US696689A - Dress-shield holder. - Google Patents

Description

No. 696,689. Patented Apr. I, |902.

J. F. MURPHY.

DRESS SHIELD HOLDER.

(Application tiled Feb 14, 1901.!

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JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE I3. M. SEAGER AND HERBERT R. CLARK, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

DRESS-SHIELD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 696,689, dated April 1, 1902.

Application tiled February 14, 1901. Serial No. 47,303. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Dress-Shield Holder, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to dress-shield holders, the object in view being to provide a simple holding device for securely fastening a dress-shield within the arm-scye of a garment, so that there is no liability of the dress-shield to become disengaged while the garment is worn. .After'removing the garment from the person the holder may be readily disconnected from the garment, and is thus capable of being easily disconnected from one garment and applied to another.

Another object of the .invention is to provide a dress-shield holder which is entirely covered and concealed and protected by the shield, thereby preventing any part of the holder from coming in contact with the skin or undergarment. The holderis made of thin flexible material, such as light sheet metal, which will readily give to the movements of the arm and body, thus preventing any inconvenience to the wearer.

v Another object ofthe invention is to provide a dress-shield holder composed of iiexibly-'connected members provided adjacent to their joints with complemental portions of dress-engaging clasps, the members of each clasp being so arranged that by folding the dress-shield holder simultaneously with the dress-shield to which the members are attached the said clasp members will be opened to receive the seam or material of the dress adjacent to the arm-scye and when the shield and holder are straightened out the said clasp members will automatically engage and obtain a firm hold on the material of the dress contiguous to the arm-scye.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in a dress-shield holder embodying certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is v a perspective view of adress-shield,showing the holder therefor in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder, with the dress-shield indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one of the vjoints of the holder, showing the clasp memresponding parts in all the Iigures of the drawings.

v Referring tothe drawings, l designates a dress-shield of any ordinary or preferred construction, which is folded in the usual manner t-o form the bight 2. The holder contemplated in this invention is arranged between the side portions of the shield and, directly within the bight or fold 2, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The holder is also coextensive in length with the width of the dress-shield, so as to extend throughout the length of the bight or fold and form a continuous support and spreader for the shield.

The holder is composed of several sections or members, and for convenience I have illustrated the holder as comprising three members, 3 designating the central or intermediate member, and 4: the outer or terminal members, which are connected flexibly by means of pivots 5 to the opposite ends of the intermediate member 3. The contiguous ends of the members are enlarged for the purpose of receiving the pivots by which they are connected, and adjacent to their points of pivotal connection the members are each provided with a terminal clasp member G. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the clasp member on one of the holder-sections is of less 'length than the other clasp member cooperating therewith and connected withthe joining member, and the extremities of the clasp members are bent inward toward each other, so as to lie one slightly above and over the other, the object of which is to enable the in-bent extremities of the members of the clasp to engage over and embrace the seam of a garment within` the arm-scye thereof, thereby effectually preventing the dressshield holder from becoming detached as long as the arm is contained within the sleeve. It

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is onlywhen the dress-shield is folded or doubled and the holder-sections folded relatively to each other that the in-bent extremities of the clasp members are moved laterally out of engagement with each other and with the seam in the arm-scye, and during such folding movement of the dress-shield and holder the clasp members move in parallel planes. The intermediate member 3 is provided at both extremities with clasp members, While the outer or terminal sections of the holder are provided at their inner ends only with the clasp members, and the members of the clasp are so arranged relatively to each other and lo the sections of the holder that they Will be in their best operative positions for gripping the garment When the sectionsline up with the fold or bight of the dress-shield. Therefore when the dress-shield is in its normal position Within the arm-scye the clasp members are firmly engagedwith the garment, and it is .only by removing the arm from the sleeve that the holder and shield may be folded or doubled sufficiently to disengage the clasp members from the garment and permit the shield to be removed for application to another garment. In order to securely attach the holder to the inside of the dress-shield, the holder-sections are provided at suitable points with perforations 7 for the purpose of receiving stitches, wherewith each of the sections of the holderis individually secured to the dress-shield.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the holder is entirely protected and concealed Within the bight of the shield and that it is therefore impossible for any portion of the holderto come in contact With the body of the wearer or in contact with the undergarments. It will also be understood that there is no danger of the holder and shield becoming detached from the garment as long as the garment is Worn, for the reason that the holder cannot flex or fold sufficiently to move the clasps out of engagement with the material of the garment. In vieviT of the fact that the device is fitted Within the bight of the shield and snugly against the arm-scye portion thereof it forms a spreader for maintaining this part of the shield in a spread condition, so as to prevent rucking up thereof when in use, and thereby obviating a very disagreeable feature Which is present in the common form of dress-shield When not provided with a spreader of the present type. However, when the arm is withdrawn from the sleeve the shield, together with the Iiexibly-connected sections of the holder, may be folded in such manner as to move the complemental portions of the clasp away from each other, allowing the same to release their hold upon the material of the garment, and thereupon the shield and holder connected thereto may be easily removed and with equal facility attached to any other garment desired. By means of the device hereinabove described the necessity of stitching the dressshields in place is obviated and the shields may be quickly interchanged and removed from one garment to another. At the same time the holders, by reason of the fact that they are constructed of light thin flexible material, Will occasion no inconvenience to the wearer.

It will here be noted that the shape of the spreaderis arcuate. It terminates at or short of the opposite edges of the shield and is terminally connected thereto, the remaining portions of the shield being entirely free therefrom and the arm-Scye-engaging fastenings are carried intermediately of and by the spreader and projected at the convex side thereof. lThis combination and arrangement of parts is important and advantageous, as it anchors or fastens the intermediate portion of the spreader to the garment, and thereby prevents looseness and bulging up of the intermediate portion of the spreader to the annoyance of the wearer, as would be the case if it were terminally connected to the garment.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art Without further description, and it Will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing'any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim isn l. A dress-shield spreader and holder, comprising a flexible arcuate spreader-body corresponding in curvature to the concaved edge of a dress-shield and adapted to be arranged wholl y Within the bight or fold thereof, an intermediate portion of the spreader-body being provided with means projected at its concaved side for engagement with the arm-scye of a dress-Waist to anchor the intermediate portion of the spreader-body and prevent upward bulging thereof, and means for fastening the spreader-body to a shield.

2. A dress-shield having an arcuate spreader fitted snugly within and against the back portion of the bight thereof and connected to said back portion only, the remaining portion of the shield being entirely free from the spreader, the latter comprising a plurality of members disposed in longitudinal succession With their adjacent ends overlapped and pivotally connected, and mutually-coperating garment-engaging clamp members carried by the adjacent members of the spreader.

3. Adress-shield having an arcuate spreader fitted snugly within and against the back portion of the bight thereof and connected to said back portion only, the remaining portions of the shield being entirely free from the spreader, and the latter comprising flexiblyjointed members disposed in longitudinal succession, and mutually-cooperating garment- IOO IIO

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engaging clamp members carried by the'adjacent spreader members.

4. A dress-shield, having a spreader fitted snugly within and against the back portion of the bight thereof and connected-to said back portion only, the remaining portions of the shield being free from the spreader, the latter comprising a series of members made of flat material pivotally connected at their meeting ends, and provided at their terminals with cooperatingarin-scye-engaging clampmembers. 5. A dress-shield having a spreader' dtted snugly Within and against the back portion of the bight thereof, and conn eeted to said back portion only, the remaining portions of the shield being free from the spreader, the latter comprising a series of flexible pivotally-connected members disposed in acurved series, and an arm-scye-engaging clamp member car4 ried'by each member of the spreader.

G. A dress-shield, having a spreader car- 1 spreader member and the inner ends of the respectiveY terminal members. v

7. A spreader and holder for dress-shields, consisting of an arcuate body formed by a plurality of arcuate members disposed inlongi Atudinal succession, theadjacentends of opposite members being pivotally connected, each member having means for connection with'th'e bight of a dress-shield, and mutiiallycooperating arm-scye-engaging members carried by adjacent members ofthe arcuate spreader.

S. A spreader and holder for dress-shields, having pivotally-connected arcuate members disposed in longitudinal succession, one of which is provided with a laterally-oiset clamp member Whichiis extended from the eoncavedside of the spreader member and projected beyondthe conveXedside thereof, and the other spreader-member having a clamp member which is projected transverselyf rom the convexed edge of the spreader and constructed to lie across `and cooperate `With the other clamp member forengagement i with an-arm-scye when the spreader members are brought into longitudinal alinement.

In testimony that Iclaim the `foregoing as.

my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN FRANCIS. MURPHY. Witnesses:

E. J. GORMAN, W. S. WESTERMAN.

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