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(No Model.) W. W. WHITAKER.

Mitten. No. 241,900. Patented `May24,188l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM W. 'WHITAKER OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL S. HULETT, OF SAME PLACE.

MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,900, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed April 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WHITAKER, a citizen of theUnited States, residir] g at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mittens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention consists of a mitten madefrom knit goods, the blanks being cut from the web folded so as to cut a two-ply blank, and the wrists long enough to fold inward between the two folds of the blank, and one of the folds being cut across at the line separating the wrist from the hand, and then both folds being used to form the two-ply back of the hand, while a leather forms the palm of the hand, all of which will be fully understood by the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the blanks cut in twofold from the ordinary web of knit goods, the blanks thus having no selvage. Fig. 2 represents the next step in making the mitten, and. Fig. 3 is a section showing the different folds, as will be more fully explained.

In making the mitten from the blanks, Fig. l, the upper fold is cnt across, as shown at J, the parts A of both folds forming the two-ply back of the hand. The long wrist-pieces B are folded inward or introverted, the fold being made on the line b, so that the lower ends, C, ofthe blank, Fig. 1, come to meet the palm at the line J, as better seen in Fig. 3. The palm of the mitten is made from the usual leather, D, which is to be lined, and the edge of the same (including the lining) is overstitched before the same is attached to the knit two-ply back. This overstitch is shown at G, and extends to the border-strips E and F, Fig. 2; but in this case I do not claim the overstitch, as I have filed a separate application for the same. Now, the mitten is completed by a throughand-through stitch, as described in an application for a patent which I filed in February, 1881.

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim The method of manufacturing mittens made of knitted material or fabric, which consists, essentially, in cutting a blank to form the twoply back and two-ply wrist from a web doubled or folded over, then cutting one of the folds crosswise at a point separating the wrist from the hand part, then folding inwardly or introverting the Wrist-pieces B upon the line b, and finally attaching a leather palm thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. W. WHITAKER.

Witnesses DANIEL BREED, GEO. F. GRAHAM.

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