Improvements in Reversible Dickeys.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar.,
1898
Improvements in Reversible Dickeys.
I, EMANUEL STERN, of 27, South Bond Street, in the City of Baltimore, State of
Maryland, and United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention consists in improvements in reversible dickey having four available
fronts, which may be used in succession. The general outline of the dickey is
rectangular. It is cut away at each end to form neck-openings and cut away at
each side to facilitate folding and to impart to each of the fronts a shield shape
which adapts it to the shape of the body and prevents bulging and buckling in
use. A suitable fastening-such as a button, buttonhole, or loop-is provided
at each end near the neck-opening for attaching the dickey to a shirt.
In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention,-
Figure 1 is a view showing the application of the dickey to a shirt.
Figures 2 and 3 are views showing opposite sides of the dickey.
Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 are perspective views showing the dickey folded at the
center line and the manner of presenting the several bosoms to the front.
Referring to the drawings, Figures 2 and 3 show opposite sides of a dickey.
The general outline is rectangular. It has a curved cut away at each end to form
neck-openings and also cut away at, D, at the middle of each side to facilitate
folding along the transverse central line, C, and also to impart a shield shape to
the sections, A, B, on each side of the line, C.
The dickey consists of two or more plies of fabric united by suitable stitching
and finished on the outer faces of the outer plies.
The several fronts or bosoms may have different patterns or configurations, or
they may be all alike. In Figures 2 and 3 I have shown different patterns upon
the bosoms for convenience of illustration, the bosoms 1 and 2 of Figure 2 being
the reverse sides of bosoms 3 and 4 of Figure 3, respectively.
Any convenient means for attaching the dickey to the collar-button of the shirt
may be employed, such as the elastic loop, E, adapted to pass over the collar-button
and having a button, F, which passes through a buttonhole in the top of the
dickey. The button-hole alone may be used to attach it to the collar-button. Any
other suitable means of attachment may be employed.
The dickey is to be worn usually as shown in full lines, Figure 1-that is, folded
upon itself on the central line C-but it may be worn as shown in dotted lines, the
lower part depending from the upper one.
The manner of reversing and inverting the dickey, so as to present the several
bosoms to the front in succession, is illustrated in Figures 4 to 7, inclusive.
Figure 4 shows the dickey creased on the central line, C, bosom 1 of part A. being
o the front and part, B, in the rear. Figure 5 shows part, B, brought forward and
aid over part, A, so that bosom No. 4 is presented. After bosoms Nos. 1 and 4 are
oiled the dickey may be inverted, as shown in Figure 6, so that bosom No. 2 of
art, B, will be shown, while part, A is placed in the rear, and afterwards, as shown
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page_text: in Figure 7, part A may be folded in front of part, B, so that bosom No. 3 will be
presented to the front.
The advantages of my invention will be readily apparent, as it provides means
for presenting four clean fronts successively, which may have as many different
patterns or configurations, while no more space is occupied than is required by an
ordinary dickey, and there is little tendency to wrinkle.
The dickey may be worn on any shirt, regardless of the size of neckband.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A reversible dickey having four fronts or bosoms, comprising two or more
substantially rectangular plies of fabric united by suitable stitching and finished on
the outer faces of the outer plies, said plies being cut away centrally at
each end to form neck-openings, and also cut away centrally at each side to
divide the dickey into two substantially shield-shape portions, each portion being
provided with a suitable fastening adjacent to the neck-opening, substantially as
described.
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