US2939150A - Wearing apparel - Google Patents

Description

June 7, 1960 .1. s. ROSENTHAL WEARING APPAREL Filed Feb. 19, 1959 FIG. 5

IN VENTOR. JOSEPf/fiWSENTHAL United States Patent WEARING APPAREL Joseph S. Rosenthal, New York, N.Y., assignor to Cisco, Inc., a corporation of New York Filed Feb. 19, 1959, Ser. No. 794,310

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-91) It is among the objects of the invention to provide a scarf that may readily be fabricated at relatively low cost, and which when worn will provide the appearance of a separate collar with greater thickness of material about the neck of the wearer for added warmth, yet without additional bulkiness about the back, shoulders and chest, which would cause bulging of the coat under which the scarf is normally worn with resultant unattractive appearance and possible discomfort.

According to the invention these objects are accomplished by the arrangement and combination of elements hereafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings in which are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the scarf as worn,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the scarf,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 4 is a view of the scarf in folded condition showing the collar elfect provided, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawing, as shown in Fig. 2, the scarf comprises an elongated rectangular base strip 11 which may be of any suitable material that is used for scarfs, such as wool for example.

Secured to one surface of the strip 11 is a substantially rectangular collar strip 12 which is narrower and shorter than the base strip 11, said second strip 12 illustratively being one third the length and one third the width of the base strip 11, the ends of said collar strip 12 desirably being tapered as at 13.

As shown in Fig. 2, the collar strip 12 extends longitudinally of the base strip 11 along the center line of the latter being equidistantly spaced from the ends of such strip, the collar strip 12 being secured to the base strip as by stitching at its periphery 15.

To use the scarf, it is merely centrally folded along its length as shown in Fig. 4, with the collar strip 12 positioned outwardly. The scarf is then placed around the neck of the wearer in conventional manner as shown in Fig. 1 and the end portions 16 and 17 of the scarf folded over each other.

2,939,150 Patented June 7, 1960 With the scarf positioned beneath the coat of the wearer, the folded collar portion 12 will protrude above the collar 18 of the coat.

The collar strip 12 may be of the same material as the base strip 11, but preferably is a different material and a different color, to enhance the appearance of the article. Thus the collar strip could be of velvet so that a conventional overcoat would give the appearance of a Chester-field overcoat to provide a luxurious effect, or if desired could be of Mouton so that the scarf is worn in the manner above described, the strip 12 would simulate a fur collar.

With the collar strip 12 of simulated fur, added warmth would be provided for the wearer, yet since there is only the thickness of the base strip 11 on the back, shoulders and chest of the wearer, there will be no unattractive bulkiness nor discomfort to the wearer.

As many changes could be made in the above article and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claim, it is intended that all matter contained in. the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A simulated collar scarf combination comprising a scarf comprising an elongated strip of material, rectangular along its entire length, a second elongated strip of length and width considerably less than the corresponding dimensions of the first strip, said second strip being substantially one-third the length of the first strip, said second strip being positioned on top of one surface of the first strip and secured thereto, the length of said second strip being such so that it completely extends around the neck of the user and meets at its ends at the throat of the user, said second strip extending longitudinally of the first strip and located thereon midway between the side edges of said first strip, said second strip having both of its side edges spaced inwardly from the side edges of the first strip, whereby when said scarf is folded lengthwise along a line between its side edges with the second strip directed outwardly, the latter will simulate a collar when the scarf is worn beneath the coat of the user and the folding of said scarf Will define four plies at the region of the second strip to provide substantial rigidity to said simulated collar, one of the side edges of said second strip defining an abutment for the coat collar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,842,138 Aasen Jan. 19, 1932 2,051,274 Rubens Aug. 18, 1936 2,496,953 Pinnere Feb. 7, 1950

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