US2262463A - Mitten tip - Google Patents

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U. T. MARR MITTEN TIP Filed Jan. l5, 1940 Nov. l1, 1941 Patented Nov. 11, 1941 MITTEN TIP Urban T. Marr, Appleton, Wis., assignor to Zwicker Knitting Mills, Appleton, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application January 15, 1940, serial No. 31?.,941 1 claim. (ci. 2 158) My invention relates to improvements in mitten tips. y

The object of my invention is to provide a mitten tip which, although much more economical of m'anufacture,.is constructed, shaped and designed to complete the general contour and color scheme of the mitten generally rather than to break up and distort those features of a mitten as has been customary in the past.

More particularly stated, it is the object of my inventionto use a cut-sewed seam for the closure of a mitten tip, whereby to retain the continuity of structure of the knit body of the mitten to the extreme tip, and to so complete the textile margin of the tip as to avoid the heretofore objectionable features of` this cutsewed type of seam'.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a knit mitten with my n'ew tip.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the tip portion of a tubular mitten body in course of construction.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the first stage of a cut-seaming operation.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the cutseaming operation completed.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view of the tip portion of the mitten shown in Fig. 5 but with the tube turned to conceal the raw seam.

Fig. 7 isa section on line l-I of Fig. l.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

Figure 6 shows the well known type of seam constructionused in cheaper knit mittens prior to my invention. This seam is produced by the several steps illustrated in Figures 2 to 6, inclusive, wh'erein the usual tubular body IU of the mitten is made of any desired textile such as jersey, which is cut at II from the -continuous tube.

The next stage is the formation of the mitten tip is the cut-seaming of the rounded tip as shown in Fig. 3. This is done with the tube reversed or turned inside out. A seam I2 is sewed in an arc to close `the tip and the surplus material I3 is removed by cutting in a manner well known in the art. The tipof the mitten after cut-seaming is shown in Figures 4 and 5, the raw seam edge I4 being ready for reversal of th'e tube.

When the raw seam I4 has been reversed to its. ultimate disposition interorly of the mitten as shown in Fig. 6, two rounded wales I6 at either side of th'e seam groove Il remain as a disf'lguring distortion of the mitten tip. If there is a pattern in the knitted formation of the tube, 'either by way of color or variety of stitch these Wales distort or misalign the pattern, with the result that mittens of this construction hiave been rejected on the market, or relegated to a type of trad'e or price class much lower than their intrinsic Value would normally dictate.

I have, therefore, added a new and effective structural and ornamental feature of construction including loops of resilient complementary knitted or textile material corresponding or artistically contrasting in color with the body of the mitten.

The functions of the oversealming material I8 are principally three in number. Somewhat obviously the one function is that of hiding the seam groove Il. In |accomplishing this, I provide a sufficient number of loops of yarn or thread to the inch to constitute a flairly tight screen which effectively disposes of the, seam groove as a disiiguring feature.

Th-e second function of the overseaming is the resilient drawing of the wales I6 into closer relationship and into a different configuration as shown in Fig. I where it will be noted that the seam groove I1 is attened or straightened and the wales are so shaped as to make a tapered and rounded tip I9, contrasting greatly with the old double Wale and grooved seam shown in Fig. 6.

The third function of my overseaming is the provision of reinforcement for the mitten tip.

The overseaming which I use at IB is a resilient weaving or knitting stitch which is worked into the fabric of the tube I0 at the wales I6 and I place some tension on the loops or stitches so that a drawing action takes place. Thus, in the life of the mitten, the seam remains symmetrical and holds a contour which completes rather than distorts the lines of the mitten, and because I use colors and weights of yarn or thread complementary to the body of the mitten, my complete article, although economically produced; takes its proper place in the market as desirable merchandise capable of drawing premium prices.

I claim:

A tip construction for a mitten having a nating in a nger tip portion sewed and cut to provide a seam having raw inwardly turned margins, spaced parallel wales 'extending from the sides of the seam and forming a seam groove on the outside thereof, and stitch concealing overseaming interlaced with the fabric of the 2,262,463 tubular finger receiving body, said body termimitten and disposed on the outside of the mitten tip to cover the seam groove between the wales whereby to retain the smooth continuity of the knitted body of the mitten to the extremity of the tip.

URBAN T. MARR.

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