US353743A - Gossamer cloak - Google Patents

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GOSSAMER GLOAK.

Patented Deo. '7, 1886.

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GOSSAIVI ER CLOAK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,743, dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed A1 ril 29, 1886. Serial No. 200,516. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, BELLE GooDRIoH and THOMAS E. GooDRrcH, citizens of the United States, residing at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Proof Garments; and we dd declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of apparel known as water-proof circulars or gossamers,77 and particularly to such as are adapted to be worn by ladies; and it consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe various parts, as will be hereinafter fully described.

. In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of our invention, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation ofthe interior of our improved eircular. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail representation of the series of folds or plaits in the rear portion of the garment, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same ou the linex met Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout all the iigures.

A represents a waterproofed covering or wrap, and B B the armholes located at the proper points therein.

C designates a belt, made of any suitable material and of any size, and adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer of the garment and be firmly secured at its meeting ends by a buckle or other equivalent fastening device. This belt is secured to the inner rear part of the waterproofed garment, preferably by means of two straps, c a, firmly attached to the belt and likewise to the substance of thegarment. Further, the belt is provided with depending straps D D, attached thereto at convenient points. These straps are made in two parts, which are buckled or otherwise adjustably connected together, so that the straps may be lengthened or shortened. At the lower end they are provided with hooks d.

The belt C and its extensible depending straps D D, carrying hooks at their lower eX- tremity, constitutea means for supporting the skirts ofthe wearers dress, for it will be evident that when the person has donned the waterproofed garment the belt G may besecured about the waist, the straps D be lengthened or shortened in the proper manner, and the hooks or other devices.d,be inserted into the dress or under-garments, so as to uphold them entirely oii' the ground and above the bottom of the circular, thus keeping them from being bedraggled with mud and water. The straps may be few or several in number, it being only necessary that there should be enough to support the bottom of the dress throughout its whole length.

The armholes B B are provided with strengthening guards or gussets b, for the purproved circular is formed with a series of plaitings, E, made by the folding ofthe material, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. These folds extend from the bottom ofthe circular to within a greater or less distance from the top. In the drawings the folds or plaits extend from the bottom to near the point where the belt is attached. This arrangement imparts a fullness to the garment which prevents it from clipping in about the feet, and thereby prevents the soiling or wetting ofthe hosiery, shoe-tops, or under-garments. It also admits of the freest action of the lower limbs in getting into or alighting from a vehicle, ascending or descending stairs, stepping across open gutters, 85e. Further, when the garment ills withwind, instead of pulling in about the feet and binding against them, as is customary with the usual construction, it spreads, and thus turns the water out. Vhen the back of a water-proof garment is constructed in this expansible way, a person can more easily wear wraps of vary- IOO ing size, and the fullness of the skirt thus obtained permits the dress or under-garments being looped up by the devices above described, and when they are s0 raised the water-proof is held out free from contact with the remainder of the clothing.

Having thus described our invention, what in we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the main part A of the circular, provided with a series of plaits, E, along the middle of the rear portion, and the device for supporting the dress, consisting of the belt C, secured to the said part A, and the depending adjustable straps D, attached to the I5 belt Gand provided with hookssubstantially v as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures presence of two witnesses.

BELLE GOODRICH. THOMAS E. GOODRIOH. Witnesses:

S. B. MoRRIs, S. H. MoRRIs.

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