US984180A

US984180A - Storm-coat.

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Publication number: US984180A
Application number: US52800809A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter S Barker
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-11-15
Filing date: 1909-11-15
Publication date: 1911-02-14
Anticipated expiration: 1928-02-14

Description

W. S. BARKEBW STORM GOAT. APPLICATION FILED 11017.15, 1909.

,1 Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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WALTER S. BARKER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORM-COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 141i, 1911.

Application filed November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,008.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S; BARKER, of Cambridge, in the county of Hiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Storm-Coats, of which the following is a specification.

Storm coats of ordinary construction having two overlapping front portions provided with fasteners, for attaching them together, do not protect the wearer against a driving storm, which finds its way to the wearer between the overlapping front portions.

The employment of a storm-shield in the form of an additional overlapping portion attached to one of the front portions, and adapted to extend over the other front portion results in the production of a tortuous passage, and assists in preventing the storm from driving directlyto the wearer between the front portions, but does not entirely exclude the water.

This invention has for its object the interposition of a storm-strip in the tortuous passage, between'the overlapping closing poitions for the front opening of the coat, which is attached to one of the closing portions remote from the entrance to the passage between said portions, by which water, entering said passage, will, on reaching the storm-strip, be directed downward, and thereby prevented from reaching the wearer, said strip being arranged sufficiently remote from the entrance to substantially check the passage of water, even when said entrance gapes open, as it frequently does. If desired two storm-strips may be arranged in said passage which are attached respectively to two of the closing portions.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stormcoat embodying this invention, the outer overlapping closing portion being broken away to expose a storm-strip which is arranged on the front side of the adjacent overlapping closing portion, and said adjacent overlapping closing portion also being broken away to expose another storm-strip which is arranged on the front side of another overlapping closing portion which latter serves as the storm-shield. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of the coat shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line 22. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional detail of a modification to be referred to. Figs 4 and 5 are sectional details of other modifications to be referred to.

a and Z) represent, respectively, the two usual overlapping closing portions for the front opening of a coat, which are adapted to be attached together by suitable fastenings. The closing portion I), has arranged on its front side a storm-strip c, which, as here shown, is made by turning over the edge of said closing portion Z) upon the front side of said portion Z) for a short distance, and securing it thereto by a line of stitches 0, arranged near the line of fold, so that the edge of said overturned portion is free or unattached and is or may be extended forward more or less.

The stornrcoat is ordinarily made of oiled cloth, or other waterproof material, which is quite stiff, so that the free or unattached edge of the storm-strip may be inherently held in a forwardly-extended position. Said storm-strip is arranged remote from the entrance to the passage between the overlap ping portion, so that, even should the entrance thereto gape open at different places, said strip will still serve to check the passage of water. The storm-strip c is preferably, but not necessarily, formed in this manner, as, for instance, it may be made as a rib or Wale, see Fig. 4:, produced by interposing a cord f between the lining and the outer portion, which may be held in place by lines of stitches at opposite sides thereof. More than one rib or Wale may be employed if desired.

The coat has three overlapping closing portions, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the inner closing portion (Z is intended to serve as a storm-shield, and it is attached along one edge only to the back side of the outer closing portion 6, and in such case, if desired, two storm-strips may be employed, one, as c, on the front side of the portion 6, and another, as 0 on the front side of the shield (Z; or, as shown in Fig. 3, wherein the outer overlapping portion is intended to serve as a storm-shield, the stornrstrip may be arranged on the front side of the inner overlapping portion 6, and also, if desired, another storm-strip arranged on the front side of the overlapping portion a, or, if desired, but one storm-strip may be employed even when the coat has a storm-shield arranged inside or outside, but in case a single storm-strip is employed, it will be arranged, preferably, on the front side of the innermostoverlapping portion.

Instead of forming the storm-strip by turning over the edge of one of the overlapping portions and thereby incidentally forming a binding at the edge, a binding may be secured to the edge, see Fig. 5, which is folded thereon so that one edge is left unattached and thereby permitted to extend forward.

A coat having three overlapping portions at the front opening, arranged as here shown, one portion being inserted between the other two portions, the passage between said portions is tortuous by reason of turning abruptly at an angle at the point of attachment of the two overlapping portions between which the other overlapping portion is inserted, and when the entrance to said passage gapes open between the fastenings, as it will do, either by the bulging outward of the outer overlapping portion or the bulging inward of the inner overlapping portion, the opening thus produced extends only to the bend. The water which is blown into this passage or which flows into the passage and collects on the walls of the passage, will be prevented from following along the passage, around the bend, and finally reaching and wetting the wearer, by means of the storm-strip here shown, which is purposely located remote from the entrance to the passage, being at or near the bottom of the opening which is formed by the entrance to the passage gaping open, or beyond such point.

I claim:

1. A storm-coat having a front opening with three overlapping closing portions therefor, arranged two at one side and one at the other side of said opening, whereby a tortuous passage is produced between said portions, and a storm-strip arranged on the front side of an inner overlapping portion at a point remote from the entrance to said passage, whereby the water which flows into and is blown into said passage, when the entrance thereto gapes open, and which collects on the surfaces thereof, is checked and is directed downward, substantially as described.

2. A storm-coat having three overlapping portions at the front, two of which are attached together remote from their edges, and the other is adapted to be inserted between them, and a storm-strip arranged on the front side of the middle portion, remote from the entrance to the passage between said portion and the outer portion, and another storm-strip arranged on the front side of the inner portion remote from the entrance to the passage between said portion and the middle portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER s. BARKER.

lVitnesses B. J. N OYES, H. B. DAVIS.