US1278220A - Stocking. - Google Patents

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A. M. ROEDELHEIMr STOCKING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1911.

1,278,220. Patented Sept. 10,1918;

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Application as September 27, 1917. Serial No; 193,559.

To all whom it may concern I Be it knownthat I, ALFRED M. Ronnnn- HEIM, a citizen of the United States, reside ing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stockings, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to has for its object to provide a new and improved device of this description adapted foruse by men, women, and chlldren, and

garter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a View of a mans stocking embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 22 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the top of the stocking before the edges are bent Fig. 4 is a View showing the invention applied to aladys stocking.

Like numerals refer to like partsthroughout the several figures.

As illustrated in'the drawing I provide a stocking having a body portion 1 and a top a rib-top, and which is connected with desired manner.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a top portion showing the full size when made. If th s is a rib portion, for example, it w ll be knit largerin diameter than the body portion, as;

shown in this figure. Seams 3 are made at the proper distance from the edges, said seams being preferably in alinernent with the body portion of the stocking. These seams fasten the-two sides of the top portion together, and limit the opening for the leg. Any other method than sewing may be used to secure this result.

The edge sections 4: are then provided with eyelets 5 and are folded over so as to overlap'a portion of the top, as" shown in Fi 1.

1% lace 6 is then passed through these eyelets and may be laced to tighten the top of the stocking so as to hold it in position without a garter. 'lhe lace is preferably fastened to the stocking so as to always be attached thereto, and this may be done by point 7, or other manby fastening it thereto in any be washed,

ner. When the stocking is to stockings, and

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. be mad the body portion in any the lace may be unlaced, but is permanently attached to the stocking so that it wilLalso be washed and will always be .in position for use. I prefer to cut the lower edges 8 of the top portion at an angle as shown, and when the operator is sewing the seams 3, such operator may also sew these edges. These corners may be'left uncut or-inay be tucked in and sewed.

It will thus be seen that the top of the stocking is in a single piece, that nothing is cut away so as to expose the leg in any way, and that the edge sections 4 may have their edges to which the lace is attached substantially parallel if desired, and that therefore a proper tightening effect can be secured. By fastening the lace to the stocking it will be seen that I have here a selfcontained device which is always ready for use, which can be easily and quickly tightso as to be held without theme of a garter, and which can e at very little additional expense, thereby saving not only the expense of the garter but the inconvenience and unpleasantness attending the use of the ordinary garter, particularly the garters used by men which often come down and are exposed to view without the wearer knowing it.- The stocking may be full fashioned or seamless.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the device applied ED STATES PATENT onnrcn.

1n proper position to a ladys stocking without a rib top. It is 7 possible, of course, that it may be applied to any form of stocking, and in the specification and claims where I use the word stocking 1 use this term broadly to cover all forms of hosiery.

When the stocking is made without a rib top the expense of machinery necessary to make rib tops can thus be done away with, and also the labor of transferring and attaching the rib top to the body portion.

1 have described in detail a particular construction embodying my invention, but

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back and forth through said eyelets whereby the two opposite sides may be drawn toward each other and secured in adjusted position. by such lacing.

2. A stocking comprising a body portion, a top portion, said top portion being wider than the body portion, seams extending lon gitudinally along said to portion near the outer edges thereof thee ge portions of the top section being folded over so that their free edges are opposed, a lacing extending back and forth between said edge sections by means of which the edges may e drawn toward each other, said lace attached to the stocking so that when unlaced it will be held against removal.

- 3. A stocking comprising a body portion,

a top portion made of a single piece and wider than the body portion, seams extendmg longitudinally along said top portion near the edges thereof, said seams substantially in alinement with the edges of the body portion, the two ed e sections of the top portion having inclin lower ends, said edge sections folded over so that their free edges are opposed, and a lacing extending back and forth between said edges by means of which the edges may be drawn toward each other.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 18th day of September 1917.

ALFRED M. ROEDELHEIMP Witnesses:

MINNIE M. LINDENAU, CHRISTINA DEANS.

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