US1709508A - Adjustable garment - Google Patents

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April 2 M. WEINER- ET AL 1,709,508

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT 1 Filed Aug. 28, 1926 nusn czr's Patented Apr. 16, .1929. v N TED STATE MORRIS WEINER ADJUSTABLE GARMENT. Y

Application filed August 28, 1926. Serial No. 132,276.

The .object of thisinvention is to provide a garment having an adjustable waist band of an improved construction, the same representing an improvement over that shown in our prior Reissue Patent Number 16,179. It is a :further object of this invention to provide garments known as knickers with adjustable waist bands and adjustable ordinary unadjustable trousers.-

In our. improved construction the portion, 7 .is not sewed tothe rear portion'2 for its entire length but only upto the. point/6- which is approximatelyat the .hips of the.

I together at '11.

knee bandsboth of our improved construction. The attainment ofthese and furtherf objects Will'be apparent from the accompanying s )ecification taken in conjunction with the rawings Y forming a .part thereof. Referrmginow to the drawings, Fig. 1

is a View ofa garment showing a preferred strip 7, made of the-same material as are the trousers,and to which the rear portion of "the liningof the pocketis attached (not shown) and-to which is also attached the rear portion 2. The above construction thus far described is the usualconstructionr in wearer. At 6, between the forward and rear parts of the trousers 1s lntroduced a gore consisting of a single piece of material ,8,

sewed to the rear portion at 9 and to the front portion 1 and the portion 't', at 10.- The portion 8 extends to the waist band and consists of a triangular piece of material the apex of which maybe removed form a trapezoid and the edges On the outside of the waistband ispro- V vided at the rear a hook 12 and at the front a number of eyelets'13, to any one of which the hook may be attached. The waistband may be adjusted inlength byattaching the hook to different: eyeletsQ "A similar con 7 struction is providedon each side of the garsimilar to "those 7 purpose. embodiment of our invention; F1gs..2 and like.

at that point sewed i, able band-continuous on the outside of the" garment atthe place of adjustment of theband, front and rear leg forming portions AND eEonGE WEINER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS? SAID ,ivionnrs WEINERASSIGNOR TO SAID GEORGE s. wsmna.

ment to give th'e proper. adjustment while maintaining the. front portion centered.

At the lower end ofthe garment an adis a continuous loop of materiallarge enough toallow the foot 'to'pass therethrough. At

the lower 'aartof' the trousers is introduced I atriangular or trapezoidalpiece of-material e18 similarto the strip 8. introduced above.

This piece of material is sewed to; the rear portion2 at 193ml to the front portion 1 at. I

I On the outside of. the knee band is fastened a hook 12 and s0nie-eyele'ts13 It is to. be noted while in theadjust; mefut ofthe' waist line the rear-portion folds forward overlapping'the front portion, the

above and for a similar opposite is true'at theknee. This construc- "tion at the waist line allowsthe hand an ilnobstructed entrance at the pocket, while at the knee it is desirable to fold the forward portion backward tofallow more freedom of "theleg in a forward direction in obstructed places, s

uch' as amongst shrubbery and the a The modification shown in Figs4 and 5 differs from that shownin Figs. 1 and 2 1 in. that 'the'portion 8 while. similar to 8 in shape is however integral with the rear portion 2 rather than being a separate piece. The fastening means is also different. In this constructionthere, is provided a small narrow belt 12 and a button. hole through j I 9O which the belt is passed. On thebinner side ofjthe garment thereis provided anumber of butto1'1s33 to whieh'the belt is secured in. adjustable relationship, 7 V a 7 In compliance with the requirements of thestatutes we have herein described apreferred embodiment of our invention; We'do nothowever wish to be limited to the pre cise construction set forth, the same being shown for illustrative purposes only.

7 What we claim as new and desire to'secure Letters Patent upon s: V

1. .A pair of trousersincluding anadjustterminating at the band a short distance" apart, a triangular gore. termmatmg along the band'between said front and rear por-' tionsand sewed tolone of said portions, and 1neans for adjusting the band by ,folding less than all ofgthe band portion at the gore.

2. A pair of trousers including an adjust able band, front and Irear leg forming portions, a triangular gore of suiting materialsewed along one of its three sides to said band between said front and rear portions the other two sides of the gore joinin said portions, said portions being-sewed to eachthe side,thereof,"a,triangular gore having two sides ofequal length between said port1onsone of sa1d sidesfbeing sewed to the front portion the other to they rear portion,

the third sideiof the gore being approxi= mately equal in lengthto the other two, a bandterminating said portions, said third.

side of thegore being sewed to the band,

'saidband being adjustably foldable at the gore, "and means for securing the band in "any oneofa plurality of positions.

4. A garment including a an adjustable band,' front 1 and rear garment portions ing at said band a ,short distance apart, at the sid'e ofthe wearer, a triangular gore sewed along an entire one ofits" sides to said hand between said portions, said band bemg continuous at said gore, the other two sides of the gore j oining said frontand rear por-- tions, said band beingadjustable by folding the same at the gore, and means on the outsideofthe garment for holding the band in any one of a plurality of adjusted positions.

5. A garment including i an adjustable waist band, front and rear garment portions sewed'to the waist band, said portions terminating' at said band a short distanee apart and at the sides of the garment, two-sub stantially equilateral triangular gores sewed to said bandbetween said'front and rear; portions, one of said goresbeing on the right hand side of theweareryand the other on the ,leift fh and' side, said band being'continuous at said Jgores, said band being] adjustable; by foldingthe same at eachof. said go res, whereby the front of the garment is maintained' centered, and-meansat each of the sides ofqthe garmentior holding "the band in any one of a plurality of adjusted positions. i

In testimonyr lwhereof wehave'hereunto affixed our signatures; sewed to jsa1d band, said portions termmat- MORRIS w'E NERx GEORGE sewnmnng

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