US2108061A

US2108061A - Ornamental welting and article having such welting incorporated therein

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Publication number: US2108061A
Application number: US119468A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roger W Hale
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-01-07
Filing date: 1937-01-07
Publication date: 1938-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1955-02-15

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Feb.. 15, 1938. R. w. HALE I 2,108,063

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Patented Feb. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES eA'rNr crier.

ORN AMEN 'EAL WELTING AND ARTICLE HAVING SUCH WVELTING INCR-PORATED THEREIN 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improved ornamental welting, whereof the ornamental member or portion may be a braid or other suitable cord-like member, and to a completed article of manufacture having said ornamental welting incorporated therein as a structural feature thereof.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a plurality of embodiments of my invention in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Fig. l is a side elevation of one embodiment of the ornamental welting, there shown as composed of a substantially solid braid of relatively small diameter and a binding sewed thereto, this being the preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan View with parts broken away representing the ornamental welting incorporatn ed into a completed article of manufacture itself only partially indicated;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view, with parts broken away, representing the ornamental welting of Figs. l and 2 incorporated into a belt or like article along both lateral edges thereof;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 represents in cross section an ornamental welting like Figs. l and 2, but having as a part thereof an essentially tubular braid as contrasted with the essentially solid braid of Fig. 2, Said tubular braid being shown as having a cord or other filling therein;

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a side elevation and a vertical section of still another embodiment of my invention, namely, a non-braided but ornamental cord-like member and an attached binding or tab to constitute a welting; and

Fig. lf) is a perspective View of a completed article of manufacture having my ornamental welting incorporated thereinto.

I will rst describe two embodiments of my o1'- namental welting wherein a braid is employed as the ornamental element, and finally I will describe an embodiment wherein a non-braided but nevertheless cord-like member is employed. It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to any one of the said embodiments, though I preferably employ that of Figs. 1 and 2.

The essentially solid braid shown most clearly in cross section in Fig. 2 is covered both as to a machine-made braid and the process of making the same by my Patent No. 2,036,805, April 7,

1936, and the essentially tubular braid shown in Fig. 7 is covered by my Patent No. 2,064,974, December 22, 1936. Such braids have been manufactured and widely sold by me as articles of manufacture complete in themselves, and intended to be used merely or essentially as braids.

The purpose of my present invention is to provide an ornamental welting composed of an ornamental cord-like or strand-like member and an attached binding or tab. The braid shown in Fig. 2 or that shown in Fig. 7 constitutes the preferred embodiment of the ornamental cord-like member, and I will first describe such embodiment, though rst I will briefly refer to certain uses to which my ornamental welting in its various types or embodiments may be put.

Such a welting is adapted for many and varied uses which are not filled or accomplished by the braid alone of my said patents inasmuch as the braid of said patents is not provided with or does not possess any structure by which it may be directly incorporated as a welting or the like into articles ci manufacture between sheet-like members or portions of such articles. It is to be understood that the type or embodiment of welting shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is also adapted to many of the uses to which the said preferred embodiments are put.

It is the primary purpose of my invention to provide a welting which is capable of immediate application to and incorporation into numerous nal or ultimate articles oi' manufacture, as, for example, in belts, pocket books, brief cases, upholstery, cushions, leather boxes, shoes, gloves and gauntlets, and for other decorative eects in other and varied articles of manufacture too numerous to mention.

The braid shown generally at l in Figs. l to 6 inclusive is desirably made in exact accordance with the disclosure in my said Patent No, 2,038,- 305, and I make reference to said patent for a full disclosure of the characteristics of said braid and of the process oi making the same. Such braid is an essentially solid braid which may have a core of very small diameter extending therethrough. Preferably the said braid is composed of four strands which may be of real leather, of articial leather or of any other suitable material.

The essentially tubular braid shown generally at t in Fig. 'l is, on the contrary, a braid composed of a larger number of strands, as, for example, six or more, and for the purpose of the present invention itis preferably provided with a core since the act of sewing or securing such a braid to a binding would tend to collapse the tubular braid were a core such as indicated at 3 not provided therein.

Referring more in detail to Figs. l and 2 of the drawing, I have at 4 represented a binding or tab of any suitable material, but preferably of woven material such as cloth. The said binding may be secured to the braid in any suitable manner but preferably as follows:

The binding or tab 4 of suitable width and of a length equalling that of the braid I is preferably folded along a median line as indicated at 5 in Fig. 2, and then is sewed preferably by zigzag stitching as indicated at 6 to the braid (or other ornamental cord-like member), the said stitches 6 penetrating through the braid at any suitable depth, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 2, so as to secure the binding and the braid firmly together. Such stitching may be done upon a Singer or other suitable type of sewing machine. As clearly observable in Fig. 1, the strands of the braid because of their lateral edges, impart to the surface of the braid a series of obliquely arranged lines, which constitute the outlines of the diamonds or facets characteristic of the braid, and interrupting the otherwise uniform appearance of the surface of the braid. Not only do said lines augment the ornamental surface of the braid but they also, to a substantial extent, obscure the points of penetration of the stitches 6 into the braid either at or close to said obliquely arranged lines, because the otherwise smooth unbroken surface of the braid is broken up by said lines and hence the similarly inclined lines E of stitching substantially merge therewith.

The welting thus constructed (whether it has as its ornamental member a braid or a nonbraided cord-like element) is sold as an article of manufacture complete in itself, but the purpose of my invention is mainly to provide a welting which may be used by manufacturers of many different lines of goods, to provide an ornamental effect between the meeting edges of sheet-like portions of such articles, or at the edge or border of a single sheet-like member if the ultimate article is of merely sheet-like form. It is neither practical nor possible to enumerate or illustrate all the articles of manufacture into which my ornamental welting may be incorporated. Therefore, I have merely in Figs. 3 and 4 diagrammatically indicated portions of two sheet-like members "i, 8 of any of such articles, certain of which I have mentioned hereinbefore, but to which uses my invention is obviously not limited, and I have in Fig. represented one typical article to be hereinafter referred to.

As clearly shown in said Figs. 3 and 4, two members I, 8, of any suitable article, such as those enumerated or others, are brought into their intended relation to each other in the completed article of manufacture, and then by suitable stitching, indicated at 9 in Fig. 4, they and the welting constructed as shown in Fig. 2 are all secured in completed and final position, so that in the ultimate article of manufacture, the braid l, which in itself is of a very ornamental character, is displayed as a welting. It will be observed that the stitching which secures the braid and the binding or tab is exposed or observable only to the minimum degree or extent when the welting is incorporated in the completed article. This fact is clearly evident from Fig. 4, as well as in subsequent figures.

In Figs. 5 and 6, I have represented another application of the ornamental welting of my inventon, namely, to both edges of a belt for wear by men, women and children. In applying the welting of my invention to a belt I preferably proceed as shown in Fig. 2, but in duplicate, and then I bring the two strips of ornamental welting into parallel, suitably spaced relation, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and then place two facing strips Iii, Il, at the opposite sides of the two

binding pieces

4, 4, and then secure the said facing strips i8, il to the said binding pieces 4, fi by through stitching of suitable character, indicated at l2, i3. Said through stitching is al1 the stitching that is observable in the completed article, the stitching 5 being practically concealed. This is true of all embodiments or uses of my invention.

In Fig. 7, I have, as previously stated, represented an ornamental welting having as a part thereof the essentially tubular braid of my Patent No. 2,064,974 and have represented a core 3 therein. The said braid 2 is secured to a binding er tab fi preferably similar to that used in making the welting of Figs. 1 to 4.

When the binding 4 has been sewed by zigzag stitching or otherwise to the braid of Fig. 7, the resulting ornamental welting is to be used in the same way as described with respect to Figs. l to 4 inclusive.

In making the ornamental welting of Figs. 1 to 'l of my invention, any suitable material may e used as the strands of the braid. Instead of leather or imitation leather, I may use cloth, cellophane or any other material provided in flat strands; that is to say, strands of greater width than thickness. It is not essential that the binding or tab be doubled or folded upon itself as indicated in Figs. 2, 4, and 6, though such is the preferable construction. If the binding or tab be of suitable strength and material, a single thickness thereof will in certain cases be found sufficient. The said binding or tab, such as 4, is desirably of cloth, because such material is cheaper, but it may b-e of leather, imitation leather, cellophane, paper, etc.

My invention is not limited to the employment of a core such as 3 in the tubular braid of Fig. '7, but inasmuch as such braid is made with more than four strands, it tends to collapse when the binding such as 4 is secured thereto, if a core is not provided.

In Figs. 9 and i0, I have represented still another embodiment of the ornamental welting of my invention, namely, one in which the ornamental member thereof is a non-braided cordlilre strand of the element. Such non-braided cord-like element should, for the purposes of my invention, be of an ornamental character. It might be a. twisted cord, and I have somewhat diagrammatically indicated the same at I4 in Figs. 8 and 9. It is not essential, though it is preferable, that such cord-like member be of a general circular or rounded form in cross section. Any suitable material may be used as said ornamental element, though my invention is not limited in this respect.

I have, in Fig. l0, represented at l5 a cushion or hassock of leather or any other suitable material, and at IB have represented the ornamental welting of my invention as incorporated thereinto in the manner already described at length with respect to Figs. 3 and 4. It is to be understood that if the ultimate article of manufacture into which the ornamental welting is to be incorporated be itself of a sheet-like form, the said ornamental welting would be secured directly there* to, since such article of manufacture would not have 4a plurality of sheet-like members as indicated in Figs. 8 and 4.

While I have herein referred to the subject matter of my invention as an ornamental welting, it is to be understood that the same be used as an ornamental piping, but in all embodiments of the invention the ornamental welting or piping is composed of two members, namely, cord-like braided or nen-braided element and the tape or binding directly stitched thereto, so that such ornamental welting or piping may be sold as a complete article of manufacture to be incorporated by other manufacturers into ultimate articles of any desired character.

It will be observed that the stitching securing the binding to the braid is not only substantially or wholly concealed in the operation of sewing the ornamental welting into position in the ultimate article of manufacture to which it is applied, but the stitching to a large extent penetrates the braid along the edges of the diamonds or facets of the braid, as previously referred to in connection with Fig. 1 and as also observable in Fig. 5, and this fact also aids in concealing the stitching.

Having thus described three different embodiments of the ornamental welting of my invention and certain of the ultimate or final articles of manufacture to which the same may be applied as well as the process of making the said ornamental welting, it is to be understood that although specif'lc terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, an ornamental welting having a substantially cylindrical member of braid-like superficial appearance and character with facets having obliquely arranged margins, the surface of said member being substantially wholly exposed when said welting is in its completed condition as a welting, said welting being adapted to be used in the making of other, but ultimate, articles of manufacture utilizing a welting, and said braidlike cylindrical member thereof adapted when said welting is incorporated into such ultimate article to be substantially wholly exposed to view as an ornamental portion of said ultimate article, said cylindrical braid-like member being of indenite but prolonged length; said welting having as a second member thereof a binding of a length corresponding to that of the said cylindrical braid-like member, said binding being applied to said cylindrical braid-like member only along a relatively narrow longitudinal line of contact of both said members, said two secured together by a longitudinally extending line of stitching penetrating the binding and also penetrating the braid substantially along margins of such facets adjacent said binding, so that said line of stitching is to a substantial extent obscured by the superficial appearance of said cylindrical braid-like member.

2. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, an ornamental welting of indefinmembers being ite but prolonged length, itself adapted, however, to be used' in the making of other but ultimate articles of manufacture utilizing a welt, said welting comprising an uncovered and hence substantially fully exposed machine-made braid circular in cross section, composed of flat strands with facets having obliquely arranged margins, said braid being of indefinite but prolonged length adapted when incorporated into the ultimate article to be exposed in its said uncovered condition to view as an ornamental portion thereof, and a binding folded upon itself along a median line thereof and applied to said braid along said median line, said binding being of a length corresponding to that of said braid and applied thereto only along a longitudinal line of contact therewith and sewed by a zigzag line of stitching thereto, so as to. leave the surface of said braid wholly exposed except along said line of contact, said stitching penetrating the binding and also penetrating the braid substantially along margins of such facets adjacent said binding, so that said line of stitching is to a substantial extent obscured by the superficial appearance of said cylindrical braid, said binding presenting means whereby said entire welting may be sewed by stitching passing through said binding to said ultimate article of manufacture in such manner as to leave the surface of the said ornamental braid substantially fully exposed to view.

3. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, an ornamental welting of indefinite but prolonged length, itself adapted, however, to be used in the making of other but ultimate articles of manufacture utilizing a welt, said welting comprising an uncovered and hence substantially exposed, substantially solid braid circular in cross section consisting of at least four flat strands each with the same face always outermost with facets having obliquely arranged margins, said braid being of indefinite but prolonged length adapted when incorporated into the ultimate article to be exposed in its said uncovered condition to view as an ornamental portion thereof, and a binding of a length 'corresponding to that of the said braid and applied thereto only Y along a longitudinal line of contact therewith and' sewed by a line of stitching thereto, so as to leave the surface of said braid exposed except along said line of contact, said stitching penetrating the binding and also penetrating the braid substantially along margins of such facets adjacent said binding, so that said line of stitching is to a substantial extent obscured by the superficial appearance of said cylindrical braid, said binding presenting means whereby said entire welting may be sewed by stitching passing through said binding to said ultimate article of manufacture in such manner as to leave the surface of said ornamental braid substantially fully exposed to view, the stitching securing the braid in the binding being so positioned with respect to a transverse diametrical line through the braid that in the ultimate article said stitching is substantially hidden from sight by adjacent portions of said ultimate article.

ROGER W. HALE.