US2410759A - Belt - Google Patents

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A.SALLER Nov. 5, 1946.

BELT

Filed May l2 .giran INVENTOR ART/fw? 6,4L5/Q.

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ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 5, 1946 BELT Arthur Saller, New York, N. Y. Application May 12, 1944, serial No. 535,273

(o1. 2-2ss) 3 Claims.

This invention relates to belts for use in association With ladies dresses.

One of the important features of the invention relates to a fabric belt having sufficient stiffness to prevent twisting when in use, and which may be cleaned without becoming deformed by shrinkage.

Another feature of the invention is to provide a tubular fabric belt which is simple and inexpensive of construction and `manufacture in that it avoids the time and labor of making the belt inside out and then reversing the saine.

Other novel features of the invention will become apparent as the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which, y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view partly in section illustrating the initial step in folding the outer fabric material about the inner stiifening element.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the pointed tongue end of the belt, after it has Ibeen stitched and prior to subsequent folding and stitching operations.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse secf tional View on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the tongue end of the belt prior to its final folding and stitching operation.

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail horizontal sectional vievv on the line l-'I of Figure 6.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral I designates my improved belt in its entirety, which includes a flat tubular body II made of a washable or dry cleanable fabric and of any desired 1ength. The tubular body II has one of its ends closed -by the formation of a buckle engaging loop I2 while its other or tongue end I3 is pointed and stitched in a novel manner to be hereinafter explained. The loop l2 serves to connect a tongue buckle I4 to one end of the belt and which receives the tongue end I3 when the belt is in use, said tongue end having spaced holes l to receive the tongue of the buckle and provide adjustment of the belt as to size. Enclosed within the tubular body Il is a stiffener element I6 which is flexible but inherently stiifler than the fabric body to impart sumcient stiffness to the belt to cause the same to remain flat during use of the belt upon a wearer. The stiffener element I6 may be a strip of buckram or other fabric, but preferably it consists of a relatively thin, stiff but flexible nonfabric composition having water-repellent characteristics.

The method of constructing the belt I0 of the parts hereinbefore described will now be explained. The tubular fabric body II is formed from a single blank of fabric material A of a length approximating that of the belt to be constructed. The blank A is of a width greater than twice the width of the belt to be constructed. The blank A is spread out in flat condition, and placed over the inner side of the same parallel thereto is the stiffener element I5. The stiifener element l5 is of a length short of the corresponding ends of the Iblank A and is of a Width less than one half that of the blank A. The width of the stiffener element I5 predetermines the width of the finished belt I0. The stiffener element I5 is placed over the blank A parallel to the longitudinal edges thereof and with its longitudinal edge Il disposed in close spaced relation to the longitudinal edge I8 of the blank as best illustrated in Figure 3. The material of the blank A between edges I'I and I8 constitutes a flap I5 which is folded inwardly over the stiffener element I5 on the fold 25. The flap I9 is secured to the stiffener element I6 along the length thereof by stitching 2l. Next, the relatively wide portion 22 of the b-lank A beyond the longitudinal edge 25 of the stiifener element I6 is folded outwardly and downwardly on the fold 24 to lie fiat against the intermediate portion 25 of the blank, which portion 25 constitutes one side wall of the tubular body I I as shown in Figures 4 and 5. That portion of the folded fabric material extending beyond the pointed end 26 of the stiifener element and shown in dot and dash lines 27 in Figure 4 is cut away so that the adjacent ends of the'portions 25 and 22 parallel the edges of the pointed end 26 o-f the stiffener element. With the portions of the fabric blank in the aforesaid folded position, the same together with the pointed end of the stiiener element are secured together by lines of stitching 28 which parallel the edges thereof. Ihe partially completed belt at this stage is shown in Figure 4 and the next operation is one of the novel features of the invention by which I am able to conceal the raw edges of the pointed ends of the portions 22 and 25, pointed edges of the stiifener element I5, and stitching 28. I perform this operation by reversely folding the portion 22 on the fold 2d to cause the same to overlie the stiffener element I6 and flap I9. During this folding operation and in order to fold the stitched end of the portion 22 over the stiffener, the stitched ends are reversed to form a folded seam 29 along the edges of the pointed end of the belt as will be seen by reference to Figure 6. Due to the pointed nature of the stitched material, it may be necessary to insert an instrument between the stiffener element and the portion 22 to complete the reversing operation, for the iingers of the'handof. an 4operator may not reach into the pointed end of the pocket formed during the initial" reversing operation.

The partially completed belt is now in the stage shown in Figure 6, wherein a flap extension 3b extends beyond the fold edge 2li. This flap extension 3Q is folded inwardly to lie flat` against the flap I9 as best illustrated in Figure 2. The

belt is now ready for its nal stitching and two rows of stitching 3l parallel the two longitudinal edges and pointed tongueend i3, one of said rows being `stitched over the previously mentioned line of stitching 2i.

By reason -of the method and construction herein set forth, I have provided a relatively thin, cleanable non-twisting fabric belt which is strong and durable, and in which the stiffened pointed tong-ue end thereof may be easily inserted through the buckle when attaching the belt to a wearer.

Ittisto be understood that the proportions ol' the material shown in section are exaggerated for illustrative purposes, for in' reality the belt, after pressing, is relatively thin and flat and appears of a uniformv thickness throughout.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l; The method of making a belt which consists in providing a length of fabric material, placing a flat stifener element havinor a pointed end upon theiimer sideof the fabric material, folding one of theiongitudinal edges of the fabric material over said stifiener element and stitching the same thereto along the length thereof, folding the remaining portion of the fabric material outwardly upon itself to provide two thicknesses of material, trimming the ends ofthe two thicknesses of materialto the pointed shape of the stiffener element stitching the twothicknesses of material and stiiener element together along the edges of the pointed endthereof and the corresponding shaped end portion of the fabric material, reversely folding theV previously out-folded portion of the fabric material inwardly over the stiffener element and simultaneously reversing the stitched pointed end of the stiffener element and fabric material, folding the free longitudinal edge of the fabric material inwardly against the previously infolded longitudinal edge thereof, and finally stitching the longitudinal edges of the folded fabric material and pointed ends thereof to said stiffener element.

2. The method of making a belt which consists in providing a length of fabric material, placing a hat stiffener element having a pointed end upon the inner side of the fabric material, folding one of the longitudinal edges of the fabric material over said stiffener element and stitching the same thereto along the length thereof, folding the remaining portion of the fabric material outwardly upon itself to provide two thicknesses of material, trimming the ends of the two thicknesses of material to the shape of the pointed end of the stiffener element stitching the two thicknesses of material and stiener element together along the edges of the pointed ends thereof, reversely folding the previously out-folded portion of the fabric material inwardly over the stiffener element and simultaneously reversing the stitched end ofthe stiffener element and fabric material, folding the free longitudinal edge of the fabric material inwardly against the previously infolded longitudinal edge thereof, and finally stitching the longitudinal edges of the folded fabric material to said stiifener element.

3. lThe method of making a belt which consists in providinor a length of flexible material of a width greater than twice the width of the belt to be formed, placing a flat stiffener element havingol pointed end and being of a width approximating the width of the belt to be formed lengthwise upon the inner side of the flexible material and to one side of its longitudinal mid-portion, folding one of the longitudinal edges of the flexible material inwardly over said stiffener element and stitching the same thereto along the length thereof, folding a portion of the flexible material lengthwise upon itself to provide two thicknesses of material, trimming the ends of the two thicknesses of material to the shape of the pointed end of the stiffener element, stitching the ends of the two thicknesses of material and adjacent endV of the stiifener element together, reversely folding the previously out-folded portion of the flexible material inwardly over the stiifener element with its free longitudinal edge extending beyond the aforesaid folded longitudinal edge, folding the free longitudinal edge of the flexible material inwardly against the other infolded longitudinal edge thereof, and finally stitching the two infolded longitudinal edges and stiffener element together;

ARTHUR SALLER;

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