US266299A - Samuel montgomery - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

' S. MONTGOMERY.

GLOVE. No. 266,299. Patented Oct. 24, 1882..

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GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,299, dated October 24, 1882,

Application filed May 24,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MONTGOMERY, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Myinvention has relation to the manufacture of kid and other gloves, especially those having long wrists and requiring a number of lacing hooks or studs or buttons; and the object of my invention is to provide the wrist with stiffeningpieces within the margins of the wrist-openings, which afford a stiffening in the direction of the length of the wrist, a firm and durable foundation for the hooks or fastening devices, and secure a more perfect fit and set of the glove,as ell as a softer, neater, and better finish than in gloves as heretofore ordinarily made. To accomplish this my improvements involve certain novel and useful peculiarities of construction, arrangements or combinations of parts, and details of manufacture, all of which will be herein first fully described,

- and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,tormingpart of this specification, 1 have shown at Figure l aplan of a glove constructed in accordance with my invention, the margins of the wristopening being partly thrown back and (on one side) the covering-strip shown as pulled down, so as to expose the inserted stiffener. Fig. 2 is asectionai'view upon aplanepassing through the material of the glove, the stiffener, and the covering-strip.

In both the figures like letters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts.

A is the wrist part of the glove, of kid; or it may be of other material. This wrist is shown long, to better illustrate the invention. In the character or class of gloves shown it is observed that when in place upon the hand and arm they wrinkle badly,especially when drawn together with the lacing-cord now commonly used, and the lacing-hooks or fastening devices are apt to tear or unduly stretch the material of the glove.

The wrinkling of the glove above referred to is observable upon the back as well as along the margins ofthe wrist-opening, and the effect of this wrinkling is, aside from destroying the set and appearance of the glove, to disfigure the wrist and arm of the wearer, so that when the glove is removed the flesh is lined and disfigured, and the objectionable disfiguremeuts rendered conspicuous by discolorations or bloodmarks.

To obviate these objections I employ a narrow strip of buckram, B, on each side of the wrist-openin This strip, 13, is concealed by a lining or covering-strip, G, to be referred to hereinafter.

The stiffener B is located upon the inner face of the glove-wrist, and the eyelets or prongs of the lacing studs or hooks to a are passed through the material of the glove and through the stiffener, being clinched properly upon the under side. Previous to locating the stiffener and securing the fastening devices thereon the coveringstrip G is neatly sewed upon one edge of the wrist-opening of the glove, ready to be turned over, as indicated in the sectional view. The stiffener B is then so located that one edge will bear against the margin of the wrist-opening throughout its length after the covering-strip O is turned over. The fasteners are then located and set, and the covering-strip turned over the buckram orstiftening-piece, and stitched with a catch-stitch upon the body of the glove-wrist, (forming a pocket in which the stiffener is located and held only by the fasteners or eyelets.) giving asniooth, durable, and agreeable finish, and completely covering the inner ends of the eyelets or fasteners. Kid is preferred for the covering-strip, because of its softness and other desirable qualities. \Vhen the improvements are applied upon lislethread or other knit or woven gloves, instead of the kid covering-strip one of the same material as the glove may be used; or any other soft and smooth woven or knitted fabric may be applied for the purpose. The buckram strip, being rigid in the direction of its width and only moderately elastic in the other direction, holds the fasteners in such manner that they cannot wrinkle the glove, no matter how tightly or loosely the glove may be fastened; and it also prevents tearing and undue stretching of the glove in the region of the row of fasteners. The edge of the buckram bearin g against the folded ed gc ol' the wrist-opening transmits the strain from the lacing or fastening all along this line; and the buckram being held in its pocket only by the fasteners, the stretch of the material of the glove caused by drawing the lacing-cord is preserved to the edges of the wrist-opening, so that the stretch is continuous and uniform throughout the entire wrist. The stiffener will bend sufliciently to accommodate all required motion of the hand and arm of the wearer.

For the stii'l'encrbuckram is deemed the most suitable material. because of its cheapness and peculiar characteristics; but other materials possessing like qualities might be employed, if found desirable.

Hooks, buttons, studs, or lacing devices of any character may be employed, though the invention is specially intended for use in connection withthe now well-known lacing-gloves. In case buttons are intended to be sewed upon the glove the stitches should run through the buckram strip, same as the prongs or eyelets, but should not run through the covering-stri p.

The glove so constructed and arranged will be found to fit nicely and smoothly, wear well, and to admirably answer all the purposes or objects of the invention as previously set forth.

Having now fully described my invention, whatIclaim as new herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a glove of the character herein set forth, the stiffening-pieces applied at the margins of the wrist-opening and held in place only by the fastening devices which pass through said stiffening-pieces and through the material of the glove, as explained, the same being arranged to preserve the stretch of the glove from margin to margin of the wrist-opening, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the stiffening-pieces applied at the margins of the wrist-opening and held in place only by the metallic fastening devices, the coveringstrips extending over the stiffening-pieces and stitched upon the material of the glove independently of the stitfening-pieces, forming pockets within which said pieces are located and concealed, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the glove, of the stifl'ening-pieces bearing against the outer margins ot' the wrist-opening, the covering-strips attached to the material of the glove independently of said stiffening pieces and forming pockets therefor, and the fastening devices passing through the stiifening-pieces and the material of the glove, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that Iclaim theforegoing Ihave hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

S. 'MONTG OMERY.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. F. CRoMWELL, BERNARD J. KELLY.

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