US1649636A - Safety pocket - Google Patents

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Nov. 15, 1927.

(I. R. WOOD SAFETY POCKET Filed Sept. 8, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 g'n'vwntot Nov. 15, 1927.

C. R. WOOD SAFETY POCKET Filed Sept. 8, 1926 2 sheets-Sheet 2 3mm aRWw d Patented Nov. 15,1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES R. woon, or nnirnorn MICH GAN.

' SAFETY Application filed September 8,1926. Serial 1102134330 much more readily assembled and a great amount of-material ordinarily wasted in the cutting of the garment is saved.

A further and more specific object' o'f the invention istoprovide' in a front or swinging. pocket construction, wherein the entrance opening to the pocket is slanting, a construction such that the material ordinarily removed to properly position the slanting opening of the pocketis employed in the formation of a lock, preventing loss of the contents of the pocket.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustrat ion is shown a preferred embodiment'of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the leg of a garment embodying a pocket construct-ed in accordance with my invention; a

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the upper portion of a front leg section illustrating the manner in which the flap 25 is produced Figure 3 is an inside elevation partially broken away of a pocket showing the flap after the operation of securing the pocket thereto has been completed;

Figure 4t is a" similar view of the pocket with the facing piece in position;

Figure 5 is section on the line 5 5 of Figure 3; i

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 4:;

Figure 7 is a sectionon the line 7-7 of Figure 4;

Figure 8 is a plan of the blank from which the" pocket is formed; a

Figure 9 is a view showing a modified manner of connecting the lower edges of the flap and facing piece to the front wall of the pocket.

Referring now more particularly to the ch"aWhigs the numeral 10 designates the leg section of trousers or overalls having atop edge 11 and asideedge 12 substantially perpendicularly related with relation to one another. At the junction of these edges in the formation of the garment, a pocket opening; 18 formed and where this pocket opening is slanting and arranged upon the line substantially indicated by tliedotted line 13 of Figure 2, the material isusually cut away upon a line substantially indicatedby the dotted line 14, with the' result that a triangular piece of material lying outwardly of the dotted line" 14 and too small to beef any use in the constructionof the garmentbecomes waste and represents so much loss to the manufacturer.

In accordance with my invention, where the pocket opening is tobe locatedupon the line 13. I cut awaythe corner formed by the perpendicularly related edges 11 and 12 upon a line 15 well spaced from the line 13,

so that a very small waste sect-ion 16 is formedl From the edges 11 and 12,1 form perpendicularly disposed slits or notches 1-7 intersecting the line 13' substantially at the lines 18 and '19 which represent lines of stitching by which the edges 11 and 12 of the sections 10 are eventually secured to the waist-bandand back leg section of the complete garment. The pocket blank 20 is ori inally in the form of a rectangle, thetwo lower corners 21of which are rounded'and one upper corner of which lscutaway at the angle'of the pocket openingr as indi-' cated at 22. This blank is folded centrally between itsside edges upon a line 23 and the lower edges thereof stitched to one another.

as indicated at 2 1. The material orfiap 25 lying outwardly of the line 18 between the inner ends of the notches 17 is then suitably finished at its free edge by reverting and stitching the same, as indicatedat 26', and

then folded back uponthe line- 13. The edge 22 of the outer wall 27 ofthe pocket blank is then insertedbetween the 25 and the wall of the garment proper and a double row of stitchinggenerally indicated at 28. employed to connect the pocket in the proper position. A flap is thus provided eX- tending between the inner and outer walls of the pocket and consisting of a continuation of the outer wall. of the garment.

A substantially triangular facing piece 29 of the same material as the garment wall is y from this rectangular corner a, distance greater than the distance between the line 13 and the point whiclrwould be formed by the intersection of thdedgesgl'l hnd 12- of the garment wall; This piece of material I p "intersects the bottom 40 of the pocket 1n rectangular corner provide continuations of then placed, so that the sides forming the the sides 11 and 12 and the inner edge 31 thereof is arranged between the walls of the pocket. At points adjacentthe upper and lower ends ofthe'slantingedge 32, thispiece .is secured-to the -garment wall, the outer wall fl'l'of thepoclret and the flap by her teachings 34 andfy; which definethe upper and loweredgesotthe pocket opening.

Belowithelower bar tacking 35, the piece -29 is further secured by'stitching 36 fol-l lowingfthe stitchings 28 by means of which thepock etis secured between the outer wall ot-thegarment andthmflap 25. The flap 25 anclgxthe portion of the piece29 lying 1nwardly of the edge 32 are then secured together -alongithe upper edge. of the flap. 25

by stitching 37 and a second row of stitching 38 is extended from the bar tacking 35 inwardly and downwardly across the flap 25 and i the inwardly; 6 extending portion of the ,piece 29, this row of stitchinglikewiseextending through the front wall of the pocket, so that attheirlower ends, the flap and inwardly extendingportionoit the piece 129, are secured not-only to oneanother, but i to the front pocket wallg -,This procedure produces a fabric tuhe extending into the pocket from the?pocket opening, the lower end ofthis tube being connected to the front wall of the pocket and-the upper. end of the tube free to separate :flOlll this wall. This results in articles which are introduced through the tuber 1f the garment be lnrerted,

being directed. by -the stitching or connection of theilower end ot' the tube with the wfront poclretwalL- to one side of thejtnhe,

withtheresult thatthe contents do not escape from the pocket, but are held therein.

a At the same time the amount of fahrioemh ployedinithe construction of the garment is only slightly greater than that ordinarily employetl and a: considerable amount of- ,waste avoidedq It is pointed out that whereuthe!flapjQfit is not employed inthe gconstruction of the-lock, it would he necessary to substitute for this flap, if an efficient pocket-is to he produced; cl sail cloth or 1 pocket material flap which Wouldwnot have the stifiiness or wearing qualities of the material used int-he "formation of the garment and which would, whenthe pocket had any a tendency whatever to stand open; present an upsightly appearance, thus detracting from the value of the garment, particularly when t employed in trousers. a

Attention isturtherdirected to the fact thatthe hand may he introduced to the hottom of the pocket through the tube without any"-unnccessary hendingor flexinnniuovw ments thereof, thus enabling ready access tothe articles wh en it is desired to IGIIitJVU thcmjduetothe fact that acllne lJlHGCtllltI the angle between the stitchings 37 and 3t;

stead of the sidewall ell thereof, as in all prior constructions with which I am faniil'iar; Inthe fornrshown in Figure 9, the stitching 38 is dispensed "with an da row of stitching 39 employed for colmcctingithe facing piece 29 to the front wall of the pocket; ployed, bar tacking 40 is used to connect the lower corner oftheflap 25 to the front wall,

scrihethom sewing operation is unnecessary thisfirst described construction is preferredu vention, I do not limit myself to such spe" eific structure except as hereinafterclaimed. Iclaim: t

;1. Incomhination with a pocket having an opening, two pieceslof material crtend- :ing into the pocketat the opening and havingtheir inner edges spaced transversely of the pocket from the pocket opening said piccesof material being free tromconncc tion with one another atthepocket opening, stitching connecting said pieces of lTlitternxl to one another and extending inwardly from the upper edge of the pocket opening'fwhile leaving said pieces tree from the -wallsof the pocket, thlc lower ends at said pieces being secured to one wall of thepoclret at the lowercud of the pocket opening.

Q. In a'safet pocketconstruction for gun n'lents {LlKl"1T!,COlIllilmfltlOl] with the frontleg section of a garment, a pocket supported thereby, the pocket opening" heing at an 2111-" ale to the topand side edges of the leg sec ftion the material of the leg sectionlbetween the junction of the eide andftop edges of ithe legsection and thepoclictopening being folded into thepocltetundubcing saecured to the front wall of the a pocket at its lower end and. free along its inner edge to provideja lock flap. a l a a a 3 In a safety pocket construction for garmentsand in comhinationwitli the front leg section of a garment, a pocket supported thereby, the pocket opening being at an an gle to the top and side edges of the leg section, the material "of the leg section between the junction of 'the side and top edges of the leg section andthe pocket openinglacing folded into the pocket to provide a lock Hath the flap' heing secured to the front wall of the pocket atits lower end; and 1 piece of material having a portion extending into the Where this construction a is e1n- 1 .Since, hyi lthe construction previously dellll pocket from the opening and forming a secthe pocket by stitching extending into the 0nd lock flap, said second look flap at the pocket from the opening and across the upper edge of the pocket opening beingselower end ofthe first named look flap. W cured to the first named lock flap by stitch- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my in BXilBl'ldiDg into the pocket from the opensignature.

ing and at the lower edge of the pocket opening being secured to the front Wall of CHARLES R. WVOOD.

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