US1215128A - Collaret-strip. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. EBERLEY.

COLLARET STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. I9I2- Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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COLLABET-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. ti, 191?.

Application filed. November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,836.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. EBERLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at hitesboro, in the county of Oneida, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collaret-Strips, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in fabric strips, and more particularly to a fabric strip comprising a series of connected shaped blanks, each of which may be used for the forming of a collaret for a garment.

- An object of the invention is to provide -a strip of fabric which may be properly shaped so that said strip may be fed to a sewing machine and one collaret after another cut therefrom, which collaret blank is so shaped as to form the desired shape of the collaret.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a piled fabric showing my improved collaret strip and one method of making the same;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a collaret strip embodying my improvements; I

Fig. 3 is an end view of the piled fabric shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved collaret strip showing the same folded in the manner in which the same is attached to a garment.

The article embodying my invention consists generally of a strip of fabric which comprises a series of connected blanks, each of which is shaped so that they may be severed from each other and form a part of a completed garment.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my improved collaret strip consists of a series of connected blanks 1, 2, and 3, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be understood that this figure shows only a portion of the strip, and that any number of blanks may be formed and connected, within, of course, certain limits. Each blank consists of a portion having substantially straight parallel side edges 4 and 5. The side edges of the blank 2 are tapered or curved, as at 6 and 7 so as to form a portion which gradually decreases in width to the end of the blank. The end of the blank is indicated by the dotted line 8. The opposite end of the blank is indicated by the dotted line 9. The side edges i and 5 are also tapered or curved as at 10 and 11 to form an end section, which decreases in width to the end thereof, indicated at 9. The blank 1 is shaped precisely in the same manner as the blank 2, and one end of the blank is indicated by the dotted line 8. The blank 3 is also shaped precisely the same as the blank 2 and one end thereof is indicated by the dotted line 9.

From the above description it will be apparent that l have provided a series of connected blanks which are shaped so as to provide parallel side sections and end portions which taper toward the connecting points of the blanks.

In the drawings I have shown one method of forming my improved fabric strip, which consists in piling a fabric F by laying the same back and forth so as to form folds therein, first at one side of the pile and then the other. These folds are indicated at 12 and 13 in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The piled fabric is then presented to a die which is shaped as indicated partly by the full lines and partly by the dotted line in Fig. 1. The side edges li and 15 of the die are parallel, while the center portion of the die is formed with shaped sections 16 and 17 which correspond to the shape of the adj oining tapered ends of the connected blanks, so that when said pile of fabric is cut by the die, the connected blanks shown in Fig. 2 will be formed by a single operation of the die. It will be apparent that one half of each collaret blank is cut from one layer of the fabric and the other half from the next adjacent layer, so that each collaret blank, as it is cut from the piled fabric, will have a fold therein, indicated by the dotted line wm. This fold in the piled fabric forms a crease in the collaret blank, which is centrally between the ends of the blank. This crease marks the center of the blank and aids the operator in attaching the collaret blank to the garment, as the blank should be attached to the garment so that the crease or center part of the blank will coincide with the center of the back of the garment. When it is desired to make a larger collaret blank, the fabric is piled, as indicated in dotted line in Fig. 3, and this increases the length of the, section having straight or parallel side ed es without in any way changing the tapered end section thereof.

The collaret strip is folded longitudinally between its side edges, as indicated in Fig. 4. The strip may be fed to the sewing machine folded, or may be fed to the stitching laret blanks to the garments, they are finally severed 011 the lines indicated at 8 and 9. This shaping of the collaret blank forms a shaped collaret wherein the ends thereof are tapered substantially to a point.

It is obvious that my improved collaret strip may be made in other ways than that herein described. For example, said strip may be formed from a roll of fabric by cutting the same by the aid of revolving cutters, which are either shaped or moved so as to form the desired shaping of the strip. It is understood, therefore, that the present invention which is directed to the fabric strip as an article of manufacture is not limited to the method of constructing the same herein described.

l/Vhile Ihave described my invention as particularly relating to a connected series of collaret blanks, it will also be obvious that from certain aspects, the invention may be embodied in a connected series of shaped blanks which are to be used for other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A fabric strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to a predetermined shape. 7 2. A collaret strip comprising a series 0 connected blanks cut to a predetermined shape, each of which may ing a collaret.

3. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each of which is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end porbe used for formtions tapering toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks.

4. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to a predetermined shape, each of which is formed with a crease therein, centrally between the ends of the blank.

5. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each of which is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end portions tapered toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks, each of said blanks having a crease therein, centrally between the ends thereof.

6. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks cut to a predetermined shape, each of which may be used for forming, a collaret, said blanks being folded,

longitudinally between the side edges thereof. 1

7. A collaret strip comprising a series of connected blanks, each of which is cut so as to form parallel side sections and end portions tapered toward the connecting points between adjacent blanks, each of said blanks being folded longitudinally between the side edgesthereof.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. EBERLEY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH BERGER, Jr., CHAS. B. Mason.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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