US1991025A - Bib apron - Google Patents

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Feb. 12, 1935. MEDALlE 1,991,025

BIB APRON Filed May 8, 1935 MalIhew A. Medal i'e Wow 21 34 simulating in appearance @apersonsncoat.- 1 it A feature of the invention resides in-:provid- Patented Feb. 12, 1935 atthew A. Medalie, A -AP 1i@ti i M y 8,1933, swarm 3 3 '1 (llaimwiCl.

My. invention relates ito-ybib. aprons and;has foritsobj'ect to provide a bib-apron which will.

be extremely dressy: andattractive in appearance. 9 I" An. object of the invention resides in' providingfla bib. apronhaving lapels and a neck (band ing the bib of. the apron with'a longitudinal slit. and in folding back the'material adjoining;

said slit to 1 form a v shaped opening in the bib and lapels adjacent the same. 1

"An object of the-inventionresides in.providingwa neck bandi attached to thelapels and.

in: constructing the lapels 'so that the-endsiof. the same .fall short of the endsof theshoulder portions *of .1 the .bib 1 and. in arranging the ends of'thel neck: band. to overlie the parts of the.

shoulder portions above the lapels.

An object of. the. invention {resides in con- 1 so asto for'm' structing the lapels and neck band notches: between the same. l

. -Other-objects of the. invention reside in the novel combination andarrangement of partsand trated and/or (described. 1.

I'In the drawing:.

in .thewdetails of. [construction hereinafter illus- 'Jportionof the bib' apron showninjigi l-removed fromthe wearer i i l i Fig. "3 is a fragmentary elevationafview of" a portion of the bib-{of the apron showing. the

methodof attaching the neck band thereto. ff Fig; 4 is a developed viewof a porltionlofrthe sheetof materialflfrom whichthe bib the apron is constructed.

.Fig. 5]is a Qdevelop fd material fromwhich the neck tans is con- "structed. i A y l I Inthe "constructionof bib aprons suchas used by butchers, grocers, bar tenders and others, the usual practice has been to construct the apron solelyfor the purpose of protecting the clothing of the wearer. The present invention not only provides an apron fully'capa'ble of protectingthe clothing ofthe wearer, but also provides an apron which is highly attractive in appearance and which serves to dress the wearer,

Fig.1 is a .perspectivemview of a p'erson wear-' ing the. apron embodying one form. of-my in-' i y g i 1 bib;proper is formed from the same sheet: ofn

material as the body 11 andwis integral there-. with and is constructed .by cutting the sheet '21 from which the apron is formed withwtwo arcu-: ate cuts lfi and 1'1 extending froinqthe edges 18-and--:19 of c the sheet .at: the :loca1ity.'of..at-.

View tit e sheet; "of

wearer when the apron is in use.

giving the wearer the appearance of 'wearinga coat or similar article ofiwearing appareln K i Myinvention proper. comprises an apronwhich 1 is indicatediniiitsentiretyat 10 and which consists ofwa body 11 :provided atithe upper" end thereof with a.bib:12; A neck band15 isattachedto the bib 121vand adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer anduto assist in" supporting .the apron inwpla'ce upon the body.

ofcthe wearer. ThesegpartsswillUnow be described in;detail.\;;

Inasmuchasthe body. 11 betconstructed inanyp, desiredumannenithe;.same; has not been about the personofthe wearer it covers as much v ofthe clothing ofr thewweare'r as desired! iTh'e 1 '20 numerals 18; andu119.and.inthey:form ofirthe invention shown are disposed in back of. the.

wearer.- For the; purposeof securing the body. 11 about ,the, person: of theswearer, two strings 13 and 14 {are employedqwhich are attached lateral edges, of. sheets; 21 are (indicated by: the

to thebodynear theuppers end thereof and at The method. of co structing the bib "12 can best becomprehended fromFigsxZ and 4.. The

the lateral .edges 18,:and19j and-which may be V tied to geth r' at the. rear, of the --garment when i thesame is applied to the person of a:wearer tof'l t hold the apron-in-place.-=jri; 30 J as shown in Fig; 4. ,;The :partof'. the material. from which the bib l2 is-formedxis further slit. 1 along a medial line. 22; which extends from the .edge and downwardly. along gtheijcenter 10f portions 23 ar d- 24. thej-iupper. ends L of which form shoulder portions 25 and 26 adapted to be disposed in proximity to the shoulders of the The marginal portions 27 and 28 of bib 12 adjacent the slit 22 are folded back along diverging lines 29 and 30 to form lapels 31 and 32 best shown in Fig. 2. Theedges of these lapels are tuckedunder and sewed to the bib proper along lines 33 to hold the same properly attached

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