US801666A - Mitten. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905.

J. L. JONES.

MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. a. 1905.

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MITTEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,474.

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Be it known that 1, JOHN L. Joxns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richland, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mittens, the object of the invention being to provide simple and effective means for drawing the wrist portion of the mitten snugly about the wrist of the wearer and securely holding the mitten upon the hand, the fastening being so constructed that it may be easily and conveniently drawn taut or fastened and u n fastened and will freely accommodate itself to wrists of different sizes.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which W Figure 1 is a back view of a mitten provided with the improved fastener, showing the fastener in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the fastener adjusted to draw the wrist portion of the mitten about the wrist, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the body portiouof the mitten, and 2 the wrist portion thereof. The back of the wrist portion 2 is provided on opposite sides of its center and adjacent to the side edges of the mitten with pairs of slits 3 and 4:, the slits of each pair extending in a direction longitudinally of the mitten and in close relation to each other. Threaded through the slits is ad raw-string or lace 5. The intermediate portion of this string extends across the exterior of the wrist portion 2 of the mitten, and one end of the string is passed to the interior through the outer slip 3 and then to the exterior through the inner slit and projected across the portion 2 to form an adjusting-section 6. The other end of the string is formed upon the exterior into a loop 7, then passed through the outer slit at to the interior of the mitten, then to the exterior through the inner slit 4, and the free end 8 thereof passed through the loop 7 and the latter tightened to form a knot, whereby the end 8 is secured and the cord retained in adjusted position. The loop or knot 7 is formed in the string a sufiicient distance from the ad acent side or ply of the mitten to provide a gulde and reta1n1ng-loop 9 to receive the free end of the adjusting portion 6, whereby the latter is guided and retained in position and prevented from flapping about during the motion of the hand of the wearer.

Fig. 1 shows the normal position of the parts of the fastener or securing device when the wrist portion 2 of the mitten is extended to its full width. After the mitten has been placed upon the hand and it is found necessary to contract the portion 2 this may be accomplished by drawing upon the adjusting end or extremity 6 of the cord, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the mitten will be secured upon the hand and the wrist portion thereof comfortably fitted about the wrist of the wearer. The cord or lace is held in its adjusted position by the engagement of its portion with the walls or edges of the slits 3, which prevents it from pulling loose and permitting the wrist portion 2 to loosen on the wrist of the wearer under all ordinary strains, so that when it is desired to detach the mitten it is simply necessary to pull outward upon the fold of the wrist portion 2 adjacent to the slits 3, the cords 6 running through said slits during this operation and permitting the said wrist portion 2 to be restored to its nor mal width, thus allowing the mitten to be conveniently drawn off.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention will be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A mitten provided with slits arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the center of the rear ply or fold of its wrist portion, in combination with a draw-string disposed wholly upon said rear ply or fold, said string having one of its ends formed with a knot and the terminal thereof threaded through one pair of slits to form a guide-loop and fastened by said knot, the other end of the string being extended through the other pair of slits and also through the guide-loop and forming an adjusting-terminal, by which the wrist portion of the mitten may be contracted by an infolding action of the side edges thereof and held in contracted condition about the Wrist In testimony whereof Iaflix my signaturein of the wearer by the'resistance of the infolded presence of two witnesses. side edges to the movement of the string,

whereby the necessity of tying or otherwise JOHN JONEb 5 fastening the terminals of the contracted 0r l/Vitnesses: taut string is obviated, substantially as de- A. T. MILLS,

scribed. W. M. MILLS.

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