US699513A - Apron and apron-tie. - Google Patents

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No. 699,513. Patented May 6, I902..

W. GARMS.

APRUN AND APRON TIE.

(Application filed Jan. 27, 1897 (No Model.)

llrTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM GARMS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

APRON AND APRON-TIE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,513, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed January 27, 1897. Serial No. 620,980. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM. GARMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and UsefulApron and Apron-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide an apron for waiters, bar-keepers, 850., which can be cheaply made and easily laundered.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a tie for aprons which can be readily taken off and put on the apron and can be easily adjusted to fit any-sized person and will hold the apron smooth and straight around the waist, also to provide an apron and tie which will be more comfortable to the wearer than those now in use and which will allow the wearer to bend freely without discomfort.

The aprons heretofore used by waiters in restaurants and saloons have been provided with long strings or bands to tie around the waist of the -wearer to retain the apron in place, and when such aprons are being laundered by machinery the strings invariably catch in the machinery and are pulled off or cause the apron-body to be torn., For this reason it is customary for establishments wherein large numbers of such aprons are laundered to employ a person to repair aprons injured through this cause. By my invention all danger of such damage is obviated, and the time, labor, and expense of laundering the aprons are greatly reduced. Furthermore, the apron is more easily and quickly fastened on and taken off of the waiter than the former style.

My invention consists in the combination of an apron having eyelets in its corners and being arranged to partially encircle the body of the wearer, and a band wholly between such corners and provided with hooks at its opposite ends and fastened in the eyelets,and it also comprises the combination with the apron having the eyelets in its corners and a take-u p comprising a band with two hooks and a binding or take-up buckle having three bars, one end of the band being fastened to the middle bar, the band thence passed through the eye of one hook, thence back through the take-up buckle and through the eye of the other hook,

and thence back through the take-up buckle. This arrangement of the take-up being for the purpose of providinga take-up which will be very easy to adjust, but will be perfectly secure and will not depend upon any tongues or teeth for preventing the band from slipping.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 shows the apron as itappears when placed upon the person of the wearer. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the tie and adjustment device. Fig. 3 is a detail showing one corner of an apron with metal eyelet in it. Fig. 4 shows one corner of the apron with an eyelet hole reinforced by buttonholestitches.

Arepresents the body of the apron, com prising substantially a sheet or flat piece of material.

B represents the tie and take-up device.

Ct at are holes in the corners of the apron.

, b b are books on the ends of the tie and take-up device.

b indicates the .band of the take-up, which is preferably made of elastic material, and b" is the binding-buckle.

0t indicates a metal eyelet, and a an eyelet protected by buttonhole-stitches.

In practice the body of the apron is cut of any suitable shape and is hemmed around its edges, and at two of its adjacent corners eyelets or holes are provided adapted to receive the two ends of the tie or take-up device. The holes in the top corners of the apron may be made ofany suitable form and may be strengthened or reinforced by any means-as, for instance, by folding the corner of the apron upon itself.

The tie and take-up device may be one piece of elastic material provided with two hooks, one on each end; but I prefer the form shown, as it can be adjustedto fit the wearer over or under his coat and can be used by different-sized persons and provides for great strength of fastening and also provides for very easy and accurate adjustment and without the injury to and wearing of the band which is common with buckles which depend upon teeth or tongues for holding the take-up.

The binding or take-up buckle b has three bars 1 2 3, with one end of the band fastened to the middle bar 2, and the band passes thence back through the take-up buckle, and thence through the eye of the other hook,

" and thence back through the take-up buckle,

as shown. The connection thus made between the hooks is very easily adjusted as to length, and the band will not slip through the buckle, except when the band is manipulated for that purpose. When the weaver wishes to adjust the length of the take-up, he will loosen the band by contracting his body, and then by drawing on the proper member-of the band he can slip it through the buckle to either tighten or loosen the band, as desired; but when the strain of the body comes against the band, thus to draw the buckle again in the position shown in Fig. 2, the band is held from slipping in the buckle. By making the band of elastic material the tension can be regulated to the exact degree required, and slight inequalities are provided for.

By my invent-ion the first cost of man ufacturing the aprons is greatly reduced, one band and take-up serving for a large number of aprons, while with the old style each apron must be provided with strings. Furthermore, by reason of the absence of strings my apron-bodies are less expensive to launder, and since all liability of tearing them while ironing is avoided no provision for mending need be made, thus still further reducing the expense of laundering. Also since by my improvement I avoid tearing the aprons by reason of the strings catching in the laundering machinery I prolong the period of effective service of the aprons, since in firstclass establishments neatness is an essential element and badly-torn or mended aprons must be discarded though otherwise good as new. Therefore by my invention I enable waiters to provide themselves at less expense with a greater number of clean aprons than is possible with the old-style apron, thereby promoting cleanliness and neatness.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is

1. In an apron, the combination, with a sheet or fiat piece of material forming the apron-body provided With apertures for the reception of hooks, of an adjustable take-up comprising a band, two hooks to engage in said apertures and a take-up buckle, said buckle being provided with three bars, and one end of the band being permanently secured to the middle bar of the buckle and the remaining portion of the band being passed, first through the eye of one of the hooks, then through the buckle, then through the eye of the other hook and then having its free end passed through the buckle, each fold or layer of the band passing under the ends of the buckle and over the central portion whereby they are thrown out of line with the main portion and are caused to bind against the bars of the buckle and prevent slipping by friction only.

2. A new article of manufacture, an adjustable detachable tie for aprons comprising a a retaining portion, a band permanently secured to said retainer at one end and having its opposite end passed through the retainer in reverse directions and adjustably secured thereto by friction only so as to form a variable loop on each side of the retainer, and a fastener in each loop.

WILLIAM GARMS.

WVitnesses:

ALFRED I. TOWNSEND, JAMEs R. TOWNSEND.

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