US220308A - Improvement in mittens - Google Patents

Description

H. W. PRICE.

MPETERS, FHGTO-LITHGGRAPNER, WASNINGYON. D C,

2 Sheet s-SheQt l.

Patented Oct. 7, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. PRICE, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVEM ENT IN M ITTENS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,30 S, dated October 7, 1879; application tiledM J une 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. PRICE, of the city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mittens, of which the followin g is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of mittens; and it consists in producing animproved article in which several of the different kinds of materials froln which mittens are usually manufactured are combined and distributed in such a manner as to produce a superior mitten as an article of manufacture, and at a less cost.

To this end I have devised and constructed the mitten represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a palm view of my improved mitten complete, of which Fig. 2 is a view of the back. Fig. 3 represents the knit fabric employed to form the wristlet and back of the mitten. Fig. 4t represents the palm portion of the mitten; Fig. 5, the thumb portion; Fig. 6, the tip on the back, and Fig. 7 the overlapping portion on the lower edge of the back.

In the figures, A represents a web-formed knit fabric, which, in'outline, is of L form, substantially as represented in Fig. 3, in which B represents theportion designed to form the back portion of the mitten, and O the front wrist portion. This knit fabric may be produced from 'any suitable textile material, and in any of the known forms of knit or looped fabrics; but for general purposes itis preferably made of wool, knit in the form known as ribbed work, having both sides of substantially the same finish.

At D is represented the palm portion of the mitten, which,'in this instance, is of leather, cut in the form represented, and of which E represents the palm portion proper, and the portion F, separated from the palm proper by the dotted line is designed to overlap the upper edge of the mitten to join on the knit fabric on the back. This portion of the mitten is formed with the thumb-seat, as at G, in which H represents the fourchette. At I is represented the thumb as cut to proper form, andis designed to be folded lengthwise on the dotted line y, to bring its edges a to coincide, and, having a welt, b, placed between them. Said edges are stitched and trimmed in the usual manner to produce a thumb. The edge portions c are then placed to coincide with the edge portions of the thumb-seat properly, and, having a welt, d, placed between them, are stitched and trimmed to tix the thumb in place in the usual manner. This palm portion, with the thumb in place, is then placed upon theknit fabric in such a manner that the edge e of the wrist portion shall overlap the edge f of the wrist portion of the knit fabric, and the edge g of the overlapping portion F shall overlap the upper edge, h, of the knit fabric. The under edge portion, K, of leather, cut to the form represented in Fig. 7, is then placed on the lower edge of the knit fabric, having its edge lc overlapping the lower edge, t', thereof. The tip L, of leather, cut to the form represented at Fig. 6, is then placed on the knit fabric, with its end l overlapping the end m of the upper edge portion, F, and its end n overlapping the end o of the lower edge portion, K. In this position these parts are fixed in place by through-stitching their overlapping edges, and the parts so fixed to each other give form to the back portion of the mitten, and are united to the palm portion by means of the overlapping portion F,vwhich is a part of the palm portion. The two complete portions of the mitten, consisting of the palm and back, joined to each other, are then folded with their face sides on each other, in which position their edges are made to coincide, and, having a welt, p, placed between them, are stitchedl trimmed, and 1inished as is customary in the manufacture of such goods, and the edges of the knit fabric which compose the wrist portion of the mitten are crocheted or otherwise joined to each other in any suitable manner.

The palm and thumb are lined with a ileeced fabric, the edges of which overlap the seams,

and are connected to the knit fabric by over`- seaming, after which the mitten is turned, the welts trimmed, and seams rubbed, pressed, or otherwise finished, which completes the mitten.

In the foregoing I have described my improved mitten having the thumb and palm lined with a eeced fabric, which I prefer; but these parts may be lined with a knit fabric,

substantially the same as the back portion of the mitten, and suoli lining may be a portion 0f the back, knit in one piece, or may be of any other known form o1' knit or looped fabric; and instead of the leather portions, felt or suitable cloth may he employed; and instead of the separate overlapping portion on the lower edge of the mitten, it may be a portion ofthe palm, formed to overlap the lower edge, in substantially the same manner as the upperedge overlapping portion is employed or the upper edge overlapping portion may be a separate piece from the palm portion and joined in the same manner that the loweredge portion is joined, and, it' desired, the tip and one or both the edge overlapping portions maybe joined or cut in one pieee. I have also represented my improved mitten having the tlnunb with a welt inserted in the seam. A welt is also employed in joining the thumb with the palm portion, aml in the joining ot the palm with the back I have also employed a welt, all of which I prefer; but these parts may be joined without the employment ot' a welt and still be within the scope of' my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a mitten, the back and wrist portions formed of knit or looped fabric, and made in a single piece, of L shape, and thepalm,thumb, side, and tip overlapping portions made ot' leather, substantially as set forth.

L. ln a mitten, the back and wrist portions formed of knit or looped fabric, and made in a single piece, of L shape, and provided with edge and top overlapsrof a palm joined thereto, having a welt inserted in the seameonnections, substantially as set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, the hereindescribed mitten having a back and wrist of knit, looped, or other equivalent fabric, a palm having an upper edge overlapping portion, a l lower edge overlapping portion, an overlapping tip, and a lined palm and thumb, substantially as herelnhet'ore set forth.

HENRY W. PR ICE.

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