US1485392A - Combined coat and helmet - Google Patents

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March 4 1924. 1,485,392

C. HALEK COMBINED COAT AND HELMET Filed May 27, I922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 3mm C. HALEK March 4 1924. 1,485,392

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Filed May 27, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES- CHARLES HALEK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED COAT AND HELMET.

Application filed May 27, 1922. Serial No. 564,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HALEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Coat and Helmet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined coat and helmet which is especially designed for outdoor wear by persons undergoing treatment in sanitariums, although not necessarily restricted to that particular field of usefulness. However, the garment is designed to protect the wearer against extreme cold weather and general. inclement conditions, especially enfeebled persons who may be required to be wheeled around out-doors or compelled to rest for long periods in a reclining position in the open regardless of weather conditions. The coat and helmet are therefore particularly constructed to give bodily comfort, warmth and ease, and to be readily and conveniently converted and changed to meet variable temperatures and conditions compatible with the comforts and needs of the patient or wearer. Both the coat and helmet comprise inner removable linings of soft and loosely woven but relatively heavy material whereas the outer body is not only relatively heavy but of tightly woven texture and rain-proof. The mode and places of attachment of the separable parts of the coat and helmet have also been designed with view of effectively securing them together for ready attachment and detachment and without producing uncomfortable folds or places in any part of the garment and without subjecting the materials therein to objectionable tearing strains or accidental displacement.

In the annexed drawing, Fig. 1 is a reduced side View of my improved garment as it appears upon a person, and Figs. 2 and 3 are rear and front views of the same, re-

spectively. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the helmet flattened and detached from the coat, a portion of which is shown in Fig. 5, beneath Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detachable helmet lining also partially flattened, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the upper position of the removable coat lining. Fig. -8 is front view of the coat buttoned up together with the attached helmet, which is thrown open at its front. Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. 8

showing the helmet and one half of the coat in section and with one front half of the coat intact and thrown back to show the inner lining and its places of attachment inside of the coat. Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional detail of the crown portion of the helmet and the lining therein with the snap fastening separated.

The invention consists of a long, loose over-coat 2 to which a. hood orhelmet 3 is detachably aflixed by three buttons 1- intermediate the shoulders immediately beneath the rear side of a soft single-ply collar 5 bordering the neck opening of the coat.Collar 5 is thinner and more pliable than the body of the coat and is adapted to be overlapped at its pointed front ends and to extend upwardly into thehelmet 3 which is provided with a dividedband portion 6 at its bottom edge havingfree extensions 7 adapted to overlap each other andcollar 5 and to be fastened together underneath or in front of the chin of the wearer by abutton 8.

The threebuttons 4 have corresponding 6 and when the helmet is fastened to the coat at these places the remaining arts of the helmet over the shoulders an at the front side ofcollar 5 are free from the coat to prevent restraint and promote the comfort of the wearer in reclining or sitting or moving about. Furthermore, the front and neck covering portion of the helmet may be thrown wide open while the wearer is reclining on a couch with his head still within the helmet and without detaching the helmet from the coat as indicated in Fig. 8. The helmet is also provided with a dependingflap 9 at its upper front side,-and this flap is relatively thin and pliable and long enough to be draped over the tip of the nose of the wearer.Fla 9 is also of irregular curvature to narrow the end thereof and to widen the upper end where joined to the helmet body, thus serving to cover the nose and the forehead without obscuring thev vision of the wearer.Flap 9 may also be folded and turned upward against two independent pieces of fabric having the same general shape and outline and fitted snugly one within. the other and also detachably fastened together at particularly effective places to assure good and comfortable fit. Theinner coat member 2 is also specially constructedto facilitate itsattachment and separation from theouter member 2, either when the double garment is being worn or after it has been removed from the person.

Thus, theinner coat member 2 is made of thick but loosely woven fabricof soft and comfortable texture adapted to be easily cleaned, and the front side of this member is open lengthwise and-provided in each border portion 11-11 with a row of button-hole openings 12-12. This member is also armless, having arm holes 1313 only, and the shoulder portions 1-1-14 are divided between the arm-holes and the circular neck opening 15. Abutton 14 or other suitable fastening means may be used to secure the divided overlapping shoulder portions 14-14 together, and these over-lapping shoulder portions also have button holes 16-16 therein adjacent the edges of thearm holes 13 and the neck opening 15. A button hole 17 is also provided centrally in the back adjacent the edge of neck opening 15, and other button holes 18-18 are made in this inner coat member centrally beneath the arm-holes 13, see Figs. 7 and 9. In the latter figure I show theinner coat member 2 fastened to the outer body orcoat member 2, a set ofbuttons 19 being provided within the inside of said coat member in the places or positions occupied by thebutton holes 12. The outer and inner coat members may also be buttoned together at their bottom edges as shown at 20, Fig. 9.

A double coat constructed as described provides full protection and comfort in ex-' tremely cold weather andmay be instantly converted to meet warmer'or more temperate conditions. Thus, it is especially useful for invalids or enfeebled persons undergoing out-door treatment inasmuch as theinner member 2 may be unbuttoned and removed while the 1patient is reclining. This may be accomplis ed without removing 'the outer member 2.0r chilling the patient, but only by opening the shoulder portions 14-14:. In this way a change or substitution ofinner members 2 may also be made, which. is especially advantageous where Sweating occurs as in tuberculosis patients.

' The helmet is also made in two separable inner and outer pieces, the inner member rel-eases having approximately the same contour as the outer member but being made of soft side of theinner helmet parts 8* and to the inner side of theouter part 3*, and these devices are preferably mounted upon or at the seam where an overlapping or double thickness occurs. In severe weather the double helmet may be worn, but when a change in temperature occurs the outer helmet may be a detached from the inner one and thrown back Without removinginner part 3 from the head.

The outer helmet part and the outer coat part are preferably'made of melton cloth or heavy felted woven material pressed hard towithstand vigorous weather conditions, and the inner parts of the helmet and coat are preferably made of new wool and loosely woven to provide a light weight body.

While the garment is especially designed for ill and enfeebled persons, it is also an exceptionally useful garment for automobilists, firemen, etc.

What I claim, is:

1. An over-coat comprising an outer body with arms and a detachable'inner body having arm openings and divided shoulder portions, and means adapted to detachably unite said bodies together.

2. An over-coat comprising an outer body made of heavy felted woven material having arms and a collar and an open front portion, and an inner body of light weight woolen material having arm holes and divided shoulder portions and an open front portion, said bodies having associated means adapted to detachably secure them together at their shoulder portions and the arm holes and their open front portions.

3. A garment of the class described comprisin an outer body having a detachable inner ining therefor, said lining being provided with divided shoulder portions, and means carried by said outer body for unitin said portions and securing the same to said outer body.

4. A garment of the class described comprising an outer body having an inner body of lighter material, said inner body havingdivided and overlapping shoulder portions, and means carried by said outer body for uniting thereto the inner body along the marginal edges of the latter and through said overlapping shoulder ortions.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature.

- CHARLES I-IALEK.

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