US445548A

US445548A - Apron

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Publication number: US445548A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 1908-02-03

Description

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No. 445,548. Patented Peb. 3,1891.

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Patented Feb. 8., 1891,

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CHARLES A. FILKINS, OF AMSTERDAM, NIMF YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,548, dated February 3, 1891. Application filed July 11, 1890. Serial No. 358.11.28. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FILKiNs, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Amsterdam, county of Montgomery, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination ot parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ol' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication. n

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure lis a front plan View of my improved apron with the lapels folded back in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lapels unfolded and laidout flat. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the body part of the apron, as the same appears when cut from the fabricweb in the process of manufacture, and provided with the front slit. Fig. a is a similar view of the lapel-piece detached. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross -section iaken on the broken line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

In the manufacture of my improved apron I eut from a web ot' cloth or other material desired for the apron the main or body part A, in theform shown in Fig. 5, and cut down the middle of the upper part the slit A. I also cut out the neckband-pieces A2 and secure them. to the upper part of the main piece by lines of stitching A3, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The lapel-piece B is cut from the web in the form shown in Fig. et and provided with the upper middle slit B. The lapel-piece is secured by lines ot stitching' B2 to the bodypiece, so that the slits in the two pieces coin-4 cide, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the edges of the two pieces being turned in, as shown in Fig. 5, to provide finished edges. A lapel B is thus formed on each side of the slits A and B', which may be folded back upon the body of the apron, the folds extending from a point near the end of the slits along the dotted lines B4 to the top of the body part of the apron, giving the apron the appearance of a vest or coat and exposing to view the shirtfront ofthe wearer. The lower part of the lapel-piece may be provided with two or more buttons B5 to add to the vest-like appearance. The ends of the neckbands are provided with means for fastening them together around the neck, as the holes A", adapted to receive fastening-studs. The body part of the apron is also provided with means for securing it to the body of the wearer, as the apron-strings A5, and with a pocket C, consisting of a piece of fabric secured to the apron by a marginal line of stitching C. A smaller pocket ispartitioned off from the main pocket by the vertical line of stitching C2. The smaller pocket is made just large enough to receive and securely hold a pencil C, so that it will not slip out when the wearei1 of the apron stoops and inverts the pocket, as it will from an ordinary larger pocket. I am thus able to provide for grocers, market-men, saloon employs, and others a convenient and tidy apron, which will protect the other garments of the wearer and at the same time give him a genteel and dressed appearance.

lVhen desired, a pair of straps orstrings D may be provided, to pass one under each ot' the arms and connect the neckband-pieces with the body part of the apron, to prevent any displacement ot' the parts by reason of violent or unusual movements of the arms orbody of the wearer. I have shown in Fig. l the straps D, each secured at its upper end to a neckband-piece and provided atits other end with a button D, adapted to be insert-ed in 011e of the button -holes .D2 in the body part. By having a plurality of button-holes D2 at different points in the body part of the apron the straps can be easily adjusted to fit different-sized persons.

I do not cla-im la-pels, broadly, as such devices have lon g been in use upon various garments, including shirts, vests, and the like.

My lapels, applied to an apron,- are made of a piece of slitted fabric left entire below the slit which separates them. Said piece constitutes a stay at the bottom of the slit in the apron and also provides means for ornamenting the apron-front.

IVhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In an apron, the combination, with a body having its lower `front closed and its upper front slitted, ot' a lapel-piece slit-ted for a IOO pal-t ofv its length :1nd seem-ed to the body with itslifuted'ledges superimposed upon the slitted edges of the body and its end beyond 1 w v w the slit upon the Closed fron'of the body,zn1d CHARLEb A' 11 ILhINb' meansforseeulingthe apron to the person of it Witnesses:

the wearer, substantially as and for the pu 1'- C. S. N ISBET,

poses set forth. SAMUEL WAssEh-MAN.