Improvements in the Manufacture of Combination Garments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Combination Garments.
I, CHARLES ALLSOP GREGORY, of Lee Mills, near Matlock, in the County of
Derby, Factory Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to combinations having overlapping flaps or
at the seat.
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wraps"
The tops of such flaps are usually attached at the waist of the garment the
result being that when the wearer sits down a dragging action is produced.
In order to obviate this defect I prolong the middle of the back to below the
waist the sides of the prolongation sloping or curving inwards the garments being
of the usual length at the hips. Preferably also in making the prolongation the
fabric is narrowed at the middle. The top course of the right hand flap is attached
all along the slope of the right hand side of the prolongation all along its bottom
edge and part (say half) way along the slope of its right hand side. Similarly
the top course of the left hand flap is attached to the left hand edge the bottom
and half of the right hand edge of the prolongation of the back. The lower parts
of the flap and the legs are of the usual form.
This method of construction not only forms a bulge or pocket at the seat so
preventing strain at the back when the wearer sits down but it also tends to hold
the flaps in proper position and prevent them from gaping.
Dated this 24th day of November 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Combination Garments.
I, CHARLES ALLSOP GREGORY, of Lea Mills, near Matlock, in the County of
Derby, Factory Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to combinations having overlapping flaps or
at the seat.
"
wraps
"
The tops of such flaps are usually attached at the waist of the garment the
result being that when the wearer sits down a dragging action is produced.
In order to obviate this defect we prolong the middle of the back to below the
waist the sides of the prolongation sloping or curving inwards the garments being
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page_text: of the usual length at the hips. Preferably also in making the prolongation the
fabric is narrowed at the middle. The top course of the right hand flap is attached
all along the slope of the right hand side of the prolongation all along its bottom
edge and part (say half) way along the slope of the left hand side. Similarly
the top course of the left hand flap is attached to the left hand edge the bottom
and half of the right hand edge of the prolongation of the back. The lower parts
of the flap and the legs are of the usual form.
This method of construction not only forms a bulge or pocket at the seat so
preventing strain at the back when the wearer sits down but it also tends to hold
the flaps in proper position and prevent them from gaping.
Figure 1 is a back view of a finished garment made according to this invention
the lower parts of the legs being omitted: Figures 2, 3 and 4 are diagrams to a
larger scale showing different stages of the manufacture; and Figure 5 is a
diagram showing by dotted lines the way the courses run in the made up garment.
The operation of knitting is as follows:-
The back is knitted as usual down to the waist b b the work is then cast
off the needles at each side of the waist bc, b1 c¹, and the prolongation d is made
by narrowing down to e el. The work is now of the shape shown in diagram
Figure 2.
The work is now again placed on the needles along the line bce and from e¹ to
a point between e¹ and el and straight courses are knitted (see diagram 3). The
hack of the left leg is then finished to the bottom with the fashioning necessary
to form the enlargement at the hip, the shape of the flap h (which is preferably
widened somewhat at the beginning) and so on.
This finished part is now turned back out of the way and the work is again
placed on the needles along the line befele and as far as a point f¹ between e
and e and straight courses are knitted (see diagram 4) and the back of the right
leg and flap are finished.
The front of the garment is knitted in the usual manner and joined to the back
by seaming down each side and up the inside of each leg as far as the point k.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The combination of a prolongation of the back and two overlapping flaps
united to the bottom of the prolongation.
2. The combination of a prolongation of the back and two overlapping flaps
each united to the prolongation along one side, the bottom and part of the other
side.
3. Combination garments substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
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