concealed thereat, as is preferable.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the features and advantages of the present shirt decorating device will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains. While I have shown and described structural and operative arrangements which I now consider to comprise preferred embodiments of my invention for carrying out the various objectives thereof, I desire to have it understood that the showings are primarily illustrative, and that such changes and developments may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the following claims:

1. In combination with a shirt-like front-opening garment having a neckline, inner and outer front garment portions of flexible material extending downwardly from neckline parts of the portions and having upright bounding edges and adapted for their mutual overlapping across an upright front central line of the closed garment, with said edges of the portions disposed at opposite sides of said garment front line; means for disengagingly connecting said front garment portions in said overlapped relation; a member of flexible material providing a rectangular zone of decorative matter between side edge portions of the member and disposed opposite and against the outer face of said outer garment portion in laterally centered relation to said central front line of the garment; one of the member edge portions being folded under the member and attached to the exposed outer face of the outer garment portion while the other member edge portion is folded under the bounding edge of the outer garment portion; and a means attaching said member edge portions to said outer garment front portion to have its decorative zone extend laterally from said bounding edge of the front garment portion, with said attaching means comprising lines of concealed stitching.

2. In a shirt-like front-opening garment having a neckline, front garment portions extending downwardly from neckline parts of the portions and having upright bounding edges and adapted for their mutual overlapping across an upright central front line of the closed garment with said edges of the portions disposed at opposite sides of said front line when the garment is closed; means for disengagingly connecting said front garment portions in said overlapped relation while the garment is closed; a member of flexible material having defined at the front face thereof a Zone presenting decorative matter between integrally connected side edge parts of the member defined by straight interior and parallel side lines of the zone and disposed opposite and against the opposed face of the forward front portion of the garment with said Zone thereof in laterally centered relation to said central front line of the closed garment and having the side edge parts of the member mutually inturned behind the zone portion of the member with one side edge part disposed behind the bounding edge of the front garment portion; and a concealed means utilizing said inturned side parts of the member for unitarily attaching said decorative member to said outer garment front portion to have the decorative zone extend from said bounding edge of the front garment portion.

3. In a shirt-like front-opening garment having a neckline, front garment portions extending downwardly from neckline parts of the portions and having upright bounding edges and adapted for their mutual overlapping across an upright front line of the closed garment with said edges of the portions disposed at opposite sides of said front line; means disengagingly connecting said front garment portions of the closed garment in said overlapped relation; a rectangular member of flexible material having parallel longitudinal and interior lines and defining therebetween on its front face an area presenting decorative matter of the member between side parts of the member; one said side part of the member being doubled back from the corresponding said line about the bounding edge of the front garment portion and the other said side part of the member being doubled back from the other said line of the member; and a means concealed from its viewing from the front of the garment attaching said doubledback side parts of the member to said front garment portion, whereby the resulting bends at the outer edge lines of the decorative zone of the mounted member define bounding sides of the decorative area extending transversely forwardly from the forward shirt front portion upon which is mounted the member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 458,266 Broom Aug. 25, 1891 2,607,921 Jones Aug. 26, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 608,988 Canada Nov. 22, 1960 1,190,250 France Mar. 31, 1959

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A SHIRT-LIKE FRONT-OPENING GARMENT HAVING A NECKLINE, INNER AND OUTER FRONT GARMENT PORTIONS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM NECKLINE PARTS OF THE PORTIONS AND HAVING UPRIGHT BOUNDING EDGES AND ADAPTED FOR THEIR MUTUAL OVERLAPPING ACROSS AN UPRIGHT FRONT CENTRAL LINE OF THE CLOSED GARMENT, WITH SAID EDGES OF THE PORTIONS DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID GARMENT FRONT LINE; MEANS FOR DISENGAGINGLY CONNECTING SAID FRONT GARMENT PORTIONS IN SAID OVERLAPPED RALATION; A MEMBER OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL PROVIDING A RECTANGULAR ZONE OF DECORATIVE MATTER BETWEEN SIDE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE MEMBER AND DISPOSED OPPOSITE AND AGAINST THE OUTER FACE OF SAID OUTER GARMENT PORTION IN LATERALLY CENTERED RELATION TO SAID CENTRAL FRONT LINE OF THE GARMENT; ONE OF THE MEMBER EDGE PORTIONS BEING FOLDED UNDER THE MEMBER AND ATTACHED TO THE EXPOSED OUTER FACE OF THE OUTER GARMENT PORTION WHILE THE OTHER MEMBER EDGE PORTION IS FOLDED UNDER THE BOUNDING EDGE OF THE OUTER GARMENT PORTION; AND A MEANS ATTACHING SAID MEMBER EDGE PORTIONS TO SAID OUTER GARMENT FRONT PORTION TO HAVE ITS DECORATIVE ZONE EXTEND LATERALLY FROM SAID BOUNDING EDGE OF THE FRONT GARMENT PORTION, WITH SAID ATTACHING MEANS COMPRISING LINES OF CONCEALED STITCHING.