US3034136A - Tights, drawers, and the like, for expectant mothers and obese persons - Google Patents

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May 15, 1962 B. HALPERIN 3,034,136

TIGHTS, DRAWERS, AND THE LIKE, FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND OBESE PERSONS} Filed July 20, 1959 INVENTOR. BERNARD HALPERI 1 ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 3,034,136 TIGHTS, DRAWERS, AND THE LHQE, FOR EX- PECTANT MOTHERS AND OBESE PERSONS Bernard Halperin, Allentown, Pa., assignor to Stretch Togs, Inc., Slatington, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed July 20, 1959, Ser. No. 828,031 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-224) The present invention relates to tights, drawers, and the like for expectant mothers in particular and for obese persons in general.

'An object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for garments of this class which will take care of abdominal size changes.

Another object thereof is to provide a novel and improved garment of the character mentioned, which issimple in construction, reasonably cheap to manufacture, comfortable to wear and efficient in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

For the practice of this invention, the garment comprises three principal parts, namely, a central panel cov ering the major portion of the abdomen and bent to straddle the crotch region; the rearwardly bent up portion of said panel, serving as part of the seat. This panel, of special shape as will be described, is joined by seams to two similar blanks, one right and one left, which parts complete the garment. Expansion facility is provided for in the front portion of the panel, commencing from the crotch fold line and'extending upward some distance. Also, said panel is laterally stretchable somewhat and along its upper edge at the front, constituting part of the waistband, a draw string through a hem is provided to adjust waistband size.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

FIG. 1 is a front view of tights embodying the teachings of this invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the front of the garment.

FIG. 3 is the back of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a fiat view of the central panel, with a portion folded over to show the draw strings which may be included.

FIG. 5 is an end view of FIG. 4, showing how a fig leaf liner is attached. This shows the preliminary step.

FIG. 6 is enlarged with respect to FIG. 5, and shows the final step.

FIG. 7 is the blank or pattern for the two parts of the garment which are joined by the panel shown in FIG. 4 to comprisethe whole garment.

The FIGS. 2-5 and 7 are drawn to the same scale.

In the drawing, the tights designated generally by the numeral 15 comprises a central panel denoted generally by the numeral 16, seamed together with a righthand memher and a left hand member, which are indicated generally by the numerals 17 and 18 respectively. So assembled as shown, they form a tubular waist and hip portion, having depending therefrom a pair of tubular or closed leg portions 19, 20. The upper front edge of the panel 16 constitutes part of the waistband of the garment and may be provided with a hem 21 slit at center 22. Draw strings 23, 24 lying through said hem, have their free ends extending through said slit 21, while their other ends are stitched at the respective junctions of the panel with the 3,034,135 Patented May 15, 1962 consists of three sections in continuity. Its lowest section 26 in FIG. 4, is downwardly from the fold line AB which is at the crotch region, and may be an inverted isosceles triangle in shape, whose apex is designated by the letter B. In the garment, triangular portion ABE is bent to extend upwards from the fold line AB, and thus comprise part of the seat of the garment. The intermediate section 27 of the panel 16 and the third section 28 of said panel are part of the front of the garment 15. The section 28 is in the form of an inverted isosceles trapezoid and constitutes a major portion of the front of the garment; the upper edge of said trapezoid being along the waistline and extending quite near to the sides of the garment.

The juncture of the panel sections indicated by the line CD is a little below midway the distance between the fold line AB and the navel region of the garment. The side edges of the intermediate panel section 27 start at points C and D respectively and diverge to about half the distance between the lines AB and CD running straight, the balance of each side edge is a convex curve, extending outwardly towards the sides of the garment and respectively tangent to the sides AE and BE of the section 26. In fact, if We maintain the line AB, the shape of the panel section 26 may be of any convenient shape to serve as part of the seat of the garment. Of importance is that the panel sections 27 and Z8 serve as part of the front of the garment when the garment is laid out flat.

For economical manufacture, and desiring that the panel section 28 shall be of material which stretches laterally, the sections 26 and 27 of the panel are of one piece, while panel section 28 is another. A fig leaf lining 29 may be applied to the sections 26, 27, so that the seam 46 of the parts 27, 28, 29 may be hidden by use of the assembly shown in FIG. 6, made by seaming the inwardly bent ends 30, 3 1 and the bent inner end of the fig leaf piece 29, and then turning the fig leaf down as in FIG. 6 to hide the seam 40.

To complete the garment, there are two blanks 33, one right and the other left like that shown in FIG. 7, each to provide the side portions of the garment and leg portions as is known in the art. These side portions, made of said blanks, are here designated as the parts 17 and 18. However, the length of the line H] equals the length of the side edge MD of the panel section 28, plus the length of the full side edge including the arc G of the panel section 26, up to the crotch fold line AB.

The blank 33 is of a form having a horizontal top edge, commencing from which, a substantially triangular piece is cut out to form the notch HJU. The side edges of the member 33 are sewn together by a seam which appears on the back of the garment as indicated at 34. This forms the upper part of the member 33 into a waist and hip torso portion, and the lower part of said member 33 is tubular and serves as a leg-covering portion of the garment 15. The edge H], with point M of the panel 16 on point H, and the edge MD along the line HI are seamed together as indicated by seam 35. The lower portion of the edge H] is laid along the side edge of the intermediate panel section 27 which includes the arc G, and seamed together; such seam line being indicated as 36. The edge BE of the panel section 26 is seamed to the edge IE by the seam 37. Similar assembly is of course done to associate the other member which becomes 17 with the opposite side edge of the panel 16, and then the back is closed by seaming the meeting edges of which UE' is one of the members 17, 18 by the seam 38. The seams along the edges CFE and DGE would of course secure the lining piece 29. The line YZ on the blank 33'becomes one side edge of the garment, while the line IX becomes the inner side edge of the leg portion 20, which is tubular.

The joinder of the lower portion of the straight edge HI along and with the side edge of the intermediate panel section 27 as indicated at 36 provides extensible covering I to take care of change in abdominal girth. 'Ihis garment the draw strings 23, 24 and even the elastic band 25 at the waistline are optional. Their presence, however, is desirable.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications withoutdeparting from the essential'features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiment herein shall be deemed illustrative I and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claim rather than to the specific description herein toindicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

In a garment of, the tights or drawers type for covering the torso of a person from waistline downwardly and at least part of the legs, a central panel having a horizontal fold line at crotch-covering region of the garment and constituting part of both the front and the back of the torsocovering portion of'the garment; said panel being intermediate side garment portions which complete the torsocovering portion of the garment; each of said side portions including a continuous leg-encircling part downwardly from extensionsof'the said {old line; the lower portion of said 'panel which extends from said fold line to substantially halt the distance to the navel-covering region of the garment, being of the shape of an isosceles trapezoid; the lower half of the side edges of said'trapezoid, being each outwardly convex towards the sides of the garment'respectively; such convex portions of said side edges being beyond the inner side edges of the leg-covering portions respectively when the garment is spread out flat; the respective meeting edges of said central panel and said side 7 garment portions being seamed together; the parts of the edges of said side garment portions which meet with said convex edge portions, being straight when said side garment portions are apart from said central panel; such straight edge parts being bent and'laid along said convex edge portions respectively and' seamed together respectively, said front portion of the panel which is contiguous with said trapezoidal piece, extending substantially to the waistline region of the garment and being horizontally stretchable and of the shape of an inverted isosceles trapezoidal figure; both said trapezoidal shapes having a common base line and a single piece of lining on the inner surface of the panel, lining that portion of the panel which starts at said common base line and extends downwardly to said fold line and then upwardly on the panel portion which is part of the back of the garment; said panel being of two parts joined on their common base line with the top edge ofthe lining piece by a seam; such seam being the sole means joining said panel parts to themselves and to the lining piece edge at said common base line; the lower end of the top front part of said panel and the upper end of the bottom front part of said panel, being turned towards the back of the garment; such turned back ends being in abutment; the upper edge of said lining piece being. turned "downwardly and rearwardly to the back of the garment; said rearwardly extending edgeportion of said lining piece, being in abutment with the rearwardly turned end of the top front part of the panel whereby a tour-ply thickness is formed along said base line.

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