US2682661A - Undergarment seat and cortch construction - Google Patents

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July 6, 1954 J. KESSLER UNDERGARMENT SEAT AND CROTCH CONSTRUCTION Filed May 5, 1951 JACK KESSLER INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 6, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE UNDERGARMENT SEAT AND CROTCH CONSTRUCTION 1 Claim.

1 The subject matter of the invention is pajamas and undergarments, and particularly loose fitting garments. With construction of undergarments as heretofore made there are seams at the crotch and the wearer is subject to irritation and general discomfort due to the crotch seams, and also due to bunching of the material at the seams.

To overcome the shortcomings in pajamas and undergarments of the class described, I have conceived a structure wherein the objectionable centrally seamed crotch is eliminated and the seams in the legs of the garment are disposed away from the centrally creased edges of the inner sides of the legs of the garment.

An object of this invention is to provide a pajamas or undergarment having a one-piece center section extending in elongated inverted triangular form from the waist at the front of the garment down to the crotch and up to upper edge of a pocket-like seat at the rear of the garment, to form a centrally seamless crotch.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pajamas r undergarment having a waistband which is elastic in the major portion thereof and having a pocket-like seat with a pouch-like effect whereby the garment will not irritate the wearer in all contorted sleeping or exercising positions.

Generally speaking, the invention preferably relates to a two-part garment, one part of which is adapted to engage the upper body portion of the wearer, and the other part of which is adapted to engage the lower body portion of the wearer.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention wil be hereinafter more particularly described and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim which forms part of this specification.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the garment.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the garment shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view, the sectio being taken as on line 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an elevational view of the one-piece seamless crotch center section.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the numeral l0 indicates a loose fitting child's garment betterknown as an undergarment or portion II and a trunk or pants portion I2.

The Waist portion H has a neck opening I3 and sleeves l4. Thetrunk portion l2 has legs it which are loose fitting. The body portion H at the front of the garment is open all the way down and terminates at the waist. The upper portion of the pants 12 is defined by a waist it which is circumferentially intact. A composite flap is employed and comprises a triangular front portion I! and a pocket-like effect rear portion ll. The composite flap is secured at the front and rear by stitching l8.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view, the section being taken as on line 33 in Figure 2. It will be noted that the pocket-like effect seat l'l' takes up a considerable portion of the rear 20 of the garment and that at the front 2|, the composite flap tapers to the triangular form ll shown in Figure l. The central portion of the composite flap shown in Figure 3 is seamless, the material being continuous from the front of the waist portion to the rear of the waist portion.

The legs l5 have flat seams 23 made by a double needle sewing machine, the selvage edges of the fabric being folded over and concealed within the seams. The seams 23 are disposed away from the adjoining side edges 24 of the legs [5.

The side edges 24 of the legs 15 have only a single folded layer of fabric and are thereby very pliable, the offset relation of the seams 23 from the outer edges 2-4 providing a structure whereby no seams appear in contacting relation and this eliminates any chances of bunching of the fabric and irritating the wearer.

As shown in Figure 2, the upper edge portion of the pocket-like effect seat I? has a stretchable waist band 25. The band 25 extends entirely around the rear of the waist and terminates at points partly around the front of the waist and is joined by stitching 25 to a nonstretchable waist portion 21 which is co-extensive with the horizontal boundary line of the triangular portion H.

The upper edge portion of the pocket-like seat has upright gathers 28 which cause a predetermined surplus of fabric in the pocket-like seat.

The upper portion of the pocket-like seat I? is substantially the full width of the rear portion of the waist. The lower portion of the pocketlike seat I1 is curved in substantialy semicircular form to give in a bias direction at the curved sides and makes the pocket-like seat more pliable and this adds to the non-irritating features of the pocket-like seat.

It is to be noted that while Figures 1 W3 inclusive show the invention as embodied in a twopiece pajamas, that, I may produce pajamas having the same non-irritating features in a onepiece pajamas.

Due to the fact that the major portion of the waist band 16 comprises elastic material and gathers, the waist band as a whole will when extended in size and released automatically contract to its normal size.

It is to be noted that the inclined sides 30 of the triangular portion I! are on the bias to give or be stretchable along the said sides. The sides 30 are connected with the elastic portion 25 of the waistband, thereby providing a connected elastic boundary around the front portion of the center section and including the major portion of the waistband, whereby the garment will not irritate the wearer in all contorted wearing positions.

It is to be noted that while I have disclosed a garment suitable to be worn as an undergarment, that the garment may also be used for outerwear, sleepwear and underwear, suitable for ladies, mens and childrens wear.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

In an undergarment having an upper body and waistband portion, a bifurcated lower portion and a pocket-like seat, a one piece center section having a front portion of inverted triangular form and extending continuously from the Waistband at the front of the undergarment 4 down to the crotch and up to the upper edge of the waistband at the rear of the undergarment to form a seamless crotch and to include the said seat portion, the material of said undergarment around said seat being set in on the straight and said seat being curved to give in a bias direction, the upper edge portion of said center section at said seat having gathers therein to cause a predetermined surplus of material in said seat, the portion of said center section at the upper edge of said seat being less than the full length of the rear portion of said waistband, said seat narrowing in substantially semi-circular form at its lower portion and merging into said triangular front portion at the front of said undergarment and forming a seat having a pocketlike effect, the major portion of the length of said waistband including elastic material formed with gathers causing said waist to contract, a minor portion of said waistband at the front of said undergarment being non-elastic and co-extensive with the horizontal boundary line of said triangular front portion, the inclined sides of said triangular portion being on the bias to give along said sides, said inclined sides being connected with the elastic portion of said waistband, thereby providing a connected elastic boundary circumscribing said center section and including the major portion of said waistband, and whereby said undergarment will not irritate the wearer in all contorted sleeping or exercising positions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,973,849 Erlanger Sept. 18. 1934 2,008,118 Waterman July 16, 1935 2,228,553 Slezak June 30, 1942 2,306,514 Wilker et a1. Dec. 29, 1942

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