US727681A - Placket-closure. - Google Patents

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M.L. PERROTTETK. 1 PLAGKET GLosURE.

4. APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 15, 1902.-

HO MODEL.

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NiTED STATES f Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PLAcKET-cLosuRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,681, dated May12, 1903. Application nea nach 15,1902. serai No.' 98,289. (Nomade.)

York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Placket-Closures, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to placket-closures to for closing the placket-openings in dresses,

skirts, andsim'ilar articles of wearing-apparel; and the object of the invention is to provide .a placket-closure simple in construction, durable in use, inexpensive to manufacture, and effective for the purpose for which it is designed, and which can be readilyplaced in position and whenrin position will not be noticeable, the present device being an improvement upon that shown and dezo scribed in my prior patent, No. 650,865, dated .I une 5, 1900. Y

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a View of this improved placket-fastener. Fig. 2 Vis an enlarged perspective View of the jointed end thereof. Fig. 3 is a view'of the placketfastener applied to a skirt, the fastener being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view` of the placket-fastener 3o and skirt.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

I am aware that various forms of placket- 3 5 closures have been patented; but they have not come into general use owing, in my opinion, either to defects in organization orto disadvantages in attaching or using the same, so that it is still a common practiceforwomen 4o to attempt to close the plackets of their skirts by hooks and eyes,which, as is well known, on the gathering of the skirt in order to hold it free of the ground are insufficient to maintain the plackets closed, so that they gape These hooks and eyes are usually located between the belt and-the lower end of the placket and frequently become unhooked in the pulling of the skirt to raise it. Placketfasteners provided with fastening devices 5o similar to those used with gloves have also been used, but for various reasons they have not been found practicable.

To provide a simple easily constructed and attached placket-fastener which will positively maintain the placket closed when the belt or band ot' the skirt is hooked is the object of the present invention, and for this purpose I have provided an improved device, which itself is unprovided with means for maintaining it closed, whereby the cost of construction is materially reduced, such means being carriedby the skirt, belt, or band, and which can be in the form of hooks and eyes, so much preferred bythe women.

This. improved placket-fastener comprises a pair of strips or members 2-and 3, formed of any suitable material, usually of resilient material. These strips are shown of the same length, and each is provided at its lower end with an eye or opening 4, through which eX- tends a fastening device in the form of a ring or hoop-shaped 5 for connecting the strips together, whereby they may be moved atwise or edgewise relatively to each other. By means of this simple connection I am able to provide a placket-fastener which will have a universal movement-that is, a movement in all directions-andwhich will at the same time maintain the two'strips in proper position relative to each other at their lower ends without the necessity of providing a complicated joint liable to break or get out of order. These eyes or openings 4 may in practice have their edges suitably reinforced to prevent the sharp edges of the metal from cutting the ring. Inattachingthisimprovedplacket-fastener each strip is located in a pocket 6 of the skirt.v It may be otherwise attached, if desired. The

upperends of the strips are sewedto or within the skirt belt or band?, suitable holes 8 being provided in the strips for this, purpose,

and which are likewise reinforced'to prevent the cutting of the thread. Thelower ends of the device may project' below the pockets on the interior of the skirt, if preferred,although this is not necessary. l.

To fasten the ends ofthe belt, the usual hooks and eyes 9 may be provided.

When the skirt belt or band is properly hooked, it will be seen that as the upper ends of the placket-fastener are attached to or located within the belt such ends are rigidly held together in the same manner as the belt IOO itself, so that the gaping open of the placket on the gathering up of the skirt for the purpose of holding it free of the ground is not possible, although the placket-fastener itself is not provided with any fastening means. lt is well known that owing to the tension and strain upon the skirt belt or band the hooks rarely, it' ever, become unfastened, so that the strips are always maintained in overlapping position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the present placketfastener is of very simple construction, comprised of but three partsto wit, a pair of strips and a ring-the strips being free for movement in all directions, and which device can be attached quickly and easily, and when in position in the manner indicated the gaping of the placket is not possible, while at the same time, owing to the resiliency of the material of which the strips are formed, the position of the strips, the mode of attaching them, and the relatively short length thereof, which is materially eX- aggerated in the drawings, the movements of the wearer will not in any way be interfered with.

In practice one strip is preferably inserted in its pocket so that it will be relatively re; mote to the outer edge thereof, as indicated at dotted lines c, Fig. 3, so that when such strips are overlapped one side of the placket will overlap the other to a considerable eX- tent. Furthermore, when the lower ends of the strip project below the pockets the inner side of one pocket may be cut away diago- 'massi nally, while the inner side of the other pocket may be straight, as shown by dotted lines d, Fig. 3, to facilitate the movements of the strips.

Having described my invention, I claim- A skirt or analogous garment having a placket-opening and a waistband provided with means for fastening the ends in overlapping position, in combination with a placketfastener comprising a pair of relatively long, wide strips fastened one to each edge of the placket and each having its upper end attached to an appreciable part of such band so that when the band is fastened and under strain the strips will be maintained in juxtaposition flatwise, and so that such ends cannot spring apart, and each of such strips having at its lower end a relatively large, rein forced opening extending transversely of said strip, said openings registering, and a ring passing through said openings transversely of the plane of such strips and permanently connecting the strips together at such ends and effective to maintain said strips in overlapping position when the hand is fastened and under strain, said openings and ring loeing of a size to facilitate the free movement of the strips independently of the ring and of the strips independently of each other in different directions, when the band is unfas tened, so that the placket is pliable.

MARIE LOUISE PERROTTET. Witnesses:

C. A. WEED, JOHN O. SEIFERT.

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