IMPROVEMENTS IN TACK FOR GARMENTS
Year: 1887

page_text: 1, RAPHAEL SOLOMON GREEN, of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TACK
FOR GARMENTS, and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has reference to what are technically known as tack for garments;
and consists in certain improvements fully set forth in the following specification and
shown in the accompanying drawings which form part thereof.
In the manufacture of garments, particularly mens outer garments, the ends of
pocket openings and parts of seams liable to excessive strain are strengthened by
what are technically known as tacks. These tacks have prior to my invention been
made by sewing by hand a line of helical stitches transversely across the line of
opening or seam and said stitches have been arranged close together to form a bar, and
extended part way through the layers of fabric. This has the objections of lack of
uniformity, want of strength, and expensiveness in manufacture.
The object of my invention is to overcome these objections, and produce a tack far
more neat and ornamental in appearance. In carrying out my invention I first secure
one or more transverse bar threads upon the fabric over which the tack is to be made.
I then sew over said bar a line of zig zag stitches which pass entirely through the
fabric upon each side of the bar, and lock them upon the underside by a locking
thread. If desired the bar threads may be omitted.
In the drawings :—.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a pocket opening with a tack at each end.
Fig. 2 is a cross section through my improved tack and fabric on line a of
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the tack and adjacent fabric.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of same on line y y, and
Fig. 5 is a cross section similar to Fig. 2 showing the method heretofore in use in
making garment tacks.
A is the fabric. B are the tacks which are located at the ends of the pocket or
other opening or transversely across a seam. Secured upon the fabric under the tack
is one or more bart breads C which are secured at their ends to the fabric. D are a
series of zig zag machine stitches arranged in line and close against each other to
form a solid rib or bar completely covering the bar threads C, the ends of this zig zag
line of stitches coming down to the fabric as at d giving a graceful finish. The

page_text: vertical portions F of the zig zag stitches come alternately upon each side of the bar
thread as shown binding them in place, and the vertical portions of this zig zag line
of stitches pass completely through the entire layer or layers of fabric A and are locked
in place by a locking thread E.
Referring now to Fig. 5 we have a cross section of a hand made tack which will
show that the stitch is formed like a spiral and will not as a rule pass through the
fabric. In heavy fabrics the stitches will pass into the same to different depths as
chance may direct and no certainty can result from such a method of forming the
tack.
It is evident that my improved form of tack will not only produce a more secure
fastening but will insure a greater degree of finish, and may be made by machinery
with a far less amount of labor or time than can be attained by the use of hand needle
work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
:-
1st. The herein described method of forming a tack for garments consisting in
sewing a line of zig zag stitches transversely across the end of the opening or seam
causing said stitches to lie close against each other on the surface and pass entirely
through the fabric of the garment, and locking said zig zag line of stitches in place by
a locking thread upon the under surface of the fabric.
2nd. The herein described method of forming a tack for garments consisting in first
securing a bar of one or more threads transversely across the end of the opening or
seam and when the tack is to be formed, then sewing over said bar a line of zig zag
stitches, the surface portions of which stitches lie close up against each other, and the
vertical portions of which pass, alternately upon each side of the bar and entirely
through the fabric, and finally locking said line of zig zag stitches in place by a locking
thread on the under side of the fabric.
3rd. The herein described method of forming a tack for garments consisting in first
securing a bar of one or more threads transversely across the end of the opening or
seam and when the tack is to be formed, then sewing over said bar a line of zig zag
stitches, the surface portion of which stitches lie close up against each other, and
completely cover the body and ends of said bar, and the vertical portions of which pass
alternately upon each side of the bar and entirely through the fabric, and finally
locking said line of zig zag stitches in place by a locking thread on the underside of
the fabric.
4th. A tack for a garment consisting of a ling of zig zag stitches the surface
portions of which lie close up against each other and the vertical portions of which
pass entirely through the fabric of the garment in combination with a locking thread
upon the motor surface of the fabric and adapted to lock the zig zag stitches in
place.
5th. A garment having its parts reinforced by a tack consisting of a line of zig zag
stitches the surface portions of which lie close up against each other and the vertical
portions of which pass entirely through the fabric of the garment in combination with
a bar of one or more threads arranged between the fabric and surface portions of the
zig zag stitches, and a locking thread upon the under surface of the fabric and adapted
to lock the zig zag stitches in place.