Blouse type garment

Nov. 20, 1951 p. m. brown 2,575,791

BLOUSE TYPE GARMENT

Filed Dec. 29, 1950 2 SHEETS—SHEET 1

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INVENTOR.

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Nov. 20, 1951 p. m. brown 2,575,791

BLOUSE TYPE GARMENT

Filed Dec. 29, 1950 2 SHEETS—SHEET 2

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

Patented Nov. 20, 1951

2,575,791

2,575,791

BLOUSE TYPE GARMENT

Phoebe M. Brow

Application: December.!

10. Claims.

The. invention, is. directed to, an article, of wearing apparel, in the, nature, of a. blouse.. It is characterized. b.y a simplicity of design and ease and economy of manufacture.: .

Basically the garment comprises: a single, section, of tubular fabric material such, as a piece of. tubular jersey. A complete blouse, type garment is- made therefrom:, without cutting, or making of seams, but with merely the hemming of, any raw edges, and the .addition of suitable fastener means such, as. hooks and eyes or buttons applied, in appropriately selected locations.

The resulting, garment is not only practical but, attractive· and. may be fastened and, arranged in different ways to provide a variety of effects. The varied, effects .result in part, from the, fact that, the garment, may be applied, on. the wearer in two- generally different fashions, i, e. either in the manner of. a jacket,, or? conversely by projecting the arms, forwardly through the arm holes provided.

The, invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing: the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described, and the scope of which,,invention will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of. the, nature and. objects of the. invention reference should be had; to the following detailed description taken in connection, with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view· in perspective of a piece, of tubular material having: initial operations performed thereon to produce, the. garment. .of the. present invention; :

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the garment in a completed stage ready for use shown somewhat tilted and with the bottom edge in. front elevated above the rear edge;

Fig.. 3 is a bottom, plan ..view of. Figure. .2 with the structure of the. latter figure, rotated, through an angle of 180°;

Fig. 4 is a, front view showing the garment, applied to a person in accordance with one type of arrangement;.

Fig. 5 is a view of the same application taken generally in. the rear;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but with the. garment: shaped and fastened a little differently from that of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a front view of the garment? applied by projecting the arms forward, into the appropriate, openings as distinguished from the jacket type of application shown in Figs, 4 to 6;

Fig. 8 is a front view similar to Fig. 7 but with the garment arranged and fastened in a little different manner to produce a different effect;

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Fig, 9 is a. view similar , to Figs. T and 8 with the garment similarly applied but, with the fastening means separated to produce a still different effect, from that of the other two figures; 5 Fig, 10 is a .perspective view of a. modified form of, garment having? certain shaping applied thereto; and

Fig, 11 is a. view, of. the garment shown, in Fig. 10 folded in a different direction .and. illustrate 10 ing a convenient manner of producing .the shape ing of the garment of Fig. 10.

As shown in Fig, 1. the garment is composed essentially of a. section, 16 of,tubular fabric such as jersey cloth, which is soft, and embodies,an apis preciable degree of elasticity and is capable, of being stretched into, suitable ..shapes in. the manner to be described hereinafter. In its normal relaxed condition the tube of material may be collapsed or pressed flat into, overlapping: panels 20 having. common side edges 1 f and. 12, Tubular jersey cloth is commonly available in, widths,of about. 26 or 2.7 inches,, that is, having a. circumference of about, 52 to 54 inches,, and. is thus· of a size readily adaptable for the,purposes,of. the 25 present, garment, although, of course it may be desirable, to employ other sizes in particular cases dependent,, upon, the material and circumstances.

A top hem 1.3 of about 1½. inches, in width is 30 formed and likewise a bottom hem 14 which may be.: narrower, as, for example to inch in width. The section may have a height , of about,½ to % yard, but again this dimension will vary dependent, upon various factors such as the character of the material, .

Suitable means are provided for holding.: an upper flap portion IS of one, panel in folded-over relation, and? fastened to the, other panel as shown in Fig, 2, .For this purpose the. outer face 40 of the upper seam edge- may be provided with decorative buttons 16 on one panel, and the other panel at a diametrically opposite area, with, complementary button holes 11 and when the fastening means is engaged thereby defining arm 45 holes 18: and 19. A button, type fastening means is shown and described. as illustrative only and it will be understood that various other type fastening means may be&gt; employed including, a concealed type, dependent upon the effect de50 sired. For purposes of further identification hereinafter, the panel· or fahric layer bearing the buttons is designated, by the numeral 26 and. the? opposite panel or layer by numeral, 2 i.

The bottom hem, will also· have applied thereto 55 releasable fastening means as indicated at E and G and F and H in Fig. 2,. Additional fastening elements, 25 may be included: between the fastening elements: F and H of similar character? and

2,575,791 likewise additional fasteners 26 may be inserted between the end fasteners E and G. As will appear hereinafter the hem area between F and H is adapted to be brought adjacent to the hem area E to G in a generally vertical line to form a vertical placket or closure of the garment. Accordingly the fastening means F to H will be complementary to those of E to G and one set may comprise hooks and the other eyes or they may be of the glove type or still other types of fastening means may be employed. As described, the fastener means are on the inside of the tubular garment and concealed but may be located in a manner such as to be exposed and if desired so that the edges overlap and in such case of a decorative type. As will be apparent later, the area 27 of the hem edge 14 between G and H becomes, upon application of the garment to the wearer, the neck or collar line and the area 28 between E and F becomes the waist line.

The ultimate appropriate fit of the garment will require that the fastening means be suitably positioned. With a garment of the dimensions heretofore described the fastener elements E and F may, for example, be located about 3½ inches inwardly from the corresponding edge 12 and ί!, that is the dimension 29 in Fig. 2 would be about 3½ inches. The fasteners G and H may be located appropriately for the purpose inwardly about 8 inches from the respective edges ί 2 and

11._ It will be noted that the parts and fastening means are symmetrical with respect to a median plane passing through the line M in Fig. 2.

The garment may be put on and worn in two generally alternative manners. It will be first described when put on in the manner of a jacket. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the garment, that is looking upwardly into the bottom opening of Fig. 2. The right arm is thrust up through the bottom opening of the tube and upwardly and out through the opening 19 in Fig. 2, and the left arm is similarly inserted through the bottom opening of the tube and upwardly and out the opening 18. The edges 30 and 31 are then brought together into a vertical arrangement and fastened in the front as shown in Fig. 4. The fastener elements F and E are complementary and located at the waist. This brings the edge portion 28 around the waist as shown, and the neck portion 27 between the fastener elements H and G encircles the neck as shown. The parts and shape in the rear would be substantially as shown in Fig. 5 in which it will be noted that the flap 15 appropriately folds down over the top edge of the lower panel section 20.

The garment is adapted for fastening and wearing in a manner to obtain various effects as will be appreciated. Fig. 6, for example, shows a variation in which the extreme top closure elements H and G are left unfastened to give a Vneck line and the material is drawn together in folds at the point 32 by suitable means such as a ribbon leaving the shoulder bare. The ribbon in this case is looped under the material at the front and through the normal arm openings 18 and 19 and as the ribbon is drawn together and tied at the front, the material is drawn together as shown.

The garment, fitted as described in Figs. 4 to 6 is illustrative of the appearance and lines when the garment is applied in the fashion of a jacket. Alternatively the garment may be applied in the reverse fashion in which case, referring to Fig. 3, the right arm is thrust forward through the opening 18 and the left arm through opening 19 in Fig. 3 and the garment wrapped around the body from the front to the rear. The edges 30 and 31 will be brought together as shown in Fig. 4, except in this case the vertical placket or closure will be at the back. Fig. 7 shows the appearance in the front and the parts of the garment may be identified by the reference characters showing the flap 15 and? the buttons i 6 with the flap again extending down from the top over the top edge of the lower panel section 20. The neck edge 27 again engages around the neck and likewise the waist edge 28 engages around the waist.

Fig. 8 shows the garment similarly applied but in this case the flap portion 15 is secured by the middle button 16 only to provide a distinctive and novel effect. In Fig. 9 the flap 15 is entirely released from the lower section 20 to give the effect of a low-cut waist with a decorative neck scarf. .

The garment thus far described has been of substantially simple, plain tubular character, it will be appreciated that variations and refinements may be employed within the general principles which have been described and illustrated as, for example, a certain amount of shaping of the basic tubular member may be effected. Figs. 10 and 11 show a modification of such character. The principal change in this regard is that the neck line or edge 27' between the fasteners H and G has been cut out on a curve to give a shaped neck fitting portion and likewise the waist line or edge 28' has been similarly cut out on a curved line to conform more exactly to the shape at the waist of the wearer. The shaping described and shown may be particularly desirable in the cases of some materials which, are less elastic than others or are thicker and more bulky or comprise the larger sizes.

The shaping shown in the garment of Fig. 10 may be conveniently effected by folding the garment down flat on a diameter arranged at right angles to the diameter upon which the garment is compressed in Fig. 10 whereby the edges ί I and 12 of Fig. 10 will be located as shown in Fig. 11. A single cut on a curved line through the two thicknesses may then be made to produce the waist line 28' and likewise a similar cut through the two thicknesses will produce the neck line 27'.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.