US1768384A - Collar protector - Google Patents

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June 24, 1930. E.- T,.V|,!.-.L:ASENOR 1,768,384

COLLAR PROTECTOR .Fileci Oct. '25, 1928 INVENTOR EDUARDO T. VILLASENOR @123 4222291 noyance by excessive perspiration which soils Patented June 24, 1930 PA ENT err-1 s v E U RDO '1. gvrnrAsravon, on YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR r norncroa Application filed October 25, 1s2s,*seria1 No.

This invention relates to coat collars. v I a In tropical climates persons who'have to wear coats, experience discomfortand anprotectors for the collars of their coats. Grease and oil from the hair of the wearer alsosoils the coat collar. I 7

One object" of my invention is to provide protection for the coat collar edge by means of a flexible covering made preferably of some stiff material, which may have a certain amount of resiliency, designed to overlap the edge of the collar on the inner and outer 5 sides. To provide for great flexibility the covering may be made in sections wich may be hinged together. By this means the wearer experiences no discomfort while wearing the protector and will be able to v 0 remove his coat with ease.

Other objects will appear as my collar protector is described in connection with the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a front perspective of a coat 2 having one of my collar protectors thereon;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective of the preferred form of my collar protector removed from the coat and with the wedge rods re moved. The dotted lines in this figure show the protector in expanded position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the hinge joint between two sections of my protector partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is an elevation taken on line 44 of Fig. 1;

, Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another form of my protector in expanded position;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a coat collar prepared for fastening thereon the form of protector showing in Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is an elevation section taken on line 77 to Fig. 5, but showing in addition the coat collar within the protector.

The protector is made by taking a relatively long fiat rectangular strip of stock of the material. and bending this strip into a channel-like form having a U-shaped crosssection. Then the channel is curved to follow the contour of the folded edge of the collar. The length and width of the strip 314,986, and in Mexico November 29, 1927.

used to form this construction will depend on the amount of overlap desired on each side of the collar edge and on the amount of the collar edge to be protected.

Referring now to the drawings it will be noted that my protector extends around the edge of the coat collar 5 in such a way as to protect it from grease and perspiration. The protector extends from a point 6 on the edge of the collar just over the collar bone on one side, around the back of the collar to a point 6 just overthe collar bone on the other side of the collar. Thus the protector is semi-circular in shape but to follow the contour of the edge of the collar as it lies on the neck of the wearer, the ends of the protector are usually given .a'twist so that the protector ends will lie flat over the collar bone of the wearer. A

To providefor great flexibility ofthe protector I make it in a plurality of sections 1,

2, 3, 4 and: hinge the adjacentsections' to- Any conventional type-of hinge gether.

prefer to use a joint 20 may be used but I hinge made of sheet of rubber or leather-or other pliable material. When employing my preferred type of hinge I make each of the sections 1, 2, 3, 4 of my protector of thin stock doubled over on itself to make the material of two ply in thickness before forming it as. described above. At the end of each section in the thin space, that is to say,

in the fold between and resulting from the doubling over of the stock,'one-half of a small thin sheet or hinge member 9 of leather or elastic. rubber of suitable dimensions is interposedand is secured thereto by any suit able means, for example, bywcementing or riveting. Only one-half of the rubber or leather sheet is interposed in each section in order that the other half be allowedto extend beyond the end of the. section and into a corresponding space or fold in the adja cent section to. which it will be secured in a manner similar to thatalready described for the flexible sheet extends up the outside of the protector to the bend of the fold but it does not follow the edge of the collar to the inside.

To provide greater strength, and to insure longer life and additional firmness of the hinge oint, I extend the exterior corners 10 of each section downwardly and carry the hinge member 9 down into the corners.

The two end sections 1 and 4 of the protector are, at their unhinged ends, extended by short tongues 12 which follow the contour of the edge of the collar to give a finished appearance to the protector.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a preferred form of fastening means which does not require mutilation of thecoat. In this construction the collar edge is slid in the protector and maintained there by a wedging action due to the side ribs 16 which run along the edges of the protector on the inside of each section and end short of the section end. These ribs may be formed by securing to the protector, as by cementation or fusion, tubular or wire like segments running a portion of the length of such section and made of the same material as the main portion of the protector or any other suitable substance.

In the fold of the collar a long flexible rod 17 may be inserted to assist in holding the protector on the collar, the length of which rod may be thelength of a section, a separate rod being used for each section. The collaris held firmly in the protector due to the thickness of the cloth of the collar and the wedging, action which is present by virtue of the ribs 16 and rod 17.

Another method of fastening the protector to the collar is by snap fasteners consisting of downwardly facing plug members 14 rigidly secured inside the protector at its top to cooperate with spring socket members 15 incorporated into the edge of the coat collar at suitable points. As many fasteners as desired may be used. If desired a fastener may be placed on each tongue 12.

My collar protector may be made of fibre, celluloid, metal or any other similar substance or material which is characterized by stiffness but has sufficient resiliency to avoid rigidity.

My collar protector need not necessarily be made of stock of two ply in thickness but may be made of a single thickness or ply formed and shaped in the manner described and with the hinge members and ribs suitably secured to the interior of the protector by riveting or adhesion.

Many changes in shape, form and assembly within the scope of my invention will occur to those skilled in the art.

Having described my invention I now claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composed of a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections, each section having two longitudinally extending ribs therein to hold the protector in position upon the collar.

2. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composed of a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections, each section having two longitudinally extending ribs therein, and wedge means adapted to cooperate with a collar and said ribs to hold said protector on the collar.

3. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composed of a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections each section having two longitudinally extending ribs therein and an elongated flexible wedge adapted to cooperate with a collar and said protector to hold said protector in position upon the collar.

4. A coat collar protector, consisting of a plurality of channel shaped, arcuate sections formed of two ply stock, flexible hinge joints between adjacent sections composed of flexible hinge elements interposed and secured between the plies of the respective sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

EDUARDO 'T. VILLASENOR.

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