US317682A

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Publication number: US317682A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 1902-05-12

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S. STEINAM 8a A. L. SEELIGMAN.

KNITTED 0R GARDIGAN JACKET.

No. 317,682. Patented May l12, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

SlMON STEINAM AND ABBOTT L. SEELIGMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KNITTED OR. CARDIGAN JACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,682, dated May 12, 1885.

Application flied January 26, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIMON STEINAM and ABBOTT L. SEELIGMAN, both of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knitted or Cardigan Jackets, of which the following is a specification.

Cardigan jackets are made from a circular fabric woven or knitted on a circular machine, and to give the upper part of the jacket the proper shape the fabric is cut and the cut edges are brought together and enchained, or chained 7 together, as it is termed, on a suitable machine, to form the shoulder-seams. The chaining of the shoulder-seams is done by a single thread or yarn, and these seams become the Aweakest part of the jacket, and are very apt to tear out, especially when the jacket is put on by a stout person.

The object of our invention is to strengthen or re-enforce these seams by means which are in keeping with the jacket, and which do not mar its appearance.

The invention consists in a Cardigan jacket havin gthe chained shoulder-seams relenforced by a strip or piece of knit webbing secured to them, the said webbing being preferably continuous between the shoulderseams and around the neck-seams.

The accompanying drawing represents a jacket embodying our invention.

A designates the body, B the sleeves, and C the neckband of a Cardigan jacket. This jacket consists of a knitted fabric, as represented at a, and in the operation of making the jacket after the circular fabric, has been knitted the fabric is out, and the edges where cut are brought together and enchained, or chained together, by a well-known machine, thereby forming shoulder-seams b. But a single thread or yarn is usually employed to chain the seams, and hence these seams are the weakest points in the jacket. Frequently the jacket will break out or tear at these seams before it is much worn, especially if' the wearer 4 5 be stout. To obviate this difficulty we re-enforce these seams by a webbing, D, of knitted v material similar and corresponding in appearance and color to thefabric of which the jacket is made. This webbing is laid on the seams 5o b, and is secured to the jacket by rows of stitching. In the drawing we have represented the webbing D as continuous between the shoulder-seams b and around the seam at jthe back of the neck, where the neckband is 55 secured to the body of the jacket, but the right-hand end of the webbing is represented as unattached to more clearly show its form. The webbing is here shown as on the exterior of the jacket, and as it is of knitted fabric like 6o chained or enchained shoulder-seams b, and a 7o knitted webbing, D, applied to and re-enforcing the said seams, substantially as herein dcscribed.

2. A knitted or Cardigan jacket, having the chained or enchained shoulder-seams b, and a 75 knitted webbing, D, applied to and re-enforoin g said scams, and made continuous between said seams and around the neck, substantially as herein described.

SIMON STEINAM. ABBOTT L. SEELllGrMAN.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNES, MATTHEW PoLLocK.

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