USRE8617E - Improvement in overalls - Google Patents

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11. F. WOODWARD. Overalls.

No. 8,617. Reissued Mar. 11,1879.

. v c/wmfoz suits have been rfwithout 'a seam have also been made both of knitted and woven material; but the sameare not adapted to be "U ITED; STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

lEllDNI-tY F. WOODWARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- IMPROVEMENT I-N OYERALLS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,.2il2, clatedJuly Ql, 1874; Reissue l lo. 8,093, dated February 19, 1878: Reissue No. 8,617, (lated March 11, 1879 application filed February 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, HENRY F. VVOODWARD, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Vvorkmens Overalls, of which the following is a specification:

Ohildrens night-garments have been made with an openingdown the baok,'the waist and drawers being connected together; but a garnientof this characteris not adapted to work men, either in appearance or forconvenienee, because thefastening-s are not easily accessible, and are-liable to be broken by the movements of the body.

Under garments to cover the person have .been made of buckskin, open down't-he breast, and-witha seam at the waist, and bathingsimilarly made, either with or at the waist. Bathing suits ing worn over other clothing, because the frbnt and back parts bf the garment are of the sa ne'i length, or nearly so; hence, it worn over otherelothing, they would prevent the free motion" of the body, especially in stoopingand reach ing forwardly.

Drawers have been made 'that'open down the front to the crotch; but they are in two parts, sewedor buttoned at the waist; and in otherinstances drawers and bathing-suits have been made in one piece from the-shoul-- ders down the fronts; but the backsare the same length as the fronts.

My intention is anew article of manufactore, adapted to coveringj-the usual clothing of the'body-,;le gs, inp; made wiltih sleeuesand pockets and arms, suelrover'alls be- 11; cutthan thefi'o '-part, -so as -totallow freedem-of .motion-toalltpa'rts of. the body, my; pedal-pa ,culiarifiyin this-kind -structiir. thef front, portions ofsuch -o'\7 eralls" of one piece of woven fabric,

.of garment be gin conthe shouldeedown to'the bottom pfizthe leg, thereby avoiding any seem at the front por-' t'iohofthegarment.

-'It is well known that thestrain and'wear come chiefly on this front-portion oi. the gar:

meat, tea-b avoidin'g'a'n'y seam attire waist running from'- provided with a buckle. serves together the garment about the person greater strength and durability are obtained than heretofore.

By this-construction the entire person is covered with the overall, freedom of move ment to the arms, and legs is allowed for, the

under-garments are kept clean, and the body is protected from waist.

In the drawings, Figurel represents, by a perspective View, the said im proved overalls. Fig. 2' shows the pattern by which the mate rial may he cut out.

The legs a and body I) are made of suitable cold, especially around the flexible H! a terin-l, usually of heavy-cotton goods.

The same is cut out and joined by seams so as to fit the person.

.Fig. 2 illustrates the inannerjn which the .material can be cut-out so a's'to'fit-the person.

' The garment, except the sleeves, is sown as of two main sections-,- the fabric running from the neck-band d to the bottom of the leg" portion or drawers a,and extending from the front connecting-bands or hems 0 around to the back.

In cases where the back is separated from the side sections, as seen in Fig. 2,the. seams will be under the arms at 1 1, upon the shoulders at 2 2, and around the back part of the -waist at3; but the seam may be at the back to unite the two main sections.

back from the-interseetionet of the. crotchseam to the'eollar measures considerably more than the fronts from the intersection rt'to the collar 6, so as to fit the person. The usual proportion will be twenty-sin; inches fronts from 4 to 6, thirty inches, from crotch 4 to shoulder se'am, and thirty-six and a'half inches from crotch 4'.to'eol1ar 6 at back, These will bevaried accordin'gto the size of the garment; but the relative proportions will remain about as stated.

.The waistband fis preferably sewed to the fabric. at the 'front and loose atthe back and This waisthand at the waist, and painters can can-ya dusting-brush at the back I prefer buttons and button-holes for inst- Under all circumstances the length at the e wing the garment together down. the front.

- '1 he pockets h and 7c are inserted at each sideof the front opening. The slecvesl are of'the haraoter used in workmens jackets.

The overalls made in this lIlHvllllfiDiS a new and very usefularticleof manufacture.

I claim as my invention-+ As a. new article of manufacture, the workmens. overalls open down the front to the crotch, or nearly-so, provided with sleeves, pockets, and waistband, and in which" the woven fabric of the front of the garment extends in one piece from the shoulder to the bottom of the leg, s'o'as to avoid a seem at the front of the weist and the backs are longer than the front, so as to allow freedom of movement, substantially as set forth. 7 Signed by me this 27th day of January, A.

HENRY F. W O WARD,

Witnessesz G120. '1. PINCKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH.

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