US2113201A - Elastic rubber holding band for garments - Google Patents

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April 5, 1938. A. SCHEITLIN ELASTIC RUBBER HOLDING BAND FOR GARMENTS Filed March 26, 1936 illlllttlll 11!; ill! I! lNVE/VTOR:

Patented Apr. 5, 1938 UNITED STATES,

ELASTIC RUBBER HOLDING BAND GARMENTS FOR Alexander Scheitlin, Zurich, Switzerland Application March 2c, 1936, Serial N6. 11,059 In Switzerland November 19, 1935 2 Claims.

This invention relates to'elastic rubber holding bands.

It is known to incorporate in elastic rubber holding bands a raw rubber band with which an ornamental stitching running in the longitudinal direction of the rubber band is sewn? up by means of penetrating stitches, that is, titches passing right through the ornamental stitching, the latter possessing thread interlacings mutually slidable on one another.

This arrangement permits the use of highly extensible, extremely thin, very wide raw rubber bands. At the same time the rubber band is prevented from folding, due to its connection with the ornamental stitching, and it is safe-guarded against displacement. By virtue of the penetrating stitches connecting the rubber band with the ornamental stitching the band extension is limited, and consequently excessive tensioning and stretching of the rubber band is prevented. Such an elastic rubber holding band is very well suited for being pulled through between opposite parts.

According to the present invention, an elastic rubber holding band comprising a rubber band and anornamental stitching runningin the longitudinal direction of the rubber band and possessing thread interlacings that are mutually slidable on one another is connected with a piece of fabric by means of the ornamental stitching.

By this means a wide range of practical applicability is provided for an elastic rubber holding band of the type described, the holding band being, for example, applicable to form the margin of a garment so as to serve for bordering an entrance opening thereof.

In the drawing several embodiments of the invention are illustrated byway of example only, in which Figs. 1 and 2 show a cross sectional view and a side elevation respectively of one embodiment;

Figs. 3 and 4 show a cross sectional view and a side elevation respectively of another embodiment;

' Figs. 5 and 6 show a cross sectional View and a side elevation respectively of a. further med embodiment;

Fig. 6a is a view of a modified rubber band;

Figs. 7 and 8 show a cross sectional'view and a side elevation respectively of a still further modified embodiment of the invention;

In the embodiments exemplified in the drawing, the rubber band is secured on a piece of fabric lying beneath one of the sides of the rubber band with the aid of stitches of the ornamental stitching.

In this way, when the holding band is applied to garments, such as underwear, direct contact between the rubber band and the body of the wearer is prevented in a simple manner, by means of the said piece of fabric, and consequently, also the edges of the rubber band cutting into the skin is avoided.

In the embodiment of the invention represented by Figs. 1 and 2, in section and in elevation respectively, one side of a thin raw rubber band I lies on a piece of textile fabric i2 which is worked into a garment. The lap seam l3 providing the ornamental stitch and formed by mutually interlaced threads is sewed up by means of a machine known per se with the piece of fabric 12 in such manner that two rows of stitches l4 and i5 penetrating through the piece of fabric (comprising loops lli) are formed and a row of stitches l1 covers the terminal edge of the piece of fabric. ing i3 the rubber band I is at the same time'secured on the piece of fabric l2 in that the two By means of the plural thread stitchrows of stitches l4 and I! run along the longitudinal edges of the rubber band i exteriorly thereof and the middle row of stitches 15 passes through the rubber band directly in which way the rubber band I is appropriately connected with the garment l2. The middle row of stitches l5 of the plural thread lap seam which controls the longitudinal extension of the rubber band forms loops it on the wrong face of the piece of fabric which receive loop portions of another thread. The margin of the garment which is provided with the rubber band and borders an entrance opening of the garment is also adapted to follow the extension of the rubber band I like the plural thread lap seam l3 since the fabric margin and the rubber band are sewed on each other and thus the ornamental stitch is eflected while the rubber band is in stretched condition, so that, when the rubber band is relaxed, the fabric margin is permitted to contract accordingly which is, however, not evident from the drawing.

To the said end the rubber band ispassed in tensioned condition through the sewing machine under the needles thereof; for stretching the rubber band tensioning rollers that are combined with the machine are used, some of these rollers being driven for advancing the rubber band. Due to sewing up the rubber band in stretched condition, provision is also made for the spacing of the stitches to be accordingly reduced, when the rubber band is subsequently released, and thus a correspondingly large amount of subsequent extension of the rubber band and the fabric is rendered possible. The sewing up of the rubber band and the fabric margin may also be effected in the untensioned condition of the rubber band provided that the fabric to be: used is extensible as such, as for example tricot. In this case as well as in the hereafter explained examples, instead of raw rubber bands, which depending on requirements may consist of several layers, fabric bands including rubber threads may be used, if desired.

The embodiment shown in the Figs. 3 and 4 I distinguishes from the preceding one by the feature that at a certain distancefrom the rubber band I on the same face of the piece of fabric I2 a similar rubber band I is secured by means of a plural thread seam I3, said seam being of similar appearance, that is, formed in a similar manner as the seam I3, the rows of stitches I4 and ll of the seam I3 running along the longitudinal edges of the rubber band I exteriorly of these. The middle row of stitches I5 penetrates through the rubber band I and it is obvious that all the three rows of stitches I4, I5 and I1 extend through the piece of fabric I2. Both seams I3 and I3 can be carried out in one and the same working operation.

The space I8 as provided in this case on the outside of the garment between the two rubber bands I and I serves for access of air for ventilating purposes.

It is obvious that depending on requirements the number of rubber bands to be provided on the piece of fabric I2 may be increased.

When extensible fabrics are used for covering the rubber band, the closure strip is sewed in stretched condition, for example, on a garment. On the subsequent contraction of the closure strip, the garment is given a pleated or frilled appearance whereas the closure strip as such is smooth also in the untensioned condition.

In effecting the closure strip by means of several parallelly arranged rubber bands, the rubber band adjacent to-the margin a greater amount of tension may be imparted than to the second, and the other rubber bands respectively. By this means, if desired, the garment concerned can be adapted to concave surface configurations of the body so as to fit the same snugly.

In the'embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the margin of a piece of fabric I2 representing a garment is provided with a rubber band I. For connecting the rubber band I with the piece of fabric I2, against which it bears with one of its sides, a plural thread seam I9 of a known type is used which provides an ornamental stitch and which is formed by mutually interlaced threads. This plural thread seam I9 is connected by means of a machine known per se with the piece of fabric I2 in such manner that a row of stitches 20 penetrates through the piece of fabric I2 and a row of stitches 2| runs along the terminal edge of the piece of fabric I2, while strands of a thread 22 join portions of the seam I9 on the wrong face of the fabric I2.

'Both rows of stitches run along the longitudinal edges of the rubber band I exterioriy of said edges, so that the rubber band I is secured on the piece of fabric I2 by the seam I9 encompassing it. In order to prevent the rubber band I shifting longitudinally of the seam I 9, the rubber band is stretched during effecting the seam and thus narrowed. On the subsequent contraction of the rubber band the latter widens again to such an extent that it engages firmly into the seam.

Alternatively, the firm engagement of the rubber band with the seam can be improved by applying a rubber band having serrated longitu dinal edges I" as shown in Fig. 6a. These marginal serrations provide for an accordingly deep engagement of the rubber band in the rows of stitches 20 and 2| of the seam I8, shown in Fig. 6, by which means the rubber band is still further secured on the seam in its longitudinal direction. With the same end in view, a superficially roughened rubber band may be used. The mode of connecting the rubber band with the piece of fabric, as explained, renders possible a maximum extension in the longitudinal direction of the rubber band.

In distinction therefrom, in the embodiment, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, at a certain distance from the rubber band I, on the same side of the piece of fabric I2, a similar rubber band I' is secured by means of a plural thread seam I9 which may be of a similar texture as the seam I9, that is, be formed in a similar manner as same. In this case the rows of stitches 20' and 2| of the seam I9 which extend through the piece of fabric I2 are run along the longitudinal edges of the rubber band I exteriorly of these edges, so that the rubber band I' is accordingly secured on the piece of fabric I2. By this means, between the two rubber bands I and I a space I8 for ventilating purposes is provided. Obviously, one or more additional rubber bands may be arranged on the piece of fabric I2 in parallel relation to the rubber band I', each rubber band being fastened by means of a plural thread seam.

In cases where the rubber band is arranged at the margin of a piece of fabric and one or more additional rubber bands are arranged in parallel relation to the first rubber band, on the principle as indicated in Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 8, also for the one or more rubber bands not adjoining the margin of the fabric a. but onesidedly covering plural thread seam may be used only the rows of stitches of which are visible -on meme of the piece of fabric remote from the rubber bands.

The arrangement of an annular, that is, an endless rubber band in position close to the margin or else directly at the margin of an entrance opening is applicable also to pull overs and, thus, to tubular goods in general which are knitted, for example, in plain manner as by hand or in fancy manner as by frame in a so-called circular loom. The circumferential length of the rubber band is chosen to correspond to the size of the opening in the garment at which the band is to be arranged.

What I claim is:

1. A garment having an opening therein, and formed of textile material, the margin of the garment around said opening being overlaid by a strip of sheet rubber in immediate superposition thereon, and an extensible plural thread ornamental stitching encompassing and substantially covering the outer face of the rubber strip and connecting the rubber strip with the textile material, said ornamental stitching passing around the inner and outer edges of the rubber strip and penetrating the textile material along the inner edge of the rubber strip, said ornamental stitching having mutually slidable thread interlacings, and forming a decorative border for the margin of said opening, and further stitching running intermediately of the edges of the ornamental stitching penetrating the rubber strip and textile material and engaging the ornamental stitches for fixing the individual ornamental covering stitches permanently to the corresponding portions of the rubber strip covered thereby, and also permanently fixing corresponding portions of the rubber strip and garment against relative displacement longitudinally of the rubber strip, said further stitching and the penetrations of the textile by the ornamental stitching maintaining a substantial portion of the fabric under therubber strip fiat against said strip, and said further stitching maintaining the rubber strip in contact with its corresponding portions of the garment even in case of transverse breaking of the rubber strip.

2. A garment having a body opening therein, and formed of textile material, the margin of the'garment around said opening being overlaid by a strip of sheet rubber in immediate superposition thereon, and an extensible plural thread ornamental stitching encompassing and substantially covering the outer face of the rubber strip and connecting the rubber strip with the textile material, said ornamental stitching passing around the inner and outer edges of the rubber strip and penetrating the textile material along the inner edge of the rubber strip, said ornamental stitching having mutually slidable thread interlacings, and forming a decorative border for the margin of said opening, and further stitching running intermediately of the edges of the ornamental stitching penetrating the rubber strip and textile material and engaging the ornamental stitches for fixing the individual ornamental covering stitches permanently to the corresponding portions of the rubber strip covered thereby, and also permanently fixing corresponding portions of the rubber strip and garment against relative displacement longitudinally of the rubber strip, said further stitching and the penetrations of the textile by the ornamental stitching maintaining a substantial portion of the fabric under the rubber strip flat against said strip, and said further stitching maintaining the rubber strip in contact with its corresponding portions of the garment even in case of transverse breaking of the rubber strip, and a second strip of sheet rubber extending around the body opening of the garment spaced slightly inwardly from the first-mentioned rubber strip from the edge of the opening and overlying the fabric of the garment, said second. rubber strip being secured to the garment fabric by an extensible plural thread ornamental stitching encompassing and substantially covering the outer face of the said second strip, and having a longitudinally extending stitching securing the omamental stitches positively to the corresponding portions of the rubber covered thereby and the rubber strip to the corresponding portions of the fabric, said second rubber strip being slightly longer under equal tension than the first-mentioned strip so that the two strips considered together as a holding band conform to the shape of the portions of the body of, the wearer encompassed thereby, and the spabing between the two bands allows ventilation along the adjacent edges of both rubber strips.

ALEXANDER SCHEI'ILIN.

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