US992291A - Union garment. - Google Patents

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UNION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9,1910. I Patented-May 16, 1911.

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UNION GARMENT. I APPLICATION IILED APB..9,1-910 Patented May v 16, 1911.

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.. hpfllieatiori filgid :Api i1l9, 1910 Serial-No. 554,494.

'Herkiiner and State or New York, have invented certain new; and useful-Improvements in Union Garments; and I hereby. de

clare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompa,ying drawings, which formpart of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in socalled union suits or under garments.

My union. suitfis constructed to embody substantially the ordinary separate shirt and drawers; it opens up the front to admit the body like a shirt; it also opens in front like ordinary drawers to permit, the functions of nature. It also has asingle opening in a the back, -but not: connected with the opening in front, which posterior openingis covered with a' single clothfiap extending from a. point. at about the middle of the back to the bottom'of the opening in the back. It hasa closed or uncut space at the crotch'between the front and rear openings, and this closure renders the garment more "comfortable to the wearer, and also holds the garment together at theuse of buttons. 1

I will now describe my" union under garthe crotch .without ment and the mode ofmakingsame'refer ring to the accompanying drawings as part of this specification;

In said drawings :Figure 1 indicates the I mode of cutting apiece of fabric, preferably tubular, preparatory to making one of-my union under garments therefrom. Fig. 2 is r a front view of the garment partially finished. Fig. 3 is arear view of Fig. 2.

therein by the gusset. Fig. 6 is an enlargedv view of the gusset detached. Fig. 7 is aview of one form of posterior flap Fig. 8

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail front and rear views of thegarment indicating the fullness provided is a detail view of another form of posterior flap. Fig. 9 isan enlarged rearview of the posterior portion of the garment with the preferred form of 'flap closure and partly broken away. Fig. 10 is a similar view showing a modified. form of flap.

The garment can be made out of sheet fabric, but is most economically made'out of tubular fabric as indicated in Fig. 1; and such fabric is preferably kn1tted, l 1ke?'that commonly employed in the manufacture of .p

at the point 6.; Thegus'set'maybe inserted underwear. When made-"of suclr material ing in the body and both. plies of fabric are cut on the lines a-b' and -bc to form the leg portions, the

point I) determining the-hip and posterior portions of the' garin ent,.and the resulting triangular portion a+-b'0 being removed. Then both pliesare'cut on the tapering lines 5 6 and b'f, as shown in Fig.,1,'the triangular section bounded by the lines b ef being removed; The adjacent leg' portions are sewed togeth er along the lines a-b, and

Z)-c", to form the legs of the garmentyand the. rear of the body portion of the garment 1s closed by sewing together the opposite edges of the incision (lines b 'f and bee) thereby forming a vertical seam h in the back-of the garment which extends from the neck portion about'to thewaist line or the point d (F ig. 3) at the rear of the garment.

The front of the body portion is finished lby hemming and facing'each edge of the incision along the line me and the line 'mf respectively (Fig. 1), and is also sewed together ,bet;ween the points cZ-m (Fig. 1) and as indicated in Fig.2; and one edge of the front portion between the pointscZe (Fig. 1) is lined .and button-holed as the width'of' the folded tubeshould equal" .half the desired diameter .at the chest (O -P F1g.*2), after the triangular shaped. ---por'tion e -b.fhas beentaken away. The

fabric is flattened out: as indicated'in Fig. 1

usual, and the other edge betweenv the points d f (Fig. l), is provided with buttons as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the front openbe buttoned up.

portion of thegarment can The neck and arm portions of the gar -ment may be cut and finished in the usual manner {and the sleeves not shown) may.

body if desired in the.

be attached to the usual way.

At the crotch portion of the garment between the front and rear openings andjbe-P 'lowthe. closure m is" inserted a-gnsset G1,

which is preferably formed of. one plece or" material, of practically the diamond shaped form ,indicated Fig. 6'. Said gusset has a short triangular front portioni'g' (below wardly anda pears-at the {front of t e garment (Figs. 2 aud t); the sides" of this portion 9 being sewn to the opposite edges of theslit or cut in the front'layer of the tnbebelow the closure m and between the garment are being sewn. The rear portion of this gusset (2'. e. the part a bove-po1nts' when the seams in the leg 'portionsof the S-T Fig. 6') is also triangular. but much longer than the front portion, and is also bent upwardly,- and its opposite outer edges are sewn to the opposite edges of thecut in the rear portionof the garment above the line or point bb' and beneath seam 72,

(Figs. 3, 9 andlO) the rear triangular portion of the gusset extends considerably' above the front triangular portion thereof,

. as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, so as to provide a large opening in the posterior portion of the garment extending from thel'in'e of the point 6 to the point (Z; Figs. 3, 9 and 10. The rear portion of the gusset is divided by a slit in line with the'sea'm 72, and the edges of this slit 7'. form the boundaries of the. posterior opening 111 the garment. The.

gusset G it Will be observed gives fullness to the posterior'portion ofthe garment, biit 'doesnot extenddown into the leg portions and is notusedto give increased width to the leg portions; but simply to supply the desired fullness to the posterior portion of the garment above the crotch and -at the crotch, (see Flgs. 4 and 5), and to make a a closure at the crotch'between' the front clos- ,30

ure andtherear opening.

The rear opening formed'by .slit j is covered-bymeans of a singlefiap, The flap F (see Figs. 3, 5, 7 and 9) has one edge sewn to the rear portion of the gusset G .above this-slit (as at 41. Figs. 5, 9 and 10); so

along one edge ofthe slit j and tovthe seam llthat said can be closed over the slit and buttoned. to thebody of the garment as indicated at 76 in Figs. 3., 5 .and 7, making a complete simple and neatmlosure. In-J stead of buttoning the flap the upper edge ofthe flap E- (Fig. 6); may be sewn to the garmenflabove the slit j, 'as shown at n in Fig. 10. 'Preferably the flap, For F, ex-

tends above the gusset G and its upper part is stitched to the garment along" the back seam h as shown at z" in Figs. 3, 53 9 and 10. .It will he seen that 'myunion garment practically combines a close well fitting shirt and well fitting drawers with a full opening in the front of the-hotly portion separated from a sufficient posterior opening, and

closed vatthe crotch and below the} front opening and intermediate said opening; and that only-fa single gore is used to give the desired extra fullness to the posterior por-.

tion of the garment.

Another -1 portant feature is the closing,

or closure. of the crotch portion of the garv ment betweenthe front opening and the rear opening j, which-greatly increases-the comfort of the wearer. I also avoid the use of uncomfortable overlapping flaps in the crotchjone gusset alone is required and this provides both the desired fullness at'the posterior portion of the garmentv and the Having described my invention I a of the garment below the front opening therein,-a'nd having a long triangular rear part extending upwardly in the rear of the garment, and inserted in the posterior pore tion thereof, said rear part of the gusset I being vertically slitted to form'the posterior openingv in the garment, anda .re'ar flap'having one edge secured to oneaedge of theislit. in the rear part of the 'gussetand adapted tolclosesaid opening, substali tizilly as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses. J than when TERWI-LLIGEIL;

Witnesses: v I JOHN J. 0001;, 4 H. YOCUM.

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