US3012249A

US3012249A - Garment construction

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Publication number: US3012249A
Application number: US717027A
Authority: US
Inventors: Margit F Laszlo
Original assignee: COLE OF CALIFORNIA Inc
Current assignee: COLE OF CALIFORNIA Inc
Priority date: 1958-02-24
Filing date: 1958-02-24
Publication date: 1961-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1978-12-12

Description

Dec. 12, 1961 Filed Feb. 24. 1958 M. F. LASZLO GARMENT CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 24. 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. /%1eG/7' AASZL United States Patent 3,012,249 GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Margit F. Laszlo, Beverly Hills, Calif., assignor to Cole of California, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif, a corporation of California Filed Feb. 24, 1958, Ser. No. 717,027 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-24 3) This invention relates to garment construction and included in the objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a garment construction wherein a seemingly involved and expensive drape effect is produced with minimum of stitching and simple pattern configuration, whereby the garment is inexpensive to produce.

Second, to provide a garment construction wherein the novel drape eflEect may be incorporated in a belt structure, a brassiere or bodice structure, or a combined bodice and sleeve structure, and utilized in each instance with a minimum of stitching.

With the above and other objects in view, as may appear hereinafter, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of a bathing suit incorporating one embodiment of the invention.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary side view thereof.

FIGURE 3 is a developed view of the garment unit showing a panel element and tongue element connected thereto.

FIGURE 4 is a similar view but showing the tongue element folded and positioned for connection to the panel element.

FIGURE 5 is a front view showing a pair of panel elements joined together and illustrating the manner in which the tongue elements are twisted prior to attachment to their respective panel elements.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view through 66 of FIG- URE 1 showing substantially diagrammatically the manner in which a lower and upper garment panel are joined together and to a tongue element.

FIGURE 7 is a front view of a garment bodice illustrat ing a modified form of the invention.

FIGURE 8 is a developed view of the modified bodice illustrating a bodice panel element and tongue element.

FIGURE 9 is a front view of the garment bodice structure showing the manner in which the tongues are twisted about each other prior to connection to the bodice panels.

FIGURE 10 is a front view of the garment incorporating a further embodiment of the invention wherein the tongue elements are extended to form portions of the sleeves of the garment.

FIGURE 11 is a developed view of the panel element and tongue element employed in the garment shown in FIGURE 10.

Reference is first directed to FIGURES 1 through 6. In the construction here illustrated, the invention is incorporated in a bathing suit which includes a pair of lower front panels 1. The panels form right and left panels and are joined together by a front seam 2. The remote margins are joined in a conventional manner to suitable back panels 3 by side seams 4. Each front panel includes atop seam or margin 5.

Interposed between the top seam or margin 5 and the front seam or margin 2 is a tongue 6 which extends obliquely from the panel. In the first described structure each of the tongues 6 is folded upon itself to form a tubular belt element, that is, the tongue is provided with top and bottom seams or

margins

7 and 7 The two tongues are twisted about each other as shown in FIG- URE 5 and the two margins or seams of each tongue folded into coincidence and are joined to the top seam or margin 5 of the corresponding front panel 1. Match- 3,012,249 Patented Dec. 12, 1961

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8, 9 and 10 are provided in the margins of each tongue 6 and its corresponding panel 1. Simultaneously with the folding of the tongues 6 and the joining of these tongues to the top margins 5 of the front panels 1, the tongues and panels are also joined to the lower margins of bodice panels 11.

The tongues 6 form a draped belt effect between the lower front panels 1 and the bodice panels 11. This seemingly complicated and involved draped effect is accomplished with a single stitching operation along the confronting margins of the panels and tongue. As a consequence, the expense of fabricating the garment is minimized. Furthermore, by reason of the fact that the tongues 6 are integral with the lower front panels, the number of pieces required to construct the garment is minimized.

Reference is now directed to FIGURES 7, 8 and 9. In the construction here illustrated, a pair of bodice panels 12 are provided which are constructed right and left and are joined together by a vertical front seam 13. The remote margins 14 are joined to back panels of the garment, not shown. As in the first described structure, the bodice panels 12 are provided with top scams or margins 15 and a tongue 16 is interposed between the front seam and top seam and extends obliquely from each panel. In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIGURES 7, 8 and 9, only one mar-gin, namely the initially top margin or seam 17 of each tongue 16, is joined to its panel. However, :as in the first described structure the two tongues are first twisted about each other as shown in FIGURE 9. The initially lower, which now become the upper margins of the tongues 16, may be provided with hems. The extremities of the tongues 16 may be gathered and terminated coextensively with the remote side margins of the panels 12 and be joined to two back panels not shown. The tongues 16 thus form brassiere or bust covering elements. As in the first described structure, a single stitching operation joining each tongue and panel is all that is needed to form the drape effect; in this case a draped bodice effect.

Reference is now directed to FIGURES 10 and 11. This construction involves a pair of bodice panels 18 which are joined together by a front seam 19 and are provided with remote margins 20 which are joined to back panels 21, the upper portions of which appear in FIGURE 10. The bodice panels 18 are provided with top seams 22. Interposed between the top seam and the front seam of each panel is an obliquely directed tongue 23 which in this case is elongated. The upper portion of each tongue nearest the bodice panel is provided with a seam 24 or margin which joins to the top seam or margin 22 of its panel. First, however, the pair of tongues are twisted a half turn about each other as indicated in FIGURE 10. The extended portion of each tongue beyond the seam 24 forms a sleeve element which is joined by

marginal seams

26 and 26 to complementary sleeve elements extending from the back panels 21. The tongues 23 thus form not only an upper bodice or bust covering element but also a sleeve element, thus facilitating the construction of the bodice with a minimum number of parts. Also, as in the previously described structure, the drape effect is produced with a minimum of stitching, this being accomplished clearly by the twisting of the two tongue elements and joining the

margins

22 and 24.

While a particular embodiment of this invention has been shown and described, it is not intended to limit the same to the exact details of the construction set forth, and it embraces such changes, modifications and equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as come within the purview of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a garment construction a pair of front panels having contiguous vertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontal upper margins, the vertical and horizontal margins of each panel defining a corner thereof; and a longitudinally folded tongue integral with each front panel and extending from the corner thereof defined by said vertical and upper margins of said panel, the tongues of the two panels being twisted about each other adjacent said corners, and each tongue extending along and joined to the upper margin of the front panel with which it is integral.

2. In a garment construction: a first pair of front panels having contiguous vertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontal upper margins, the vertical and horizontal margins of each panel defining a corner thereof; a longitudinally folded tongue integral with each front panel and extending from the corner thereof defined by said vertical and upper margins of said panel, the tongues of the two panels being twisted about each other adjacent said corners, and each tongue extending along and joined to the upper margin of the front panel with which it is integral; and a second pair of panels joined with said tongues to the first pair of panels 3. In a garment construction: a pair of lower front panels disposed below the waist of the garment, said front panels having contiguous vertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontal uppermargins, the vertical and horizontal margins of each panel defining a corner thereof; a longitudinally folded tongue integral with each front panel and extending from the corner thereof defined by said vertical and upper margins of said panel, the tongues of the two panels being twisted about each other adjacent said corners, and each tongue extending along and joined to the upper margin of the front panel with which it is' integral; and a pair of bodice panels joined with said tongues to said lower front panels, said tongues adapted to be flattened over the juncture between said lower front panels and said bodice panels to cover the seam therebetween.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS,

' 1,235,337 Lauzon July 31, 1917 2,402,782 Schwartz June 25, 1946 2,460,253 Goldstein .Q Jan. 25, 1949 2,462,553 1 Reno Feb. 22, 1949 2,620,478 Fraum Dec. 9, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 790,929 Great Britain Feb 19, 1958 OTHER REFERENCES Vogue Pattern Book, Spring-Summer 1956, Pattern N0. 8-4675.