US3323138A - Garment construction - Google Patents

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June 1957 K. M. RICHARDSON 3,323,138

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 7, 1966 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR KARL M. RICHARDSON IMEM 1&5!

J1me 1967 K. M. RICHARDSON 3,323,138

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 7, 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR. KARL M. RICHARDSON June 6, 1967 K. M. RICHARDSON 3,

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed D60. '7, 1966 5 SheStSF-Sheet J I NVEN TOR KARL M. RICHARDSON United States Patent 3,323,138 GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Karl M. Richardson, P20. Box 116, Hazel Park, Mich. 48030 Filed Dec. 7, 1966, Ser. No. 599,818 13 Claims. (Cl. 2-141) The present application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 446,953 filed Apr. 9, 1965, now abandoned which in turn was a continuationin-part of my copending application Ser. No. 337,625 filed Jan. 14, 1964, now abandoned which in turn was a continuation-impart of my copending application, Ser. No. 126,102 filed July 24, 1961 and now abandoned.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wearing apparel, and relates more particularly to the class or type of front opening garments, as an example, shirts, coats, pajama tops, blouses and the like, which are normally fitted to the upper part of the body.

In body garments of the aforementioned type, 1t 1s common practice to have interconnected front and rear panels, with the front panel consisting of a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening. The separable sections include opposing marginal edges and the sections are movable relative to each other when unfastened to permit the placing of the garment on the upper part of the body of the wearer. It is common practice to provide the marginal edge of one of the sections with buttons and to provide complementary button-holes adjacent the marginal edge of the other section, although other fastening means, such as snap fasteners, loops, and shirt studs are sometimes used.

The lapels provided on the garments mentioned pre viously are unmatched as to length and width. The lapel on the section provided with the button-holes forms a neat fold line from the edge of the button adjacent the lower end of the lapel towards the collar of the garment since, when the sections are buttoned, the aforesaid button holds the lower terminus or end of the lapel in a fixed position against its edge. However, the lower ter minus or end of the lapel on the section provided with the buttons folds above the aforesaid button, which obstructs or prevents the lapel from folding at a point as low as the folding point of the opposite lapel on the other section. This results in a lapel on the section provided with the buttons which is shorter and narrower than the lapel on the other section. In addition, the strain on the button tends to place a Wrinkle in the garment in the material under the lapel from the point of attachment of the button towards the collar. Thus, it readily appears to any observer as well as to the user that the lapels on the garment do not match.

' It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide an opening or aperture positioned between the fastening means and the marginal edge of a garment section and with the center portion of the opening located slightly above a horizontal line passing through the center portion of the fastening means and between a vertical line passing through the center .portion of the fastening means and the marginal edge of the garment section whereby the opening may be folded over the fastening means which is then received therethrough thus removing the fastening means as an obstruction to the forming of the lapel below the fastening means. 4

Another object of the present invention is to provide a garment construction which permits the lapel thereof to form or start at any desired point below the fastening means.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a garment construction of the above type which eliminates the wrinkle in the lapel when any material is used, where- 3,323,138 Patented June 6, 1967 as in prior art constructions wrinkles appeared many times, particualrly with materials having a high tendency to wrinkle.

Another object of the body garment having and length.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a neater and more attractive body garment which includes means for improving the formation .of one of the lapels, without wrinkling the garment underneath the lapel as commonly occurs in garments presently in use.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment of the aforementioned type which includes means for holding the lower terminus of both lapels in a fixed position at substantially the same point on the garment so as to make them practically the same length and width.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel consisting of a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposing marginal edges and being movable relative to each other when unfastened to permit the placing of the garment on the upper part of the body of the wearer, the opposing marginal edges of the sections each being provided with a lapel having upper and lower ends, a fastener on one of the sections spaced from the upper end of the lapel closely adjacent the lower end of the lapel provided thereon, means defining a relatively small opening in the one section which is spaced from the upper end of the lapel slightly above the. fastener, said present invention is to provide a lapels of substantially equal width opening being located in the one section on the side of the fastener closest to the corresponding marginal edge, the lower end of the lapel on the one section being adapted to be held in a fixed position (which also lengthens the .one lapel by overcoming the button as an obstruction) against the one section by placing the opening over the fastener, and fastening means on the other section closely adjacent the marginal edge thereof and spaced from the upper end of the corresponding lapel substantially the same distance as the fastener and the opening are spaced from the upper end of said first-mentioned lapel, said fastening means being adapted to engage the fastener to hold the lower end of the lapel on the other section in a firm position with respect to both of the sections whereby the lower ends of the lapels are fixed on the garment at substantially the same place.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment of the aforementioned type wherein the fastener is in the form of a button, and the fastening means is in the form of a button-hole which is adapted to fit over the button.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment of the aforementioned type wherein the opening is defined in part by a loop attached to the marginal edge.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide reinforcement for the garment below the lower end of the lapel at the place where the lapel starts to fold in order to allow the lapel to form above the button on the opposite lapel or to keep the lapel from forming below the fastener.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a body garment of the aforementioned type wherein the opening is in the form of a slit in the one section, which is arranged thereon ubstantially perpendicular to the corresponding marginal edge or parallel thereto.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a body garment of the aforementioned type wherein an additional aperture or slit is provided in the other section closely adjacent the button-hole and which is adapted 8 to fit over the button after the button-hole is placed over the button so that the button extends through both lapels and holds both lapels firmly in place and substantially the same length and width.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment wherein the fastener and the fastening means take the form of a pair of complementary snaptogether elements.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment having only openings on opposed sections which sections are held together by an element similar to a shirt stud.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment having opposed sections with one section being provided with two openings and the other section provided with a fastener and an opening between the fastener and the marginal edge of the section.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a body garment which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, attractive, strong and durable and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein a preferred form of the present invention is clearly shown.

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a body garment, taking the form of a sport shirt, constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary elevational view illustrating one of the lapels shown in FIGURE 1 and lengthened to a point below the fastener;

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of a portion of the shirt shown in FIGURES l and 2 before assembly;

FIGURE 4 is a further enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of another embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary elevational view of still another embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary elevational view of a further embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURE 8 is a fragmentary elevational view with lapels constructed in accordance with the features illustrated in FIGURE 7;

FIGURE 9 is a fragmentary elevational view similar to FIGURE 8 but illustrating a narrowed margin of overlap for the marginal edges of the front sections of the garment;

FIGURE 10 is a fragmentary elevational view of another embodiment of the present invention;

FIGURES 11 and 12 are fragmentary elevational views illustrating various Ways for reinforcing the garment at the places where the lapels start to fold for the purpose of not allowing the lapel to form below the reinforcement;

FIGURE 13 is a fragmentary elevational view of a modified form of the invention and with the lapels unfolded; and

FIGURE 14 is a fragmentary elevational view of the body garment shown in FIGURE 13 but with the lapels folded and connected together Referring now to the drawings, the body garment, as an example, a sport shirt, is designated by the numeral 10 and includes a two piece front panel 12 and a back panel 14. The front panel 12 includes a pair of separable sections 16 and 18 having marginal edges 20 and 22 respectively. The front sections 16 and 18 overlap as best illustrated in FIGURE 1 and are releasably interconnected in a conventional manner by means of buttons and button-holes or other fastening means, such as snap fasteners, as is well known in the art.

-As an example, the back panel 14 is made from a unitary single piece of material which is joined to the front sections 16 and 18 by side seams, not shown, in the usual manner. It should, of course, be appreciated that the shirt 10 is provided with armholes and if desired, sleeves, not illustrated, as is well known in the art. The back panel is joined or connected to the front section 16 by the seam 24 and to the other section 18 by the seam 26.

The front sections 16 and 18 define a neck opening 28 which is surrounded by a collar 30 in the usual manner. The first and uppermost button 32 cooperates with the loop 34 for closing the garment 10 at the throat of the wearer. The upper part of the panel section 16 is provided with a lapel 36 and the upper part of the panel section 18 is provided with a lapel 38. The lapels 36 and 38 are formed along the fold lines 48 and 42 respectively as will subsequently appear.

The front panel section 16 includes, as an example, buttons 44 and 46' adjacent but laterally spaced from the marginal edge 20. The other panel section 18 is provided with corresponding button-holes 48 and 50 adjacent but spaced from the marginal edge 22 which are engageable with buttons 44 and 46 respectively.

The invention includes an additional button-hole or slit 52 (see FIGURES 2 and 3) which is located between the marginal edge 26 and the button 44 in panel 16.

With such a construction the lapels 36 and 38 are formed along the fold lines 40 and 42 respectively from below the button 44 toward the shoulders when the button-hole 48 is engaged with the button 44, or the buttonholes 52 and 48 are engaged with the button 44, with the button 32 and loop 34 disengaged as illustrated in FIG- URE 1.

The purpose of the additional button-hole or slit 52, which is engageable with the button 44, is to hold the lower terminus or end of the lapel 36 at substantially the same point or place on the front panel 12 as the lower terminus or end of the lapel 38 when the conventional button-hole 48 is in engagement with the button 44. Thus when the button-holes 52 and 48 are engaged with the button 44, and the button 32 and the loop 34 are disengaged, the lapels 36 and 38 form to substantially the same length and width as illustrated in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 shows the front panel section 16 before the lapel 36 has been formed and shows the position of the button-hole 52 with respect to the button 44. FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of FIGURE 3. In this view a horizontal centerline 50 has been drawn through the center of button 44 as well as a vertical centerline 51. The button-hole 52 should be located above the line 50 and between the line 51 and the marginal edge 20. It will be appreciated that in locating the button-hole in this manner the center of the button-hole is being re ferred to, and when vertically extending button-holes are used a portion of the same (not the center) may extend below the horizontal centerline 50. From a practical standpoint, the button-hole is usually never set closer to the button than a vertical line running through the extreme right of the button 44 seen in FIGURE 4 and preferably the button-hole should be spaced from the center of the button a distance at least equal to the width of the button.

FIGURE 5 illustrates a modification of the present invention wherein snap fasteners have been substituted for the buttons 44 and 46 and button-holes 48 and 56 respec tively. Each pair of snap fasteners includes a male element or part 56 on the front panel section 16 and a female element or part 58 on the front panel section 18 as is conventional in the art. Provided between the uppermost element 56 (and slightly above) and the marginal edge 20 in the panel section 16 is a slit or button-hole 60 which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the marginal edge 20. This is contrasted to the arrangement illustrated in FIGURE 2 wherein the button-hole or slit 52 is arranged substantially parallel to the marginal edge 26. The button-hole 60 is fastened over the male element 56 so as to form the lapel 36 about the fold line 40 and to fix the lower end of the lapel 36 in the same manner as illustrated in FIGURE 1. After this step has been completed the female element 58 is snapped into place in locking engagement with the element 56 so as to form the lapel 38 about its fold line 42.

The modification illustrated in FIGURE 6 utilizes a loop 66 which is attached on opposite ends thereof to the marginal edge 20 of panel section 16 laterally opposite (and slightly above) from the button 44 rather than utilizing the slit 52 illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3. The loop 66 is engageable with the button 44 so as to form the lapel 36 along the fold line 40' illustrated in FIGURE 1 and to firmly hold the lower end of the lapel 36 in place. It will be appreciated that the loop 66 fastens over the button 44 bringing the edge of the panel section 16 under the button 44 near its point of attachment, and not over and beyond as is the case with the button-hole. This structure is sufficient for matching the lapels and may be used with relatively inexpensive garments.

The embodiment illustrated in FIGURES 7 and 8 relates to the use of an additional button-hole on the front panel section 18. In this embodiment the two front panels are identified by the reference numerals 16 and 18, as before, and the button or fastener 44 has been illustrated as a decorative fastener. A horizontal centerline 61 has been drawn through the fastener to illustrate the relative location of the other elements to be described hereinafter. A button-hole 62 is positioned between the fastener 44 and the marginal edge 26, and its center is located above the centerline 61. A button-hole 63 is located on front panel section 18 with its center on centerline 61 and a button-hole 64 is also located on this section between button-hole 63 and the marginal edge 22 with its center slightly above centerline 61.

To assemble the elements of FIGURE 7 to produce the finished article seen in FIGURE 8, the button-holes are attached to the fastener in the order of 62, 63 and 64.

It will be noted in this embodiment the vertical buttonholes have been utilized since they have the advantage of being more easily hidden under the button and within the fold of the lapel. This arrangement hides button- holes 62 and 63 when assembled.

As button-hole 62 is fastened over fastener 44 it folds downward. This creates the same basic effect as in the embodiment of FIGURE 3 wherein the buttonhole is placed above the centerline. The button-hole 63 generally retains its position with regard to the centerline 61 after being fastened over the fastener and button-hole 64 folds downward and is generally centered with regard to the fastener 44 when assembled. In this embodiment it will be seen that the lower ends of both lapels 36 and 38 are firmly held in position.

FIGURE 9 is similar to FIGURE 8 with the exception that the fasteners are placed close enough to the marginal edges of the panel sections 16 and 18 to allow the lapels 36 and 38 to form immediately above the fasteners as illustrated by the numeral 77. The button 44 may be plain or decorative.

The embodiment of FIGURE 10 is quite similar to that shown in FIGURE 7. In this embodiment button-holes 91 and 92 are provided on section 16 and button-holes 93 and 94 are provided on section 18. The button-hole 91 takes the same position as the fastener 44 in FIGURE 7. A shirt stud (not shown) is used to assemble this embodiment and when so used is inserted through the buttonholes in the order of 94, 93, 92 and then 91. In assembled condition this shirt has the same appearance as in FIGURE 8.

The various embodiments discsused previously relate to matching garment lapels as to length and width. The features illustrated in FIGURES 11 and 12 may be used to make shorter lapels. This is accomplished by the use of stiffening material fastened within the fold along the edge of a panel section. The stiffening material may be fastened on the front or back side of the panel. The edge of the material is located at the point where the lower end of the lapel starts to foldfThe lapel will not fold beyond the edge of the stiffener, thus controlling the length of the lapel.

The stiffener may be of any suitable: material, such as heavy fabric or a piece of plastic or thermoplastic material. The method of attachment may be by sewing, heat bonding or any other suitable means.

In FIGURE 11, the stiffening material 74 is suitably connected to section 18 and has an opening therethrough overlying the button-hole 49'. The lapel 38 starts to fold at point 76. In FIGURE 12, the stiffener 78 is suitably connected to section 18, and the lapel 38 starts to fold at point 80. With such a construction the lapels are matched by controlling the length of one lapel to match the other. It will be appreciated that a. stiffener may be provided on both front panel sections 1 6 and 18.

Referring specifically to FIGURE 13, the body garment which is shown is identified by the reference numeral and comprises a front panel 102 and a rear panel 103. The front panel is comprised of separable sections 106 and 107 which serve to define a neck opening and these sections include opposed marginal edges 109 and 110", respectively. Each of the marginal edges 109 and 110 is adapted at its upper end portion to be folded into an open lapel 112 and 113 seen in FIGURE 14. As seen in FIGURE 13, the lapels are in their unfolded condition.

The section 106 is provided with first and second indi cating marks 116 and 117 near the lower end of the lapel 112 and the section 107 is provided with third and fourth indicating marks 118 and 119 near the lower end portion or lapel 113. These indicating marks are preferably permanent in nature and may consist of thread tacks or other permanent indicating means such as a color.

FIGURE 14 illustrates the lapel in its folded condition whereas mark 117 is folded into aligned relationship with indicating mark 116 and indicating mark 119 on section 107 is folded into aligned relationship with indicating mark 118. All of these indicating marks are then aligned with each other and the fastening element 121 in the nature of a clutch pin or a necktie tack is inserted through the aligned indicating marks 116 through 119 to hold the lower ends of the lapels 112 and 113 in overlapping relation with each other, and at substantially the same relation on the garment. It will be noted particularly from FIGURE 13, that indicating marks 116 and 118 are located at substantially the same vertical position on the sections and substantially the same distances from the respective marginal edges 109 and 110. This same relationship is true with respect to indicating marks 117 and 119*.

Although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the preferred form has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising .a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge heing provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel, one of said sections being provided adjacent its margin-a1 edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with an opening and a fastener, said opening having a central portion which is positioned above a horizontal line passing through a central portion of said fastener and between a vertical line passing through said central portion of said fastener and said marginal edge of said one of said sections, the other of said sections: being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with fastening means, said opening in said one of said sections receiving said fastener of said one of said sections, and said fastening means of said other of said sections being attached to said fastener of said one of said sections.

2. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein the fastener of said one of said sections is a button.

3. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein the fastening means of said other of said sections is a buttonhole.

4. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein said fastener and said fastening means are cooperating snap fastener elements.

5. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein said opening in said one of said sections is a loop attached to the marginal edge of said one of said sections.

6. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein said opening in said one of said sections is slit substantially perpendicular to the marginal edge of said one of said sections.

7. The body garment defined in claim 1 wherein said opening in said one of said sections is a slit substantially parallel to the marginal edge of said one of said sections.

8. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge being provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel which extends at an acute angle with respect thereto, one of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portions of its lapel with an opening and a fastener, the other of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with first and second openings, said opening in said one of said sections receiving said fastener of said one of said sections, said first and second openings of said other of said sections being folded into overlapping relationship with each other and receiving said fastener of said one of said sections, whereby said lower end portions of said lapels are held in overlapping relation with each other.

9. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge being provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel which extends at an acute angle with respect thereto, one of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with first and second openings, the other of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with third and fourth openings, said second opening being folded into overlapping relationship with said first opening and said fourth opening being folded into overlapping relationship with said third opening and all said overlapped openings being aligned, a fastening element inserted through said overlapped openings holding said lower end portions of said lapels in overlapping relation with each other at substantially the same location on the garment.

10. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge of said sections being provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel which extends at an acute angle with respect thereto, one of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with first and second openings, said second opening having at least some portion of its vertical extent at a higher level than some corresponding portion of the vertical extent of said first opening in the uniformed condition of the lapel and in the formed condition of the lapel, said at least some portion of said second opening is aligned with and overlaps some portion of said first opening, the other of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with cooperating fastening means, said cooperating fas- 8 tening means of said other of said sections being inserted through said first and second aligned openings whereby said lower end portions of said lapels are held in overlapping relation with each other at substantially the same location on the garment.

11. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising first and second separable sections defining a neck opening, each said section including an opposed marginal edge, each marginal edge being provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel which extends at an acute angle with respect to said marginal edge, said first section being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with an opening and a fastener, said opening having a central portion which is positioned above a hori- Zontal line passing through a central portion of said fastener and between a vertical line passing through said central portion of said fastener and said marginal edge of said first section prior to the folding of said first section to produce said open lapel, after folding said fastener of said first section being received through said opening of said first section, said second section being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with fastening means, said opening and said fastener of said first section being aligned with and said fastener being connected to said fastening means of said second section thereby securely forming both lapels substantially equal in length and width.

12. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge be ing provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel, one of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with an opening and a fastener, said opening having a portion which is positioned above a horizontal line passing through a central portion of said fastener and between a vertical line passing through said central portion of said fastener and said marginal edge of said one of said sections, the other of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with fastening means, said opening in said one of said sections receiving said fastener of said one of said sections, and said fastening means of said other of said sections being attached to said fastener of said one of said sections.

13. A body garment having interconnected front and rear panels, said front panel comprising a pair of separable sections defining a neck opening, said sections including opposed marginal edges, each marginal edge being provided adjacent its upper end portion with an open lapel which extends at an acute angle with respect thereto, one of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with first and second indicating marks, the other of said sections being provided adjacent its marginal edge near the lower end portion of its lapel with third and fourth indicating marks, said second indicating mark being folded into overlapping relationship with said first indicating mark and said fourth indicating mark being folded into overlapping relationship with said third indicating mark and all said overlapped indicating marks being aligned, a fastening element cooperating with said overlapped indicating marks holding said lower end portions of said lapels in overlapping relation with each other at substantially the same location on the garment.

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Claims (1)

1. A BODY GARMENT HAVING INTERCONNECTED FRONT AND REAR PANELS, SAID FRONT PANEL COMPRISING A PAIR OF SEPARABLE SECTIONS DEFINING A NECK OPENING, SAID SECTIONS INCLUDING OPPOSED MARGINAL EDGES, EACH MARGINAL EDGE BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT ITS UPPER END PORTION WITH AN OPEN LAPEL, ONE OF SAID SECTIONS BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT ITS MARGINAL EDGE NEAR THE LOWER END PORTION OF ITS LAPEL WITH AN OPENING AND A FASTENER, SAID OPENING HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION WHICH IS POSITIONED ABOVE A HORIZONTAL LINE PASSING THROUGH A CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID FASTENER AND BETWEEN A VERTICAL LINE PASSING THROUGH SAID CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID FASTENER AND SAID MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID ONE OF SAID SECTIONS, THE OTHER OF SAID SECTIONS BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT ITS MARGINAL EDGE NEAR THE LOWER END PORTION OF ITS LAPEL WITH FASTENING MEANS, SAID OPENING IN SAID ONE OF SAID SECTIONS RECEIVING SAID FASTENER OF SAID ONE OF SAID SECTIONS, AND SAID FASTENING MEANS OF SAID OTHER OF SAID SECTIONS BEING ATTACHED TO SAID FASTENER OF SAID ONE OF SAID SECTIONS.

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