Improvements in Gloves.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gloves.
I, HARRY A. JENNER, of Johnstown, in the State of New York, United
States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the manufacture of gloves, it is the general custom to run the seam of the
thumb-piece from the point of the quirk to the tip, so that when the glove is put
on the hand, the seam will start at a point about the center of the edge of the nail
down the front of the thumb to the quirk. This construction is objectionable, for
the reason that the seam, running down the front of the thumb interferes with the
same, and being joined to the quirk, subjects the latter to strain, rendering splitting
of the seam liable.
The object of my invention is to provide a glove, which shall fit better and.
wear longer, and also be more comfortable to the wearer than the ordinary
constructions.
The invention consists in the novel construction of glove bereinafter fully
described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1, is a view of the glove blank before sewed ;
Figure 2, is a view of the thumb-piece before being sewed to the glove;
Figure 3, is a view of the quirk;
Figure 4, is a perspective view, showing a portion of a glove with the thumb-piece
secured thereto.
In the said drawing, the reference numeral 1 designates the glove body, 2 the
finger pieces, and 3 the ordinary balloon opening for the thumb-piece, having a slit 4,.
to receive the quirk.
The numeral 5 designates the thumb-piece consisting of a single piece of
material, shaped as shown in Fig. 2, the numeral 6, designating the edges, which.
are secured to the thumb-opening and 7 the edges, which are to be sewed together
to form the complete thumb. The numeral 8, designates the quirk, which is kite-
shaped and is secured to the slit of the thumb-opening, and to the edges 6 of the
thumb-piece.
The slit or gore 4 of the glove body or hand portion is to receive the end 9, of
the quirk, and the thumb blank is formed with a gore or gusset 10, to receive the
ends 12 of the quirk. The quirk is made separate from the hand and thumb
portions and is secured thereto by stitching to the edges thereof.
When the thumb is completed and sewed to the thumb-body, the seam which
joins the edges of the same together, runs over the tip down along one side of the
thumb, instead of the front, and will join the seam which secures it to the glove,
instead of joining the quirk seam.
A glove constructed according to my invention, will possess superior advantages
with respect to fit and comfort, and the seam running from the tip down the side of
the thumb, not being joined to the quirk seam will cause the strain to be more
equally distributed, and the glove thus be made to wear longer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
As an improved article, a glove comprising the hand portion formed with an oval

page_text: opening for the thumb-piece formed at one end with an intersecting triangular slit,
of the thumb-piece, consisting of a single piece of material formed at the tip with
two semi-circular portions and at the base with a long slit with curved sides, and
said piece folded over on itself and the meeting edges stitched together and the
base stitched to the thumb-opening, and the quirk comprising a piece of suitable
material having two inclined sides and two opposite curved sides with a curved or
rounded tongue, said quirk and thumb-piece being so stitched to the thumb
opening that the seam of the thumb-piece will not intersect with the quirk,
substantially as described.
Dated thin 97th 2
1007
CHARLES JUNGE,
Agent for Applicant.