US970824A - Combined vest and suspenders. - Google Patents

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H. HOPPENSTEIN.

COMBINED VEST AND SUSPENDERS. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 28, 1910.

970,824. I Patented Sept-20, 1910. Jw/ 1:

HARRIS HOPPENSTEIN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED VEST AND SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed January 28, 1910. Serial No. 540,629.

To .all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIS HOPPENSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Vests and Suspenders,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates-to a combined vest and suspenders for mens wear.

The object of this invention is to produce for mens wear a vest-front having pockets whose opening is exposed at the outer surface of the vest and whose back wall is provided with a button-hole that is concealed from view by the front wall of the pocket. The said button-holes serve to engage buttons on the front part of trousers, and each shoulder of said vest front provided with a strap to extend down the back and engage buttons on the back part of the trousers. This novel construction of garment will serve the purposes of a pair of suspenders and a vest.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing herewith to which reference is made.

Figure 1 in said drawing is a front view of the garment. Fig. 2 shows a back view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view.

The vest front comprises the two front halves, a, a, which diminish in width up-.'

wardly and taper to the shoulder; each front at the center upper parts has a curved edge,

6, whose lower ends come together at, c, in

' the form of a V, and said two curved edges shirt front.

form the open bosom which will expose the From said open V-bosom, marked, a, the two front halves are united on a central'vertical line, (1, either by buttons,

6, and button-holes, or by a line of stitches; it is immaterial which, as it is not a matter of much practical importance. Each front, a, terminates at the shoulder, f, and a strap, g, is attached to each shoulder.

If the two front halves at the central vertical line, d, are stitched to ether, a person can put the garment on or ta (e it off by slipplug the open bosom and straps over his 1d. This may be done because the garment has neither a back nor arm holes.

A back-strap, h, is attached at the side edge, 2', of each vest front half, and these two straps, h, extend around to the back where a person may buckle them together. These back-straps serve to keep the two fronts, a, a in contact with the person.

The two suspender straps, g, extend down the back, cross each other, and at the lower end each strap has a button-hole, j, by means of which to engage a button on the back part of the trousers. If desired these straps, 9, may be partly elastic.

The two vest front halves are provided with pockets, In, l, which open on the outer surface, a, as with ordinar vests; these pockets serve to carry a watcii, pencil, spectacle-case or other useful device. The back wall, 0, of the said pocket has a button-hole, m, that. opens into the ockct and serves to engage a button on the rout of the trousers. The outer fabric, a, of the vest-front constitutes the front wall of the ocket and covers and conceals the hole, m, in the pocket andopenings are exposed at the outer surface of the vest and the back wall of which pockets is provided with a button-hole that is coveredand concealed by the front wall-said button-hole being adapted to engage a hutton on the front part of the trousers, and a suspender stra attached to the end of each of said upwar ly-tapered parts and extending down the back and adapted to engage buttons on the back part of trousers.

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

HARRIS HOPPENSTE IN.

Witnesses:

G. FERDINAND Voc'r, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

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