USRE4455E - Improvement in drawers - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES H. G. FISK, THOMAS R. CLARK, AND THOMAS J. FLAGG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNEES OF HENRY HEATH.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 73,975, dated February 4, 1.868 5 reissue No. 4,455, dated JulyA 4, 1871.

To all whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that I, HENRY HEATH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented or produced certain new and useful Improvements in the article of manufacture known as Mens Drawers; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figiue l represents a front view of one leg of my new mens drawers, and Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a view of one of the ankle-bands detached and extended.

My invention consists, iirst, of the combina tion of a waistband pointed in front (so as to set close to the belly of the wearer) with a full leg having triangular portions removed in the vicinity of waist, so that the requisite fullness for the hips and rump is secured without the necessity of gathering the material at the waist. My invention consists, further, ofthe combination of the ankle-band at the lower end of the leg with a full leg having a triangular portion removed, so that the requisite fullness of leg is secured without a surplus of material in the vicinity of the ankle. My invention consists, further, of the combination in the saine drawers of both of the above peculiarities. My invention consists, further, of the combination of the leg of the drawers with a curved ankle-band, whereby the band, when on the drawers, conforms itself to the taper of the drawers-leg instead of forming an angle therewith, as it would do if cut straight.

The drawers represented in the accompanying drawing' show the manner in which I have einbodied my invention. The article is composed substantially of a waistband, A, in two parts, (one for each leg,) two legs, B, the front facings O, rear gore D, and two ankle-bands, E. The waistband A is cut pointed in front, as represented in the drawing, so that the seam g g be tween it and the leg B corresponds substantially with the form of the outline of the belly of the wearer. Each leg B is cut out by preference of a single piece of goods and of the required fullness, and two triangular portions are removed from its upper end, so that the size there is reduced (by sewing together the edges formed by cutting and producing the seams h h) to the size of the waistband. The lower end of each leg has also a triangular piece removed from it so as to reduce it to the size of the ankle, the edges of the cut produced bythe removal being united in a seam, j. The long edges of the leg-piece are connected by a seam at the inner side k k of the leg. Each ankle-band E is cut to a curved form, as represented detached at Fig. 3; hence when it is sewed to the drawers-leg and applied to the leg of the wearer it assumes a slightly-conical form corresponding in taper with the slope or taper of the drawers-leg. The curvature of the band may be such that it will rise in front, as at w, over the instep of the wearer, and will descend at the rear, as at x. These ankle-bands .E are sewed to the lower ends of the legs B and are provided with strings l, one of which is passed through a hole, e, so that the underlapping portion of the band may be drawn smoothly to its place. The waistband upon one leg is provided with button-holes s s s s, and that upon the other leg is provided with corresponding buttons. The rear end of one part of the waistband is provided with a buckle, andthat of the other part with a toi'igue to enter the said buckle. The two legs are seamed together at the line 7c m, and connected above the upper end of said line by the rear gore D.

The drawers thus produced are remarkable for their easy and graceful set, and are free from the y puckering and gathering hitherto found in such garments.

Having thus described my improved drawers, I declare that I am well aware that triangular pieces have been removed from various garments for the purpose of reducing their dimensions at the place of removal; and,therefore, I do not claim, broadly7 the mode of reducing the dimensions of a garment by such a removal. I am also aware that strings, buttons, and buckles have been used for fastening the parts of drawers, and, therefore, do not claim any mode of fastening; but

What I claim as my invention in mens drawers, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the pointed waistband of the drawers with a full leg having triangular portions removed from its upper end so as to obtain the requisite fullness at the hips and waist without the necessity of gather.

2. The combination of the ankle-band of the drawers with a full leg having a triangular por- 4. The combination of the leg of the drawers tion removed from its lower end so that the with a curved ankle-band7 as before set forth. requisite fullness of the leg is secured without a In testimonT whereof I have hereto set my surplus of material in the vicinity of the ankle. hand this lst day of December, A. D. 1868.

3. The combination of the pointed waistband HENRY HEATH. of the drawers, ankle-band, and full leg having Witnesses: triangular portions removed at both ends, sub- WM. F. LETT,

stantially as before set forth. F. U. JONES.

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