US2758312A

US2758312A - Skirt

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Publication number: US2758312A
Application number: US322015A
Authority: US
Inventors: Morris L Goldstein
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-11-22
Filing date: 1952-11-22
Publication date: 1956-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 1973-08-14

Description

1956 M. GOLDSTEIN 2,758,312

SKIRT Filed Nov. 22, 1952 INVENTOR l MAW; L $040571! ATTORNEY United States Patent SKIRT Morris L. Goldstein, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application November 22, 1952, Serial No. 322,015

2 Claims. (Cl. 2212) This invention relates generally to improvements in womens garments and particularly to an improved skirt having means forming trouser or slack leg-s therein.

It is known in the art of clothing to make provision in a skirt for trouser legs, rendering the garment more suitable for sport activities such as bowling, operating an automobile and many others. However, with the advent of and passing of various styles, known arrangements of such skirts are not useful, since not only must functionality be built in the skirt, but also the skirt must be of presently popular style.

Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide a skirt that is easily convertible from the appearance of a skirt to a sport garment containing trouser legs for the comfort of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a skirt with a frontal opening to the side edges of which the trouser leg forming panels are, respectively, attached so that opening and closing the frontal opening expands the front parts of the trouser legs or to provide a skirt with an inverted pleat at the back thereof with the panels fastened in vertical alignment but spaced above the inverted pleat. This arrangement assures sufiicient freedom for walking or other activities regardless of how the garment is being used.

Other objects and features of importance will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the skirt forming the invention;

Figure 2, a similar view, the Waist fastener and front fastener being open;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the skirt taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure l and in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3 and in the direction of the arrows.

The illustrated garment is a typical embodiment of the invention and is a skirt of current style including fly front 12 and inverted pleat 14 at the lower back thereof. Waistband 16 caps the upper edges of four

panels

18, 20, 22 and 24 which are stitched together to form the skirt tube or body, panel-s 20 and 22 being stitched at side seam 26 and

panels

18 and 24 being stitched together at side seam 28. At the upper end of seam 26 there is a fastening means, or slide fastener 30, that extends through waistband 16 controlling the placket 32 of conventional design and use.

Although fly front 12 is shown, a different type of front opening could be selected. However, in view of current style demand the fly front is chosen, as is the slide fastener 34 to control the frontal opening in the skirt behind the fly front. Means forming divided or trouser legs are provided in the skirt and are located at a position between the lower end and the waistband of the skirt. Included therein are

panels

38 and 44 disposed in side-by-side relation when the fastener 34 is closed. The panel 38 coacts with

panels

20 and 22 to form one trouser leg, while panel 40 coacts with

panels

18 and 24 to form the other trouser leg.

The place of the juncture of the panels 38 and 4th with the remainder of the skirt is of considerable importance in allowing a maximum of freedom and comfort in the use of the garment. The rear edge portions of

panels

38 and 40 are joined to and form a part of seam 42 which also joins

panels

22 and 24. Seam 42 extends up to waistband 16 and through inverted pleat 14 as well as the hem 44 of the skirt. Thus, the trouser leg forming panels are always retained together at the back vertical edges thereof. Ample freedom of motion "for the wearer is obtained by having the back edges of

panels

38 and 40 terminate at a point inseam 42 above pleat 14 (Figures 2 and 3). The front edge of panel 38 is stitched to the edge of panel 20 that forms an edge of the skirt frontal opening, and the front edge of panel 40 is stitched to the edge of panel 18 which forms the other edge of the skirt frontal opening. The confronting edges of

panels

18 and 20 above

panels

38 and 40 and also slide fastener 34 are stitched together and the seam constituted thereby extends under waistband 16 that is appropriately stitched as at 50.

It follows, then, that the position of slide fastener 34 will govern the amount of freedom obtained between trouser legs. When the fastener is closed (Figure 1),

panels

38 and 40 are held close together at the front edges thereof and to all external appearances the garment is a conventional skirt. But, when the fastener 34 is open (Figure 2), the front portions of

panels

38 and 40 can be close together or spread widely depending on the activity of the wearer.

Attention is invited to Figure 3 where the shape of panel 38 (and identical panel 40) is visible. The hemmed upper edges of panels 38 and 4d are curved, extending downwardly toward the center thereof so as to form a comfortable crotch 54. As previously indicated, the back edges of

panels

38 and 40 connected with seam 42 terminate above pleat 14 to release inverted pleat 14 giving fullness in the skirt at all times, especially when walking with fastener 34 closed. However, the remainder of

panels

38 and 40 may extend to the skirt hem 44 for additional trouser leg length.

Even though one form of the invention is illustrated and described, it is understood that modifications that fall within the scope of the claims may be made Without departing from the protection thereof. Moreover, various conventions used in the art may be resorted to, as the expedient of hemming edges or providing a Waistband strap 58 in the garment.

What is claimed is:

1. In a combined bifurcated skirted garment, an outer skirt body having a waistband portion, said skirt body comprising right and left portions and having a fly front extending vertically downwardly from the waistband, said fly front having fastening means extending short of the lower edge of the skirt and being unsecured therebelow, the rear portion of the skirt having a central vertical seam extending from the Waistband portion and connecting said right and left portions and provided with inwardly directed seam margins, the bottom of the skirt at said rear seam having an inverted pleat, with said seam ending at the top of the pleat, a pair of generally rectangular dividing panels disposed in a vertical transverse position within the skirt body and each having an arcuate top edge with straight front and rear edges, each of said dividing panels its front edge connected to an edge of the fly front from a point above the vertical midportion of the skirt, the opposite vertical edge of each dividing panel being connected to a margin of the rear seam from the level of the top edge of the front edge connection to the top of the inverted pleat and hanging freely in the area of the pleat, so that said dividing panels extend in side-by-side relation, the top having other to form a crotch.

2. In a combined bifurcated skirted garment, an outer skirt body having a waistband portion, said skirt body having a fly front extending vertically downwardly from the waistband, said fly front having fastening means extending short of the lower edge of the skirt and being unsecured therebelow, the rear portion of the skirt having a central vertical seam connecting said right and left portions and provided with inwardly directed seam margins, a pair of generally rectangular dividing panels disposed in a vertical transverse position within the skirt body and each having an arcuate top edge with straight front and rear edges, each of said dividing panels having its front edge connected to an edge of the fly front from a point above the vertical midportion of the skirt, the opposite vertical edge of each dividing panel being connected to a margin of the rear seam from the level of the top edge of the front edge connection to a point spaced from the bottom of the skirt, so that said dividing panels extend in side-by-side relation, the top arcuate edges of said dividing panel-s being secured to each other to form a crotch.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,029,583 Bennett June 18, 1912 1,398,720 Hershey Nov. 29, 1921 2,138,365 Wilson Nov. 29, 1938 2,255,143 Alexander Sept. 9, 1941 2,343,480 Sansorn Mar. 7, 1944 OTHER REFERENCES Vogue Dressrnaking Book, 10th edition, 1949, Cond Nast Publications Inc., p. 53, paragraph 3 and diagram. (Copy available Division 24.)