US2281510A - Combination coat and jacket - Google Patents

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April 28, 1942. L. w. NEUMARK 2,281,519

COMBINATION COAT AND JACKET I Filed Jan. 4, 1941 LEO W. NEUMARK INV EN TOR.

BY 7 M) ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 28, 1942 COMBINATION COAT AND JACKET Leo W. Neumark, Shaker Heights, Ohio, assignor to The Printz-Biede notation of Ohio rman Company, a

Application January 4, 1941, Serial No. 313,124

2 Claims.

This invention relates to'a combined overcoat and a detachable inner jacket member, which can be worn as a complete unitary garment to give greater warmth.

An object of this invention is to provide slide fastener elements of the divisible end type secured to the entire upper edge portion of the inner jacket member, and complementary slide fastener elements secured to the inner facing fabric of the overcoat, and by which the inner Jacket member is connected to the coat when the jacket is worn and disconnected when the jacket is removed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a continuous protective extension flap member integral with and extending all around the inner faclngs of the frontfiaps of the overcoatand to secure the said complementary fastener elements in concealed relation below said extension flap to protect the user's garments from contact with the fastener elements.

Another object of this invention is to provide an inner sleeveless jacket member having armholes and having vertically disposed buttonholes directly below the armholes, and to provide buttons on the lining below the sleeves in the overcoat to prevent floating of the innerjacket in the overcoat while providing free limited up and down movements of the inner jacket member in conformity with the action of the body due to the entire bottom edge portion of the inner jacket being in unfastened relation with the overcoat.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a combined device of this nature which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, warm and durable, and well adapted for the purpose for-which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in view; the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangementv of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification.

Reference will now be had. to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

in which:

Figure l is a view showing the inner side of the lined overcoat, in assembled relation with the inner jacket member.

Figure 2. is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, the section being taken as on line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, the section being taken as on line 3-8 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view of a fragmentary portion of the inner jacket member showing a modified armhole having arm shields secured thereto.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 indicates an overcoat or similar sleeved garment in open position. The

front of the garment i0 has a right hand flap H, and a left hand flap l2.

Within the body portion l3 of the garment it is a lining it which is preferably secured to the front flaps ii and i2 by stitching l5. The lining IA has sleeve linings i6, i6 integrally secured thereto.

The front flaps Ii and i2 are formed of double thickness and comprise inner facings l'l, I8 secured by the stitching I 5 positioned in spaced relation from the free edges of the facings so as to provide an overlying and continuous edgeportion or extension flap IQ of substantial width and extending inwardly all around the lining it of the overcoat, including a yoke portion it below the collar 2i.

A slide closure fastener element 22 has been secured by the stitching i5 below the extension flap it, the said flap being wider than the fastener elements and providing a protective covering for the said elements.

As shown in Figure 1, the slide fastener elements 22 extend downwardly only to substantially the waist line 23. The lower or upright portions of the extension flap I9 do not carry any fastening elements and merely serve to provide the necessary linear continuity of the extension flap.

The inner jacket member is indicated by the numeral 25 and is herein shown as in the form of a short sleeveless member which is preferably made of two layers of pliable fabric stitched toether with a soft layer of padding between them.

The upper edge of the inner jacket member is provided with complementary fastening elements 26. The fastening elements 22 and 26 are of the completely separable type comprising interengageable hook members on the respective edges to be secured together, and a slide member for engaging or disengaging said hook members, said slide member, when the parts are completely separated being carried by one of the fastener tapes. -The lower end of at least one of the fastener tapes is made so that it may be flexed away from the garment, so that the wearer can readily engage the parts of the separable end connection, as is well known in the art.

For the purpose of maintaining the irmer jacket member 25 in aiined position in the overcoat ID, the jacket member has vertically disposed buttonholes 21 directly below the armholes. The lining H has buttons 28 secured thereto and positioned in alinement and, engageable with the said buttonholes. The button and buttonhole arrangement prevents undue sideways motion of the inner jacket member relative to the overcoat but permit limited vertical movements of the armhole portions of the jacket member 'in relation to the sleeves of the overcoat.

For the purpose of enabling the jacket member to provide added warmth, I have added soft padding or interlining between the inner and outer fabric layers of the jacket and have stitched the said layers together in a manner known as quilting to prevent the interlining from shifting.

As shown in Figure 4, I have provided a modified inner jacket member 30 having arm shields 3| to protect the overcoat againstperspiration. The armshields may be sewed to the fabric at the lower portion of the armholes 32. The arm shields serve to also maintain the unitary relation of the inner jacket member and the overcoat.

It is to be noted that while the inner jacket member can be secured to the overcoat to provide a unitary lined overcoat and removable in-.

ner jacket, that the jacket member cannot have its front flaps connected by the attached slide elements and cannot be worn alone or independently of the overcoat. The inner jacket member has substantially vertical side seams 33 which provide better fitting at the waist.

It is also to be noted that when the armshields 3| are used with the inner jacket member, they are preferably attached by stitching 34 solely at their upper edge portions to the lower edge portions of the armholes of the inner jacket member. The entire surface of each armshield is unattached below the stitched upper edge portions. The user may place the armshields or arcuate flaps inside the sleeves of the overcoat and thereby frictionally restrain the armhole portions of the inner jacket from floating or shifting sideways in the overcoat.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it willbe understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1, In a combined overcoat and inner jacket member, comprising a lined overcoat and a sleeveless'inner jacket member of a size adapted to be worn in unitary relation within said lined overcoat, slide fastener elements for securing the side and top edge portions of said inner jacket member to said overcoat, said irmer jacket member having armholes with the entire upper portions thereof unsecured to said overcoat. said inner jacket member having vertically disposed buttonholes directlybelow said armholes, said lining having buttons secured thereto and positioned in alinement and engageable with said buttonholes to prevent sideways movements of the armhole portions of said inner jacket member while permitting limited vertical movements of said armhole portions of said jacket member relative to the sleeves of said overcoat, said jacket member having arcuate flaps secured thereto at the lower portion of said armholes and extending into the sleeves of said overcoat and serving to frictionally restrain the armhole portions of said inner jacket member from undue sideways shifting at the periphery of said armholes and to maintain the alinement of the armhole portions of the jacket member with the said overcoat sleeves.

2.In a combined overcoat and inner jacket member, comprising a lined overcoat and a sleeveless inner jacket member of a size adapted to be worn in unitary relation within said lined overcoat, slide fastener elements for securing the side and top edge portions of said inner jacket member to said overcoat, said inner jacket member having armholes with the entire upper portions thereof unsecured to said overcoat, said inner jacket member having vertically disposed buttonholes directly below said armholes, said lining having buttons secured thereto and positioned in alinement and engageable with said buttonholes to prevent sideways movements of the armhole portions of said inner jacket member while permitting limited vertical movements of the armhole portions of said jacket member relative to the armholes of the sleeves of said overcoat, said jacket member having arcuate flaps secured thereto at the lower portion of said armholes and extending into and being in engagement with the lower peripheral portion of the armholes of the sleeves of said overcoat, said arcuate flap serving to frictionally restrain the armhole portions of said inner jacket member from undue sideways shifting at the periphery of said armholes, said flaps and said vertical buttonholes serving to maintain the armhole portions of the jacket member and of the said overcoat sleeves in alinement.

LEO W. NEUMARK.

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