IMPROVEMENTS IN FALSE SHIRT FRONTS OR BOSOMS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declaro the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN FALSE SHIRT FRONTS OR BOSOMS (a communication to me from abroad by
George Washington Leo of Ridgewood in the County of Queens and State of New
York, United States of America, Manufacturer) 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 dicky or false shirt front or bosom which is worn
over woollen, or other shirts, or over an ordinary dress shirt in case the bosom
proper of the shirt is soiled.
The object of the invention is to ensure a good fit of the detachable bosom and
to hold the collar properly on the said bosom without affecting or displacing the
article by the shoulder motion of the wearer.
This invention consists in a detachable bosom made up of a bosom and neck band
to which is attached an encircling lower cape that encloses the neck band and
which is extended downwards along the margins of the bosoms, said capo uniting
with the bosom at its upper corners and extending, for a uniform depth, or nearly
so, around the sides and back of the neck and resting on said sides and back but
not extending to the shoulders. This cape is composed of wings connecting,
where they enclose the neck band, with the upper corners of the bosom. The
invention differs from other adjustable shirt bosoms constructed to extend around
the neck band on each side of the shoulder and enlarged near the neck band to
form a substitute for the yoke, or shoulder plait; also from other bosoms having
concave side-pieces constructed to extend under the arms and partly around the
body of the wearer and having independent yokes reaching to or covering the
shoulders, and cords uniting the opposite pieces. The difference between these
inventions and the present application is important as in no case do the wings in

page_text: this bosom which form the lower cape serve as a yoke or substitute for the ordinary
yoke or shoulder plait but they simply hug or fit the sides and back of the neck as
a perfect cape, free from interference by the shoulder motion of the wearer, thus
keeping the bosom and cape in place.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Figure 1 is a rear prespective view of the upper part of this improved bosom
showing the manner in which it is worn and adjusted..
Figure 2 is a front view of this improved bosom.
Figure 3 is a front view of a modification of this improved bosom.
The bosom A, made of muslin or other suitable material, is secured on a
backing B provided at its top with two wings C at the upper corners of the bosom
forming a cape. The outer edge of said cape is constructed on the arc of a circle
larger than that described by the outer edge of the shirt bosom.
A neck band D is secured to the upper end of the bosom A and along the inner
edges of the wings or cape C, which neck band is provided with a button hole a at
the middle and a button hole bin each end.
In the outer or lower corner of one wing C a button hole d is made and in the
outer or lower corner of the other wing C a button E is secured on the upper
surface of the wing.
The boson is provided at its lower end with a tab F, which however may be
omitted. The wings C can be formed in one with the bosom A and sowed to the
same and the backing B can be dispensed with.
In wearing the bosoms the wings. C of uniform or nearly uniform depth where
attached to the neck band and forming a pendant cape hugging the sides and back
of the neck but not extending out to the shoulders, aro adjusted to their place
in such a manner that their ends come together on the back directly below the
neck.
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The front collar button or stud is passed through the shirt, the button hole a in
the neck band D of the bosom and through the button holes in the ends of the inde-
pendent capo to be attached. The rear collar button is passed through tho button
hole in the neck band of the shirt through the button holes b in the ends of the
neck band D and through the rear button hole in the collar. The button E on one
wing C of the bosom is passed through the button hole d in the other.wing C thus
holding the ends of the wings at the lower or outer corners, the upper or inner
corners which are at the ends of the neck band D being held together by the rear
collar button. The lower attached cape formed by the wings C by hugging the
sides and back of the neck only, give an excellent fit. and the bosom is not liable to
be shifted or displaced or the outside or independent 'collar to be disturbed from
the proper place on the throat and bosom by the shoulder motion of the wearer.
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In the construction shown in Figure 3, the wings C are united at the rear
forming the cape and the collar band, instead of being opened at the rear is
opened at the front. In this case the bosom is held on the shirt by means
of the front collar button, which is passed through the shirt, through the front
button holes of the neck band of the bosom and through the two button holes
of the collar, and by the rear collar button, which is passed through the rear
central button-hole in the neck band of the shirt then through the rear central
button hole in the neck band of the bosom and then through the outer collar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
. I claim is
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A false shirt front or bosom made as herein shown and described, consisting of
an ordinary bosom and neck band D and a lower encircling cape C, secured to the
base of the neck band and extending downward along the margin of the bosom;
the outer edge of the said cape being constructed on an arc of a circle greater than

page_text: that described by the outer edge of the bosom, whereby said cape will rest at the
back of the neck of the wearer and also at the sides thereof at such a distance from
the shoulders as to be unaffected by the shoulder motions of the wearer, sub-
stantially as set forth.