Inventors:
Garnitta C. Jackson - Memphis TN
International Classification:
A41D 104
Abstract:
A combination vest-suspenders garment includes full front vest portions which meet in the front and button down the center, which taper at their upper ends to form relatively narrow shoulder portions and which flare outwardly in the traditional manner towards the waistline to a relatively wide waist area having side edges. Suspenders straps are connected to the shoulder portions and extend downwardly and rearwardly to approximately the middle of the back where they cross, and then extend further downwardly to ends at waist level where they have suspender snaps thereon for connection to trousers or skirts. A back band is made of a fabric gathered over a single elastic band which extends continuously across the back waist from the side edge of one front portion to the side edge of the other front portion. In an alternative embodiment, the suspender straps extend from the shoulder portions to the middle of the back where they are joined and from that point a single suspender strap extends to an end at waist level where a suspender snap thereon connects the suspenders to the trousers or skirt. In an alternative embodiment, the back band includes two parts which meet at the middle of the back waist where they are joined by a button.