US1206171A - Wearing-apparel. - Google Patents

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R. THIERFELDER.

WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 30, 1915.

1 ,206,171. PatentedNov. 28,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

RICHARD THIERFELDER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 PHOENIX KNIT- TING WORKS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A-*CORPORATION 0F WISCONSIN.

WEARINGTAPPAREL.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Application filed October 30, 1915. Serial No. 58,73.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD THIERFELDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in fearing-Apparel, (Case 1,) of which the following is a'full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the acoompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wearing 'apparel and is concerned with the support of such articles upon ones person.

More particularly my invention has to do with the adequacy and comfort of the sup'- port and with the efiicient distribution of the strain upon the garment and it is the purpose of my invention to provide an im'- provement whereby both of these objects are at once accomplished.

Although it will appear to those skilled in theart that my invention is adapted to any adaptable type of woven garment, I have in mind especially its applicability to stockings wherein excessive strain or improperly distributed strain results in the rupture of the weave to cause what are commonly known as runs, to say nothing of the discomfiture to which the wearer is subjected and the absence of 'uniform smoothness. I shall therefore illustrate and describe in detail a stocking employing my invention, as an example thereof, to instruct those skilled in the art, but shall claim my invention in any adaptable use where it may be of advantage.

As applied to a stocking, I provide a apwhich, in formation, is in the nature of a circular plait, a seam simultaneously forming the complete circular plait and forming a barrier to the concentratedtransmission of the 4strain incident to an applied garter from the upper portion ofthe stocking to the lower portion thereof.

In order to describe my invention in detail I shall refer to the accompanying drawing, in which, y

Figure 1 illustratesa stockingemploying the features of my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view, in part, taken on the plane of the 4line 2,' 2 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and Figs.

3 and 4 are diagrammatic views which will be referred to.

The body of the stocking is illustrated at 5 and the foot thereof at 6. The top of the stocking is made in double thickness, in thev nature of a hem, as illustrated at 7, 7, the

twoA thicknesses being vjoined at 8. Below` the line 8, which, of course, `extends entirely around the stocking, a plait 9 is formed, in the manner illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 3, this plait mined by a weft seam at 10this seam being preferably formed by Stitches made during the manufacture of the body of the stocking. This seam extends entirely around the stocking parallel to the line 8, which has been referred to. It is a matter of common practice to provide the upper part of the stocking with a different weave, and probably a different'material, from that 0f the lower part of the stocking, and my invention may be involved whether or not that popular practice is followed out.

'As illustrated, the plait 9, which forms a Hap, is provided near the top of the stocking, but the width of plait or Hap is less than the distance between the seam l0 and the upper end of the stocking. It will be seen that the garter may be applied either lto the upper end of the stocking, at the double thickness 7, 7, or it may bel applied to the plait or flap 9, depending upon which gives a suiicient support but not an excessive strain. The provision of the seam 10 prevents the concentrated transmission of the pull of the garter from the point above the seam, whether the garter is ap'-r plied to the parts 7, 7 or the part 9, and effectively distributes the strain over a greater area so that the strain may be properly met by the weave below. This prevents premature rupture of the weave and avoids runs, as hereinbefore pointed out.

It is obvious that, due to the overlapping of theplait and hem, when a garter is applied to the plait the leg of the wearer` will be protected therefrom by the double thickness of the hem, the friction then taking place between the layers of the hem.

If desired, as shown in Fig. 4, the upper end of the double thickness 7, 7 may be folded outwardly and downwardly back being deter? upon itself and over the flap or'plaitl9, thus terminating below the top of said hem, 10 securing a texture of quadruple thickness to whereby the leg of the wearer is protected which the garter may be applied, if desired. from contact with a garter attachment se- I- claim: cured to said plait by the double thicknessl A stocking havingahem at the top thereof of vsaid hem. and an inte ral circular plait formed by a In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe I5 seam exten mg entirely around said stockmy namethis 26th day of October, A. D. ing and located below said hem, said plait 1915.

overlapping said hemupon the outside and RICHARD THIERFELDER.A Y

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