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G. D. EIGHMIE.

SHIRT.

No. 586,426. Patented July 13, 1897 Suvewtoz m: norms Pzvzns cu, mama-um" WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,426, dated July 13, 1897.

Application filed March 22, 1 8 9 7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in shirts, having specifically for its object the production of a wristband made of a single strip of material and seamless at the outer edge, whereby a considerable saving of material, time, and labor is effected.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a sleeve having my improved wristband attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the strip of material from which the wrist-band is made, showing by dotted lines the manner of folding the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the first fold. Fig. 4: is a perspective view, partly sectional, showing the wristband in place.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sleeve.

B represents my improved wristband, made of a single strip of material of the proper length and width. The strip is first folded on the line 2 2 in such manner that the upper edge of the strip w'ill project below the next folding-line 3 3, as shown in Fig. 3. The

lower edge of the strip is then stitched to the end of the sleeve in the usual manner and then folded back upon itself to conceal the $erial No. 628,675. (No model.)

edge. The strip is then folded downward on line 3 3 and its folded edge along line 2 2 is stitched to the end of the sleeve. A single line of stitching 4. extends around the wrist band, near the upper edge thereof, simply to give a finish to the article.

My improved wristband is made from a single strip of material folded in such manner that the outer edge is seamless, and, furthermore, the outer end of the Wristband is of four-ply thickness, while the remainder of the wristband is three-ply.

In practical use a three-ply wristband is preferable to one of four-ply, as it is more pliable, and therefore better adapted for the ready application of the cuff, yet it is desirable to make the outer edge of the wristband of suflicient thickness to avoid what is technically called a knife-edge -in other words,

a thin edge liable to be soon frayed out in wear and laundering. Now by my invention 1 accomplish both of these desirable results in a comparatively cheap and easy manner, as has been hereinabove described.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a shirt, a three-ply wristband having an additional ply at its outer edge, the whole made from a single pieceof material.

, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. EIGHIWIIE.

Witnesses:

WM. HUNTER MYERs, DAVID W. GOULD.

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