US2120152A - Manufacture of fur coats and the product thereof - Google Patents

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H. POST June 7, 1938.

MANUFACTURE OF FUR COATS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Filed Oct. 16, 1937 2--Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. Harry 1 0M M ATTORNEY,

June 7, 1938.. H. POST 0, 5

MANUFKCTURE OF FUR COATS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Eiled Oct. 16, 1937 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' INVENTOR.

Harry P012? M ATTORNEY.

Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED. STATES PATEN o -m8 MANUFACT F FUR COATS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF V I llarry Post, Brooklyn, N. Y. -Appllcatlon October 16, 1937, Serial No. 169,395

'3 Claims. (01. uazs This invention'relates generally to the manufacturebf 'fw jcoats'yand has particular refer-- ence to a novel method of cutting skins of grey Persian'lambs" and arranging cut strips of such skins and bringing these skins together for the pie-determined purpose -of making a novel type of fur garment.

The invention has for'its object the provision of a method of cutting and arranging natural grey Persian lamb skins only; or the manufac ture of .fur coats. A further object of this invenare of a; predominantly "light, approaching white,

shade, and the marginal endsOfsuch furs shade into'a darker color; approaching dark grey. "Certain others ofthese furs or skins are predominantly dark grey with a gradual shading into lighter color approaching light grey in the centers thereof; and these respective skins are known as light and dark skins. Heretofore, it has been customary to use the light skins to make up a substantially light grey Persian lamb coat and to utilize the dark skins for the manufacture of a dark greyPersian lamb coat. The dark skin coats command higher prices. grey skins are considerably lower in price, and light grey skin coats are not popular.

My invention comprehends the utilization of.

both light and dark skins, and in accordance therewith, I am able to make a Persian lamb coat of longitudinally combined portions alternately arranged in light and dark shades, the general effect being that the coat is made of elongated skins in either light or dark colors,

the colors merging together at the margins of the portions. The novelty of my new creation was so marked in the art of fur-making that it has received immediate acceptance by the trade.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more fully described and shown in the drawings and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 illustrates the skin side of a piece of light grey fur;

Figure 2 depicts the fur side of a narrow strip of light grey Persian lamb fur;

Figure 3 shows the skin side of light grey iur strips sewed together;

marginal colors merging into The light.

Figure 4 is a skin side view of dark grey Persian lamb fur;

Figure 5 depicts the fur side of a narrow strip of dark grey fur;

Figure 6 shows'a skin side-view of dark grey 5 i fur strips sewed together;

Figure'l shows the skin side of a piece of fur made by joining the elongated light greystrips such as shown in Figure 3, with-the pieces shown in Figure 6, after the pieces such as are-shown 10 in Figure 6 have been produced by cutting in two parts, and one of each of the parts joined a to the central portion corresponding to that' shown in Figure 3;

Figure 8 is a. fragmentary sectional view of Figure '7, showing an exterior side oi a completed composite piece of fur, having alternate light grey and dark grey pieces of fur joined together-:- and Figure 9 shows a complete i'ur coat madein 2b accordance with my invention.

Similar characters of reference represent simi lar parts throughout the various views.

Referring to the drawings and more-particu larly to Figures 1, 2, and 3, a skin ill of light grey Persian lamb is placed upon a tablein the form shown in Figure l, with the skin-side of the skin uppermost. An imaginary line indicated by ii-li is then drawn through the central portion or the'skin, and the skin is then cut into strips angularly downwardly from said medianline, as indicated by the lines l5 and IS" on Figure 1.

results a series of strips of light grey fur. Theseare then sewed together in the manner shown in Figure 3, and a piece of light grey fur is produced. It will be noted from Figure 3 that the strips are angularly placed in respect to-a median line. These strips were brought together in accordance with the judgment of a skilled furrier who has the ability to compare and select furs of the same color.

A skin 20 of dark grey color is then taken, and a similar operation is carried on; and the resulting piece of dark skin fur is illustrated in Figure 6. An imaginary line 2l--2l is drawn through the central portion of the skin shown in Figure 4, and the strips are then out such as the larger v-shaped cutout 22 and the smaller V- shaped cutouts 23 and 24 and the elongated or narrow 1 so as to form a piece of fur as shown in Figure 6. M5

From this preliminary operation there The result isthat the outer or for side of the piece shown in Figure 6 is substantially dark in color, representing a dark Persian lamb skin as depicted in Figure 5.

The skin shown in Figure 6 is cut longitudinally into halves illustrated by the two parallel lines indicated by reference character 0, and as a result the two halves indicated by a and b are obtained.

In selecting the strips to make up the pieces shown in Figure 3, the lighter shades of the strips are brought into the central portion, and the darker shades to the marginal portions, all still being light grey fur. In selecting the strips to make the pieces shown in Figure 6,1.the lighter shades are brought into the central portion, and the darker shades to the marginal portions, all still being a dark grey color.

The pieces of fur shown in Figure 3 are then placedupon a table, and at each side of the piece shown in Figure 3 one of the halves a and b is placed, and these halvesare then joined by a seam to the center portion A, as shown in Figure '1, the seams running the whole length of the pieces and indicated by s and s. The strips bear reference characters resembling those in Figures 3 and 6. When the composite piece shown in Figure 7 is viewed from the exterior or right side, an appearance such asshown in Figure 8 is produced. Pieces such as shown in Figure 7 are then joined together, following selected patterns of ladies fur coats, and a fur coat such as illustrated in Figure 9 is obtained.

In the final product of a composite piece, the marginal portions of the pieces a, A, and b, merge into each other, the coloring thereof blending one into the other. c

About twenty-four skins are necessary to make a coat such as shown in Figure 8. If all the skins would be light grey Persian lamb, the coat would have very little value compared to a coat made only of all dark grey Persian lamb. By utilizing twelvedark grey Persian lamb skins in accordance with this invention, a coat is produced which has the same or a higher sales value than an entirely dark skin coat. 7

In cutting into the strips in the skin in Figure 1, as also the 'skin illustrated in Figure 4, certain darker strips such as I! and i8 may result from the skin of Figure 1, and certain lighter strips may result from Figure 4, as indicated by strips 25 and 26, and these may be preferably merged with the other strips of substantially the samecolor, so that in working out this improved system it may happen that from the skin shown in Figure 3, certain strips 25' and 26 of lighter color may beutilized from the fur of Figure 4;

whereas in the strips shown in Figure 6, certain darker shades of the skin of Figure 1, indicated so by I! and II, may be utilized. 7

I have describedmy invention as embodied in certain forms, but changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined by the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. A method of manufacturing Persian lamb furs, which consists in cutting into strips the skin of a light grey Persian lamb which is partially dark, and the skin of a dark grey Persian lamb, which is partially light, selectelongated piece of fur substantially of light grey color with the lightest color in the central portion thereof, selecting all of the dark grey strips and joining the same in drop fashion to form a narrow elongated piece of fur substantially of dark grey color with the darkest color in the center thereof, halving the latter, and joining each half at its darker portions to the darker longitudinal margins of the light grey I piece of fur to form a composite skin of a light grey central portion and dark grey marginal portions, and joining such composite pieces of fur having dark marginal portions and light central portions to form a garment having longitudinal alternate light and dark bands.

mg allof the light grey strips and joining, the same in drop fashion to form a narrow 2. A method of manufacturing Persian lamb I to form a composite piece of dark grey having a central light portion, and joining a plurality of such composite pieces together dark edge to dark edge in garment fashion having longitudinal alternate light and dark bands.

3. A garment 'comprising a plurality of elongated or dropped pieces of fur, alternating in light and dark grey shades, each of said pieces comprising strips of fur joined together, with the lighter fur in the center bounded on each side by darker fur, and all of said strips of each of said skins being substantially the same color with the marginal sections of the adjacent skins resembling each other in color so as to constitute a blending or merger of the colors of one piece of fur into the colors of the other pieces of fun with alternate light and dark bands, all of said strips being cut from light grey and dark grey Persian lamb skins.

HARRY POST.

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