US1256736A - Romper. - Google Patents

Description

JKSIHEEHY.

ROMPER.

APPLICATION. man SEPT. 4. 1911.

Patented 'Feb. 19, 1918.

( ied/z): v 225/ JEANNE. SHEEHY, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1%318.

Application filed September 4, 1917. Serial No. 189,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOANNA SHEEHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rompers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a childs garment.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a garment particularly adapted for use by small children, which is of simple design, being cut from a single piece of material, easily finished, and readily placed in position upon the wearer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pair of rompers which may be washed as a flat piece of goods and readily ironed flat, thus eliminating considerable time and inconvenience in laundry work.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating the garment as worn.

Fig. 2 is a view in plan illustrating the blank of material from which the garment is formed.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation illustrating the complete garment, disclosing it as folded out flat to show the various details of construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a blank of fabric material from which the garment is formed. This blank is cut with a rectangular front portion 11 connected at its bottom end with a seat portion 12, these portions being separated by V-shaped cut-away portions 13 and 14 which are in longitudinal alinement with each other and extend with their apexes toward each other. Another rectangular portion 15 extends from the opposite side of the front portion 11 to form shoulders. This portion 15 is shorter in width than the portions 11 and 12. Formed mid-way the length of the shoulder portion 15 and extending outwardly at the opposite sides thereof are sleeve pieces 16 and 17. A neck opening 18 is cut through the shoulder portion substantially on a line mid-way the width of the sleeve portions and in the center of the shoulder portion. This opening is here shown as rectangular. It will be understood that this material is cut from a pattern which is proportioned in its dimensions to the size of the wearer, the distance from the dotted line a across the center of the shoulder portion, to the center of the cutaway portions 13 and 14, corresponding to the height of the child from the knees to the tops of the shoulders, while the length of the seat portion is sufficient to allow the lower edge of this member to be buttoned along the back of the waist when the garment is completed. It will further be understood that the shoulder portion 15 extends from the waist in front, over the shoulders, and terminates along the waist-line at the back.

After the material has been cut as shown in Fig. 2, a cut is made along the dotted line B from the outer end of the shoulder piece to the neck opening. The shoulder piece is then folded on the dotted line -ain Fig. 2 of the drawings to form the waist. This is done by stitching the contiguous edges of the material together along the sleeve portions and down the sides of the shoulder portions. It will be understood that the neck, cuffs and other exposed edges of the material may be faced or otherwise finished as desired. After the waist has been formed, the outwardly extending side portions of the front piece 11 are folded over. As will be noted by reference to Fig. 2, these side portions have occurred due to the relatively narrow width of the shoulder piece. These portions are then stitched along their upper edges to the edge of the shoulder piece which has been folded over to form the waist. The lower edge of the seat portion is then gathered until it corresponds in width to the width of the waist. This will provide a desirable fullness around the waist and seat of the garment. Button holes are then worked along the three edges of the seat, one particularly being disposed at the corner of each side adjacent the edge of the cut-away portion. Other button holes. are worked along one edge of the waist portion formed by the cut -B. .Buttons are then placed along the opposite edge of the cut -B- to correspond with the holes worked along the previously mentioned edge. Other buttons are placed around the back of the waist to register with the holes along the gathered edge of the seat portion, while other sets of buttons are secured along the overturned strips 19 and 20 of the front portion to register with the button holes along the sides of the seat portion. One of these buttons is placed at the lower corner of each of these strips adjacent the upper inclined edges of the cut-away portions to register with the button holes previously described as being laced at the corners of the seat portion adjacent the lower inclined edges of the cut-away portions.

When this garment is'to be worn, the arms are placed in the sleeves 21 and the back of the Waist is buttoned up. The seat portion is then drawn upwardly between the legs and buttoned along the back of the waist and down the sides. When this has been done the legs will extend through the cut-away portions 13 and 14, thus providing a complete garment.

It will thus be seen that the garment here disclosed is simple in its construction, may be readily made from one piece-of material, easily placed upon the wearer, and conveniently laundrie While I have shown the preferred construction of my rompers as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts may be made by those skilled in the art Without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

A romper cut from a single piece of material, said cut material comprising a rectangular front portion, a rectangular seat portion; there being V-shaped cut-away portions between the seat portion and front portion; a rectangular shoulder portion extending from the opposite side of the front portion from the seat portion; said shoulder portion being shorter in width than the front and seat portions; and sleeve portions ex-' tending outwardly from the sides of the shoulder portion mid-way of its length; there being a neck opening at the center of the shoulder portion and a slit extending from the neck opening to the edge of the shoulder portion at right angles to the line of the sleeve portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOANNA SHEEHY.

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