US1987954A - Garment - Google Patents

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P. HALPERN Jan. 15, 1935.

GARMENT Filed Aug. 19, 1933 I NVENTOR.

girdle-like manner.

Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 19,

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in garments, and has among its objects the provision of a yielding band on the garment that is adapted to snugly embrace the waist of the wearer in a It is particularly proposed to fashion the band from suitable stretchable piece material, such as jersey, the band being provided with tucks therein giving additional elastic effect to the band. These tucks are arranged to extend lengthwise of the garment, and enhance the general design of the garment.

It will be understood as the specification proceeds that a similar band may be provided around any body receiving opening, as for example, the lower end of the sleeve, and I do not wish to confine the application of my invention to a waistband alone. The tucks may be either of the inverted or external type, the natures of which will be set forth hereinafter.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this application, in which:

Figure l is an illustration of a waist or blouse showing my invention embodied therein;

Figure 2 an enlarged view of a portion of the waist band disclosed in the preceding view;

Figure 3 a fragmentary perspective view of the band, the upper edge of which is cut by a plane indicated by the line 33 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 an enlarged section through an inverted tuck;

Figure 5 an illustration of the waistband of Figure l on an enlarged scale, and taken from the interior of the garment;

Figure 6 a modified garment provided with external tucks; and

Figure '7 a sectional view through the waistband of the modified form, the same being shown in perspective.

Although I have shown only the preferred forms of my invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made Within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In carrying out my invention into practice, I provide a garment indicated generally at 1, having a body portion 2 terminating at the opened bottom 3 thereof with a waistband 4 adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer. This waistband is preferably made from yielding or stretchable piece material, such as jersey, and is dimensioned to snugly embrace the wearer in the man- 1933, Serial No. 685,801

ner similar to that of a girdle so that the lower part of the garment is firmly held in position.

It will be noted that the lower section of the garment is turned back upon itself to define a hem 5 as will be apparent by reference to Figure 5. In the first form shown, the waistband is fashioned with inverted tucks 6 that are arranged at spaced intervals along the circumferential length of the hand. These tucks may be spaced at any desired distance apart, and are 10 usually spaced from one-eighth of an inch to approximately one and one-half inches; and may be of any length that the designer wishes to make them, such as from one to eight inches. The tuclrs are illustrated in Figure l as being equidistantly spaced. The tucks are formed from the piece material during the making of the garment by stitching indicated at 7.

As previously mentioned, the material in the band is of a yielding character, and the material in the tucks give added material, so that the waistband maybe stretched considerably, but will always contract to embrace the waist of the wearer.

The cufis 8 of the garment may also be formed from the same or similar material with tucks 9 therein, and the sleeves may be of any desired length, or in fact the garment may be sleeveless within the scope of the invention.

Referring now to the modified form shown in Figures 6 and 7, it is to be noted that the garment is provided with a waistband that is much the same as the band in the first form, excepting that the tucks are formed of the external type, the tucks being designated by the numeral 10. External tucks are formed on the outer surface of the garment, while the inverted tucks are presented on the inner surface thereof.

The modified form also illustrates tucks 11 along the bottom of the short sleeves 12, and the collar 13 is further shown with tucks therein.

Having thus described the garments, the use thereof may be readily understood. The garments are worn in the usual manner, and during its application the waistbands may be stretched, but they will return immediately to engage the wearers waist. The yielding band has a girdle effect upon the wearer, and acts to hold the lower section of the garments in place relative to the wearers body.

Moreover, the waistbands that I have shown may form the belt portion around the top of a skirt within the meaning of the appended claim, and I do not wish to be restricted to any particu lar type of a tuck or garment, the drawing to be used herein only as a means of showing two embodiments.

Having thus described. my invention and the operation thereof, what I desire to secure by 5 United States Letters Patent is:

In a garment made from flat piece material, a waist-band formed from the same piece of material as the body of the garment and integral therewith, the lower section of the band being turned back upon itself to define a double thickness hem, the band having tucks in both thicknesses thereof which extend lengthwise of the garment and permanently stitched therein by stitching extending down the gathers of the tucks.

PHILIP HALPERN.

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