US1622013A - Printed fabric - Google Patents

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March 22, 1927. 1,622,013

W. M. WHITING PRINTED FABRIC Filed July 24. 1925 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

WILLIAM M. XVHITNG, QF EAST ORANGE, NEX/i7 JERSEY.

PRITED FABRIC.

Application filed 'Jury e4, 1925. serial No. 45,730.

This invention relates to printed fabrics, and has for its primary object and purpose to provide a printed piece fabric upon the maj or portion of which the dominant design is printed, while along each edge 'of the fabric a continuous border design is printed harmonizing with said dominant or major design.

It is another object of the invention to provide a printed piece fabric of the above character whereby the use of separate edging or border strips to lbe stitched to the edges of the fabric will be obviated while substantially the same visual effect is obtained. My new printed fabric may be advantageously used as portires, window curtains or other draperies.

WV ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved printed fabric and several features hereof to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and subsequently incorporated in the sub-joined claims.

In the drawing, wherein I have illustrated one satisfactory embodiment of the invention and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,-

Figure l is an elevation showingl my iinproved printed fabric as used for portieres or door draperies;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail elevation, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the reverse side of the fabric.

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Referring in detail to the drawing, the body of the fabric generally indicated at 5 may be of woven cotton or other textile material, and upon one side thereof the major or dominant design indicated at 6 is directly printed, said design occupying the major portion of the surface of the fabric but terminating in spaced relation to each of the side edges thereof.

Upon the side edge portions of the fabric, a suitable border design 7 is printed simulating a separate edging stitched or otherwise attached to the side edges of the fabric having the major design 6 thereon. To this end, each border design includes an inner longitudinally extending portion representing stitching as indicated at 7. course, it will be understood that the selected border design 7 harmonizes in color with the dominant color scheme of the major design 6.

As shown in Fig. 3, on the reverse side of the fabric, the major design 6 is comparatively faint while at the side edges of the fabric, the border design would be scarcely visible, or if any parts thereof appear on the reverse side, they are disconnected so that the design is incomplete, and thus the right and wrong sides of the fabric are readily distinguishable.

The printed piece fabric as above described is adaptable to different uses for drapery purposes, and in Fig. 1 I have shown the fabric las used for portires or doory hangings. ln this case, the two lengths of fabric are suspended from a suitable pole extending across the upper end of the doorway. Fach fabric strip may be twice the vertical dimension of the doorway so that each side of the portire will be the right side of the fabric and show the full design, or if desired the fabric may be of such length that the upper end thereof is merely turned around the pole and stitched or otherwise secured to the side of the fabric body. In this case, one side of the fabric will be the right side and show the full design, while the other side thereof will show the design very faintly.A

It will be seen that by the provision of a printed piece fabric of this character, it is unnecessary to purchase separate edging to be attached to the edges of the fabric provided with the major design, as the printed borders 7 provide a very realistic simulation of such edging.

It will of course, be understood that in carrying out my invention, the fabric may be provided in a great variety of designs, and that the printed borders may b'e of various widths. Accordingly, it is to be understood that l do not consider myself limited to the exact design as shown in the accompanying drawing, but reserve the privilege of making all such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Thus it is possible to print the fabric on both sides so that each side will be identical with the other, it being understood of course, that the designs are the saine and exactly registered so that when the fabric is eX- posed to the light, only one design is visible. Such fabrics having the design directly printed on each side thereof are produced by what is known in the art as duplex printing.

Another advantage incident to the printing of the continuous border designs on 0pposite edges of the fabric resides in the fact that for use as a Windon7 decoration, a length of fabric exceeding the requirements may be purchased and the excess then cut off. The border designs may then be cut from the body of the severed section and attached to the end of the main portion of the fabric which forms the curtain or hanging, thus supplying an end border Without requiring the purchase of additional edging. The intermediate body portion of the severed section can be advantageously used as a pillow cover, table center, or for other purposes.

I claim:

' 1. A printed fabric for use as portieres comprising a continuous fabric body to and including the edges thereof, a main body design wrought upon said fabric exclusive of the edge portions thereof, an identical design but of lighter color Wrought upon the opposite side of said fabric exclusive of the border thereof, and an edging Wrought upon'only the right side of said fabric, said edging simulating stitching.

2. A printed fabric comprising` a fabric body having border portions and a inain body portion, a printed design printed heavily upon one face and lightly upon the opposite face leaving the border portions free of the design, and a design printed heavily upon the border portion of the right side of the fabric and inore lightly upon the opposite side of the fabric than the. design on the inain body portion of said other side of the fabric, said border design simulating stitching.

Inr testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention, I have signed my naine hereto.

VILLIAM M. YVHITING.

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