US2806225A

US2806225A - Waistband construction

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Publication number: US2806225A
Application number: US496263A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward M Singer
Original assignee: SILVER Manufacturing CO
Current assignee: SILVER Manufacturing CO
Priority date: 1955-03-23
Filing date: 1955-03-23
Publication date: 1957-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1974-09-17

Description

Sept- 17, l957 E. M. SINGER 2,806,225

wAIsTBANn CONSTRUCTION Filed Marchas, 1955b lil /A/vE/vrof? EDWARD M SINGER TTOHNEYS United States Patent WAISTBAN D CNSTRUCTION Edward M. Singer, East Chicago, Ind., assigner to Silver Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application March 23, 1955, Serial No. 496,263

4 Claims. (Cl. 2-236) This invention relates to a garment construction and more particularly to a waistband construction for mens and womens garments.

In present garments provided with waistbands, the material of the garment is, at its upper end, turned over inwardly and is stitched to a stitened inside waist band construction that it located very close to, if not at, the upper end of the garment. After a garment has been worn considerably, there is a tendency for the material at the upper end of the garment to stretch and rollover, thereby revealing the upper end of the inside waistband. If the waistband is of a diiferent color than the garment material, as it is in the great majority of garments, the resulting effect is very unsightly.

In present garments provided with a stiiiened waistband construction, there is provided, extending around the waist of the garment, an elongated band of stiiening material which is cross-cut relative to the length of the band of stiening material, that is, the warp and Woof of the band of stiffening material lies at an angle, of preferably 45 degrees, to the longitudinal edges of said band of stiiening material. This is desirable as it provides for some stretching of the waistband construction.

If the cross-cut band of stiffening material were merely made wider and extended above the normal waistband construction to provide means for stiffening the portion of the garment extending above said normal waistband construction, there would exist two problems. First of all, the extra portion of Ithe cross-cut band would have a tendency, as is the tendency of all cross-cut stiffeners, to stretch. Such stretching would be undesirableand would result in the objectionable rolling over of the upper edge of the garment which has been described above. The second undesirable feature would lay in the existence of a visible stitch between the material of the garment and the upper edge of the normal waistband construction.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a` novel garment construction which obviates the above dei fined deficiencies existing in present waistband constructions.

Another object of this invention is to provide animproved garment construction which is provided vwith a normal cross-cut stifiened waistband constructionspaced further below the upper edge of `the garment than isV presently provided, and providing novel means for stiifening the portion of the garment extending'above said normal waistband construction.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a constructionY extending-upwardly of'the normal`c":ro'ss-V cut waistband construction for the garment which additional stiiener assembly substantially resists stretching and which eliminates any unsightly visi-ble stitching therefor.

And another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved waistband construction for garments which is characterized by its simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds and the Ifeatures of novelty which characterize this invention will be pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming part of this specification.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which: 1

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pair of mens pants provided with the waistband construction of this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-section view through the waistband of the garment shown in Figure 1;

VFigure 3 is an enlarged cross-section view showing the aligning of the various strips and pieces of fabric be# fore they are stitched together to form the waistband construction of this invention; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged elevation view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2 and shows the arrangement of threads of the cross-cut and straight-cut stiifener material strips, by means of which Vthe improved waistband constructionl is obtained. An essential featurey of my invention lies in the use,A as described hereinafter, of a band of cross-cut stiiener; material for the normal waistband construction andthe; use `of a band of straight-cut stiener material for the additional waistband stiffener construction, said latter band of straight-cut material extending upwardly from the upper edge of the normal waistband construction. In the' particular embodiment, the stitfening material is cu-t so that the length of the additional stitfener band lies parallel to the Warp and selvage of the stiffener material.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a pair of mens pants that are provided with the novel waistband construction of this invention. The waistband construction of this invention is not limited in its use to a particular type of garment and may also be used in other types of garments which employ waistband construction, such as womens skirts and slacks.

Asshown in Figure l, the mens pants include the garment cloth or material 10 which is folded to define an, upper edge 12 of the garment, an elongated waistbandI generally indica-ted at 14, and a strip of garment material 16 which is located on the inside of the waist of the garment between the upper edge 12 of the garment andA the, upper-,longitudinal edgerof waistband 14. Y

Referring to the details of the waistband construction. which are most clearly shown in Figure 2, the outer side of the garment material is indicated by numeral 18. The

" waistband 14 'is formed of` an elongated strip of cross# cut'felted canvas 2.0 (best shown in Figure 4) whichis about f21/2" wide and'which is covered over the inside' surface thereof by a strip ofV twilled fabric 22. The lowerj longitudinal edge of the twilled fabric isrwrappedV around the lowerllongitudinal edge of Vthe cross-cut canvas stilfen`` er 20 and is secured in position by means of a line of'. stitching 24 which secures the overlapped twilled fabric to the canvas stiifener 18 on both sides thereof.

The upper longitudinal "edge of the canvas stiiener is` bent back to define a downwardly extending segment 26, and the upper edge of the twilled fabric 22 is also bent over to accompany the downwardly extending segment 2 6.

The waist terminal end 10a of the garment material 10 is positioned adjacent the downwardly extending segment 26 offstiiener material and is positioned so that the overlapped ysegment of twilled material 22 is positioned between said segment 26 and the waist terminus 10a of the garment material. Positioned between the inside portion 16 of garment material and the outer side 18 of garment material `is a second strip o'f straight-cut canvas stiffener material 28 which .'is'best shown 'in Figure 4 and is approximately 1"' 'in width. The longitudinal edges of Ythe straight-cut band of ,stiffener material 2B .are ,Cut parallel to `the warp and selvage of the `sheet of material from which ,said .band of vstiffenermaterial 28 is cut. The lowermost edge of the second ,straight-.cut strip of stiffener material and the waist .terminus :10a of the ,garment material, as .well as the terminal .edges .of the twilled .material 22 and ielted canvas stitlener segment 2 6, are all substantially in .alignment :with `each other, and all four layers of material are secured Vtogether `by a single .stitch 30 which `extends through .the four layers of material, and 'which is;spaced about-.onequarter (1A) :inch from the aligned terminal redges ,of -the materials.

The arrangement above defined is such that the ,greater portion of the second straight-.cut Vstileuer strip 28 extends upwardly from the seam 30, and f isadapted sto have the -garment `material vwrapped therearound .as shown ,in Figure 2 to define said inside band .of garment material 16, which extends downwardly `between vthe upper edge 12 of the garment and the upper .edge .o'f .the .waistband 14. By this arrangement, the .cross-cut elongated band ofstiffener material 20 stil1.operates as the normal waisthand :construction and permits longitudinal -stretching thereof, while the straight-cut elongated band of stiffener material 2.8 operates to substantially resist longitudinal stretching thereof, and thus there ris avoided the unsightly appearance of a stretched, or rolled over, Aupper edge of a garment.

Figure '3 Aillustrates the arrangement of the various strips of material at a 4point during the assembly ofthe garment. It will be seen that `inthe step shown 'in 'Figure 3, the terminal edges ofthe fourpieces of material including the second straight-cut stiener 28, the iirst cross-cut stiffener 20, the twilled lfabric 22, and the ,garment material 10, are in substantial alignment, and the stitch 30 is located approximately 1A away from the aligned edges and is put .through all ,four .thicknesses of material. Thereafter, the material may he `creased so that ,the downwardly extending segment 26 of the .stiener material is formed and delined, and with Athe greater ,prtion of the second stiffener strip 28 extending upwardly from the seam 30 as shown in Figure 2. When the garment is folded to the condition shown inFigure 2, noportion of ,the stitching, or seam, .30 is visible and this zprovides for a neater, more attractive, and desirable arrangement.

Figure 3 also shows, in dot and dash lines, the manner in which the layers of material are folded, after they are stitched together, so as to obtain the arrangement -shown in Figure 2.

-It can be seen from the foregoing `description that there is provided by this invention a novel garment and waistband construction which provides a width of straight-cut stidening Ain the garment which extends upwardly above the normal cross-cut stiened waistband lconstruction of the garment, thereby providing an increased retective width of stiffened waistband construction, and :also providing for prevention of the unsightly effect .which .odours in present garment constructions when the .upper edge of the garment stretches, or rolls over, .as is apt to occur after the garment has been subjected to considerable wear.

While there has been shown and described a ,particular embodiment of this invention, it will ,be .obvious to those skilled in the art `that various ,Changos and .modifications may be made therein without .departing from the invention and, therefore, it :is intended in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a garment, which includes an elongated cross-cut stiffened waistband member secured to the inwardly and downwardly turned waist terminus of the garment material along a line spaced below the upper terminus of the garment, the improvement comprising an elongated straight-cut stiener member extending along substantially the entire length of the cross-cut stifened waistband member and extending upwardly from the stiiiened waistband member between the outer body vor" the garment material and the inwardly and downwardly turned waist portion of said garment material, so that the material of said garment overlies said straight-cut stitener member to side said stiffener member.

2. Ina garment, which includes an elongated cross-cut stilened waistband member secured to the inwardly and downwardly turned waist terminus of the garment .material .along .a line spaced below the upper terminus .of the garment, the improvement comprising an elongated straight-cut stifener member extending along substantially the .entire length-of the cross-cut waistband member and `secured .to said stilened waistband member outwardly thereof land along said line of securement vbetween .said waistband member and the waist terminus of the garment material, .said straight-cut stiiener member extending freely .upwardly from the stilfened waistband member between the outer -body of the garment material and the inwardly and downwardly turned waist portion of said garment material, so that the material of said garment overlies and .hides the straight-cut stiiener member including the :upper free edge thereof.

.3. In fa garment construction, the combination comprising, a iirst .elongated cross-cut stitlener strip -that is turned Iback on litself along a llongitudinal line vthereon to dene :an elongated segment, a llining strip `secured .to said fir-st stitener strip and extending in overlapping relation to said -segment of the stilfened strip, garment material positioned with a terminal waist portion thereof in overlapping relation to said overlapping portion of .said lining, a .second .elongated straight-cut st iifener strip, of smaller width than `the width -of said first stilener strip, overlying said garment -material and aligned with said terminal waist Vportion of said garment material, whereby a portion -of said second stiifener strip overlaps said roverlapping portion of said lining, a line of stitching ,along vsaid longitudinal line of the .lirst stifener strip securing said lining :to said irstvstilener'strip to define a stitfened crosscut waistband member, and securing said terminal waist portion of the garment material to the waistband member to dene, 4in part, the garment waist, and securing said second straight-cut stiener strip to the garment waist so that, when the garment material is turned back .on itself in overlapping relation to said waistband member, the waist portion of the garment material is inwardly and downwardly turned and is secured to lthe stiifened waistband member along a line spaced below the upper terminus .of .the garment, and said second straight-cut stiffener strip `extends freely upwardly and outwardly of the stilened waistband member and is disposed between the outer body of the garment material and the inwardly and downwardly turned waist portion of said garment material,so that said stilener strip is hidden by the garment material.

4. A garment comprising, in combination, an elongated .first stitlener strip and an elongated lining strip superposed .one upon the other and both arranged with one of their longitudinal edges substantially in alignment; an elongated portion of garment material, an elongated second stiffener strip superposed on a waist terminus portion of said garment material and both arranged with one of .their longitudinal edges -in substantial alignment with each other and with said aligned longitudinal edges of said rst stiiener strip and said lining strip; said strips of aligned material being stitched together along a line spaced from and substantially parallel to said aligned longitudinal edges, the portions of said rst stiffener strip and of said lining strip, other than edge portions thereof located between said line of stitching and said longitudinal edges, denng an elongated stilened waistband member which is bent back in overlapping relation with said edge portions thereof, and in overlapping relation with edge portions of the second stitTener strip and of the waist terminus portion of garment material located between said line of stitching and the longitudinal edges thereof; the remaining portion of said second stifener strip extending freely upwardly from said line of stitching and oppositely from said stitened waistband member and outer portion of the garment and to hide the second stiffener strip.

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