US2661878A - Patch holding device - Google Patents

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A. JANSSENS PATCH HOLDING DEVICE Dec. 8, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 25, 1950 L5 15 F E Jhvezzfar Jned .Tamsgens 3 M m Jfiarnqys.

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PATCH HOLDING DEVICE Filed July 25, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 All ZWvenZOr .Azm a Jams-sens Patented Dec. 8, 1953 PATCH HOLDING DEVICE Anna Janssens, Chicago, Ill. Application July 25, 1950, Serial No. 175,777

4 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in mending devices, and has for one purpose to provide an improved device for mending r patching articles.

Another purpose is to provide such a device which is particularly adaptable to sewing cloth patches on or over holes in clothobjects, garments and the like. p

Another purpose is to provide a set of mending devices which may be nested and shipped as a unit, and which are adaptable for applying patches throughout a substantial range of size.

Another purpose is to provide improved means for holding the patches and the articles patched when a patch is being applied to an article.

Another purpose is to provide a device of the type herein described adapted for applying patches of different sizes.

Other purposes will appear from time to time in the course of the specification and claims.

I illustratemy invention more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a section, on an enlarged scale, on the lin 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side View of an individual patchholding member surrounded by a band of rubber or the like;

Figure 4 is a side view of one of the members,

with parts in section.

Figure 5 is a section illustrating one method of application, with the patch-holding member inverted to serve as a base;

Figure 6 is a plan view, illustrating, in nested a.

condition, various sizesof patching elements;

Figure '7 is a section on the line 5-4 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of an individual member;

Figure 9 is a plan view of a variant form;

Figure 10 is a section on the line Ill-H3 of Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a section on the line I l-| l of Figure 10; and

Figure 12 is a section, similar to Figure 10, with the patch-holding member in place.

Like parts are indicated by like symbols throughout the specification and drawings.

Referring to the drawings, and, for example, to Figures 1 and 2, I provide a plurality of frames, each of which includes a circumferentially extendingv wall I which may be divided into four sections, la, lb, lc, etc., where a square'or rectangular form is employed. Preferably, I provide each such frame with an outwardly extending upper flange or lip 2, and I may also provide a bottom lip or flange 3. In the form of Figures 1 and following I illustrate two such frames, differing in diameter, the inner frame being adapted to penetrate the outer frame in the disposition of :parts shown in Figure 2. The inner frame is preferably provided with a flange 2a of suflicient outward extension to overlie the flange 2 of the outer frame. When the two parts or frames are in use, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the inner frame, which I may identify generally as B, is inserted within the outer frame, which I identify generally as A, with the flange 2a overlying the flange 2. 7

In applying a patch, the article to be patched is secured to and about the outer frame A. I may employ, for example, a circumferential elastic gripping member 4, which may be an ordinary band of rubber or of a suitable rubber substitute.

When this elastic 4 is in the position in which it is shown in Figures 1 and 2 it holds the article to be patched, identified as 5, against the outer surface of the side members la, etc. The member 5 is thereby brought in relation to a tension over the flange 2, and depends Within the outer frame A. The patch 6 is similarly held in position on the inner frame B by any suitable means, such as the circumferential elastic band 1. The band is so applied as to tension the patch 6, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, with a-portion of the patch-6 tightly folded about the circumferential edge of the flange 2a. serted within the frame A, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, both the article to be mended, 5, and the Thus, when the frame B is inpatch 6 have adjacent folds, identified as X and Y in Figures 1 and 2. These folds can easily be sewed together by use, for example, of the needle 8 and thread 9.

During the sewing the parts are preferably For example, the lower proportioned as to hold the. edge of the patch 6 firmly against inward projections H] from the webs of the sides of the outer frame A. When the two frames are positioned, as in Figure 2, the distance between the outer edge of the flange 3a and the inner portions of the inwardly extending,

inclined portions It is such that the interposition of the inner portionsofthe member 5 is, under 'normal circumstances, sufficient frictio'nally to hold the two :frames together.

Similar inward projections 10a are. shown on the frame B, their function being to operate as holding means if and when an inner and smaller frame is used, as in the assembly illustrated in Figures 6 and following.

When the seam is being sewed all the way around the frames then the outer band 4 may be removed, which releases the outer frame A. Thereafter, the inner band 1 becomes accessible and may be removed, thus releasing the inner frame B. Itwill be observed that, as to the inner frame B, and also as to the progressively smaller inner frames C, D and E of Figures 6 and following, the upper flange 2a has substantially greater outward extension than the lower flange 3a. Thus any one of the frames of intermediate size may be reversed in position, as shown in Figure 5, at which time its previously lower flange 3a is in upper position, opposed to and overlain by the upper flange 2a of the frame next smaller in size.

In the frames herein shown it is advantageous also to provide apertures l5 adjacent the corners, to provide space for the bunching of material at the corners.

Referring to Figures 9 to 12, I illustrate a variant form of frame assembly in which a single unit may be employed selectively for square and for rectilinear patches. The unit has end webs or wall portions 20 which have upward extensions 21. The lower parts of the end walls 20 are connected by side walls 22, while the upper projections 2| are connected by side walls 23. Thus the end walls 20, with the walls 22, define a square frame, while the upward projections 21. with the walls 23, provide a rectangular but ohlong frame. Both parts include corner apertures 15a and outward projections 10b, such as are shown in the forms of Figures 1 and following. The rectangular frame so formed has a circumferential, outwardly projecting flange 24, and the rectangular frame so formed has a correspondingly outwardly extending flange 25. In employing the device for a rectangular patch the inner frame 25 is employed, which may be con sidered as substantially identical with the frames of the earlier figures, except for the fact that it is rectangular. The patch 6a is held on it by the elastic band id, as shown in Figure 12, and the work to be patched, 5a, is correspondingly held against the side walls 23 and the end projections 2| by the circumferential band 4a. Where a square patch is desired, the frame assembly shown in Figures 9 to 11 is simply inverted, and the square inner frameis used, which, for example, may be identical with the inner frames shown in Figures 3, 8, etc.

It will be realized that, whereas, I have described and illustrated a practical and operative device, nevertheless many changes may be made in the size, shape, number and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore wish my description and drawings to be taken as in a broad sense illustrative or diagrammatic, rather than as limiting me to my precise showing. In particular, the proportions and shapes of the frames may be widely varied. Whereas I have shown my invention as applied to square and rectangular frames, it may be used in connection with frames of other shapes. My invention is equally applicable to frames which are oval, round, or the like, or which have rectilinear sides differently proportioned and arranged than in the particular exempliflcations herein described and shown.

It will be understood that I may employ a variety of materials, including wood, metal or suitable plastics. I find it advantageous to make my assembly of frames, each of which is constituted by one piece, of a suitable plastic. I also find it advantageous to supply my frames in sets, as shown in Figure I, but they may be supplied in pairs, such as the pair shown in Figures 1 and following.

It will be noted that the edges of the supporting members are beveled to permit'close approach of the needle to the junction of the patch and the work to be patched. This beveling is indicated, for example, in Figure 2, and the position 1permitted by the needle is indicated in Figure In connection with the various forms herein shown, it will be understood that all of the frames which have flanges of lesser extension along one edge or end than the other can be inverted to serve as a base for the application of a smaller patch. Referring, for example, to Figure '7, B can be used as a base for C, and C can be used as a base for D, etc. Thus, a frame which, when used as the upper, inner frame to handle a six-inch patch may, when used as a base frame, handle a five-inch patch.

I claim:

1. In a fabric-mending frame assembly, a larger frame and a smaller frame, said frames being dimensioned for nesting one with the other, the interior of said frames being freely open, each such frame having a circumferentially extending wall member and a flange extending outwardly from each end of and substantially perpendicular to such wall member, the flange on one end of the smaller frame be ing of greater outward extension than the flange on the other end thereof, the greater flange on the smaller frame having a diameter greater than that of the wall member of the larger frame, the lesser flange on said smaller frame having a diameter less than that of the wall member of the larger frame, the wall members of said frames, when the frames are nested, being spaced apart a distance less than the width of said greater flange but greater than the width of said lesser flange, said lesser flange on said smaller frame terminating in close proximity to the wall member of the larger frame and positioned to frictionally engage a fabric supported by said larger frame and disposed between the frames.

2. The structure of claim 1 in which said lesser flange has a beveled edge.

3. The structure of claim 1, characterized by and including inwardly directed projections on the wall member of said larger frame and positioned to oppose said lesser flange when the frames are nested and adapted, when the material to be mended is between the frames, to provide, in cooperation with said lesser flange, a frictional gripping mechanism for such matena.

4. The structure of claim 3, in which the inward projections are inclined from the vertical and are inwardly convex.

ANNA JANSSENS.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,536,275 Semonsen May 5,. 1925 2,076,431 Janssens Apr. 6, 193':

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