US625269A

US625269A - Jacob koiilsr

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Publication number: US625269A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1916-05-16

Description

No. 625,269. Patented May l6, I899.

.11. KOHN.

S H l R T.

(Application filed Nov. 30, 1898.)

(No Modal.)

UNITED STATES JACOB KOHN,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVILLIAM B. HURST, OF SAME PLACE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,269, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed November 30, 1898. Serial No- 69'7,89'7. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB KOHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shirts, and especially to the means for attaching the rear collar-button to the shirt; and it has for its object to provide a novel combined buttonholetab and necktie-retainer for the reception of the rear button an d the retention of the necktie so constructed and arranged that the collar-button is securely held in place and is prevented from coming in contact with the neck of the wearer and the necktie is snugly held in place about the neckband and over or close to the rear collar-band.

To these ends my invention consists in the features and in the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this invention, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation of a shirt with my improved attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view-taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the body of a shirt having a closed back and having the yoke 2 and neckband 3 constructed and applied to the body in the usual manner, excepting in the manner of stitching, as hereinafter explained. The buttonholes may be formed in the neckband for the reception of the front collar-button in the usual or any preferred manner; but the usual rear buttonhole in the neckband is omitted. A tape, strip, or band is formed by doubling or folding upon itself a piece of fabric of suitable size and any preferred material and its edges united by a line of stitches 4. A buttonhole 5 is formed in one end of said band. One end 0 of said band, which for the sake of description I will designate the lower end, is turned under or inserted between the yoke 2 and the body of the shirt and is fastened in place by the same line of stitching 7 that secures the yoke to the body of the shirt and may be further fastened by a short'line of stitching 8. Said band, near its opposite end 9, is fastened to the neckband 3 by the usual lines of stitching 10 and 11 employed for at= taching the neckband to the yoke and bosom, excepting that the upper line of stitching is not formed directly across 0r transverse to the band; but from the edges of the latter the stitching extends downward in inclined converging lines 12, meeting at a point 13 in the center of the band and at or near the line of stitching 11. A V-shaped pocket 14, open at its upper end, is thus formed between the end 9 of the band and the neckband of the shirt directly beneath the buttonhole 5. The extended end 9 of the band, in which the buttonhole is formed, is thus left free or unattached to the neckband of the shirt. In stitch ing the band to the shirt sufficientslack or fullness should be left in the band between the upper and lower lines of stitching to form a loop 15, that may be bent or folded upon itself at its upper end after the. necktie has been passed therethrough, so as to bring the necktie over or in close proximity to the collarbutton.

In practice the rear collar-button is inserted in the buttonhole 5 in the upper end 9 of the band, the base of the button lying against the outside of the neckband of the shirt, whereby it is prevented from coming in contact with and chafing or irritating the neck of the wearer. By forming the buttonhole in a band entirely distinct and free from the neckband of the shirt the insertion of the collar-button is greatly facilitated, and the entire thickness of the neckband is utilized as a pad to prevent pressure of the button on the neck. The

pocket 14, whereby the button is held securely 'in place against the neck-band.

economy both in the manufacture of the tab and the necktie-retainer and in the labor involved in attaching them to the shirt. The tab being free or unattached, the collar-button may be inserted in the buttonhole with ease and rapidity and Without bending, creasing, or rumpling the neckband, and when the base of the collar-button is inserted in the V- shaped pocket the collar-button, and with it the buttonhole-tab, is held closely against the neckband of the shirt.

It will be manifest that a loop or retainer arranged entirely below the collar-button will not hold the necktie properly about the collar, but by forming the loop with a fullness, or, in other words, by making the loop longer than the distance between the points of its attachment, the loop may after the necktie has been passed therethrough be folded or doubled at its upper portion back upon itself, and thus bring the necktie directly over and against thecollar and collar-button.

I have shown my improved attachment applied to a shirt closed in the back; but it will be manifest that it could be applied to an open-back shirt, in which case the band will be applied to one side of the placket.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a shirt, of a combined buttonhole-tab and necktie-retainer, comprising a band attached at its lower end to the back of the shirt beneath the lower edge of the yoke and attached at a point near its upper end to the neckband whereby its upper end is free and unattached and a loop is formed between its attached portions for the reception of the necktie, said free and unattached upper end having a buttonhole formed therein for the reception of a collarbutton, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a shirt, of a combined buttonhole-tab and necktie-retainer, comprising a band attached at its lower end to the back of the shirt beneath the lower edge of the yoke and attached at a point near its upper end to the neckband whereby its upper end is free and unattached, said free and unattached upper end having formed therein a buttonhole for the reception of a collar-button, said band being of a sufficientlength between its points of attachment to permit it to be bent or folded back at its upper portion upon the collar-button, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

3. The'combination with a shirt, of a combined buttonhole-tab and necktie-retainer, comprising a band attached at its lower end to the back of the shirt beneath the lower edge of the yoke, and attached at a point near its upper end to the neckband, whereby its upper end is free and unattached, said free end having a buttonhole formed therein and attached to the neckband beneath the buttonhole by a V-shaped line of stitches, whereby a pocket is formed for the reception of the base of a collar-button inserted in said buttonhole, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with a shirt, of a (30111- bined buttonhole-tab and necktie-retainer comprising a band formed of a single integral piece of tape having a buttonhole formed at one end, said band being stitched at a point beneath said buttonhole to the lower edge of the neckband, whereby the buttonhole end is left free and unattached, and stitched at its opposite end to the lower edge of the yoke, thus forming a loop between its attached portions to receive and hold a necktie, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB KOHN.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. REA, VIN'roN OooMBs.