Improvements in Shirts and in Fronts therefor.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1899
Improvements in Shirts and in Fronts therefor.
I, JOHN JONAS ILAGEDORN, of 3rd and Brown Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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 relates to an improvement in shirts and in fronts therefor, the
shirt being so constructed that various independent fronts can be worn with it
and also that the shirt can be worn without a front or as a neglige shirt, said
independent fronts being so constructed as to allow of their being interlocked
with the shirts as will be hereinafter set forth, presenting the appearance of a
shirt proper with more comfort and a better fit.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Figure represents a perspective view of a shirt and front embodying my
invention.
Figure 2 represents a horizontal section of a portion thereof.
Figure 3 represents a horizontal section of another embodiment thereof.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
a designates a shirt and the front or breast portion thereof.
c designates an independent front which may be worn over the portion 6 of the
shirt, the latter being a neglige or other shirt.
On the body d of the shirt adjacent to the front portion thereof are double
flaps e, which are set out from said body. On the side of the front c are exten-
sions g on whose outer ends are the inwardly-extending tongues 4.
The neck band of the front c is adapted to be buttoned to the ueck band of the
shirt or not, as desired, while the tongues engage with the laps e, it being
noticed that the extensions g of the front are situated between snid flap and the
body of the shirt, and said togues enter the members of the doubled or tolded
Hlapse and thus causes the front c to interlock with the shirt and retain its place
thereon without the use of buttons or other fastenings, whereby said front is
self-adjusting.
In Figures 1 and 2 the front c is closed, while in Figure 3 it is open and made
in parts adapted to be held together by studs or other appliances.
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:-
1st. A shirt having outwardly-extending flaps adjacent to the front or breast
portion thereof.
2nd. An independent front for a shirt having inwardly-extending tongues at
the sides thereof.
3rd. A shirt having outwardly-extending flaps adjacent to the front or breast
portion thereof, and an independent front having inwardly-extending tongues at
the sides thereof, adapted to interlock with said flaps.
4th. A shirt having outwardly-extending flaps adjacent to the front or breast

page_text: portion thereof, and an independent front having lateral extensions and inwardly-
extending tongues at the outer ends of said extensions, the latter being adapted
to be situated between said flaps and front portion, and said tongues being
adapted to occupy and interlock with the members of said flaps.
Dated this 7th day of November 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.