A Garment Provided with Means for Holding Dress Shields in Place.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Garment Provided with Means for Holding Dress Shields in Place.
I, MORITZ JACKS, of No. 944, Sixth Avenue, New York City, County and State
of New York, United States of America, Ladies' Tailor, 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 garment provided with means for removably secur-
ing thereto a dress shield in such a manner that the shield is properly held in
place without stitching, and that it may be readily removed and replaced.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lady's underwaist embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a section across the lower angle of the sleeve on line 2, 2, Fig. 3, and
Fig. 3 a cross section of the sleeve on line 3, 3, Fig. 2.
The letter a, represents the body of a garment such as an underwaist, corset cover
&c., having the sleeves a¹. To the inner side of the garment, I attach directly
over the arm pit an interior pocket composed of two flaps b, 61, which are joined
by a curved seam 62, that coincides with the seam of the sleeve a¹. The outer or
fixed flap 6, extends bodily into the sleeve, and is of such a curvature in cross
section as to fit snugly against the sleeve (Fig. 3). The flap b, is connected along
its edge to sleeve a¹, by a line of stitching b³.
The inner or loose flap b¹, fits against the body a, and is substantially of the
same size as the flap b. It may be removably attached along its loose inner edge
to such body by buttons a³, engaging button holes 64, formed in the doubled
edge 65, of the flap, or by similar fastening devices.
In use, the pocket is unbuttoned, the dress shield c, inserted and the pocket
again buttoned, when the shield will be securely confined in proper position
within the garment. If the shield is to be removed, it may be readily released
and withdrawn by first opening the pocket. Thus it will be seen, that the shields
may be easily inserted without stitching and may be readily removed, thus saving
labor and inviting cleanliness.
If desired, slitted sleeves may be used, the edges of which may be drawn to-
gether to any extent by the lacing string d. This construction permits the contour
of the sleeve and of the outer flap to be adjusted to accurately fit the wearer.
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 garment provided with an interior pocket composed of two flaps which are
connected at their inner edges by a curved seam, the outer flap being sewed to the
garment along its edges so as to form a permanent part thereof, while the inner
flap is permanently attached to the outer one at their inner edges but is adapted
to be detachably fastened to the garment around the outer edge of the flap, pro-

page_text: vided with suitable fastenings for attaching the outer edge of the inner flap to
the garment, whereby a dress shield may be placed between the garment and the
pocket, and held in place by the same,, substantially as shown and described.
Find th: 10th day of Doomben 1900
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.