US1655895A - Detachable pocket - Google Patents

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S. E. DAVIS DETACHABLE POCKET Filed May ll 1927 A TTORNEYS.

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This invention relates to a poclrot striicw ture snch as used in conjunction With wearing1 apparel, and especially to a detachable pocket or container to be used by carpenters and mechanics tor carrying' nails, etc,

lt is colnnion practice at the present lune to permanently attach a poclet to the bib or apron ot carpenters overalls, which pocket serves the puric'iose ot' a. receptacle :for nails, etc. Pockets oil.I this character are usually constructed of heavy fabric, such as canvas, or the like. They are fairly large as they are divided into a number ot coinpartnients to receive nails ot dilterent sizes,

and as the poclet ispernianently attached to the overalls, it is in the Way when not required.

rlhe object ol" the present invention is to generally improve and simplify the construction and operation oi" pockets of the character described, and especially to pro vide a pocket which -rnay be readily and quickly attached. to the overalls when required and detached and laid aside when other Work is to be performed.

The pocket is shown, by Way ol illustration, in the accompanying drawings, in ivhich- Fig. l is a. Atrent View of a carpente1"s overalls, showing; the nail pocket applied.

Fig. 2 is a. vertical cross section, taken on line 2-2 ot Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, taken on line 3 3 ot Fig. l, showing; the snap buttons whereby the detachable pocket is secured.

For the purpose ol. illustration, ordinary overalls are shown, in which A indicates the les1 portions; ll the body portion; C the bib or apron portion; and D the straps or suspenders, whereby the bib is Vsupported with relation to Vthe shoulders. The nail poclret illustrated in the present instance is generally indicated at E. Any standard typ-e of nail pocket structure may be employed; that is, a pocket or container Which may be divided into a number et compartments, such as indicated at 2, 3, Ll, 5, etc., so as to permit segregation oi? nails oit various sizes.

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rlhe pocket illustrated is in this instance shown as provided with an upper strip or extension 7. ',llhe strip or upperextension t serves the function ot supporting` the Weight ot the pocket, and it also serves the purpose oli suplgiorting the inain securing means, towit, snap buttons ott the character illustrated at 9 (see l and The bib or apron C is in this instance shown as attached to the body portion by a line of sewing or the like, as indicated at l0. A flap or overhanging portion 11 is formed, and the upper extension 'l ol the pocket is introduced between the body portion B and the overhringing flap ll. The snap buttons 9 are then applied and the pocket a Whole is thus rigidly supported andsecured; that is, the entire weight oli' the pocket and its contents is supported by the snap buttons 9, and displacement of the pocket is prevented.

The tlap 'll serves tivo inain functions: first, that ol.2 permitting the use ot double snap buttons, the outer snap buttons 9 carried by the Flap 1l. and the inner snap buttons l2 Which are secured. in the body portion. rlhe flap also serves the function ot :forming a guide so that when the wearer of the overalls slips his hand downwardly over the bib, the flap 1l guides the hand di rectly into one or another of the compartinents of the pocket. @n the other hand, if the flap Was eliminated the wearer oi the overalls might have a tendency to insert his hand between the upper edge of the pocket and the body.

While certain features ol. the present invention are incre or less specifically illustrated such, for instance, as enoployine` snap buttons tor the purpose of securing the pocket to the bib or body portion Vot the overalls, it is obvious that other 'lfastening;l ineans may be employed.

I also Wish it understood that the .inaterials and finish of the' several parts einployed inay be such as the experience and 95 judgment of the manufacturer may dictate or varying` conditions may demand.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent s- In a garment of the character described, a bodyzporton, an apron secured to the body 5' porton'and provided with a free overhanging flap, a pocket having an upper extension formed thereon nsertable'between the body

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