[1]Patented Jan. 13, 1931 l @ 7 8 8 . 8 0 9 -N @0(p S:@@PATE ,,'T@@ r-itt @SAX-,UEL F. ST.EIN,,, 0,F: WILLIAIDSPORT@, PENkSYLVANiA Apl)liuEt ioit Aled'SaffusLr ;stri@i Sol. i4Z2,439. 21 @M :inveiitio,.,- relate& to gati,n-.i@ents @su@h. as These -@'Lickers @-are "Obj@e'etiom-,@cble y @@@bdrof.-rea@ons. Theirpreseiicewhent-h&gariqg. Aly obment _is@ ai-e, roi7ided-. witl;i -elal'sti,,a webbi p e---.hi-bited 6r dig@kyed foi,@sale, he I' ).Tti@oii @.siglitly. Wheii. th,e ga@i-qent@ ject in.,in,al@,ino, the lng, PC igin st6(@,l@,,t -ts' 0-ti :of. trOLiserg bpresei@e6of.,pueli:6rsp CiTid;@-,s,poelio hi6ii bin -iii -whole, o@ iii -po@rt -1g,t@..enable one, @@a-List@ @@ccuii@ulitt6s. A(rair@i -the@, p-regenc@o:@ f 9) " ' A - v - a -wa n.-ts: or knielcerb6-ci,6rs: ito@ @fli t@puckers-or-f6l@d@,'isqd,is'-a isf si:ze @o;f @pa 9 ize '@ist.:,m6as-,th@@garineiit., itirequire@sstr6tchiiig@to,l' n of severa@l @difler-ent,@g' w e @iinliany o e ro e-nts - pers h la @so tli@t th,@--, fabric@ i,,,, Of @ di:ff.er6nt 6iis@ @ an(f @@,wit all @ @t6 ithe, piiel@@oi!s or@,foldg, lo th;ose @ @waist sizes @'.to gri,p ..tlie.1 body of tlie @or cloth.*i@,1,1 be fl@t o@i, @, hiooth, dLir;ing-;tl,.ie 6o w.,-,arer.to@@upport:t.he garinent @at-@the @-""Taist Th-6 di@ffielilty in,@fitting:@the i@,prii-icipa-Ily@' @the. ist@ ea ein wa m Sur 'If.,the wa, t of the,6ar1.;)i iiie-ilt@@be too:l@,rce -i.t n-iakes a very u:@si,@hfl@ @:appeiirance-;:and can-not be @supported pr6perly.@ a--Lad i@'L tdo,sn-f@1,1@ .,of:-6ourse -'t t be il canno Nvorii ,t)t a@@l. '@lthen tl-ie -v@7:@ist is elastic as by n,.y ini@entioii,@ @all tl-ie,'@difficu@lties abotit@ tl-ie i- ist iiieasureineiits; are@.@eli ated.: The inin re is@,no necessity to i-ip th6@-bai@li: seam of the; gar,@-iii-enttoma@i@e,,,Iiteratl6ns.. Indeed@sometimes the @ -,),E;,ist cannot be iiia.de @la;rger for, -wrnt of @@tiffiel,@ent clotl-i dt i@lie. ba4 clt, seam. To en@bl6 tl@e w.aist -6rtion, df@ trouse-rs iillen 1-iilltde with@ elastic i@6b@biiig@ to, tal@e @6are er on pressing'.op "Iti @ :.Aiid,@.theqff6et 6f.e @Cise4 ii@,tli@-pressing ber@ @ti@' @gad.'co@,eriiio,, w-h-6n el.Asf@ -webr @g c;orit , -s, th-r ds@ @aii bi a;in elt d strands; o-;f @ I!txbbor is irjijrious or liar.-iiaful.-to- fllei rfibbor @v@he@t"@15 y@ @A-retel-ied@ o teiiioire.:the@@folds. B in_ vention @ @tlie',,formati on@ or, eis istei@'ce ci@ @.ti er@@ or i6ld s or@,cre,,tses: thr! Du@gh- th@e,,ein I Mont of 61a tic -1@@ebbing. atthe@w., of tli6 t is.;.@.voided,l an @o tiine all the advanfa,,e@ of' raii@,elasti;c@ 'walist oonstriietion are,seei-it, ed@ o@iid -they. ate secured in -,i bet@te@,@tnd inori -,efflcieni wiy; a,nd. i.@ll @ er.taiii. @embodiiyienis: of, m@ -.I.Rvelltioii' -9,a@ -vantage@ and be 'nefits: are secured w, @h-ich, d-o! not @come . fro@n@ th.e drdinar.y -con trtictioir., And ,of @ N, al waist mdasurem6n@ts4. i-t is@@neces- -@t-,he abs6h6e; of p,u6lzerg *.I-ii se, l,r chresu,-ilt@ @,roill tet @@th@t': thi@ :saveg tirii6 @in- tlie,sewi@i, OP61r.@ to tol@e@ into a@coul7ilt th6 9,lry: oiy wa;ist stit6hing @t t e p-orti,of, ntadj.a@ceiit-t@h!olow6rpait6f@the ttio h waist@ ,30 I)OI-tioii is of non- tretchable, in@tdrial and@ 8o i s.@d6iie :a@, t,here no @puckers ihere to in-- soiiiiist@be@siifficieiitly Iqr(y6 iii.circuinfereiiee@to ::terfdre vith the c6niinu()us sewlihq-6@eration util,12ie tllb l@roest size,.@toll ivhicili th6 ela@tic When 'puckers - present@:@ th6v. 'mu.@st.. be will @,i,].Iow the:,@vaist;porti,on to be@ ekPa,@ded. @,@SM@ 6ot@@d o.u,t -b @@tli6. @0I)era@tor a@ @the so@wing - Y; Tlitis, tlae,conflictin@'g'requiren-i6iits 6f 'the@ @,roceeds. 35 iiiinirILIIR-@ eirculliference,@of the,@: ela.,-stic@Conit is@ iiidi-spo-nsable @that, tlie, *ebbiii, t-",-- g- a tllinin w,,t;ist port.i6n to siiit the @ Si-tiallo t .:the wai, t, ha-@,7e sLich@ elastic.:-- t6nsilb 9 iv,,tist size. -and inq,,Kiiiiu in-elilargenibnt of tli6 stren-tli that i@ may exert sufrl"cielltl co-ntr@0- Pon-E;t-reichable paft adjac6iii@ t;iie @iowei, edge-,@ ,tile force @ as @:gi@i@p 'the bod@,-of the. -@v e a t e r of the elistic.m,ebbiii(r@to.stii't@the,l,,troiest w,@ist, with enoiiah for6e to @ee'tirely sti@pencl-@t@e ju@tnient@ t6, 6 with@@@trouSeTS@@and,-,@("@'@ ,40 size cre,.tte the i)r6gienis itl' aii@, i@o@e .@.of fid gitriher - S e reel; fLt, one anotlier in@ a' ,,iy that -.-w@ill -b f 'froli'l,: iti-licl.:6rbodl@@ers ivhich"iire'@@ai)t@tc,'slii@@ the IR,ln Li i6 t'h'e, dowt@ wd,rd, pr6s U.Te of,' t ta@aes- tiiid disadva;n- ., @,v@@ii@t f",Cillr,i,@ig disadvdi-i he e -finished th oksan .7a egrtneeof@th' rer t@tges @f io @l @i@"ds 6f !the. we@ is, po@l@:6ts. pp 'cl@ci stic@' - we@b b@4g @ @@- aving @ tli@Lt @ force, epit@ 'T he is As coiiimoiil@T St u @on r et6d @tl-ie 61asti6 band giifiicieilt i6 .6ciuse@ creases, -cLr.': wrinkles.@- 'Or@ bljij-io; i@@ieli constitiite@ in whole,or i I the: ga@WeRt ..clothi to .,*hi6h i;t- @isor w(. n . puc ter@ -iii @,.I@ar.t the :Nvaist'p@ifi6n: bf the garr@ent@ @vh6ii ,'4,tf aclied,@ uln@ e@s th@at acti6ii@, i@i -'coia@tr'oliled 7 @6i O'@ stitch A atr@@,.i@ @b6ti@@ so-we,-! @4o7e'to prei7eii,@ed a@@, @y, i@,;y, inv6ntion; by,, wh' h'I pro-clLicesl)u6l@e@soi,fold@@o I.a,i,iiient @S 6 (Ire i 6i@i-Lyth: iii@ the 11 1, I , '' @ r er ' eases C' gri,pping s,r of tIJ6 -in tlie, adi acent eiit @elbihi elastio@ 9
[2]1)788,809 strength. The elastic -w-,bbip-g shown in the drawing is the Nvellknown strip of -woven fabric -v@,hich has r@,iD-ning throuigii it in lonoitudinally extending tubes or sheaths, 'hr ad or strands of rubber, at spaced e iiatervals crosswise of the strip. I ac,hieve the elimination of puckers or foldg.or creases by attaching the elastic Webbing t6 the garinent clo'(,h in a, substantially 10 normal condition, as it leaves the loom as a finished product, or in a. state i@.ieffectual to CO], at the place o itract said garment cloth f attachment, which results in a codstrtidtioii@ that the elastic webbing is stretchable or extensible, to fit or conf orm to the waist of the wearer, a@vay f rom the place of conneetion or at'uachment of the elasti-- webbing to the garment cloth. Thus, th6 s tre'L-Ichabil.ity or extensibility tal@:e- plabe sufficiently t@.e' stretchability graduates 'Lrom the upper edge thei,eof downward and diminishing or 25 subst@nti-ally disappeariii(y before the lower 6dg@ o ' the elastic w@lbbiiig is reached. My . iiivention ..consists in wliatever is, desell.-ib6d by. or is inel-Lided within the terms 01@ s,-ope- of the a endecl claims... pp 30 @ln-the drawinas: Fig. 1 is an eleveuion@of the ud-oer or waist p-orti6n of a pair 6f troiisers showing an embodiment.of my invelitionzin which the elas:tic webbing is a-pplied, only to the bacli: part, 35 and viewed froiii the inside@ with the front parts opened'out. Fig. 2 is a @view of the waistband aiid the garment cloth in a detached relation; Fia. 3 is a: side view 6f the garment froin 40 the 6utside Fig. 4 is a, like view applied to: the perSOD. Fig. 5 is a vic@w- showing, in an interniediate stage, a. method o'L making the waist - portion, 4.5 Fi,- ista view similar to Fig. 3, showincr mo@lf a lea ion variation between the minimum and maximum is aldproximately four inches. When the front parts of the trousers are brought down from their inclined positioii as shown in Fig. 1, to pproxiniate a horizont I line, a a which occurs vvhen on the wearer the stretch will@ be- further increased to the full capacity, as shown in Fig. 4. As shown in Fig. 2, strips, 10 and 14, are joined at their ends and are ready to be app'lied to the upper edge of the trousers cloth, 12.,, Trousers cloth, 12, is coriiposed of compleii,.entary front and back parts, as usually coiistructed to mal-e up the garlnent. The iipper edae of the ioined back parts is showii in the drawi-@ig as a s-traight liiie but may vary.therefrom slightly. Strips, 14, at their upper edges 6xtend higher than the upper edae of each, 61 the strips; 10, to allow for a Fio-. 7 is @ a view @in elevation of the waist cllf-i'6reii6e of- obliquity or form of the lower portion of a pair of trouse I rs oii th-- weater e-dge of the w,,tistbaiid in,t the@- Lip er eage p in which@the entire waist bind is bf elastic;- of the cloth to )Yhich@it is attached, as ex50 )Fig. 8 ill-Listrates a pair of @k @@ p@ai,@ied hbove results in the ul@-ward and innie l@erbocl@ers, I li5 @in accordance with iny@ invention, and',is @vtird @inclination of the joined strips -1-0 o3' tlle shown as folded; -vvaistbancl f--oiia a point i-@i proxir.,@ity to the Fia. 9 is a sectional view on line 9@-9 of 131ace Nv-here.1they'are joinecl ap-d thus the - iiferep -ial ex -,v,, eircu. @t tei@t of the - is'Ll port on of r)5 As illusfrated iii Fio, 1 the elastic w-,bbi-Tig the tr-oiisers is less @)t the upper eclfre tht--,l at at the b-ack part of the waist porlioh o--Lo the t!iA@ lov, eJ er _ge t.hereo' a@ best il@ilistratect in F"-. 8 ciiid no -pr@ckers oi- wrinkles are - ,)res@ tr6tisers is stretched from, its nbrinal posior the position-of sucli webbino, as I's ent @ thereit. sliown in Fi(ys. 2 ,tnd 3.. The illustration Of ii i-g@. u6 ii.@ Iiiisti-a.tes a cop-struction of the waist c-o Fig. 1, is driwn on. a seq@le of -yi,@th t-o@ the poi-Li6i-i of@@L';-I-ie@troids6ts, liciving ah elasti-c back -5 inc p h. The@up er wais' portioii bf the trous- ,trrpngenienu, and '@he - fro,-nt art of the troup erl-- as shown in Figs. 2 afid 3,, @m-easures;iii its @er-s htvin@i -,i w@ist por I tioii - t'iiat is -in'tegral normal position about twenty @ive inches, @nc'l -or i-n ore, i)ie@-e@yvitli tiie -garment. This exas the elastic isstretched, as-s'nown in Flo,. 1, t'e,-i.ded 'Pottioh of the , front p,,Lrt dispenses it exp-ands' to tweiity-Tliiie inch@s, @so. th-at"tl-ie with 14,1 Fig. a s @ h o w i i @ i i i F i s , I t o 4 , 9 - --per edue of 6ach of stiips, 10. be seeii that the ioine d s@L llips, 10', as t,- iey ex'u -eild from sean a, 11, and joine d at their i:@) encl s @- wi@ 6h@ strii) s, 14 f6rin a waist band lor the ..,:,ot isers ecniDos ed of seve ral obliq uely ex@ teieii r,-g or..d iver gent porti ons, as siiow n in FLg. 2. @ By., com dari ng the obliq uity or upciiverge ice of the lowe@ ed ge of tl)is Yvaistba iid:Nvitli @the form of the upper edge 01 Cloth @12, to which @the waistban d is afterwar ds attacli@ d, it -,vill be se6n that they di:fter in de,-ree of obliquity or diverge nce' When the w,iistband is attached td the uppeiedue o u o f - t h e - l u r o u s e r s c l o t h , 1 2 , t h e o b l i q t i i t y o f t h e waistband. is reduced by being niade to meet the form @of, tl@e'upper edge of the trousers cloth, 12, aiid Nvheli the job is done, the obquity of@ strips 10, of the - v@ais4uband , -"-hicii olliainalli,. extended @uidivard is red-Liced to an approximate horizontz-,l liiie as thett of the uiDI)er ed(y6 of the baek parts of the trousers 12 ai.id the obliciuit3, of strips 14, is illaele to conforiii to @the obliquict, of @ the ti per edge of p the froiit parts of the troti@sers cloth, 12. The 20 -f ar fi@oni,.the place of attachment to'prevent seain by ivhich@IiiLin 20, is. attached tliereto, 9 .puckering in the gariiierit clo'ih to which 'uhe --nd also to allow s-trip , 14, to be f6lded @ a- t elastic webbinu i attached, tha'(-, is to@ say, their upper edges and extend above the up-
[3]@1'7, $S' 9 go. - r8:@as @thr' -lie. tr so @elax @ihe tr G@hows-tla6,w,@igt,:portioii; of t O)o (@ads, i@iids, i-o.1 1 7 E @ n d , i @ e b :a;l@rilied -to@@ a w@&rer,@ with: the @el'astic band 'their ba-se@, @ck:seam 11 -g: :sti@etch6cl rto f]Lill-, e@pa(, @tr u@ t Fig@ I,to 8 it. w'll be@ re@dily it@. .@ Whc-ii @t 0 0, -@ers; re off the wearer the. wa'lS'L poi-tioii is the @understood, that@. tlie; consti@c@ion, bl"Tll which saliie ,is@that 8@o@iv@ @in Fi;o@ 3 @the excep- @t,h'e@,Wai'@t p-c,@tioli @f fhp,,-trDuser@s: o,i !Kti.iclteraving e a @6lon, of, '@,,he differeii@,e @iii @the: f-ronl@ part 66nbockers, hI st!6 webb,ino,, . s sub,-,tan@@@ @structi6i-i as- has b6eii@ -pointed O-UL@. The contiall@ less @ in@: eircumf6relice;@ 6r @lineal 6xtoi@-t it@@,ul,)ger e -n at it ,Iowe'r edlye. strilictio-tli sho,-@vil, .@iii,.Fig. 5,, is@ especialil@. ap along dge@ tha -L6 th(, constriietion of the ,@,aist.@por- in tilis@ 6onstructi6n; tho iel-astic bandi -is n-itcd@ 10, @t"lorL- sho7vvi-i iii Fio- 6 but. inay. alsa be @us,-(l '- II 8ev@ral n6rinally straio-ht @6ctions, fl wlii@ch prov.,i Conllecii6n, iviti-i @@,@t'hO@,;constrtiotioiis.: sho-wii in -e I de@:aii -upwardly'tapored Figs. I to 4. shape When ihey are joined so@thtt,i-h6y re@ich Fio;.@@.'s',--,-ows,bli-ewaist@i:)ortionof@Llie@troLi@fr6m@@the@Celitral baelk se@Lin, 11 to each@,@idb on the: Nvearer stretelied@ t6 fi.1,11 capdci,tl@, scaiii, 13,,, s.6 that@ f@Olm @bacl@ s6am 6 1 1 1 t h 8 1 d e s O a l l i . , aiid havino@ -w ai tb@-ild:@las -i'vell waistbandiri@cliznes.:,to tlie 13, On 15 the trotisers as@ elasiie- iiaistbai)-d. @ The 61astic @f-ron'L, 'e'a6h, sido @ of !Or kniel @erboelcers. 'Ptefer abl@, d 13 a form@ e@til so -the D- - aslic@strilds, I :, -str-,:F@s,,21, clispen@e with on el seams I'l -ftn re@ '14 -slio@vn in Fio-s l@to,4 tiley -incline: iipv@a@dl@ @nd 1:@n-vi,ardly t6-.a deiieferi ilig tb @Figs., -4. it,-Viil;l:be-.seen that gree greater tliali iiierely T-ollowilng@ th'e@ 20 f),nl'.Y P,,ii@t of the waist ii)01-,ti6n is elastio, and it cli-.i,@tion @of the forrii line o-f -th6 @back@ and:,7'@.3 is -a@'t the @back@ a-iicl it consi@-ts!,Of@tivo@ se6tiohs,- li@ip@ 6f the ti@ous6rs or@ Imicketb66ke@rs. -ordi-n@rily- whe 'I @IQ of@ elastic'..web.binp_-,' that are seiied bv@@4a P- @ tl-ie@, waistbaiid. i,-, non-e as IC p-extendwell,:a@oti,.icl,@tope@6h.side-13@'ofth@@.tr.0-n- ly in, pra6tic@lly. , a@ m,@@e,-Iii@e oii@ th@ be(@y ol -le StriT)s li) 't, How&@o-r -ers W,,ti t. I The b@).@otoi@.6ao-@ 6f.ti th6 @wearer, in@ case' of,,a iigh 2c, @o St,t",q @i,t@ wilen e eams s e @in a, rel,,i-xed fl@t a, s se@@ec th @t. th6@s - i: t6l-iabl!e the''-top eda6@ 11 16th as by, iiiy the u-@ of- tli c _.pet edg6'@por-@t-herea4t,, no,puclKei.@;exist @as is. the @ea@so,'whe-n @@tion 6T ihe,waist'oa a, is@, stroichi34,7 and n an 'f 'a; mere; line so, I 'O in, the iisiial practiqe,, iho@ ela@tic is extei@(l@d'sur ace, ai.) not t @,tlie clot'ii pi v@rp @@,i de h- ;s BRI@, @be@rs 6th' -person, aiid@ -n6 @,,h 30, or@tin r tension w en it,is,sewed! to n @ 6 n e 0. @ed@7L t ressur e,-tes ce@ t e and .,wbe @ f-r @cl,@ froin. @s7Lich, ' ensi .1i' and @lp ult@,@thdi is to,@say, I, ii 1 'h -1@-o,,,w@d 'tol c6 r@L6t.- it, necessarily-'fold-, aiit @r@a 6n ihe''bo4y. -Aitiiou@@h,,itliis d 'PUICii:, .1 - @ich -v@ar of i-li e att @,ed des@@ 811',,,htly 6@ii - 4'f@@ ii@l a n d e , , i c h s i d o i t @ i i i , 6 t 35 The t,op,. Qdg 6f the@ w-aist p6@tion of tli6 objectio r -in f6ldi-n& ti eoLTs@ors or' len, eh ot, &ircumi@@ence knickerb for 8to61K@ -purpos6s,,the f@olds trousers -is@ @of.les@ @.tbe bott6 dge, afid,the, stretch@of@the ar@; I I @sid thai). m @e m-ad6 @l,bii& tliei@r bau@k'seam ande I ic, to fi,t@ th6 @ers6ii, 6f @tho seams @aiid tihe, f@u;lies@ at o-@6h poin, is@nice!y ast Nyearer is, eTitiy@ elv,il ss @smo6t hed 6tit, and ta ,).,bb@e -t'hel botto-m edue; and,that@ile k -,iii@e o@f,-'by d@isti@ibilidm, @ail --ni6ki 't -d- -'L,efi6h se d6iitdiied ej:rcumiere"Tlc@,,i's secu@'e, n(y the .- tionupon@o @posi e si es;o io h 'I exten@ of-the@ 'Lor@),edu&e@ 4 F'- h war as, oWn i,n .:@!.And w en -e gat 1.,O, fin @d st@,i@p@ 14 @ubstt@@ialiy rilieiit. is7 c ,on, tl'ie fuliiess@ rps@ tpplied t6 'ite,peyl thq;ii- the b o , ftoi@i edo,@ ,@tid strip "S Tili@s aith@,b@c-li:seam.@ii-id@6@6h,of-tl,6,side@s@eaii-i S: c )ir maltitiio, strilds, @14,.-@of llp WI@JIT be-d 4"tic a@c oniplish . 1,, imiiil lie(i by t@@ @t@@eteli '@orin@ "as@by.c,utting@o@,oth rw -is presen @ic@ 45 'trd@ly t@ perinez at the,t6p@ n(i h@i6@rer-f' I -uness, t ier -m'in,,ilends 15; at less t6 iii6 a Will ppear-a@nce ' -ci the o-ariiio-nt'@a@ s !Y. 0 than;,a,, ri(r]-@it ,tncle t6 thel,bottom edae o;f s'ai,,d it will fit,@sm-oothl N,et ihe@ h 6 i i f t ek seam, 11 this is accom tn@y -strip@., A the ba @lislied @by fbl.diiig ovor upon it-self;@tlie @en,(i 50 i..)ortioii 6f each 8trip -so t'h,,it it@ extends@ down-@vh.ici@,r@ay, b.6f6l-l 0-iv;ed inprodl@iciii@ the wa-rcl@ obliquely -Li-pon, itsel@f@ from, said. se@.m,, @tru6ti6@s 8hown iin,F@jg-.s; -1 to S.' - ilithe;form,of op.@osing irian,o@les 16 -vvh!i h,@@ section8:of @@trips; 10, oi 61asti6 w'ebbij are'.@sew6d @t their @b 1;7 tothe,'trou@ers,"]Oi@ill@,ed@by@b@6k@seg,@,n'll@@withi@i,,L,n.glAlar.pOl@- t@%,o --i.g i@ clotli 12 This b@si(les prod,Licing a hice and 'i . tio@@- of ihe,@ad.joiniii@ eiicl@ f'olcled ov6r the CYOOCI. 106@I,@& fi"nis'ii,7 has,th-e @re@p@6tiVe l@trip;s; -with the:fes@ilt tha,t the t*O tK@t 'the iogethet form. an- obtti se-an@,,Io,-v@ith o'net ,i ge - ,qtrip@ db the ubl@e'@ the r@bb6r@tl@r6,,,d@tLibe, a ribb,e @ y r S@ n6th@r.,'Th6@oneofthi@,@trip@,1,0;i@@sewed y,contadt with @o r,,@shea,ths aiid, f lfd.-s so -th@,@t b to th@ W.%'ig't @portion @6f tho 'troii@ers 12 w d @,th e6f @loii(@,tli I tesist,@6nden@ @of the .1att6r itt,the upper e ge er e @:o@wer t,he earer's shi.rt Y c, 1 -LO diraw or @ull,i@,p @;nd 6-@er,the@wa@i@t@portioD ed@,e -of th6 @@The:, two@ seetioiis 'ar-e as of:ihetrousers. sl,.iown:i-nFi@g.@5l@id@fla-t-u,-Pon"theface6i@',he fade ,tnd the lo6se@@ sUt 6f the tria,iio:le@ ,tre :tr6.iisei 6!6th-,, i@ @ Wilth the' itl@ fi@'8t se-;@6d e ti -n @@Acce@@ted, rather.,th@an'.dimi isb,ed,.@@@t@.n@ihe .,@i.@i'lig@,Pa"raille@l -.with iheupp'er ed of' the garr he @6rsb,n,,'@ fo-.,r t: e pul,l eN neiit is - on .- t h' :--@@tr.6.iiseT@-el-oth 12 bnd.the@otherstri@@@xt.-fid@mi d6,@w, a' olbl 30 @erte@l,oii the trian rubbei itw@ r iquely th6iefr ol-ni 'throu'Lh@@tII6
[4]1,788,80,9 the obliquely extending --strip is - mo-@ed to place its longer edge along the upper edge of the:cloth 12, the flexibility.or foldabilit@ of the cloth to which the strip.is- already sewed cind the foldability or flexibility of the strips renders this operation -possible. The edge of the strip second to be sewed on is then stitched along the upper edge of @the trousers cloth, 12. This results in the two sections or strips, 10, 10 ')eing on the outer side of the waist portion of the trousers on the completion of the sewing operation. Thereafter,- such strips are turiaed through 1800 so that they extend in proper position upward as a waistband form15 .@@ng extension of the trousers. It is desired that seam 11, of strips, 10, regi ter with the back seaiu, 18, of the trousers, to facilitate the folding operatioii at that , oint. To assure this with the least p 20 "rotible to the o,perator, In-itke, the coi-al-iiied lenotli of the two strips, 10, shorter at their lo:r@zer eclge, than the upper edge o,L the .trousers, cloth', - 12. T'hus, in order to make the seams register, the@,strip is str&.ched luo 25 ull seain, 11, over in line -witli seal-n, 18. @ Th p e stretch occurs in the portion of the el@tstic covered by the triangles, .16. @ The bases, .17, Of r on the trian@leg 16,: at the adjacent po ti of the trousers.cloth, 12, prevent contrietion 30 o.f said cloth, whicli might otherwise resitlt at that point fr6m, the tensio@n or-p-Ltll of the stretched ed-e of strips@-10. @rlie reslilt or e:ffect in tilis cas I e is, that the bases. 17 of the trianoles,- 1,6, inasmuch, as they need not be 35 'stretched with the edge of strips 10, and cannot cont-ract, provide resistance @to the contractile force of the stretched portions of the elastic strips, 10, and therefore the conti guou s portion of :the cloth, 12, will not be pueli:ered. 40 Withotit the pilovision for alining seaiia, 11, with the centei, @@am 18 it may occur that the strip, be s@-",ed with seam 11, b6y'ond the center seam, 18, which'n-lay be caused by the a(@ ma ,tion of the pres'ser foot of the sewing 7 e,5, chine p Lishing. the st-rip from -u-nder it. forard and the operator w6u'.d have to do the 5 rli: over to aline the twQ WO I sealus. The lininz, 19, is @iitched or sewed in place, so that it @overs the trian--Ie b@ses, 17, and 50 the bottom ed es of strips, 10, (see-Fia. 5) 9 by placing the linin upo - the st i S the7-i turded over siibstintially 3600 to place it on the itiner side of the tro-Lisers, so it han@s downwardfromtheupperedgeth6reof.@'The@,l :the strips, 10, are ttirned@180', as before explained and the trousers cloth itself remaining, in effect at no degtees, or zero. Reference@tc,,Figs. 3, 4, 6,-7- aiid 8, will sho-,v @the -positions.of the-elastic @webbings before-and ,tfter the t'rous@rs are placed upon angle upward and rearward. As shown in Figs. 41 6 a.nd , 7, as, a. result of stretching the webbing t6 fii the body, it is made to approximate @a horizontal position and the fulness prop,erly falls, over the hips. 70 The triangles, 16 may also be provided at the side se,am, 15. If the elastic webbing reaches to the side seam of the waist portion, one such trigngle on e-,ich side of the garment on the side of the seam towards the 7,5 ba-Ilc part, would be provided ' and i'L elastic strips are attached to the front of the oarment as well as to the @ba6k, as shown in Fi . 7 such trian(rles ol each side of each 9 seam ",ould be present, and will serve the so purpose@ of resisting the teiidency of the wearer's shirt to draw up and over the waistband, as do the triangles at'the@back seam, as before explained. I iii-y accomplish the object of my inven- 85 tion by gradualbing t,he t6nsion of the rubber -threads wliieh run longitudin - ally through the. elastic webbing as ordinarily made, thos-I at or neftr the uppe@ edoe beihg of greatt t@n n an aceeacross the f abric 9 -0 es sio d those sp foriiiing the *ebbing, from iipper edoe to . bottoin, beiiig progress iively I of less tension, so that the stre'eh in applying the waist- portion of the trous6rs to the- person of the ivearer is grelatest at the upper edoe and 05 gradually diminishes oll -o to an unobwh y r iectiona@le degree before the point.of coninection with the, non-:elastic cloth of the oai@- iiient is reached. In such a case, tl-ie fabric portion of the elastic -webbin- liaioht if loo zn t, stretched be of uniform -width from end to end, and Nvhen. the rubber threads contract such fabric will be more or' less puckered fr om the top downn@ard. And in t,he finished garment the actual ciretimferonce would be 1.05 thai'of the puck'ered state aiid iaot the le-T-igth 6f the stretdhed out f abrie'@ In this @ase the sliortenin and lessenink of 6ircumference of the waist portion;of'the trousers is effe etod by successive .8hortening of rub.ber 110 threads in the -ela ic -v@6bbiiig from bottom to topi - or otli-ei,wise grad-Liati-,ig the tension of such throads from bottom to top, and lea h ving the clotli fabric of t e surip without a,,teratio of its lengtli froiii bot- 115 m to top. Th-e aotli, tl effeet hoivever, is tli& pei,soii-of tbe weater. As sho -wn inFigs.-@ilar'totha@sl@6%vh:inFilus.1to4 :T.,iewaist@g, a:nd 8. the elastic webbink extends, at@ an band is foloed alon the seaiiis 11 aiid 15 130 9 at all tiiu,-s@ in a normally relaxed state. Such 20 el@stic webbing may be f abri6ated, or woven with se veral @threda s of r.ubber oranulate @d longitiidinal teiisibn. The 'eiid portions of such webbing strip div6rcle or -bend away fr6m each other from raidleiigth. 125 The k7iiekerb6,- 'Ii:e-@'s show,-i in Fi@. 8 e,,iibodV.OT comprise Te@@tilres clesoribe(-l before.' T-hey com])rise a ivaistb,,tnd co.- ,istr,tictioll SI'I'11- g n r ps 10 -with to its, uppe,r edge reo-isteriiio- -with the upper to enable stretch to conform to the body- to eclge of the trousers clotli, 12, and, soduting t-alte plae,6 in th6se parts of -the band away the sanie by a Iiine of stitching. The lining.: fr6m the bbt'Lom edge and to have the latter
[5]1,788 809! wbich extend u-pward'and inward:@ and are i3luae@ elalsiic webbin@ having a ribb6d surcoincident with@ the-@hack sealli., 18, and side face, the (@@d p6rti6iis of sai(i webbing be'ln@g seams, 13 respectively, which ar@@ the f6ld- fol(led,6v@r at ail@ @ligle over:said -webbin ing lines of the knickerbockers. , The eirculilferei@tial extent of t@,he upper part of the waist i:)ortion, as shown in this figure is less than the circumferential extent of the lower m partthereof.andit aybeseenthatnopuckers or wrinIKIes arol present thereat, and a lo ne@at, flat state of the'garn-ient is seciired. If dosired, merely for appe@rance sake, a belt may b6 worn with the trousers and the CLI.stom@ry, loop.,, ot straps would be provided in this case. But of course, the belt does nof serve any purpose as a means f or holding the garinent snugly to the body, because that is done entirely by the. gripping detion of the i@l:istic w6bbing. However, sh6uld the webbing lose its elasticity or we,tr out, then the 20. p@esence of the. loops or straps will serve for hold'n the oarment bv the belt. What I
