US2200882A - Narrow fabric - Google Patents

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May 14, 1940. B. J. GOLDSMITH 2,200,882

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Patented May 1 4, 1940 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NARROW FABRIC Bertram J. Goldsmith, Neshanic, N. J.

Application May 24, 1938, Serial No. 209,718

' 4 Claims. (01. 139 -38 1) This invention relates to narrow fabrics such material. As here shown, said blanket is proas edging strips, ribbons or tapes, and is intended vided at the head and foot ends thereof with primarily for use as edge bindings and trimmings e g ng ps ll o the present invention, d for blankets and similar articles, although said str ps being folded v r t marginal d e p narrow fabrics are not limited to such uses. The tions of said ends of the blanket. The binding 5 invention is also concerned with blankets and 'meilel'ial y be of y Suitable Width he e similar articles provided with such edging or y "60 pe t e me 130 be de over e ed e binding Strips. portions of the blanket at both sides thereof. One object of the invention is to provide an Said binding material is in the form of woven .edge binding or trimming stripwhich may be at strips of any suitable fabric, such as silk, rayon l tached to the blanket or other article by conr o h r m r l n as clearly. wn n F 2 oealed lin of titching. and 3 of the drawing, has divided or splayed side Another object of the invention is to provide ge p r I4 which ex n p rably for the a blanket or similar article with a binding or full gth of S d binding ps- Sp ayed por- 5 trimming strip of narrow fabric which, in addib10113 e p eferably formed inte h t e tion to its function as a binding strip, also immain y portion 0f the binding Strip in proves th appearance of th m k t and d the weaving of the latter. As clearly shown in to the length or width thereof, or both to the the drawing body portion it is substantially wider length and width thereof, when the strip is atn m r in l edge portions M.

tached to the ends or to the sides, or both to the As here s w one of the parts of each end and side edges of the blanket, as the case pl shed p rti n I4 is somewhat wider than its may be, companion part 28 so that when the binding strip It is also an object of the invention generally s folded r the d e po of the blanket to provide improved edge bindings or edging and stitched in position, parts it! extend somestrips whereby to improve the appearance of the What beyond the ed of pe 29 for Covering 25 blankets or other articles to which such edging r the latter and it will be understood that when binding strips are attached. the binding strips are attached to the blanket The above objects of the invention and other the strips are folded so that the wider parts is objects which might hereinafter appear will be of t e p yed portions are disposed outermost fully understood from the following description and cverlieparts "2t at both sides of the blanket. 30 considered in connection with the accompanY- e Outer edges of p rts and 25 are Sell/edge ing drawing. edges. Said strips are each secured in position In the drawing: by one or more lines of stitching, here shown as Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a blanket proone line of St tc which p s ou vided with edging strips of the present invention; both parts 2b of each strip and t u the N Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of blanket but does not pass through outermost parts Fig. 1; l8 of the splayed portions of said strips. Stitch- Fig. 2a is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a ing '22 is therefore concealed from view whereby modification; the blanket has a neater and more attractive ap- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of pearance than is the case with blankets in which one of the edging or binding strips embodying e ventional binding S rips are attached to the 40 th present invention; blanket by lines of stitching which pass through Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing anthe binding strips and are exposed to View on the th form of th i ention; outer surfaces of said strips. As illustrated in Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5" of F g. 6 e de d s of the et may also be 45 Fi 4; provided with bindings 12 of the present inven- Fig. 6 is a plan View of a blanket showing bindtion. It will be understood that the binding ing strips attached to the four edges thereof; strip may have only one divided marginal edge Fig. '7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion instead of two. Thus, as illustrated in woven fabric from which bindings may be made Fig. 2a, strip I20), which in other respects is the 50 in accordance with another form of the inven-. same as strip l2, has as here shown only one tion. splayed edge portion I la constituted by divided Referring now to the drawing in detail, the parts I8a and 2011. In this case, the stitching blanket indicated generally by the reference nupasses only through part 28a, through the blanket meral 10, may be made of any suitable blanket and through the oth e portion of the S p 5:;

the latter being on the inner side of the blanket. The edge of the'strip l2a opposite splayed portion M0. is preferably a selvedge edge.

As hereinbefore stated, it is also an object of thepresent invention to rovide binding or edging strips which in addition to their normal functions of binding the edges of the blanket, also add to the width or length thereof whereby less blanket material may be used for a blanket of the same overall size. Pursuant to this object of the invention, there is provided, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, binding or edging strips 24 which are secured to the edges of the 1 blanket 2t and which project outwardly therefrom in such manner as to add to the length of the blanket. It will be understood that similar strips may be attached to the side edges of the blanket for increasing the. overall .width of the blanket or for reducing the width of the blanket material 26 for the same overall width of the blanket. Strip 24 is preferably woven of any suitable material and, as here shown, comprises an outer body portion 28 and an integral inner divided or splayed portion 36 constituted by separable parts 32 Woven integral with part 28. As clearly shown in Fig. 5, body portion 28 is substantially wider than marginal edge portion 38.

Said binding 24 is finished as a double-face binding, and parts 32 may be of any suitable thickness. For example, the combined thickness of parts 32 may be the same as the thickness of the part 28 or may have a thickness which is greater or less than the thickness of part 28. Divided portion JG is secured to the marginal edge portion of the blank proper by one or more lines of stitching, here shown as one line of stitching 34. Strips 24 may vary in width, although ordinarily the preferred width is from one inch to two and a half inches. Parts 28 and 32 preferably have selvedge edges.

In accordance with another form of the present invention, the binding strips, instead of being woven initially in narrow fabric form, may be woven in a relatively wide fabric and subsequently reduced to the binding or narrow fabric widths. Thus as illustrated in Fig. 7, there is provided a relatively wide fabric 40 having spaced intermediate widths 42 and end widths 44 woven integrally with tubular portions 46. Fabric 40 can. be readily formed into bindings or edging strips similar tostrips I2 and 24 by cutting said fabric along longitudinally extending lines medially of the tubular portions 46, the lines of cutting being indicated by the dotted lines 48. Fabric .40, like the narrow fabrics woven into the bindings l2, 12a. and 24, may be made of any suitable materials, such as, for example, silk, artificial silk or rayon, cotton, etc. The ends 44 of fabric 46 may be woven with selvedge edges. It will be understood that the tubular portions 46 as well as the end portions 44 and 42 may vary in width, and further that in the same woven fabric said portions 42,44, and 46 may be of different widths.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise than as here shown. Accordingly, I do not wish to be limited precisely to the forms of the invention herein shown or described, or to any one of them, except asmay be required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A narrow fabric of the class described comand a longitudinally extending marginal edge portion comprising two superposed thicknesses united at their inner edges with the body portion and separate from each other at their outer portions, one of said-thicknesses being wider'than the other.

2. A narrow fabric of the class described comprising a length of fabric having a body portion and a longitudinally extending marginal, edge portion comprising two superposed thicknesses woven integrally and united at their inner edges. with the body portion and separate from each from each other at their outer portions, said body portion of the edging strip being folded over said edge portion of the blanket and the opposite divided marginal edge portions of said strip positioned at opposite sides of said blanket, and stitching for securing said strip to the blanket passing through the latter and through the inner thickness only of said marginal edge Portions.

4. A blanket or similar article having attached to an edge portion thereof a fabric edging strip comprising a longitudinally extending body por- I tion of single thickness and an integrally woven and united section of two thicknesses extending longitudinally of said body portion, said body 1 I prising a length of fabric having a body portion portion being folded over the edge portion of said blanket at both sides of the latter with said section oftwo thicknesses disposed at one side of 4 the blankets and a line of stitching passed through the inner thicknesses only of said section for securing the edging strip to the blanket, the outer thickness of said stitched marginal part overlying and concealing the said stitching.

BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH.

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