US319219A

US319219A - William fkank

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Publication number: US319219A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 1902-06-02

Description

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CUIFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,219, dated June 2,1885.

Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuffs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved cuffs, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same turned one-quarter around and part being broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an open cuff to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the same turned one-quarter around.

The object of this invention is to provide cuffs constructed in such a manner that they can be put on, secured in place, and taken off more readily than cuffs constructed in the ordinary manner, and will be less expensive in manufacture, requiring less labor and less material.

The invention consists of the combination of parts, including their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The side edges of the cuff are overlapped and sewed together, and the tab is attached to the under-lapped end. The cuff having its side edges overlapped and sewed together and its underlapped end provided with a tab, is tapered from end to end, whereby the said cuffs can be readily put on, secured in place, and taken off, and can be compactly nested for storage and transportation, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

A represents a cuff which is made of two or more thicknesses of material. The end edges of the material are turned in and are secured in place by rows of stitches in the ordinary manner. The side edges of the cuff can be overlapped, can be secured to each other by rows of stitches, and can have button-holes B worked in them, so that studs can be worn in the cuffs when desired; or the cuffs can be made open and their overlapped edges connected and held in place by studs G, in the ordinary manner.

In the underlapped end of the cuff A is formed a short slit, 0, through which is passed a tab, D. The tab D is made of two or more thicknesses of material, which are sewed together from the slit 0 to the outer end of the said tab. The parts of the strips forming the tab that are passed through the slit 0 are not sewed together, but are separated, are led in opposite directions between the thicknesses of material forming the cuff, and are secured in place by the rows of stitches that secure the said thicknesses of material to each other. The outer part of the tab D is made of such a length that its outer end will project so far beyond the end of the cuff A that the buttonhole E, formed in the said projecting end, can be readily buttoned upon a button attached to a shirt-sleeve.

The slit 0 is formed midway between the ends of the cuff A, so that the tab D can project through either of the said ends to adapt the cuff to be worn either end outward.

The part of the cuff A through which the slit 0 is formed is strengthened by a facingpiece, F, sewed to the inner thickness and having a slit formed through it, corresponding with the slit in the said thickness of the cuff.

The cuffs A, when their ends are sewed together, are slightly tapered toward one end, so that the said cuffs can be compactly nested for storage or transportation.

Having thus described my inventioml claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a cuff, A, having its side edges overlapped and sewed to each other, of a tab, D, attached to the inner thickness of the underlapped side midway between the corners, and having its free end projecting at the end of the cuff, and provided with a button-hole, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said cuff can be readily put on, secured in place, and taken off, as set forth.

2. A cuff made substantially as herein shown and described, with its overlapped side edges sewed together, tapered from end to end, and provided with a tab attached to the inner thickness of the cuff midway between its ends and projecting at the end of the said cuff, whereby the cuffs can be readily put on, secured in place, and taken off, and can be compactly nested for storage or transportation, as set forth.

Witnesses: WILLIAM FRANK.

James T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGwIcK.