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(No Model.)

B. F. MGCARTNEY.

BICYCLE GARMENT.

11 TTHNEYS.

lPatented Aug. 18, 1896.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZABETIIF. MCCARTNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 566,004, dated August 18, 1896. Application filed May 14,1896. VSerial No. 591,487. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH F. MCCART- NEY, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Bicycle-Garment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bicycle-garments, and has for its object to produce a bicyclegarment which may be worn upon a bicycle and which has all the appearance of an ordinary skirt, so that when the wearer wishes to wear the garment in other situations and localities it may be done without attracting such special attention to the wearer as a bicycle-garment would attract in the absence of a bicycle.

To this end my invention consists inthe construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view, partly broken away, of a garment embodying my invention, the same being shown draped on a iigure. Fig. 2 is a section of the skirt on line 2 2 of Fig.` l, and Fig. 3 is front or face view of the internal take-up It is a well-known fact among dressmakers and others that the reason bicyclegarments, so called, have not come into such extensive use is, among others, that the garment gives to the wearer an appearance which, in the absence of a bicycle, is liable to attract considerable attention, especially upon the street. It is also well known that the ordinary skirt is inapplicable for use as a bicyclegarment, for the reason that the back breadth thereof is liable to catch in the rear wheel or sprocket-chain of the bicycle. Accordingly I have devised a garment which, having the appearance of an ordinary skirt, will not attract attention to the wearer when she wears it apart from a bicycle, and which is so constructed that the back breadth will not be liable to catch or draggle in the wheel or sprocket-chain.

In the drawings forming part hereof, A is a skirt,which may be of the ordinary form and of any suitable length. The skirt is preferably of the form and length shown. In the interior of this skirt I attach a take-up. (Clearly shown in Fig. l.) This take-up is exhibited in Fig. 2 and comprises a plurality of breadths or patterns of a substantially arc shape; that is to say, each of these breadths or patterns is shown as consisting of an arc-shaped piece of cloth bounded by the curved line l and curved line 2, substantially parallel to the line l and end lines 3 and 4, these four'lines bounding the breadth a, the breadth h, which 6o is only partly shown, being of similar size and configuration. These two breadths a b are laid one upon the other and joined along their centers preferably by lines of stitches 5 6, so as to make a ltake-up which, when folded 6 5 along the line of its center, has the form of four joined leg-sections c d e f, disconnected from the skirt at the upper edges. This takeup is secured at or about its middle, that is to say, about on the lines 5 6, to the middle 7o of the front of the garment, preferably by a row of stitches 7, the ends of the sections e f being secured to the interior of the back of the skirt at one side of the said back, preferably by rows of stitches S. The remaining leg-sections c cl are secured in a vertical direction by their ends to the interior of the back of the side of the skirt opposite to the side where the sections e f are secured, preferably by stitches 9 9. 8o

By referring to Fig. l it will be observed that this take-up is entirely concealed by the skirt and receives the legs of the wearer, one leg passing between the sections e f and the other leg passing between the sections cd, the said take-up surrounding the legs only at or about the knees. It will be seen that the distance between the take-ups Where they are secured to the skirt is less than the distance of the skirt proper between these points. 9o For this reason it will be obvious that when the garment is worn upon a bicycle the knees rising and falling will draw forward the takeup, thus pulling forward the rear or full portion of the skirt and drawing it away from o5 the rear wheel and the sprocket-chain, at the same time thereby preventing the skirt proper from being tightly drawn around the hips and unduly exposing the form of the rider.

In addition to the advantages which I-have Ioo before outlined my bicycle-garment has an additional advantage from a sanitary and hygenie point of view which need not here be pointed out at length, as it is believed to be entirely obvious from the structure 'of the garment.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bicycle-garment combining in one structure the following instrumentalities combined substantially as described, to wit: a skirt A having secured ina Vertical direction to the interior at the middle, of the front thereof, a take-up comprisinga plurality of leg-sections of less height than the skirt, ends of the said leg-sections being secured in a Vertical direction to the interior of the skirt at the rear thereof and on opposite sides, and being disconnected from the skirt at the upper edges ELIZABETH F. M CCARTNEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. MORSE, CHARLES E. SMITH.

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