IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS AND OTHER GARMENTS OF THE LIKE KIND
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN MCCHEYNE, of Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North Britain, Tailor
and Clothier do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHIRTS AND OTHER GARMENTS OF THE LIKE KIND" to be as follows:—
This invention relates to shirts and other garments of the like kind, and it has
for its object an improved method of making such garments so that instead of
putting them on in the ordinary way by passing them over the head by means of
an opening in the neck and front, they can be applied to the body of the wearer
and fastened in the same manner as an ordinary coat.
For this purpose, the whole of the front of the shirt or other garment, from the
neck to the bottom edge is made to open, the wearers arms being inserted in the
sleeves and one side of the front being overlapped upon the other and buttoned in
the same way as an ordinary coat.
· The extent of the overlap described may be made of any desired width, and the
collar of the shirt may be provided with a central button or stud and buttonhole
in front as well as those which fasten the overlapping part. The sleeves, ornamental
front, and back, may be made in any of the ordinary well known ways.

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I, JOHN MºCHEYNE, of Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North Britain, Tailor
and Clothier do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHIRTS AND OTHER GARMENTS OF THE LIKE KIND and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying drawing:-
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This invention relates to shirts and other garments of a like or analogous kind;
and it has for its object an improved method of making such garments so that
instead of putting them on in the usual way by passing them over the head by
means of an opening in the neck and front they can be applied to the body of the
wearer and fastened, in the same manner as an ordinary coat.
For this purpose the whole of the front of the shirt, or other garment, from the
neck to the bottom edge is made to open, the wearers arms being inserted in the
sleeves and one side of the front being overlapped upon the other and buttoned or
fastened in the same way as an ordinary coat. The extent of the overlap described
may be of any desired width, and the collar of the garment may be provided with
a central button or studs and buttonholes in front as well as those which fasten the
overlapping part. The sleeves, ornamental front, and back, may be made in any of
the usual well-known ways.
The accompanying drawing represents a shirt made according to my invention.
a is the front of the shirt, which is shewn to open from the neck, at c to the lower
edge at d. One side of the front of the shirt at a is shewn overlapping the other
side b, and buttons or fastenings to hold the part a in position may be used as
shewn at e as well as a collar stud at c.
The overlapping part of the shirt as shewn may be either broad or narrow, or
the edges may meet without any overlap, and the opening from top to bottom need
not necessarily be in front but may be at the side.
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 :-
The method of making shirts or other garments of the like kind, so that they
open from top to bottom, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described
and shewn in the drawing.