IL33281A - Shirt with underarm shields and method of making same - Google Patents

Description

SHIRT UNDERARM SHIELDS AND METHOD OF SAME UNDERARM SHIELDS AND METHOD Off MAKING SAME A B S T A C T A or like having its sleeves integral with the body continuous which extend sides of the body and the undersides of the is provided with shields of polypropylene fabric each made in front and back sections having confront ing included in the continuous seam at the respective side of the garrecnt and peripheral edges which are also to the body and and all seams engaging the shield sections are formed with polypropylene Where the garment has its body and sleeves formed from a fabric blank folded about the medial lines of its eleeve forming which lines extend along the shoulders of the body and upper edges of the the shield forming sections are only peripheral ed to the blank while the latter is flat after folding of the the continuous seams are formed along the sides of the body and the lower edges of the sleeves to include edges of the shield sections extending S P C O This invention relates generally to wearing apparel and is particularly directed to improved such tops and the provided with underarm and to an method of producing such In my Patent February 26 it is disclosed to produce a garment of the described class from a flat fabric blank that includes a substantially rectangular portion back and front body forming sections at the opposite end parts thereof and projections extending laterally from opposite sides of such rectangular portion in symmetric relation to medial lines which are disposed at acute an with respect to the longitudinal line of the rectangular portion for defining sect with the blank having a neck opening which is laterally centered and located between the back and front body forming Such blank is folded about the medial lines of its sleeve forming sections which provide eloping shoulders and the garment is by continuous side seams joining together the edges of the folded along the sides of body forming sections and along the contiguous lower edges of the folded sleeve forming As further disclosed in the above identified atent tube of circularly knitted fabric providing superposed layers of fabric joined at folded of the flattened and which are cut along spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the tube and each having laterally extending end portions intersecting the folded edges and a longitudinally extending central portion with such lines of cutting being arranged to define alternately disposed and interfitting folded blanks therebetween having stem sections extending Such folded when each correspond to a garment forming blank of the ration described It is an object of this invention to provide garments of the described and particularly garments produced in the manner disclosed i the with underarm shields which resist the penetration of perspiration therethrough and which dry particularly body In accordance with an aspect of this underarm shields for garments of the described class are formed of polypropylene which fabric exhibits the desired characteristics of resisting the penetration perspiration therethrough and of drying rapidly at body In accordance with a particular feature of this a garment of the described class having a and oppositely directed portions extending laterall from top parts of the back and front portions and being integral and continuous oevm side Joining the adjacent side edges of the back and front portions and the contiguous edges of the sleeve portions the opposite sides of the provided with underarm shields of polypropylene fabric at the inside of the body and and for ardly from the continuous side seams of the along lengths of such seams which are intermediate the side edgee of the back and front portions and the edges of the sleeve each of the shields consisting of back and front sections having confronting edges joined to the body by the respective side and peripheral edges which are also joined to the body of the garment by peripheral seams extending with both the side and the peripheral seams being with polypropylene thread to prevent the travel of perspiration to the body of the garment by a action along the thread of the In producing garments by a method according to this the shield sections are first by seams along their peripheral to the blank which constitutes the body of the garment while such blank in its condition when the blank folded and seamed continuously at the opposite sides of the edges of cho shield sections extending the side and other and advantages of this will be apparent in following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof which is to be read in connection with the accompanying 1 is a front view of a garment according to this with the front body portion thereof being partly broken 2 is a plan view of a flat fabric blank from of 1 is and which is shown with shield sections secured to the flat 3 is plan vie of two fabric sections which together one of the shields in a according to thiG and 4 is a fragmentary perspective of an upper portion of a garment according to this with a sleeve of the garment being raised to expose the underarm region thereof which is partly broken away to show a portion of shield there Referring to the drawing in and initiall to 2 it will be seen a flexible fabric blank 10 from which a garment in accordance with this invention is preferably produced includes a substantially rectangular portion 11 defining back and front body sections 12 and 13 at the opposite end parts thereof and sleeve formin sections 14 defined by projections extending 11 in symmetric relation to lines which enclose acute angles with respect to the longitudinal medial line of rectangular portion Blank 10 further has a neck opening 15 which is laterally centered and located front section 13 arid partly in back section with a major portion of opening 15 being preferably in front section 13 so in the completed the neck opening will deeper at the front than at the back Blanks having the foregoing con iguration may be conveniently and economically cut from a flattened tube of circul knitted fabric in the manner generally described above and disclosed in detail in Patent blank 10 preferably has arcuate edge parts 16 which extend from the side edges 17 of the and front forming sections 12 and 13 to the adjacent ally directed edges 18 of sleeve forming sections The side edges 17 of back and front forming sections 12 and 13 may converge slightly toward the free end edges and c and such free end edges may be as In forming a garment from blank the latter is folded about the medial lines of its forming sections 14 so that front forming section 13 of the blank is superposed on back forming section 12 to define the front and back portions and of the and each of sleeve forming sections 14 is folded upon itself lock overlying side edges 17 of the back and front portions 12a and 13a lower edges alcove portion and the intermediate edge parts 16 so as to form continuous 19 at the opposite sides of the The garment may be further completed by the addition of a knitted collarette 20 which is as by a along the edge of opening and of preferably knitted cuffs 21 as by to the ends of sleeve portions and by the of the bottom edges of back and front portions 12a and as at By reason of the acute angles a between the medial lines about which 10 is and longitudinal medial line of such the completed garment shovm to have sloping If the acute angles are between medial lines and the portion of medial line extending along front forming section 13 of blank as then the completed garment 10a is provided with fullness across the upper portion of its tack which affords desirable comfort to the relatively muscles across the back of a male apparent that the blank 10 may be cut so that the medial lines of shoulder forming sections enclose the dcute angles a with respect to the portio longitudinal line extending along back forming section With such modified the completed garment formed again has sloping but in this extra fullness is provided at the upper portion of the front of the as is desired to the breasts of a By reason the convergence of side edges 17 of the back and front forming sections 12 and 13 of blank the body of the garment therefrom tapers the convex free end edges and of the blank serve to provide the garment desirable at the bottom of its back and It will also be seen that the is free of any in the shoulder which fact not only increases the comfort to the wearer but also increases the life of the since in the shoulder areas are subjected severe strain and tend to break since the sleeve portions 14a are integral with the back and frontportions and the garment 10a is free of the conventional sleeve seams which also constitute areas of discomfort to wearer and of potential particularly at the intersections of such sleeve seams and the shoulder seams of conventional a garment as described affords a desirable degree of comfort to the particularly formed of a knitted cotton fabric which is to be relatively more in the transverse direction as indicated by the arrows such as well as any other of a knitted cotton has little resistance to the passage of perspiration through the underarm regions thereof and once such regions are wet with the same dries slowly if at all long as the is being In order to avoid foregoing the presen invention provides the 10 with shields of a preferably knitted fabric resist the passage of perspiration or other through the underarm the garment and which dry r even at body by ing the evaporation of moisture from the In accordance with this each of the underarm indicated generally by the numeral 25 on is constituted by front and back sections 25a and 25b igs 2 and The shield sections and 25b arc shown to be of configuration to have arcuate peripheral edges and and chordal edges 27 of the sane length and configuration which extend between the ends of the ive peripheral edges 26a and 26b and are preferably arcuate so as to conform to the arcuate edge parts 16 which extend between the edges 17 of blank In accordance with a this invention i shield sections and 25b are initially attached to 10 while latter is in its flat as shown on front shield sections are disposed the flat fabric blank 10 so as to have their arcuate chordal edges 27 in overlying relation to the arcuate edges 16 which extend between side edges 17 of front forming sections 13 of the blank and adjacent laterally directed edges 13 of sleeve section3 back sections 25b of the shields are disponed on the flat blank so as to have their l edges 27 in overlying relation to the arcuate edges 16 of the blank extending from side edges 17 of back forcing section 12 of the blank to the adjacent laterally directed edges 18 of sleeve formin sections With shield cections and 25b thus positioned on the blank the peripheral edges and of shield sections are secured to blank 10 by sewing preferably with a flat lock so as to form peripheral seams and along the peripheral edges of the front and back shield After the initial attachment of the shield sections to blank the latter is folded about medial lines of its sleeve forming sections in the direction to dispose shield sections 25a and at the inside of the garment and the production the garment from the folded blank production of the a t the arcuate chord 27 of the which brought i to confronting relation upon the of blank 10 and which lie among the 10 of the blank included hence 6ecurcd to the body of the by the lengths of the continuous side scans 19 which extend the arcuate edges It en found order to prevent the passage of underarm perspiration through the shields 25 to the knitted cotton body of the all of the scams engaging the underarm that the side 19 and a d be polypropylene If such seams ere formed of a cotton or other absorbent perspiration or other moisture may pass through the seams to the body of the as by a to defeat the purposes of this Although the exact action of the polypropylene 25 is not fully known that the polyprop lene of the shields do not absorb moisture and further polypropylene has a lower specific gravity than any other specifically specific gravity o as with specific gravities and for wool and By reason of such it is believed particularly when shields passage through the pores of the fabric by surface since polyprop are not stantially wot by the and do not absorb the into the such retained moisture is free to be evporated particularly at body When the blank 10 is cut front a knitted fabric which is ribbed or formed so to be atretchable or in the transverse direction as d the shield sections 25n and 25b are also a knitted is more yieldable in one direction in a direction orthogonally related and shield sections arc when being cut rc such so upon the of shield sections and 25b to blank the direction of such relative great yielding of the shield sections will also be indicated by arrows 24 on Although an illustrative embodiment of the invention has been described in det reference to the accompanying it is to be understood that invention is limited to that precise and that various changes and may be effected therein by skilled in the art without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as defined in the appended insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (6)

1. The embodiments of the invention in which an βχοΐμα ive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1.
2. In a garment of the; described class^having a ; -flexible one-piece fabric body comprised of back and front . portions having a centrally located neck opening in their top parts and oppositely directed sleeve portions extending laterally from the sides of said top parts, and continuous sewn side seams joining the adjacent side edges of said back and front portions and the contiguous lower edges of said sleeve portions a the opposite sides of said body; underarm shields of polypropylene fabric at the inside of .said body and extending rearwardly and forwardly from said continuous side seams along lengths of the latter intermediate said side edges of the back and front portions and said lower edges of the sleeve portions, each of said shields consisting of back and front sections having confronting edges joined to Said body by said length of the respective con inuous seam and peripheral edges, and peripheral sewn. seams joining said peripheral edges of said shield sections to said body. . .7" %.
3. A garment according to claim 1, in which said * continuous side seams and said peripheral seams are sewn with polyp opylene thread. '; ~3 ."~ A garment according to claim Γ,' in" which' ,' said flexible fabric of the body and said polypropylene fabric of the shields arc both knitted.
4. 4. A garment according to claim 3, in which said fabric of the body is relatively loosely knitted cotton, and said polypropylene fabric of the' shields is relatively tightly knitted.
5. 5. A garment according to claim 1, in which said lengths of the side senms are arcuate and said sections of each shield are crescent-shaped with said confronting edges thereof being concave to conform to the curvature of said arcuate lengths of the side seams. f
6. 6. A garment according to claim 1, in which said flexible fabric of the body is knitted so as to be relatively stretchable in the lateral direction, and said polypropylene fabric of the shields is also knitted so as to be relatively stretchabel in the same direction as said body. yne~mcrtnYor~oi maTufnjj; garmen s of the described .class comprising, providing a flat fabric blank that includes a substantially 'rectangular port ion defining back. and front body forming sections at the opposite end parts thereof and projections extending laterally' from the opposite sides of 'said rectangular portion for defining sleeve forming sections, and that has a laterally centered neck opening located partly in each of said body forming sections, cuttin four crescen -like shield forming sections of polypropylene fabric so as to each have a convex peripheral edge and a generally chorda 1 edge extending between the ends of said peripheral edge and shaped to correspond substantially to the configuration of the parts of the edges of sa d 'blank between said body forming sections and said sleeve forming sections, disposing said shield forming sec- tions on said flat blank so as to have said chordal edges of the shield forming sections "superposed on said parts of the edge of the blank, sewing each shield forming section to said blank along said peripheral edge of the shield fqrming secti-όη to form a peripheral seam therealong, folding said blank about the medial lines of its sleeve forming sections in the direction to dispose said shield forming sections at the inside of the folded blank, and sewing together the edges* of the folded blank along the sides of the body forming sections and the bottom of the folded sleeve forming sections to form continuous seams at the