US968199A - Muffler. - Google Patents

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N. SCHWARTZ.

MUPELEB.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 24, 1909.

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NATHAN SCHWARTZ, OF MILFORD, ILLINOIS.

MUFFLER.

To all whom it may concer/L:

Be it known that I, NATHAN SCHWARTZ, a. citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Milford, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use-ful Improvements in Mufflers; and I do hereby declare that the following is' a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel knitted muffler designed to be worn about the neck and on the chest to protect the parts from the cold and the elements, and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more `particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l illustrates the manner of wearing a muflier made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the muffler. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the neck band of the muffler.

A muffler niade in accordance with and embodying` my invention comprises a central portion or neck band A and widened end portions or tabs B, B. The said muffler is preferably knit in one piece. The neck band A is knitted with a firm close texture so as to give firmness to the band to hold its shape when in use and also to give sufficient body thereto to afford ample protection to the wearer. The ends or tabs B are made wider than the neck band so that when folded one over the other at the front they cover and protect the chest of the wearer. When made continuous or .integral with the neck band they are made of a loosely knitted or relatively open texture, the loops or stitches being changed or varied to widen the tabs and to give the desired looseness of texture thereto.

The neck band A is provided on its inner side with a facing' or lining strip A of any suitable thin, relatively inextensible material, such as a cotton cloth or the like. The said facing strip is made somewhat narrower than the knitted portion of the band, and the side margins of the facing strip are turned under, and the strip is attached to the knitted neck band by lines of stitches a sewed through the hemmed or turned under portions of the strip and through the neck band in the manner indicated in Figs. 2 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1909.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910. Serial No. 529,722.

3. The said band is provided near one end thereof with a transverse slit a', the slit being formed in the knitted band and facing strip. The cut edge of the band and strip around the slit may be finished by looped button hole stitches, or in any other suitable manner to prevent the cut fabric from raveling. The slit extends substantially throughout the width ofthe neck band or from one under turned hem of the facing or lining strip to the other, stitches a, by which the strip is sewed to the band, reinforces the ends of the slit in a manner to prevent the same tearing out at its ends. The said neck band is made of a length to pass substantially twice around the neck of the wearer as indicated in Fig. l and the ends or tabs B, B are adapted to be folded one over the other in a manner to substantially cover the chest of the wearer.

In applying the muffler the middle portion of the band is placed with its inner side against the throat, and the two ends of the muffler passed backwardly around the neck. One end of the muflier, or that farthest remote from the slit a, is passed through the slit and carried forwardly around to the neck and throatwith its tab end lying over the breast= and the other end or tab Ais carried around the other side of the neck and throat and laid over the breast in overlying relation to the rst mentioned tab. The tabs may be provided at their upper ends with suitable fastening devices by which to fasten the saine in overlying relation over the chest. The fastening devices herein shown consists of a stud Z) of one tab and a socket b on the other tab adapted to receive the stud.

Vhen the muffler is in place it will be noted that the throat, as well as the neck, is covered by the full width of the central or intermediate portion of the neck band. The slit a, through which one end of the muffler is passed, is located, when the muffler is tted to the neck, at the back of the neck, and the widened ends or tabs cross each other upon the chest just below the central part of the band. It will thus be seen that the neck and throat are protected by a continuous covering extending entirely around the same and that the tabs are brought to-` gether in a manner to fully protect the chest over which they lie. The knitted fabric of the neck band affords the desired body to give the necessary warmth and fullness to and said hems and the muffler around the neck, while the facing or lining strip gives the desired rmness to the band to hold the same properly in shape. rIhe widened end portions or talos may be knitted to give any desired ornamental finish to the surface or to the edges. For instance, the loops or stitches may be arranged in adjacent rows or areas with the stitches of adjacent areas or rows arranged obliquely or converging toward the line dividing said areas, as indicated in Figs. l and 2, thus giving a varied tinting to adjacent areas and a scalloped effect to the edges.

I claim as my invention:

l. A muffler comprising a neck band and widened ends or tabs made of a continuous strip of knitted fabric, the neck band being closely knitted to provide a relatively close firm texture and the widened ends or tabs being loosely knitted, said neck band being provided with an inextensible facing or lining strip and the neck band being made of a length to pass substantially twice around the neck and provided with a transverse slit through which one end of the muflier is adapted to be passed.

2. A muliler comprising a neck band and widened ends or tabs made of a continuous strip of knitted fabric, the neck band being closely knitted to provide a relatively close firm texture and the widened ends or tabs being loosely knitted, and an inextensible facing or lining strip applied to the inner side of the neck band and turned under at its side margins to form hems and attached to the neck band by stitches passed through the band and hems, said band being made of a lengthA to pass twice around the neck and provided with a transverse slit through which one end of the muflier is adapted to be passed.

3. A muffler comprising a neck band and widened ends or tabs made of a continuous strip of knitted fabric, the neck band being closely knitted to provide a relatively close firm texture and the widened ends or tabs being loosely knitted, said neck band being provided with an inextensible facing or lining strip and the neck band being made of a lengt-h to pass substantially twice around the neck and provided with a transverse slit through which one end of the muffler is adapted to be passed, and releasable fastening devices carried by the tabs for fastening them together in overlying relation.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of November A. D. 1909.

NATHAN SCHIVARTZ.

Witnesses VILLIAM L. HALL, WILLTAM Gonmannenu.

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