US3177498A

US3177498A - Stays for trousers

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Publication number: US3177498A
Application number: US327997A
Authority: US
Inventors: John D Sadowski
Original assignee: SUN CLOTHES Inc
Current assignee: SUN CLOTHES Inc
Priority date: 1963-12-04
Filing date: 1963-12-04
Publication date: 1965-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1982-04-13

Description

April 13, 1965 J. D. SADOWSKI 3,177,498

STAYS FOR TROUSERS Filed Deo. 4, 1963 .i mpmmpppppnuw FIG.

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BY @JsQJ United States Patent O 3,177,498 STAYS FOR TROUSERS John D. Sadowski, Haddonield, NJ., assignor to Sun Clothes, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Dec. 4, 1963, Sex'. No. 327,997 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-232) This invention relates to improvements in stays for the legs of trousers, slacks, pants and the like.

It is common to stay a trouser leg by means of a strap adapted to extend under the foot of the wearer and upwardly on opposite sides thereof for attachment of the opposite end portions to the bottom of the trouser leg. Preferably, the strap is detachably secured to the trouser leg, but normally this involves the use of buttons and blind buttonholes. Securing the buttons and making the blind buttonholes is unduly time consuming and therefore a comparatively expensive operation for the manufacturer, and buttoning and unbuttoning the strap is a nuisance to the wearer. In addition, when the garmet is pressed, impressions ofthe buttons show through. Furthermore, pull on the strap is concentrated on the localized fabric areas to which the buttons are sewn. It is not distributed about the trouser leg, in consequence of which the trouser leg becomes unsightly in use.

An important object of the present invention is to provide an improved stay construction whereby buttons and blind buttonholes are avoided.

Another object is to provide such a construction which is simple and economical in manufacture and simple and convenient in use.

Another object is to provide such a construction whereby pull on the strap is distributed widely and not concentrated in localized areas, in consequence of which the appearance of the trouser leg in use is materially improved.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent when the following description is read with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View showing a trouser leg and stay construction in accordance with the invention and 1n use;

FIG. 2 is an exploded .perspective view of the trouser leg and stay shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the trouser leg and stay in assembled condition;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line IV-IV of FIG. l;

FIG. 5 is a vertical section on line V-V of FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a section on line VI-VI of FIG. 5.

The following description is directed to the specific ernbodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing and is not addressed to the scope of the invention, which may be practiced in various forms.

The trouser leg 10 to which the stay of the present invention is applied comprises a front panel 12 and a rear panel 14. On the outer side of the trouser leg, the

panels

12 and 14 are turned inwardly, as at 16, and seamed, as at 18. On the inner side of the trouser leg, the

parts

12 and 14 are turned inwardly, as at 20, and seamed, as at 22. The lower terminal portion of the trouser leg is interlined with suitable material, designated 23, and turned f inwardly and upwardly and stitched, as at 24, to form ice lnlgthwise of the hem. These slits are edged like buttono es.

The stay comprises a strap, generally designated 32, formed of an outer ply of material 34 and an inner ply of material 36. The opposite side marginal areas of the

plies

34 and 36 are turned inwardly, as at 38, and seamed, as at 40. The opposite ends of the strap 32 are bound together by overedge stitching 42.

Overlying each end of the strap 32 is a flexible elongated crosspiece 44 made of plastic sheet material sewn to the strap, as at 46. The lower marginal area of the crosspiece is recessed, as at 48, providing shoulders 50. The opposite ends of the crosspiece are rounded, as at 52. The crosspieces are slightly shorter in length than the width of the trouser leg.

ln attaching the stay to the trouser leg the strap 32 may be folded as shown in FIG. 2. Then the opposite end portions of each crosspiece are projected respectively through the associated slits 28, as shown in FIG. 3. The lower edges of the stays seat in the fold at the bottom of the trouser leg so that the edges defining the recess 48 do not bear on the bottom of the slits 28. The shoulders 50 at opposite ends of the recess 48 secure the crosspiece against shifting longitudinally.

It will be noted that buttons and blind button-holes are dispensed with altogether, to the advantage of both the manufacturer and the user. In addition, pull on the strap is distributed about the trouser leg and is not concentrated on any localized area of the fabric. Thus the appearance of the trouser leg in use is materially improved.

What is claimed is:

In a device for staying the legs of trousers, slacks, pants and the like, the combination comprising a trouser leg having a lower terminal portion turned inwardly and upwardly and sewn to form a -hem substantial in length, said hem having formed therein a pair of laterally spaced slits extending lengthwise thereof on each side of the trouser leg, and a stay including a strap adapted to extend under the wearers foot and upwardly on both sides thereof into said trouser leg, and a pair of elongated crosspieces of flexible plastic sheet material sewn fast respectively to the opposite end portions of said strap, each of said crosspieces having the opposite end portions thereof projected respectively through the associated pair of said slits and nested in said hem, said crosspieces being only slightly shorter than the width of said trouser leg and being substantially longer than the distance between said slits, the opposite end portions of said crosspieces being tirmly seated in the fold at the bottom of the hem and the lower marginal areas of the intermediate portions of said crosspieces being recessed to avoid bearing upon the areas of hemmed material at the lower ends of said slits.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 713,565 11/02 Hart 2--137 FOREIGN PATENTS l 378,437 8/07 France. 1,287,504 2/ 62 France.

11,431 of/O8 Great Britain. 5 84,962 1/ 47 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner,

ROBERT V. SLOAN, Examiner.