Improvements in and applicable to Knitted or other Shirts, Drawers, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: ate of Application, 25th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and applicable to Knitted or other Shirts, Drawers,
and the like.
I, AUGUST BÜHLER, of 4, Obere Fischstrasse, Göppingen, in the Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Empire, 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 :-
The knitted or woven shirts and drawers as also blouses at present on the
market are as a rule made without shoulder pieces, the whole being generally made
in one piece. For this reason the collar and front do not generally fit well when
worn in connection with these articles owing to the fact that the shirts and blouses
do not fit well about the shoulders of the wearer.
The object of the present invention is to insert a shoulder piece in the knitted
shirt or blouse which is cut diagonally and will consequently expand and contract
and accommodate the article of clothing to the body.
In the accompanying drawing which accompanies the specification
Figure 1 is a plan of the diagonally cut shoulder piece for shirts and blouses.
Figure 2 an elevation of a shirt provided therewith.
Figure 3 a plan of a waist band for drawers and
Figure 4 an elevation showing the application of the same to the drawers.
The shoulder piece (Figures 1 and 2) is cut of the usual shape and material on
the bias of the material as clearly shown in the drawing and two such pieces are
sewn into the shirt or blouse, the direction of the threads being placed in
opposite directions as shown at a (Figure 2) the two pieces being sewn
together at c.
Figure 3 shows the application of the invention to the waist band of a pair of
drawers. In this case the part a' is cut in the proper shape but also bias and forms
one half of the waist band the other half being formed by a similar piece cut bias in
the opposite direction as at b'said pieces being joined at c. If waist bands and shoulder
pieces cut in the manner described are applied to woollen knitted or woven under-
clothing the shirt or drawers will fit the body much more closely and consequently
the collar and front worn in connection with the shirt will keep its place, whilst
the band of a pair of drawers will yield better to the movements of the body.
In the latter case the drawers are particularly suited for corpulent people or those
suffering from the stomach.
The dotted lines of Figures 1 and 3 show about the extent to which the diagonally
cut pieces will yield.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
Shoulder pieces and waistbands for woven and knitted shirts, blouses drawers and
the like having two similar parts cut on the bias in opposite directions and joined
together substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of February 1897.
Dated this 25th day of
February 1897.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.