US894121A - Shirt. - Google Patents

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` PATENTED JULY 21, 1908. L. DINGER. 1

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1907. l' l 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLIUATION FILED l:mnu: 1a. 1907.

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SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21,1908.

Application led June 13, 1907. Serial No. 378,848.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS DINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mens shirts of that class commonly termed shirt waists, and relates more particular to a shirt having means for supporting the trousers, so that the usual form of Suspenders can be dispensed with, thereby increasing the comfort to the wearer and improving the appearance of the garment.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of wearing apparel of this character so as to be comparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, comfortable to the wearer and designed to have a perfect fit and permitting the trousers to be attached to or detached from the suspending means applied to the shirt.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shirt having fastening devices including elastic members whereby the trousers can be supported, said devices being attached to the shirt in such a way as to permit freedom of movement without strain or danger of tearing the garments.

and 3 are rear and front views respectively,

yof the shirt with portions broken away to illustrate details of construction. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the trousers suspending. devices. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the hook and eye fastening device for attaching the trousers to the shirt. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a front view of a modified form of shirt having a jacket or blouse section that conceals the trousers suspending means. Fig. 8 is a similar view showing parts broken away and portions turned back to show details of construction. Fig. 9 is a back view of the shirt. Fig. 10 is a similar view with portions broken away. Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of one of the fastening devices applied to the waist-band of the acket or blouse portion of the shirt.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a shirt of any approved construction which may be of the cut form as shown, or of any other design. At the front are box plaits 1 and 2 that extend from the front edge of the yoke 3 at the top to the waist band 4 at the bottom, and at the back of the shirt, as shown in Fig. 2, are box plaits 5 and 6 also extending from the yoke to the waist-band- In the box plaits 2 and 6-are tapes 7 that are secured to the body of shirt by stitching at their upper ends and the lower ends are provided with trousers suspending devices designated generally by B. In the box plaits 1 and 5 are tapes or strips 8 that serve as `fillers so that all the box plaits will be of the same form. In other words, without the filler piece strips 8, the box laits 1 and 5 would be ironed flat against the ody ofthe shirt, while the box plaits 2 and 6 would have more or less thickness, and to overcome this objection and give uniformity of appearance, the filling strips 8 are provided.

Each trousers suspending device B comprises a strip of elastic 9 that has a buckle 10 attached to one end and is doubled at its lower end through the wire hook 11 and can be lengthened and shortened by an ordinary sliding buckle 12. The hook 11 comprises a single length of wire bent into a loop 13 through which the elastic strip or ribbon extends, a shank 14, and a bill 15 that is bent back over the shank and elongated in a direction transverse the length of the latter. On the trousers are arranged suitable attaching devices having eyes into which the hooks 11 can be engaged. Each attaching device comprises a suitable length of metal 16 in strip form doubled centrally on itself as clearly lshown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the doubled strip is straddled over the waistband of the trousers at 17. Each half of the device 16 is provided with a longitudinal slot 18 and the portions of the strip adjacent the slot are odset as indicated at 19 so that a pocket 20 is formed between the inner and outer surfaces of the trousers and the parallel side portions of the strip. The strip 16 is securedA to the trousers in any suitable manner, as for instance, by stitches 21, Fig. 5.

The buckles of the suspending devices B' taching devices on the trousers, the hooks are held in such a manner that the elongated bill 15 can be inserted into the desired slot 18 of the strip 16 and after being thus entered, the hook is turned through ninety degrees so as to interlock as shown in Fig. 5. In this manner, the hooks can be readily attached and detached from the device C.

Referring now to the blouse or jacket shirt shown in Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive, D designates the body ofthe shirt which is of ordinary construction and to the outside thereof is a blouse or jacket section E that is secured to the yoke 22. Secured to the front and back of the body D and covered by the jacket section E are vertically extending strips 23 of suitable material such as duck or other strong goods, the said strips being secured by stitches 24 and the lower ends of the strips are free so that the buckles 10 of the trousers suspending devices B can be attached thereto. The suspending devices B are similar to those described in connection with the other form of shirt, and the hooks 11 of the said devices are adapted to engage in the slots 1S of the devices C at the inside of the trousers, and on the waist-band 25 of the section E of the shirt are internal hooks designated generally by 26, the elongated bills 27 of which are adapted to engage in the outside slots of the devices C. The hooks 26 are each composed of a single length of wire bent into a suitably shaped body portion 2S that is stitched to the waist-band of the jacket portion E. In a shirt fashioned in the manner described, the suspending devices B are entirely concealed and the jacket portion can be plain or plaited, as desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof', I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired, as are within the scope of the claims. l

Having thus described the invention, what 1. A shirt comprising a body portion of such length as to tuck into the trousers of the wearer, a blouse section permanently secured to the body and of such length as to terminate at the waist-band of the trousers, trousers-suspending devices secured to the shirt and adapted to be attached to the trousers, and means on the blouse section for securing to the trousers.

2. A shirt comprising a body portion, strips of strong material secured vertically down the front and rear thereof, the lower ends of the strips being free from the body, and trousers suspending devices on the ends of the strips, each device comprising a hook, an elastic strip adjustably attached to the hook, a buckle on the strip, means on the elastic strip for lengthening and shortening the devices, and a member adapted to be secured to the waist-band of a pair of trousers for receiving the said hook.

3. A shirt comprising a body portion, vertically extending strips secured to the front and rear thereof, trousers suspending devices on the strips, each device including an elastic member, a buckle attached thereto, means for lengthening and shortening the device, a hook on the member having a laterally elongated bill, a metal piece adapted to be secured to the waist-band of a garment and having a vertically extending slot into which the bill of the hook engages.

4. A shirt comprising a body having an outer jacket-like section, trousers suspending devices attached to the body, and means on the outer section for securing the same to the trousers and holding the said section around the waist of the wearer.

5. A shirt comprising a body having a j acket-like outer section, vertically extending strips of strong material secured to the body, elastic trousers suspending devices on the lower ends of thestrips, a hook included in each device, hooks attached to the Waist portion of the outer section, and attaching devices adapted to be secured to the waistband of a pair of trousers for attachment with the hooks.

6. A shirt comprising a body portion, a yoke, and sleeves, in combination with a blouse section extending around the back and iront of the body portions and secured along the upper edge to the latter, trouserssuspending means secured to the body portion, and devices spaced around the bottom edge of the blouse section for attaching the latter to the trousersindependently of the said means.

7. A shirt comprising a body section, a I In testimony whereof, I aix my signet blouse section permanently securedl thereto, ture in presence of tWo Witnesses. vtrousers-sus endin' means secure to t e shirt, devios on tie blouse section for fas- LOUIS DINGER 5 tening the latter to the trousers, and fasten- Witnesses:

ings secured to the trousers for receiving the JOSEPH FLYNN, said means and devices. JosEPH DINGER.

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