Improvements in Child's Bib.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Child's Bib.
I, CHARLOTTE CHRISTINA WEBBER, of Sea Cliff, Queens County, New York,
United States of America, Married Lady, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a child's bib of peculiar construction and adapted to
more thoroughly protect the clothing from being soiled.
The bib is divided on top and provided with a circular neck opening. To the
back of the bib, there is secured a downwardly extending shield, by a seam running
along the lower edge of the neck opening. This shield covers the lower part of the
bib, but does not extend to the top of the same.
Thus the flaps at the right and left of the slit and situated above the upper edge
of the shield are not covered by the same.
These flaps can therefore be folded around the neck of the infant in the proper
manner and are fastened together at the back.
The shield does not follow the flaps around the neck but is tucked under the
clothing, so as to rest upon the chest. In this way, the bib is securely held in place
and properly protects the infant's dress.
Dated this 4th day of December 1890.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Child's Bib.
I, CHARLOTTE CHRISTINA WEBBER, of Sea Cliff, Queens County, State of New
York, United States of America, Married Lady, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a child's bib of peculiar construction and adapted to
more thoroughly protect the clothing from being soiled.
The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed
out in the claim.
The accompanying drawing represents a rear view of my improved child's bib,
with the shield partly folded back.
The letter a, represents the body of a child's bib divided on top as at a¹, and
provided with the circular neck opening a².
To the back of the bib there is secured a downwardly-extending shield b, by a
seam running along the lower edge b', of the neck opening a². This shield covers
the lower part of the bib, but does not extend to the top of the same. Thus the
flaps a³, at the right and left of slit a', and situated above the upper edge of the
shield are not covered by the same. These flaps can therefore be folded around
the neck of the infant in the proper manner and are fastened together at the back.
The shield b, does not follow the flaps a³, around the neck but is tucked under
the clothing, so as to rest upon the chest. In this way the bib is securely held in
place and properly protects the infant's dress.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A child's bib composed of a body a, having flaps a³, that form upper part of the

page_text: neck opening and of a shield b, secured to the body a, at the neck opening and below
flaps a³, the lower part of the shield being free from the body a, substantially as
specified.
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HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.