Year: 1886

page_text: I BÉLA VÁRADY, of Budapest, in the kingdom of Hungary, Linendraper, 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 improvements in the cut of gentlemen's shirts by means
of which, studs or buttons and buttonholes in the front of the shirt are rendered
unnecessary.
It is a well known fact that buttoning or putting studs in the shirt fronts is
troublesome, and it is also the frequent cause of soiling the fronts. Apart from this
objection, and in consequence of the present mode of dress, the buttons or studs in
the front are inconveniently pressed against the chest by the waistcoat and coat.
A further objection arises from the fact, that in cases of any, even a small difference,
in the distances between the buttonholes in the inside and outside flaps of the front,
or, in cases of not very careful ironing, the shirt does not lie flat against the chest,
but bulges outwards. This is very often the cause of the fronts becoming unbuttoned
or the studs being lost, and the front of the shirt being consequently left open the
wearer becomes exposed and is rendered liable, especially when heated, to colds and
other diseases arising from such exposure.
The object of the present invention as illustrated by the accompanying drawings
is to obviate these inconveniences and shortcomings by dispensing with the
necessity of buttons and buttonholes in the fronts, without, however, impairing
the close fitting of the shirt front, and without leaving the same liable to
become open.
The improvements consist in cutting the underflap (a) of the shirt front in a
different form to that hitherto in use, that is to say, it is cut about 4 inches broader,
according to the size of the shirt, and the upper end (b.) of the same is cut in a
slanting form. The upper flap (c) of the front, which laps over, is cut the usual
width (as a rule about 5 inches) but is cut about inch shorter than the under-
flap (a). In consequence of the side (c.) of the front being shorter than that of the
side (a.) the former is stretched a little by the buttoning of the collar or neckband
and it is thereby made to lie tightly against the latter; also as the underflap (a.) is
cut broader, and at least about 3 inches of the same are overlapped by the upper
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page_text: flap (c) the opening of the shirtfront, when not required, is thereby rendered
impossible although the front has neither button nor buttonhole.
The shirt may, if so desired, be made to open right down the front, in which case,
however, the bottom of the underflap of the front has a button sewn thereon, or,
in case a stud is used, a buttonhole worked therein, and the upper flap has two or
three buttonholes as shown in the accompanying drawings in order to fasten the
lower ends of the front together.
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
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First. In the manufacture of gentlemen's shirts, cutting the under flap a. of the
front about 4 inches broader than is usually the case, the upper part b. thereof is
。 cut in a slanting form, the under flap a. being overlapped, when the shirt is being
worn, by the upper flap c, substantially as, and for the purposes, hereinbefore
described.
And Secondly. In the manufacture of gentlemen's shirts forming the upper
flap c. of the front about of an inch shorter than the under flap a, substantially
as, and for the purposes, herein before described.
D: 101L
Naamhan 1000