US2000073A

US2000073A - Body garment and method of manufacture

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Publication number: US2000073A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry A Goas
Original assignee: Julius Kayser & Co
Current assignee: Julius Kayser & Co
Priority date: 1932-04-21
Filing date: 1932-04-21
Publication date: 1935-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1952-05-07

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May 1935. H. A. GOAS I 2,000,073

BODY GARMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Filed April 21, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l I r I' g: 0 I

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2O 2O 'INVENTOR 2.3 Harry A. 5555 ATTORNEY May H. A. GOAS 2,000,073

BODY GARMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Filed April 21, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Harry A. [5055 BY ATTORNEY May 7, 1935. 'H. A. GOAS 7 2,000,073

BODY GARMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Filed April 21, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR Harry A. 5055 BY @MaM I ATJ'ORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BODY GARMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Harry A. Goas, Schuylkill Haven, Pa, assignor to lllilkls Kayser & 00., a corporation of New Application April 21, 1932, Serial No. 606,556 4 Claims. (Cl. 66-176) This invention relates to knitted undergar- Figure 1 is a view of the tubular knitted maments and to the method of manufacturing the terial out to produce a number of lower garsame, and relates more particularly to ladies ments; upper and lower garments made from seamless Fig. 2 is a view of a crotch piece;

or tubular knitted material, having regularly ar- Fig. 3 is a view showing one of the parts of 5 ranged uniform sections of alternately located F g. 1, but folded approximately along the centre loose and tight knitting, and also to a method in 3- o g. of producing both garments from tubular ma- Fig. 4 is a similar view, but showing the finished terial to locate the tight or close knitting at the garment;

waist and also below the hips. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing 10 One object of this invention is to provide a the tubular material cut for the production of bifurcated undergarment cut from a section of upper garments or vests; tubular knitted material to provide a closely F g- 6 is a View Of the fi d V folded knitted section at the waist and similarly knitted approximately along the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and

sections around the limbs while providing an finished ofi ready for use; 15 intervening portion of loose or elastic knitting Fig. 7 is a front view of the upper garment or to fit around the hips. A further object is to vest on the body; and, so cut the tubular material at the waist line Fig. 8 is a similar view of the lower or bifurto provide the desired fullness at the back of cated garment. 4 the garment. The strips of tubular material shown at Figs. 20

Still another object of my invention is to pro- 1 and 5 both comprise spaced sections of loose vide an upper garment or vest having tight or tuck stitches of uniform dimensions alteror closely knitted sections located at the waist nating with uniform sections of tight or plain and below the hips so as to cling closely to the knitting; and while the drawings showby way body, having an intervening portion and a porof illustration or exampledifierent dimensions 25 tion above the waist section both formed by loose in these two strips, it will be understood that the or elastic knitting to accommodate the hips and upper and lower garments may both be made the bust respectively; and a still further object from a. strip shown at Fig. 1 or from a strip of my invention is to produce the seamless or as shown at Fig. 5; but it will be noted that each tubular knitted material in lengths comprising al strip essentially comprises loose sections In which 30 ternately arranged tight and loose knitting, so are uniform throughout the strip and are arthat both garments may be produced from maranged alternately with tight sections which are terial knitted on the same machine. also of uniform dimensions throughout.

A still further object is to produce a tubular In the production of the seamless or tubular or seamless knitted material with alternately, arknitted material shown at Figs. 1 and 5, a circular 35 ranged sections of plain and tuck knitting to knitting machine having dial and cylinder needles produce the relatively tight and loose portions, is preferably employed, although other suitable and to form the plain sections all of uniform types of circular knitting mechanisms may be dimensions, to form tuck sections all of uniform employed, and automatic means of the known dimensions, and to produce the tubular material type are provided for the automatic manipula- 40,

on automatically operating circular machines tion of the dial cams in order to change from without any change in the yarn fed to the needles plain to tuck knitting and to change again from for the two different types of knitting. tuck to plain at the proper times to produce uni- With these and other objects in view, my inform sections IIJ of tuck knitting interposed bevention consists in the novel construction of the tween uniform sections ll of plain knitting, so 45 lower bifurcated garment and the upper garment as to produce a length of tubular material in or vest, and in the method of producing the same which the sections ID are relatively wide and as hereinafter described, illustrated in the acloose while the sections l l are relatively narrow companying drawings and particularly .pointed and tight, and in which both sections have the out in the appended claims, it being understood desired elasticity or stretch to closely lit the parts 50 that various changes in the form and proportions of the body to which they are applied. In the and in minor details may be made without deproduction of the material composed of the secparting from the spirit of the invention or sactions |0-l I, I e p fly Preferably a Circular knitriflcing any of the advantages thereof. ting machine of the type in which eight yarns are In the drawings, successively fed to the needles and means of 55 the usual well-known type are provided in order to change from tuck to plain knitting and to change back from plain to tuck knitting to produce the desired form of fabric, with alternately arranged loose and tight sections, without variation in the feed of the yarn to the needles.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the material is out along an inclined line l2 through tight sections H, so as to provide a deep portion l3 to form the back of the waist section of the garment and a shallow portion i l to form the front portion of the waist section in order to give increased fullness at the rear of the garment and the line l2 passes through the fabric in such a manner that the part l3 at one side of the line is opposite to a part i 4 at the opposite, side thereof, so that the desired shape is obtained without any waste material. The next tight sections l I in the fabric are out along the lines [5 passing transversely through the centre of these sections, so as to provide uniformly dimensioned parts Hi to form the cuff or lower extremity of the leg portions of the bifurcated garment. As shown at the lower part of Fig. l, the left-hand edge of the tubular fabric is slit from the lower edge l5 to a point I1, while the opposite edge is slit from the same line l5 to the point H. The material is then folded approximately along the line 3-3 as shown at Fig. 3, so that the leg portions are formed with their inner edges loose and with the rear opening higher than the opening at the front. The waist portions formed by the line l2 are then provided with an elastic band or strap l 8, Fig. 4, to fit snugly around the waist. The lower extremities of the leg portions are then folded inwardly along the line l9, Fig. 3, so as to form the double cuff 20, Fig. 4, of tight or closely knitted material. The inner edges of the leg portions are then completed by the insertion of the crotch piece 2|, Fig. 2, which preferably consists I of two thicknesses of the knitted material, which the crotch piece extends higher at the back than at the front of the garment, and thus gives additional fullness at the rear.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, the tubular material is out along the lines 25 and along the lines 26, while the upper left-hand edge is slit from the line 26 to the point 21. Each blank bounded on its lower edge by the line 25 and on its upper edge by the line 26 is then folded approximately along the line 66 of Fig. 5 to form the vest or upper garment, which is finished off by means of overcast stitching or the equivalent thereof 28 along the lower edge, by the application of a binding 29 around the openings below the arms, and by the application of a binding or band 30 which is fastened along the cut edges at the-front and back of the garment and forms loops 3| to serve as shoulder straps for the support of the vest.

It will thus be seen that the upper garment or vest and the lower or bifurcated garment are both made from the same or similar tubular material, and in both garments the loose or tucked portions serve to accommodate the hips, while the tight or plainly knitted portions are localized at the waist and around the limbs below the hips, so that both garments fit snugly to the contours of the body, while in the case of the vest a loose or tucked portion also serves to fit closely around the bust.

I am aware that in the manufacture of knitted underwear it has been heretofore proposed to construct the body of the garment from tubular knitted material specially provided to localize at the waist line of the wearer a section of tight or plain knitting, while the parts above and below are of loose or tucked knitting to give the necessary accommodation for the wider portions of the body; but it has not, so far as I am aware, been known to produce both upper or vest garments and lower or bifurcated garments from a tubular strip of knitted material comprising uniformly arranged tight or plain knit sections of uniform dimensions alternating with loose or tucked sections also of uniform dimensions, and an important feature of my invention is the employment of standard tubular or seamless material of uniformly arranged sections so as to give maximum production at minimum cost.

In the case of the lower or bifurcated garment the tubular material is so cut that there is no waste material, while in the production of the upper garment or vest the waste material between adjacent blanks is largely utilized in the formation of the crotch piece for the bifurcated garment.

Although the drawings and the above specification disclose the best mode in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, I desire to be in no way limited to the details of such disclosure, for in the further practical application of my invention many changes in the form and proportions may be made as circumstances require or experience suggests without departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:-

1. A method of producing knitted body garments which comprises knitting a continuous tubular fabric with a multiplicity of alternately arranged uniform loosely knit sections and uniform tightly knit sections, the loose sections being all of similar dimensions and the tight sections being also of dimensions similar to each other, cutting the double thickness of the tubular material substantially transversely of the latter to form tubular blanks but in such a way that one of the cut edges is at an angle to the other, slitting at least one edge of the blanks partway of its length to form a unitary one-piece garment, and finishing off the end of the relatively tight portion of the knitting below the hips.

2. A method of making a bifurcated undergarment which comprises knitting a continuous tubular fabric with uniformly dimensional relatively loose tuck portions interposed directly between relatively tight portions of uniform dimensions throughout the length of the fabric, cutting the double thickness of the tubular material through the tight sections to form tubular blanks, one

of the cuts being transverse to the tubular mafinishing off the tight sections at the waist and below the hips in the garment.

3. A knitted undergarment formed from a blank cut from a tubular web having annular uniformly spaced loosely and tightly knitted sections, the loose sections being all of similar dimensions and the tight sections being also of dimensions similar to each other, said blank comprising an intermediate loose section which is adapted to enclose the hips and two integral tight sections at each end of said loose section, one of said tight sections having increased depth at the back and forming the waist of the garment, the other tight section being cut partway of its length and folded inwardly to form relatively tight portions to enclose the limbs just below the hips and an inserted crotch piece connecting the leg encircling portions and extending to the back of the garment to produce, in cooperation with the tight portion having increased depth at the back, increased fullness therein.

4. A knitted body garment formed from a blank cut from a tubular web having annular uniformly spaced loosely and tightly knitted sections, the loose sections being all of similar dimensions and the tight sections being also of dimensions similar to each other, the blank being formed by cutting the double thickness of the tubular material substantially transversely of the latter but in such a manner that one of the cut edges is at an angle to the other, said blank comprising two loosely knitted sections for the bust and hips, the loosely knitted bust section being slit part way of its length, a tightly knitted section for the waist between and integral with said two loosely knitted portions and another tightly knitted portion integral with the lower edge of the loosely knitted hip encircling portion, said tubular blank being finished off at the top.

HARRY A. GOAS.