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G. D. EIGI-IMIE.

SHIRT.

N0. 415,905. Patented NOV. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

v GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,905, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed May 29, 1889. Serial No 312,515. (No model.)

. Shirts, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts of the class described in Letters Patent No. 173,27 5, granted to me February 8, 187 6, wherein the bosom is attached to the shirt about an inch from the edge, so as to leave a loose or fly edge all around the bosom, beneath which the suspenders pass when the body of the wearer is bent forward, and also wherein the upper part of the bosom is attached to the neckband below the yoke, so that the pressure of the suspenders will not cause the bosom to bend or rumple. In those shirts the pieces of material forming the bosom were laid together and then stitched near their outer edge, after which the bosom was turned inside out, and another row of stitching put as near the outer edge as possible to give finish. This construction gave the bosom practically a sharp edge, which in time became rough and frayed; and, furthermore, the edge being but little thicker than the other portions of the bosom, it was, when the bosom was starched and done up, but a trifle firmer, from which it resulted that the edge formed practically no protection from breaka e of the bosom when the vest (low cut) was brought into contact with it.

'lheobject of my present invention is to give the bosom a raised and firm fly-edge, so

that while s'aid edge will lie above the sus-.

penders in the movements of the body of the wearer, as heretofore, it will have sufficient rigidity to resist breakage when the vest is brought into contact with it, for as the bosom is .curved inward toward the top for attachment to the neckband, instead of being straight, as when designed to be attached to the yoke, the tendency of the impinging portion of the vest will be to move down the curve and thereby relieve the pressure on the edge of the bosom. I accomplish this object in the manner and by the means hereinafter de scribed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is aplan view of a portion of a shirt having the bosom attached, partly broken out for clear illustration. Fig. 2 is also a plan view showing the bosom secured to the neckband atanother point.

A represents the shirt-bosom, which. is in the shape of a shield, having an inward curve on each side upward from the point marked a, so as to give the upper end the proper shape for attachment to the neckband B independently of the yoke Y. Around the edge of the bosom I secure a continuous binding strip 0, of linen or cotton, but preferably the latter, as it takes the starch better than linen. This binding gives a raised and stiffened edge to the bosom, and this stiffened edge, in connection with the peculiar shape of the upper port-ion of.the bosom, serves, in the manner above stated, to resist what downward pressure may be exerted by the vest under the Weight of the coat. lhis would not be the case where the bosom is attached to the yoke, for then the weight of the vest and coat would come directly upon the top of the bosom, and every forward movement of the shoulder of the wearer would have a tendency to break the bosom down from the top. It will be apparent that as the bosom cannot break while its edge remains firm, and as the edge is in this manner rendered, capable of deflecting the vest, the bosom will under ordinary circumstances remain smooth and unbroken.

In experimenting to stiffen the edge of the bosom at the inward curve on each side many expedients were resorted to-such as re-enforcing the bosom by an extra piece extending from the neckband to a line below the curves, introducing a welt between the layers of the bosom at the curves, 850.; but all those experiments proved failures on account of the edges of the inserted piec'es being made visible by creases formed thereby on the face of the bosom when ironed. By binding the edge of the bosom over these curves, however, I attain the end sought for in a highly-satisfactory manner, and while I do not claim a bosom having its edges bound per $6, I do claim the re-enforcement and consequent stilfening of the particular portions of the bosom above indicated by means of a binding.

I attach the upper portion of the bosom to the neckband, preferably at a point below the yoke Y, as seen in Fig. 1; but,'if desired, it may partially overlap the yoke and be attached to the neckband alone, as seen in Fig. 2, so that in either case the attachment will be independent of the yoke, and I secure it to the body D of the shirt by a row of stitches s at about an inch (more or less) from its edge, as and for the purpose set forth in my patent alluded to.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r In a shirt, the combination, with a shirtbody having the usual neckband and yoke,

of a shield-shaped bosom having an inward curve on each side near its upper end, and provided with a binding on its edge extending from the upper end of the bosom to a point below said curves, the bosom being secured tothe body by stitches a short distance from its edge, and to the neckband independently of the yoke, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in 2 5 presence of two witnesses.

- GEORGE D. EIGHMIE.

"Witnesses:

WM. HUNTER MYERs, G. W. BALLOCH.

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