1,396,462 stitching, as will be understood is sul)sequentli, covered and concealed fi,oiii vie%v bv the skirt 15. By positioning the edp_,in,_T iiieiyil)ei- @@,o tliat the saiiie proj(@@ts al)p-re@iably abo@-e the edge of the armejit, the ecl(,iii(,- meiiiber ef?-I tn feettially conceals f roni iew the t4 v NN,hen the lattei- rides iij-) il)ove the dge-, t)f the garmeiit a,,- 't freqtieiitlv does ii iise. 10 While it is not essential that the mei-nber be proi7ided witli tl-ie e(:Ige tea(l, as shown at 19, it sliould be noted th@it tlii,,@ bead serves Oie dual fuiiet,'@on of coi-iceali-ii,,the lining member and also of prei-entiii@)- 15 the latter from i-idin(y up above the ed,,e of t, the garment, it being noted that the beaci slightly overlies the iipper ed-e of tli,,@ litiing member. By reference to Fi(y. 3, it \vill be seen tli-,,,L 20 instead of making ti@e C'over 13 aii(I the Iiiiin(, meinber 14 in tiio parts, these be made of one piece of material by stjittl)]-v folding the same as indicated at 24- or as shown in Fig. 4 the coi,er member 1-8 may be 25 entirely dispensed with and the ed(re of the lining meynber as indicated at 25 may 1,)e iiiade to come substantially flush ",lth tl)e ed-e of the stiffening member 12, as indicatec[ at 26. Obviously also, other and eqliivalent 30 forms of the invention m,,ty be tised. By reference to Fig. 5, it be seen th,,it in carrying out the invention, idste' d of simultaneoiisly attaching the braid or ed.9in(y me,mber to the fabric of the garmerit,,tnd 36 -to-tlie lining member the linin(y be made to iiielude this bi-aid or edgincy men-iber by ht the same seciired thereto by 'V@ I -.t line of s@ilteghing indicated it Tii this inst,tnee as will be understooci, tiie lin'lji@,, 40 with the braid or edgi.n attacli.ed tliereto IS 9 sect.ired to the fabric body of the i-nateii,,,,l iii stibstantialll, tlie, s,,tme A),av as th@it hei,einbefore des@ribed, I)iit witli ,tn @,idditional line of stifohing -,vliieh is sitbstanti,,illy co45 incident with the lide of stitching bi, wliieh the :braid or -edging mernber is seeti-i-ed to the lining member, both the l,ines of st;"-ching beine, concealed when the part@@ ai-e securecl to the bodv of the g-,I.rnient :tnd o@,er00 tiirned as hereinbefore deseribed. In @pplying @the Nvaist band coustriietion shown in Fi _g. 5 to a; gitrment the Iiiie of sti.te'hino,, 27 serves as a gtilde, and the ol,)erator in runnin- the stitebin(,, i-,-hich secures the Nvaist band to the :(-@arm.ent slioiil(I rtin this last rnentioned line of stitcliinff along a line coinciclent ivith the st-,itelling -9 '( ' When the linino, is applied to the -armen,t in -this M' anner and the linincr constrile@60 tion over turned, the edging member will I)roject the desired distance above tli-, ed,,,,e of the garment. The waist -ba:nd or Iiiiiiig constructioii gliowii in Fig. 5, and shown in F'I(Y. 2 is appliled to @a @garnient, and also the modificatiojis slioivii in Fl,,,s. 3 and 4 niay be inariiiTt(:tured iii large qtiantities and sold, iii roll oi- otlier form, as a iiiiitarv strilicti-ire to the ,iiantifactiirer who is tlius saved the tediolis ti-id difficiilt dutv of assembliiil@ tli(', waist- 70 I)aiid sections in ,ipplying the waist-baiid to ',lie troitset's or otlier <),ari-iient. We cllini as ciii- inventioi-i: 1. Iii a gtrnieiAt, an ed(riii(y aiid Iiiiiii,, (@oiistriietioii coml)rlsin,)- a stiffening iiielli- 75 ber, a lining nicmbei-, and an edoIE(T nieii:ibei-, the sti id.members bein(, connected to the body of tile garment ,tiid to each othei- bv a lille :of canceiled stitcliin(, In a garment, iii edging and Iii-iin(,- @s 0 tn coiistruction comprlslilg ,t stiffeninmenlber, -,t llnin.-, meiiiber having a depeiidin(-, skirt, and an edging member, \vith tl-ie said iiieinbers beino', conneeted to the body of a (,arment I)y a line of conce,,iled stitchin(r 85 and the said skirt overlyinf,' a second line of stitching by which the lining and the stiffening members are also connected to the body of tbe.-armeut. 3. In a garment, an edging braid rnein- 90 be@r, a stiffening member, and a lining Ulember, the sai@d parts being connected to one another by a line of stitching so placed that whenthe body of ti@e garment is turned over and the said stiffeniiag member and linilig Pb are turned over, the line of stitching will be concealed and the edging project ttn appreciable digtanee beyond the said overturned edges, thereby concealing the line of stitching by -which the said parts are conl@i)o -nected. 4. In a garment, ,in edging braid member, ,t stiffening member, and a lining membei-. the said parts being connected to one ftnother .b@, a line of atitching so placed -that l@05 wlieii tlle body of the garment,.isturried -over ,ind ;the said stiffening member #nd lining ,tre turned over, the line of stitching wiH @be concealed and the edgiing project an :fLppreciable distance beyoiid the said ovar- @,l 0 turned edges, thereby concealing the line o-f stitchiiig by which the,said parts are connected, the lininguiember also including a skirt w-hich overli-es a wand line of stitching by whicli TIAP, @stiffeniag member 145 nnd a part of the lim'ng @are also secnred to the body of the garniont. 5. In a gorment, a lining comprising a stiffening meraber, a lining body overl Ylng one edg4@ of @the stiffening rnember &lid -also @.U 0 looped _ to provide a,skirt at this edge of the stiffening n-tember with these parts connected by a lirwi@ o& stitching and the lining body fol(iod to provide an additional loop to 4c@ov'er the said line of stitching, a braid -U5 oredging nwmberplaoed @on the edge of,the fabric of @the garuient with @the opp?site e(iges of the stiffening member and lining member placed on tthe s&id braid or edging mem'ber, a lim of @etitcl.Akpg amnecti-ng the edge oo

1,396,462 of the garment the bra'd or edo-ing member and the said overlying edges of @he stiitening member and lining member, with the said body of the fabric and the overlyin- edoes t, tn of the sti:ffening member and body member I-)oth oi-erturiied to conceal the Iiiie of stitching by which these parts are connected, thereby pei,mitting the edging or braid member to protrtide appreciably beyond the said 1 0 overturned edges, and ,t line of stitching concealed by the loop formln,- the skirt of the liniiio, member for connecting the said linilig i@ember to the body of the -ai@ment. 6. As a new article of mal@nufacture, a 15 composite waistband structure, for application to the trousers material as a unit, comprising a stiffening member, a lining member secured to the stiffening member, ,tnd an edoiiimembei- secured to the outer 20 face of tEe lining member adjacent the edge of the lining member and in position to project beyond the edge of a garment and the ed-e of the lining member when the waistband'@is secured to the edge of a crarment and overturned. 25 7. As a new article of manuf acture, a composite waistband structure, for application to the trousers material as a uilit, comprisino, a stiffening member, a lining member sewed to the stiffening member, and 30 an edging member sewed to the outer f ace of the linin- member and provided with an edge bead, ;aid edging member being sewed in position so that the bead thereof is adapted to pi-oject beyond the edge of a garment 35 a.nd the edge of the lining member wben the, waistband is secured to the edge of a garment and overturned. Signed by us this 8th day of December, 1919. MAX PUGATSKY. ROBT. D. VON RENTSCH.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. MAX I?UGATSKY AND ROBERT D. VON RENTSCH, OF NEW YORK N. Y. GARMENT. 1,396,462. Specific-,ttion of T,,-tters:Patent. -P,-i,tc-uted Nov. 8, 1921. Application filed December 17,1919. Serial No. 345,542. 7'o (III to lto?lb it II? (/Y coizcern: Be it knon-,n that -we, iAlAX P-UGATsi@:y and ROBERT D. VoN r@E@NTSCH, both citizeiis of the United States, and residents of the borough of Man@attan. cit\,, cotinty, ,ind State of New York, have i@vented ,)n Improvement in CTarments, of 'which the follo-win- is t specification. This. invention relates to garments ancl 10 more particularly to the eclging and linitig constrtiction of a girment -wl@ich m,,ti, li@ employed in ed-ing co,,its,, vests, trousers, skirts or any other gai-ment, the object of the invention being to employ an ed(;inff oi, Z7' 15 braid member which prefer,,iblv bas an ed@@e rib andconnecting the same, io(rether wi@h a lining, to the edge of the o-arment i-n siieh m, inner that the seams by -Which tlie ed(,incr and the linin" members ,tre connected to 20 the g,,irment @ir-e not visible, -,is will be herein,ifter more particul,,trly described. In the dra-,vin-: Figtite 1 is an elevation ,tnd partial cross se@tion illu@tr-,Ltinc@ the inner edge p6rtion of the g,,irment in @vhich 25 our invention is incorporated. Fig. @ is an enl,,irged cross section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fi(r 3 i@ ,t fr,,igmentary cross section illiis tratin,o- ,t moclifie(I form of the itiv--ntion 30 only@that port-ion beinu sliown -wberein the constrlict,ion shown in TAi-.,2 is modified. rA ig. 4 is also ,t fragmentary eross section illustratino- ,t flirther modificition of the invention. o"nly that porti6n bein,- shown 35 -wherein the constrliction sl-io-,vn in Fig. 2 is modified, and Fig. 15 is a plan of -,i form of the linincr in 'which the br,,tid- or be,,taecl member isnattacbed thereto before being secured to the 40 f,,ibric of the g,,irmeni. Referrino, to the dra-wino,,,ind parti(,,-Lilarly to Figs. 1 @'nd 2 thereof, in-c,,trryin_7 o-Lit this invention to!Zether 'with the fa@rie'of which the garment is m,,icle. this f,-Lbric beinu indi45 cated at 10 an h,,tvino@ ,in inturnecl eclcre 11, @ @l -we emplov ,t linin(,y which is composecl of .t stiffenin(y in6Tiiber 19- m,,icle of c,,tnvas, d'Llck, or atiy other similar m,,tterial ,tnd provided wit,h a suitable coverin-, as herein,,i-fter de50 scribed, togeihe'r with zn -,i bra'id or edo,'II14rr wbich is cohnectecl to:the f,,tbric of the ment and the lining as also herein,,ifter escribed. As illustrated in thel@e fio@ures, the lo-wer 55 edg(,- of tl $tifr ,le .--eningmember!2is-provided Avith a cover 13 aiicl ,Llso -,vith the liniiiu ri-ienil,,eipi@opol- as indicated at 14. This Iiiiin,,- meiiiber pi-oper includes a skirt 15 tncl a iool) 16 and is siiffieientl-kl ivicle to exteii(I 't@eA,,ond the opposite ed-e of tl-ie stilten- 60 iii(,, me'mbei-. The stifre-nin(, member 12, to(-,,,thei- ivl'tli the cover 13 an(I -tl-ic skirt portioii 15 of th(,, liniiig ai@e sectirecl to(yether bi, a I;iie of stit(-hin2- indicated -it 17, the loop i-tietnl)er 16, as @vill be understood.. being 65 fo -1 to covc,,r this line of stitching 17 so t-liat the sime is no'L visible from the inner sicle of the ,.-trment, the lool) 16 bein,!2: -foi-med b-,- ttii@nin- baclc the linii-ig member 14 over the stitchiiio- after tl-ieso parts have 70 I)een so connected. The bi-,,iid or edging m6mber preferably comprises ,t body @oi,tion,18 and tn ed-e beacl 19, sl-io-wn i@,tlie dra-wino-s as -,i finish@(I ecl,(,Ye of ,i br-,iid, but it is to be Lin(lerstoocl 75 tllat otlier fo@ms of ed-in(y membei-s mioht ieaclily be iised, siieh Is a (loublecl piece of m:,,terial -Nilhi6h m-,Ly 6r- may not htve t cord bet-weeii the doiibled portions of the sime to follm i-n eTilar(re(I ed,,@e siieh as is 80 sho-wn at 19. This br,,Licl is seciired in posi't-lioi by placin- the same 6n, th(,, f,,ibric of t'@ie ,ind pl,,L@in.- the oi,-erlying ecl@,,es of the lining 14 -,iricl the sti-ffeniiig meml)er 12 o--n. tboi liraicl @ind. connectin(- these parts 85 b3,,tlineofstit-Iiingindic,.tteclat22. WI-ien so connectecl, the fibric 10 is overttiriied so ,iq to i)rovide tl-ie inturped end 11 thereof, and tbe, stiffening member 12 -tn(I the lininm(,mber 14 are ilso overturnecl so as to pro- 90 vide the inturnecl end 20 of the liniii- memI)el@ IJ, ind the inturned end 21 of the stiffen@n- member 12, wliieb, as -will be unclerstoocl, eitii-elv incloses and conceal the line of stitchiiiq@ 22 bv -which these parts are con- 95 nected, the se,,im or line of stitehin2@ 22 beina so placecl th-,it Nvhen the p,,irts ,ire overttirned, as hereinbefore described, the rib or bead 19 on theedo-in(y or brtid Nvill extend an ,ippreciable dist,,tnee bel @ond the over- 100 turned encls of the fabric of the, gLrmelit 'Lnd the linin(,r therefor, ,is cle,,trly indic,,tted at Fi-S. 1 -,tn(I 2 of tl-ie dr-,twi@o,,. With the p,,irts so connected and the lining,, -,Is hereinbefore described, bein,u ttirned do-wn aoainst 105' the inner face of the fabric 10, the linihg is connectecl in position bv turni-n- b,,tck the sl;cirt 15 and runnin- -,t line of @t-itching 23 thro7Ligli the fabric 1-@O ,tnd the cover 13 ,ind b th(, stiffeniliz mem er 12, which line of 110