US2577318A - Garment pocket - Google Patents

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l. M. FALK GARMENT POCKET Dec. 4, 1951 Filed Aug. 16, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET l INVFNTOR. 'ZI- r'ng HZ Talk,

I. M. FALK GARMENT POCKET Dec; 4, 1951 Filed Aug. 16, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Dec. 4, 1951 GARMENT POCKET Irving M. Falk, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Nu Pocket Method Company, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application August 16, 1948, Serial No. 44,465

1 Claim. (01. 2-247) My invention relates to a new and useful garment pocket and has for one of its objects to so construct and assemble the pocket in a garment that some of the ordinary operations are eliminated and a clean, neat and strong structural item results from the combination of parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pocket construction particularly adapted for use as a side or front pocket in a pair of trousers.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unique way of enclosing the raw edges of a pocket seam and a portion of a garment seam adjacent the line of attachment of the pocket to the garment to give a neat appearance to the assembly and a clean ravel-free pocket insides.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for hanging one side edge of a pocket to a garment whereby greater support is provided without causing a sagging effect to the garment in the region of the location of a pocket.

A still further object of the invention is to utilize a new method of attaching a pocket to a garment, such as a pair of trousers.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists of the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same I will describe its construction in detail referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which:

Fig. 1 is an outside face view of the upper part of a pair of trousers illustrating the relation of the side pocket to the other parts and showing one form of pocket opening.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary inside view thereof in the region of the side pocket which is partly broken away and the tape turned back.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 with all parts secured in place.

Fig. 5 is an outside face view of the upper part of a pair of trousers opposite to that shown in Fig. 1 and illustrating another type of pocket opening.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section at about the line 6-6 of Fig. 5 with the pocket turned inside out as the elements are stitched during the preliminary steps of the assembly.

Fig. '7 is a similar section after completion of the formation of the pocket and turned right side in.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section at the line of Fig. 5.

In carrying out my invention as herein em formation of the pocket opening, a triangular area l5 of the front garment material section H is folded in to provide an inclined edge I6, Fig. 1, for the pocket opening. If the turned in area of said front garment material section II, in the region of the pocket opening, is folded in evenly a straight edge 11, is provided.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the pocket I8 is formed by folding a piece of pocket material upon itself and sewing the upper portion of the; outer panel l9 to the garment section ll between the main part and turned in area of said garment section H by the stitches 20.

The inner edge of a facing strip 2| is -stitched to the insidesurface of the pocket panel ,22 by stitches 23. A hanger strip 24' has an edge folded into the contiguous edge of the garment section i2 and said folded portions and the outer edge of the facing strip 2i are sewn together by stitches 25 in a single operation.

Finally a binding tape 26 is folded in U-shape and assembled to embrace and inclose the coinciding edges of the bottom and lower portion of the side of the pocket, as in Figs. 2 and 3, and then the upper portion of the edge of the inner panel 22 of the pocket and the inner edge of the hanger strip 24 are enclosed in the binding tape, as Figs. 2 and 4, and the parts are sewn together by two parallel rows of stitches 21, Fig. 2, one row only passing through the binding tape. Thus the pocket below the pocket opening and its attachment to the hanger strip is accomplished in one operation.

In that form of structure illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, a facing strip 28 is sewn along its inner longitudinal edge by stitches 3| to the side edge of the inner panel 29 of the pocket 30 in back to back relation while the pocket material'is turned inside out. Then the facing strip is folded to project outwardly from its sewn edge in a plane substantially parallel to the pocket panel 29. Also a hanger strip 32 is sewn along its inner longitudinal edge by stitches 34 to the side edge of the pocket panel 33 in Thereafter, the 9 other longitudinal edge of the facing strip 28" is sewn to the edge of the other garmentsection. H in the region of the pocket opening by stitches 36 while the parts are in face=to"face-relation.-'

The bottom and side edges of 'thepocketmw terial below the pocket opening.,are-.sti ll unat-itached but said pocket material is now turned right side in and closed by folding a piece of binding tape 31 generally -u-shaped and assembling -said tape =to embrace and enclosethe"coin-* ciding bottom and side edges of the pocket material below-the pocket opening and the stitched edges of the facing strip and garment'se'ction [2 in the region 0f said pocket-opening: The binding tape-31 is sewnin-place bythe stitches in the same mar-ineras shown in Fig. 2.

'everyinstancef the end of "the binding tape 31 along the' bottomof the-pocket 'ongmau 'ex-' tends past the-fold ofthepocket=andthis'pro jeetingend-"is folded "in,= as'at "39, Fig. 8, to be pcsitioned'between'the pocket and the-contigu-- ous=garmentmaterial and: said folded end of thetape is tacked ir'rplace by stitches 40.

From the foregoing it-will' beapparent that I have --provided a simple construction 'of-garment pocket which is not onlyneat in appearance and has a clean smooth-interior surface; free of ravelings,- bilt-=also one in which the area-thereof adjacent its connection with the rear garmentsection" 12, where the greatest strain occurs; is suspended by the hangerstflp away fromthe' garment sec tion edge to thereby reinforce the connectionbe tween the garment-and pocket:

- Of *course I do not wish to be: limited *tothe exact details orconstruction -herei-n sh'own -and" 4 described as these may be varied within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

In a garment pocket, front and rear garment sections sewn together throughout the major portions of their lengths forming a seam and being freeabove the seam to forms. pocket opening, the free edge of the front garment section folded inward at an angle to produce an inclined turned edge, a strip of pocket material folded upon itself on a ...ver.tical line to provide outer and inner panels and disposed in the garment with'the upperportion of said outer panel between the main andinturried parts of said front garment section andcsewn in place, a facing strip and a hanger strip sewn to the free edge of the rear garment-section, and said hanger strip sewn to the edge of the inner pocket panel and said facing strip. sewn to said inner pocket panel an appreciable distancefrom thehanger strip and disposed to cover the latter, and a binding tape enclosingethe edges of both pocket panels along. the bottoms and side to the: pocket opening of the garment and th'e coinciding edges of the hanger strip and inner panel of the pocket.

IRVING M. FALK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 18,171 Falkovitz Aug. 25, 1931. 1,489,879 Corona Apr;.8, 1924 1,518,884. Weiner Dec.:9, 1924 1,746,897 1 Kaufman Feb. 11; 1930" 2,209,197 Fa'lkovitz July 23; 194.0 2,209,7I8 Falkovitz Juiyso, 1940' 2,263,546 Goldsmith et a1. Nov. 18,- 1941 2,409,025 Fillrf Oct. 8, 1946 2,423,558; Herman et a1. July 8,1947

Kotzin Dec. 7, 1948

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