US3425062A

US3425062A - Pocketed reversible trousers

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Publication number: US3425062A
Application number: US681402A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alvaro Saad Chujfi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1967-11-08
Filing date: 1967-11-08
Publication date: 1969-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1986-02-04
Also published as: GB1222125A

Description

Feb. 4, 1969 A. s. cHUJFl POCKETED REVERSIBLE TROUSERS Sheet of 2 `Filed Nov. 8, 1967 Mam? Feb. 4, 1969 A. s. CHUJFI 3,425,062

POCKETED REVERS IBLE TROUSERS Filed Nov. 8,' 1967 Sheet 2 of 2 l FIG. 8 isa view similarl to- FIG.` .7 but United States Patent Office v 3,425,062 POCKETED REVERSIBLE TROUSERS Alvaro Saad Chuj, Confecciones Saad, Calle 17, Cra. 10,

No.9-78, Pereiera, Colombia Filed Nov. 8, 1967, Ser. No. 681,402 U.S. Cl.l 2-227 l 6 Claims Int.Cl. A41d 1/06, 13/02, 27/20 fABsTRA'cT o'E THE DISCLOSURE Reversible 'trousersconstructed of fabric having wear surfaces on both sides and `being pocketed in front, both inside'and outside, .with pockets formed of the same fabric material and shaped and connected to each other and to front and back panels of the trousers iby common seamingin .such manner that the structural appearance, form and function of ythe trousers as pocketed are virtually unchanged by reversal of the trousers.

One object of the invention is to `provide reversible trousers' constructed of fabric 4having wear surfaces on both sides and being pocketed in front, vboth inside and outside, with pockets formed of the same fabric material and shaped and connected to each other and tothe front and back panels of the. trousers in such manner that the structural appearance, form and function of the trousers as=pocketed are 'virtually unchanged by reversal of the v the invention; the lower portions of the trouser legsibei'ng =brokenaway to permit convenience in illustration of the upper portion ofthe` trousers. on a larger scale;

FIG. 2 is a` view similar to FIG. 1 but ill-ustrating the Itrousers reversedvfor wearingwithrthe alternate side" `of the trousers on the outside; l FIG. 3 is a view similarto FIG. 2 but illustrating the trousers opened atfthe front'and'vone front panel and adjoined-pockets turned out to show an inner view of the trousers; ,Y

FIG". .,4.is a`fragmentary perspective view of a sample offabric used in the construction of -the trousers and finished on both sides for wear;

FIG. S-is a sectional viewY on -an enlarged scale taken along -theline 5-5 of FIG. "2 and illustrating'Vv the integrated paneling and pocketing structure of the trousers; FIG. 6 is an exploded" fragmentary -perspective View illustrating the `relationship of the pocketing and front and rear paneling structure of the, trousers before these elements are secured together Iby common seaming;

FIG. 7 is a side View of the trousers; n

showing the nearest leg lifted to better reveal the inseam construction of the garment; and i v Y FIG. 9 is a rear view ofthe trousers.

3,425,062 Patented Feb. 4, 1969 Referring now to the drawings in greater detail, the trousers 10 embodying the invention are designed to be reversed by the user and worn with either side out. The garment is constructed of fabric material 12, FIG. 4, having on opposite sides or faces two wear surfaces 14, 16 both finished for wear either =by weaving or printing. One of the wear surfaces 14, 16 may be woven, for example, in a solid color while the other, for good appearance in contrast with the first, may be printed in any desirable and appropriate pattern.

As recognized in applicants patent No. 3,234,564 reversible trousers afford many inherent advantages providing, in a sense, the convenience and utility of two garments. The suitability of such trousers to tbe reversed and worn with either side out provides the user with .a choice of color and pattern in thefvisual appearance of the fabric structure. of the garment and on occasion enables the user to appear in an apparently clean garment rather than a soiled one by the simple expedient of reversing the trousers to replace the soiled external surface with a clean one.

The trousers 10 constructed in accordance with the invention are structurally designed to provide a structural appearance which is sporty in design and style. Moreover, the garment in fashioned in such a mannerthat this structural styling of the garment, apparent to the eye, is fully preserved when the trousers are reversed, the visual style and structural appearance of the garment being virtually unchanged by reversal.

The trousers 10 illustrated have

full length legs

18, 20, the lower portions of the legs being` broken away in the drawings, as previously indicated, to allow illustration of the upper Iportion of the garment on a larger scale in the drawings. It should be appreciated, however, that the trousers can have short legs while incorporating the invention.

5 The trousers 10 comprise two

rear panels

22, 24, FIGS. 6, 7`, 8 and 9, disposed in juxtaposition or side-by-side relation to each other. A seat seam 26, FIGS. 8 and 9,

seams together mutually overlapping inner marginal edges of the

rear panels

22, 24 along the upper portions of the rear panels to form a seat 28, FIGS. 7 and 8, of the trousers. K

Two

front trouser panels

30, 32 are disposed in juxtaposition in relation to each other and in relation to said respective

rear panels

22, 24 as illustrated in FIGS. l, 2, 7 and 8. A crotch seam 34, FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 8, joins the adjacent inner marginal edges of the front panels 30', 32 along medial portions of the latter to form a crotch 36 of adjacent portions of the front panels.

i Alzipper 38 with inner and outer pull tabs 40, 42 connects the inner marginal edges 44, 46 of the respective

front panels

30, 32 above the crotch seam 34 and provides for opening the front of the trousers, as illustrated in FIG. 3, for either condition of trouser reversal.

Two

inner leg seams

48, 50 secure the inner marginal edges 44, 46 of the respective

front panels

30, 32 below the crotch seam 34 to the corresponding inner marginal edges of the respective

rear panels

22, 24 as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7.

A first pair of

front pocket patches

52, 54, FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, mutually coextensive in size and shape are disposed on opposite sides of the upper portion of the front panel 30. The pocket patches 52, S4 have a generally rectangular shape modified by cutting away the upper outer corner of the respective pocket patches, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 6. Inwardly

curved edges

56, 58 on the upper outer portions of the

respective pocket patches

52, 54 are turned inwardly and seamed as illustrated in FIG. 6, to form seamed edges opening into front pockets to be described.

The outer

marginal edges

60, 62 of the respective pocket patches `52, 54 are substantially parallel to and coterminous with the outer marginal edge 64 of the front panel 30, the

marginal edges

60, 62 of the respective pocket patches overlapping opposite sides of the front panel marginal edge 64.

As previously indicated, the two pocket patches I52, 54 are mutually coextensive in size and shape and are disposed in mutually overlapping relation to each other on opposite sides of the front panel 30.

lPocket seaming 66, FIGS. 1, 2 and 7, extends through the front panel 30 and seams together through the front panel the lower marginal edges and the inner marginal edges of the two

pocket patches

52, 54, as shown.

A first outer leg seam 68, FIGS. l, 2, and 7, sews together in mutually interfolded relation to each other, FIG. 5, the outer

marginal edges

60, 62 of the two opposed

pocket patches

52, 54, the outer marginal edge 64 of the intervening front panel 30 and the adjacent outer marginal edge 70, FIGS. 5 and 6, of the rear panel 22.

The front and

back panels

30, 22 as secured together by the inner leg seam 48 and the outer leg seam 68 form the previously mentioned trouser leg 18. The

opposed pocket patches

52, 54, secured to the garment by the pocket seam 66 extending through both patches and by the outer leg seam 68 extending through both patches as well as through both adjacent front and back panels, form on opposite sides of the front panel 30 two convenient and sportedly styled

pockets

72, 74, FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.

The front pocket construction is duplicated on opposite front sides of the trousers. Thus, as illustrated in the drawings, a second pair of

pocket patches

76, 78, formed substantially as mirror images of the

pocket patches

52, 54, are disposed in mutually overlapping relation to each other on opposite sides of the upper front portion of the front panel 32. The lower and inner marginal edges of the

pocket patches

76, 78 are secured together through the intervening front panel 32 by pocket seaming 80. The outer marginal edges of the

pocket patches

76, 78 and the adjacent outer marginal edges of the corresponding front and

rear panels

32, 24 are secured together in interfolded relation to each other 'by an outer leg seam 82, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

A waistband 84 is formed of two mutually overlapping

pieces

86, 88 of the same fabric material 12 used in the pocket patches and trouser panels described. The lower marginal edges of said

respective pieces

86, 88 of the waistband 84 overlap opposite sides of the upper marginal edges of all said

panels

22, 24, 30 and 32 and upper edges of all said pocket patches y52, 54, 76 and 78. Waistband seaming 90 secures the lower marginal edge of the waistband 84 in its described overlapping relation to the upper edges of the trouser panels and front pocket patches.

Snap fastener elements

94, 96, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, secured to opposite ends of the waistband 84 adjacent the upper extremities of the zipper 38 form releasable waistband fastening means which snap together to releasably hold opposite ends of the waistband together when the trousers are worn. The

snap fasteners

94, 96 as well as the zipper 38 can be operated with equal convenience for either condition of reversal of the trousers.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the upper portion of each

rear panel

22, 24 formed in two parts for convenience in manufacture and to provide the sporty appearance desired in the trousers illustrated.

Rear pockets

98, 100, FIGS. 7 and 9, are duplicated on both sides of the trousers. Similarly, belt loops 102 on the trousers shown are duplicated on both sides of the trousers, FIG. 3.

Reinforcement of the front pockets is obtained in the construction illustrated by rivets 104 extending through the front pocket patches at opposite ends of the openings into the pockets.

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. Pocketed reversible trousers comprising t-wo juxtaposed rear panels having inner marginal edges mutually overlapping and seamed together along the upper potrtions of the rear panels to form a seat ofthe trousers, two front panels juxtaposed in relation to each other and in relation to said respective rear panels, said front panels having inner marginal edges, crotch seaming mutually connecting said last named edges along medial portions of the front panels to form a crotch of the trousers, a zipper having inner and outer pull tabs connecting the inner marginal edges of said front panels above said crotch seaming, inner leg seams connecting the inner marginal edges of said respective front panels below said crotch to the inner marginal edges of said respective rear panels, a first pair of front pocket patches mutually coextensive in size and shape and lbeing dispose-d on opposite sides of the upper portion of one of said front panels in mutually opposing relation to each otheu and having outer marginal edges which are positioned'adjacent the outer marginal edge of said one front panel, pocket seaming extending through said one front panel and sewing together through said one front panel and lower and inner marginal edges of the two opposed pocket patches of said first pair; a first outer leg seam sewing together the outer marginal edge of said one front panel and the outer marginal edge of the corresponding rear panel; said pocket patches having respectively individually hemmed upper edges bounding front pockets formed by the patches on opposite sides of said one panel, a second pair of front pocket patches mutually coextensive in size and shape disposed on opposite sides of the upper portion of the other front panel in mutuallal opposing relation to each other and having outer marginal edges which are positioned adjacent the outer marginal edge of said other front panel, pocket seaming sewing together through said other front panel the lower and inner marginal edges of said pocket patches of said secon'd pair; a second outer leg seam sewing together the outer marginal edge of said other front panel and the outer marginal edge of the corresponding rear panel; said pocket patches of said second pair having respectively individually hemmed upper edges 'bounding front pockets formed 'by the patches on opposite sides of said other panel, said panels and said pocket patches all being formed of fabric material having each opposite face finished for wear, a waistband formed of the same fabric material used in said panels and pocket patches and having lower edges secured by seaming to opposite sides of the upper marginal edges of said panels, and fastening means separably connecting opposite ends of said waistband adjacent the upper extremity of said zipper whereby the exterior appearance remains substantially unchanged upon reversing said trousers.

2. Pocketed reversible trousers as set forth in claim 1 wherein the outer marginal edges of said pocket patches overlap respectively opposite sides of the adjacent outer marginal edges of the front panel. y

3. Pocketed reversible trousers as set forth in claim 1 wherein the outer marginal edges of said pocket patches overlap and are stitched to the opposite sides of the ad- I jacent outer marginal edge of the front panel.

4. Pocketed reversible trousers as set forth in claim 1 wherein the lower edges of the waistband overlaps and is seamed to opposite sides of the upper marginal edges of said panels and the upper edges of the pocket patches.

5. Pocketed reversible trousers as set forth in claim 1 wherein snap Ifastener means separably connect the opposite ends of the waistband adjacent the upper extremity of the zipper.

6. Pocketed reversible trousers as set forth in claim 1 5 wherein mutually coextensive pocket patches are secured in opposing relation on opposite sides of each of said rear panels to form rear reversible pockets, said rear reversible pockets being oppositely `disposed from the reversible pockets on the front panel.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 8/ 1945 Shapiro 2-247 2/ 1966 Chujf 2-227 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner. H. HAMPTON HUNTER, Assistant lExam'iner.

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