US552670A

US552670A - Oscar riess

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Publication number: US552670A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1913-01-07

Description

0. E1388. CHEST PROTECTOR.

(No Model.)

Patentd Jan. 7, 1896.

NITED TATES ATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR RIESS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CH EST-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,670, dated January 7, 1896.

Application filed October 14, 1895. Serial No. 565,553- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR RIEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Full- Dress Shields, of which the following is a specification.

In full-dress suits the vest is usually open to such an extent that a shield is employed to cover the shirt-front and breast in going to or returning from the place where such fulldress suit is worn. This shirt or bosom shield has usually been made of two fabrics united together, the outer one of black satin, or similar material, and the inner fabric of white satin, or similar material, to come next to the shirt, and these have been united by a band or yoke passing around the neck and beneath the coat or vest, hen this shirt or breast-shield has been taken off it is often inconvenient to keep the same in a comparatively small compass so as to be inserted into the pocket or otherwise disposed of conveniently so as to be ready for use when returnin home.

The present invention relates to a shield of the character aforesaid with an inelosing case within one of the lower ends of such shield, such inclosingcase being attached to the shield and in its normal position reversed so as to have the outer side inwardly, and when the dress-shield has been rolled up into a small compass the inclosing case is turned outwardly and receives within it the whole of the shield, thereby retaining such shield in a small compass and preventing such shield becoming soiled or injured.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved dress-shield partially broken open to show the inclosing case. Fig. 2 is a view of the lower end of the case and Fig. 3 illustrates the shield as rolled up and held within the case.

The fabric of which the f ull-dress shield is made can be satin or other suitable material and preferably with the outer fabric A black and the inner fabric B white, and usually the inner fabric is wadded and quilted, and these two fabrics are united together at the edges and the yoke portion 0 is adapted to pass 7 around the back of the neck beneath the coat or the vest collar.

The inclosin g case D is advantageously made with folded inturned ends 2, and it is introduced at one of the lower ends of the dress-shield and with the edges of the ends 2 united to the front and back fabrics, respectively, and in its normal position the case is turned with its outer side inwardly and occupies a position between the outer and inner fabrics where its presence is not noticeable.

When the shirt or breast shield has been taken off and the two parts laid together, it can be rolled up into a small compass, commencing with the folded yoke portion, so that the case D comes at the end of the roll and is in a position to be turned right side out and receive within it the rolled-up shirt or breast shield, such case retaining the shield in its rolled-up condition and protecting the entire fabrics of the shield from injury and holding such shield in a condition convenient for insertion into a pocket or into a hat, where it may be retained safely in condition for use when required.

It willbe apparent that this combined shirt or breast shield and inclosing case is a new article of manufacture.

In cases where the breast or shirt shield is made in one piece with a strap to pass around the neck or shoulders, the present cover is to be introduced in the bottom between the outer and inner fabrics and is turned out around the shield when rolled up as before described.

I do not limit my invention to any particular shape of breast-shield, as the same maybe applied to any such shield.

I claim as my invention- The shirt or breast shield having inner and outer fabrics united together at their edges and a case introduced between the fabrics at OSCAR RIESS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. '1. HAVILAND.