US2137563A - Shirt attachment - Google Patents

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Nov. 22, 1938. G. w. CARAWAY 2,137,563

SHIRT ATTACHMENT Filed May 3, 1938 Patented Nov. 22, 1938 UNITED ST S 2 Claims.

This invention is an attachment or adjuster for shirts, and has for its object to provide an improved device which can be used on a shirt to avoid looseness or bagginess around the waist. It is particularly serviceable when a coat is not worn and it is desirable to obtain a neat and smart appearance, as for example cadets or soldiers at drill; or any other condition where it is desirable to hold a shirt smooth around the waist or close to the body of the wearer.

The device comprises an elastic strap which clasps at the ends, which when attached will pull the shirt taut in front, and each clasp is provided with an extension or tongue which will fit within a fold or plait at the side of the shirt and thereby take up any looseness at the back and. also assist in holding the clasps in position.

The device will preferably be worn at the waist, under and concealed by the band or belt of the trousers.

The construction and use of the device will appear from the following description and the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the attachment;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the manner in which the attachment is used and applied to a shirt.

Referring particularly to the drawing, 6 indicates an elastic strap which can be adjusted for length as desired. At each end it is connected to the loop 1 of a clasp comprising a base plate 8, a spring jaw 9 and a pivoted cam thumb piece It which when operated opens or closes the jaw The base plate is formed or provided with an extension or forwardly projecting tongue H which projects a substantial distance beyond the jaws of the clasp. The clasp may be of any other suitable type having a base plate and gripping jaws, provided it is formed. with a tongue or extension such as shown at H.

In the use of the device, as illustrated in Fig.

3, the material of the shirt is indicated at l2. This is folded to form a plait l3, the fold being 5 conveniently made at the vertical underarm seam Hi, to produce a vertical plait, and the clasp is or may be engaged with the fold at or about the seam I l. The tongue H is placed within or between the inner fold of the plait, as indicated at 10 I5. Each end of the attachment is applied the same way. When so applied the tension of the strap 6 will draw the front of the shirt l2 close to the body of the wearer, and at the same time the tongue or extension II will take up any full- 15 ness in the back of the shirt and at the same time hold the clasp flatly or closely in position. The tongue is preferably curved to fit the curvature of the body of the wearer.

It will be seen that when such a device is applied 20 to the shirt it will hold the waist line of the shirt in a smooth and smart condition, avoiding any loose or baggy appearance and generally improves the looks of the garment on occasions when the coat is not worn.

I claim:

A shirt attachment comprising an elastic strap having clasps at opposite ends, each clasp having a base plate and gripping jaws, the base plate having an extension projecting a substan- 0 tial distance beyond the inner jaw, to enter and take up a fold in the shirt to which the adjuster is applied.

A shirt attachment as in claim 1, the extension of the base plate being curved to con- 5 form to the body of the wearer.

GEORGE W. CARAWAY.

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