US2534863A - Garment construction and method of making same - Google Patents

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Deso T99 i950 GARMENT CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF' MAKING SAME Filed Feb. 10, 1950 2 Sheets-Shee't /r/ iff/iff;

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Patented Dec. 19, 1950 GARMENT CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Peter Frankel, Rego Park, N. Y., assigner to Peter Morton Leisure Wear, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 10, 1950, Serial No. 143,553

4 Claims.

* This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garments and a method of manufacturing the same and has particular reference to the manufacture of sport and leisure coats.

In garments of this general type heretofore presented there has been a loose facing provided in the inner side of the forward edge of the front portion of the garment which in many ways, has been objectionable.

One object of the invention is to provide the same degree of reinforcement to this part of the garment and yet eliminate this loose ap or facing.

A further object is to provide a front portion of a garment with a double layer of reinforcement along the forward edge of the garment front, across the shoulders, and along the bottom in the area where a pocket is generally disposed.

A still further object is to provide a novel garment in which some of the seams connecting the parts are reversed.

Yet another object is to provide a novel construction of pocket.

Still another object is to provide a garment front with a novel panel disposed on the outside thereof and connected thereto with invisible seams, and related thereto at the bottom to form a novel pocket arrangement.

In brief and general terms, the invention includes a novel garment construction and method of making the same. The garment comprises a front piece on the outside surface of which is This panel piece extends generally up along the forward edge of the front piece, across the top at the shoulders, and across the bottom along the pocket area. The

` vertical part of the panel along the forward edge of the front piece is relatively narrow.

The pocket construction includes a pocket lining element sewed along three sides to the front piece and along the top thereof to the panel element thus providing a simple and very efficient and economical pocket construction.

With the garment thus including a front piece to the outside of which is attached a panel of the general configuration above described, I have developed a novel and simple method of sewing these two parts together, so that when completed certain seams are reversed. In considering this,

it must be noted that the front edge of the panel extends up along the front edge of the front piece and also in alinement with the top and bottom edges of the front piece. However, the rear edge of the panel may be variously shaped but in general, extends in a somwhat U-shaped manner up along the intermediate portion of 'the front piece and then spread out somewhat horizontally at the top and bottom of the panel forming upper and lower limbs of the panel of which the lower limb is generally much wider than the upper.

To connect these two pieces, I first dispose the rear edge of the panel on the intermediate area of the front piece in a laterally abutting relation with the rear edge of the panel facing toward the front edge of the front piece and then sew them together along this rear edge.

After this is done, I take the free portion of the panel and fold it around the rear portion of the front piece and dispose itsforward edge in lateral abutment with the forward edge of the front piece and sew them together, this sewing being along the front edge of the thus abutted pieces and along the bottom edges thereof. When this sewing is complete, I then take the combined pieces thus sewed and turn them inside out and thus have a completed front'piece with attached panel piece with the seams not visible. The pocket piece having been formed at this time makes a simple, compact, novel, ornamental front for a garment with proper double reinforcement along the front edge thereof and across the shoulders and the bottom. This garmentI thus achieves all the strength of former ones without having a loose fiap or facing showing, and with certain seams reversed.

The present preferred form which the invention may assume is illustrated in the drawings which show a coat made in accordance with the invention, and showing the construction of the coat and the steps taken in its manufacture. The figures of the drawings, are as follows:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a coat garment embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a front piece or layer;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a panel piece or layer which is disposed over the front piece shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 4 is a partial vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the fronts of the coat in partly assembled condition;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 5;

Fig. 7 shows the garment in folded condition in the next stepv of its assembly after the step shown in Figure 5;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7;

respective top edges l and 2|. operator is then thrust down between the panel Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure 1;

Fig. 10 is a view of a completed front portion with part of it broken away;

Fig. 11 is a vertical section taken on the line Il-llof Figure 1; and

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section taken on the line |2-I2 of Figure l.

Referring now to the specic form of the invention shown in the drawings, it will be seen that the invention concerns a novel and unique form of coat front or front for any other form of garment which front as a whole, includes a main front piece or layer l0 of cloth over which is disposed and to which is connected, an outer panel piece Il of generally U-shape which thus provides a complete front with a double layer of material across the shoulders, down the outer edge thereof and across the bottom in the region of the ordinary pocket and so assembled as to L have no inside loose facings, and with certain seams reversed.

Referring to the main front piece l0, it will be seen (Figure 2) that it has a bottom edge l2,

back edge i3, forward edge I4, and top edge l5 lalined with the edge i4, its bottom edge alined with the edge l2 and with its upper edge 2l alined With the edge I5.

After these two pieces are cut out as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the iirst step in the assembling of them is shown in Figure 3, in which a pocket lining piece 22 is sewed to the panel piece il Y along the edge of the lining piece 22 in the figure.

After this operation, the next step in the assembling of the garment is shown in Figures 5 and 6, in which the panel Il is laid out over the main front piece il) but in the reverse direction, and

Y is sewed along its back edge I9 to the front piece l0 as show-n, with the exception of that portion of the edge i9 which is over the pocket lining piece.

The next step is to sew the lining piece 22 along its bottom and sides to the outer face of the front piece I, and the resultant condition of the parts after this step is completed is shown in Figure 5.

The next step, and considering Figures G and 8 5 to visualize this procedure, the right side of the front piece l0 is pulled in together and then the left side of it is swung around, as-indicated by the'arrow in Figure 6, to inclose this pulled in right side and to bring its front edge le in aliner ment with the forward edge IS of the panel H, as shown in Figure 8, which is a section taken on Figure 7. These two laterally abutting edges ld and I9 are then sewed together as indicated in Figure 8. This line of sewing is shown in dotted lines 23 in Figure l0. When this step is completed, it is then seen that the front portion iii and the panel Il are sewed together along front and rear edges of the panel and the front and intermediate areas of the front portion respectively and along their bottom edges, but it is to be noted that they are not connected along their The hand of the portion and the front portion at this point, and

the article thus sewed is turned inside out. In other words, the hand of the operator is extended down into the top of the folded article shown in Figure 8, and the material turned inside out thus forming the garment portion shown in Figure 1f), ywhich represents the completed panelled front portion, in thiscase, of a leisure coat.

From a consideration of the above Vstatement of the objects of the invention, the general description of it and the detailed specification thereof taken in connection with the drawings, it will be obvious in summation that I have provided a front piece to a garment with a panel piece disposed on the outside thereof and covering and reinforcing the front piece adjacent the forward edge thereof, as well as across the shoulder portion and the bottom portion thereof.

The pocket provided is simple and novel and eicient and economical to produce. The method of sewing the pieces together is simple, efficient, and easily provides the assembled pieces in the proper relation without showing any of the seams. The garment is thus presented with sufficient and proper reinforcement along desired lines and areas.

While the invention has been described in detail and with respect to the preferred form shown in the drawings, it is not to be limited to such details and forms since many changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence, it is intended to cover any and all forms and modifications of the invention which may come within the language or scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a garment, a front piece having a forward edge, a panel member overlaying the front piece, the edge of the panel member adjacent the forward edge of the front piece and the edge of said panel member remote from said forward edge being turned inwardly and a line of stitching passing through the inturned portions only and joining said inturned portions to the front piece.

2. In a garment, a front piece having a forward edge, a panel member overlaying the front piece, the panel piece comprising a portion having an edge extending up along the forward edge of the front piece, and an attachment adge remote from said forward edge, an upper `limb extending across the shoulder area of the front piece, and a lower limb extending across the bottom portion of the front piece, the forward edge and said remote attachment edge of said panel member being turned inwardly and a line of stitching passing through the inturned portions only and joining said inturned portions to the front piece.

3. In a garment, a front piece, a panel piece sewed to the outside of the front piece with the connecting seams reversed, the panel piece having a lower limb extending across the lower portion of the front piece and connected to the front piece along its bottom edge and along part of its top edge, a pocket lining sewed to the outer face of the front piece back of said limb along its sides and bottom, the upper edge of the lining being sewed to the inside face of the upper edge of the panel limb to form a pocket.

4. A method of forming a garment involving the connection of a panel piece to the outside of a front piece, which comprises the step of disposing the rear edge of said panel piece along the intermediate area of the front piece with the said rear edge of the panel `piece facing towards the forward edge of the front piece and in lateral abutment with said area, the step of sewing the rear edge of said panel to the front piece, the step of folding the forward edge of the panel piece around the rear portion of the front piece to the 5 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 415,447 Cluett Nov. 19, 1889 605,077 Carter June 7, 1898 2,488,795 Avery Nov. 22, 1949

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