US2457356A - Jacket with biswing gusset in front and in back - Google Patents

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JACKET WITH BI-SWING GUSSET IN FRONT AND IN BACK Filed Dec. 51, 1947 ZSheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR CHARLES E. ENCK ATTORNEYS Dec. 28, 1948. c. E. ENCK 7 2,457,356

JACKET WITH BI-SWING GUSSET IN FRONT AND IN BACK Filed Dec. 31, 1947 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVVENTOR CHARLES E. ENCK AT TORN EYS Patented Dec. 28, 1948 JACKET WITH BISWING GUSSET IN FRONT AND IN BACK Charles E.- Enck, Ashland, hio, assignor to Cresco Manufacturing Company, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Ashlaml,

Application December 31, 1947, Serial No. 795,099

'7 Claims.

This invention relates to an article of wearing apparel, and particularly to coats, jackets or other outer garments. However, the invention is not to be restricted to outer garments only because it can be used on any garment that has a sleeve.

It is well known that in garments having long sleeves there is considerable binding across the shoulders of the person wearing the garment when the arm is moved to and fro. It is therefore the purpose of this invention to provide a sleeve attachment to a garmentby which complete freedom of arm movement can be obtained'without binding of the garment across the shoulders of the person wearing the same or across the breast of the person.

It has been a feature, particularly in men's clothing, of placing a bi-swing at each side of the back panel-of a coat or jacket between the panel and the sleeve so that forward arm movement would not be restricted. However, no attention has been given to a removal of the restriction to the front part of the garment, it being considered that a normally open coat or jacket would be sufficiently free from restriction.

However, with the advent of articles of clothing, such as sport jackets and many other kinds of outer garments having full-length zippers extending from the collar of the garment to its lower extremity, considerable restriction has been occasioned across the front of the garment by rearward arm movement of the person wearing the garment. g

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an article of apparel with complete freedom of sleeve movement to eliminate binding across either the back or the front of the garment when the arm of the wearer is moved to and fro.

In this invention this is accomplished by placing a bi-swing between the back panel and the sleeve of the garment and between the front panel and the sleeve of the garment. q

It is still a further object of the invention to I provide a bi-swing construction for the front and back of a garment in which the bi-swing automatically restricts itself into a parallel position along. the hacker front panel respectively of the 2 ment that extends from the shoulder seam of the garment to beneath the under-arm portion of the sleeve,v and thereby provide complete freedom ofsleeve movement.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a front bi-swing and a back bi-swing for a garment, each of which is constructed from two separate panels that are stitched together along one edge to insure that the panels will always fold into parallel relationship when the sleeve of the garment is in a normal hanging position.

Further objects and advantages will become apparent from the drawings and the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a jacket incorporating the invention showing the left sleeve of the jacket extended to illustrate the front bi-swing and with the right sleeve in a normal hanging position to illustrate the inconspicuousness of the front bi-swing.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the jacket with the left sleeve extended for the same purpose as that of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the jacket but with the sleeve in cross-section. I

Figure 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional View through the jacket taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1. J l

Figure 5'is a cross-sectional view taken along line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view showing the right bi-swing, but with the front panel broken away to more clearly illustrate the shape of the bi-swing panels. v

Figure 7 is a rear elevational view showing the rear bi-swing but with the back panel broken away to more clearly illustrate the shape of the bi-swing panels.

Figure 8 is a top elevational view of a portion of the shoulder of the jacket but with the front and rear panels broken away to more clearly illustrate the connection of the bi-swing panels to the shoulder seam of the-jacket.

Figure 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion of the bi-swing'illustratingthe seam construction.-

Figure 10 is an elevational view of the outer panel of the right'front bi-swing.

Figure 11 is an elevational view of the inner panel of the right front bi-swing. Figure 12 is an elevational view of the outer panel of the right back bi-swing.

front panel *1 II are? connected together" slang-the,

shoulder seam Hi. The sleeves l and I6 of the jacket are of conventional construction.

A side gusset 46 is positioned between the front a front side seam H and a rear side seam l8,'the front and rear panels being connected tqvthe gusset 48 along the seam lines vl'flyand 18.,

The sleeve I5 is secured to the body of the: jacket formed by the front. and. rear panels .ll v and I2 at the shoulder seam, and is'further directly connected to the body of the jacket bythe side gusset 46 at the under-arm. portion of the sleeve alongtheseam I9, I;

-Affront bi-swing 2|). is placed b'etween the front panel Hand the sleeve L5. 1 A back vbiswing 25- is placed between the back panel 11 and the sleeve is. :I i 5 Thelfront bi-swing 2 1! consists; offan outer panel 2 Land an ;inner .pane1 ZYZIthatTarelaid inparallel relation :and stitched v together along :-the. stitchline Z3 .1 r I ,7; The-outer andinner paneIs Z-I and 22-respeotivelyhave a common S-shaped configuration along the inner edge 24. The outer panel ,2] is narrower than-the inner panel ,22 at the bottom portion thereof, shown inFigure 6, the left edge of the outer panel 2| being securedto the edgej26 of the arm opening in the frontt -panel-zlll along the stitch line 21;,thussecuri-ng the free end of the outer panel 2;! of theright front bi-swingifl to the outermpanel, l.'.' I w s The in ner panel 22"has :its free endiZB. secured to the'sleeve- ;i-5- along 'the seam-line 29s..

The upper ends-of thefouterfand inner panels 2i and 22 of thebi-swinguw are secured in the shoulder seam l fl asishovvn in .Eigure 8;. The back right bi-swing 25consists of ,the'outer panel 3:! :and theinnergpanel=3z lthattare stitched together along their inner edges in thesamemannerwas' the front lbi-swing zlit g 1 v The-outer panel bjis secured tothe back panel [2 and the inner panel 32 is secured to the sleeve m thesame manner-asathe innereand outer panels for the front bi-swingfl t The, inner *and' -outer, panels 32 and t 34, of- :the bi-swingkSqhave acomrnon S-shaped inner edge form 33,; these panels be ng -secured; vtogetl-ier along the stitch-line 34. I he ;f-r,ont v 8 dgQ 1Qf th6 outer; panel 3lais zsecured to the back panell2 alpngthe stitcheline =3fi-whilethefront edge of the inner panelBZissecuredto the sleeve i5 along the seam-line 3'6.

.With the front and .backbi-s vings Qu nn's I being constructed o'f independent panelssecured together alongon'e edge, which panels are in turn secured to'thefront and backpan'els'of the" jacket and to the sleeve of the-jacket-pthereis provided a construction which insures correct folding of I the bi 'swings {into position parallel with the front andback panelsof the jacket Whenever the sleeve of the jacket is in. a normal hanging position;

- While theconstruction ofthe articl e of' apparel herein disclosedhand described constitutes a pre fered form, yet modifications'of the construction are possible, and itisintended that such modificae Mons that fall within the scope of the appended claims are intended to :be included therein I c Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of apparel such as a coat or the like, a front panel and a back panel connected along a shoulder seam and having a sleeve open- ,therebetvveen a side g usset connecting said panels andfifdrrnihg thefew'itlt front and back side seams extending from the underarm portion '0f-.the sleeve opening, a sleeve, said sleeve being 10 panel I I and the rear panel ramming therewith connected to the front and back panels at the andback bi-swing extending from the shoulder seam tosaid-front and back side seams respec- }tively and: connecting'said sleeve to the edge of rsaid 'sleeveopeningin said front and back panels respectively.

"2; In an article of apparel such as a coat or the like, a front panel and a back panel connected along a shoulder seam and having a sleeve openings therebetween, a side gusset connecting said. panels and forming therewith front'andback side seams extending. from the under arin portion of the sleeve'opening, a sleeve, said'sleevebeingconn'ected to the front and back panels-at the s'houlder'seam and to said gusset, an a front and back Ibi-s'vving extending fromthe'shoulder seam tolsaidfront andbackside seamsrespec-- tively andwconnecting said sleeve to' 'the'ed'ge of said sleeve opening inlsaid' front and 'back' panels, respectively, each "of 'said bi-svging js' coinpri'sing an outer panel and an inner panel can; nectedtogether along one edge th'ereof,fsaid i n' nerfp-anelfhaving its free ed ge connected to said sleeve and 'said'outer panelhav'in'g its freedge connected to said front and back panels resp ec 3.. In an article, of'iapparel such as a coat or the lika a fr'o'ritj panelfand a backpa'nel con;- nected along a shoulder searn and having a sleeve opening therebetween, a side gusset'lconnecting saidjpanels and forming "therewith front and back side'sea'nis extending fromjtheunder-ar'ni portion of the sleeve opening a sleeve, said'sleeve" being connected'to the front and "backpanels at thefshouldersearn and to'saidfgusset', and a'front and back .jbi-swin'g extending, from" the "shoulder seamftrr"said front and back sidesearns 'r esp eo tively and connecting said sleeve to" "the edge of said sleeve openinjg' in"said front and back panel's respectively; each of said bi-sWingsco'mprising an 'outer' panel and an inner pane-1 con nectedtogether along oneedge thereof; said inner panel havi ts e ed n e i a s f e and lsaidfouterjpanel havingfl its freeje dge" can: nected to -said front and back. panels respectively, said last-mentionedconnectededges of saidfront and-back bieswings each connecting-With said front iand' back side seams: respectively at a point. below the connection; between t the gusset ,and. the under-arm: portion of the sleeves-1' I v p 4'. 'ln anarticle of apparelsuoh as aboatbrthe like, a front p aneland a back panel, connected. along a'shoulder seam andhavtng a slecvempening the'reb'e'tween: a side T gus'setconnecting said panels Land formingtherewith zfrcnt. and back side seams extending from the 11nder5-arm-portion of the sleeve opening; a sleeve-said: sleeve beingconnectedto the front' andsbackzpanels .at the shoulder samand to saidgusset, andia front and b'a'ck' bi-swing extending from the should'er; seam to said frontiand backside seams respectivelyand connecting saidnsleeve tojtheredglexof; saidgether along one edge thereof, said inner panel having its free edge connected to said sleeve and said outer panel having its free edge connected to said front and back panels respectively, said lastmentioned connected edges of said front andback bi-swings each connecting with said front and back side seams respectively at a point below the connection between the gusset and the under-arm portion of the sleeve, said last-mentioned edges of said back bi-swing terminating at said back side seam at a point above the terminating point of the said last-mentiOned edges of the front biswing with the front side seam.

5. In an article of apparel such as a coat or the like, a front panel and a back panel connected along a shoulder seam and having a sleeve opening therebetween, a side gusset connecting said panels and forming therewith front and back side seams extending from the under-arm portion of the sleeve opening, a sleeve, said sleeve being connected to the front and back panels at the shoulder seam and to said gusset, and a front and back bi-swing extending from the shoulder seam to said front and back side seams respectively and connecting said sleeve to the edge of said sleeve opening in said front and back panels respectively, said rear bi-swing extending to a point beneath the under-arm portion of the sleeve above that of the front bi-swing.

6. In an article of apparel such as a coat or the like, a front panel and a back panel connected along a shoulder seam and having a sleeve opening therebetween, a side gusset connecting said panels and forming therewith front and back side seams extending from the under-arm portion of the sleeve opening, a sleeve, said sleeve being connected to the front and back panels at the shoulder seam and to said gusset, and a front and back bi-swing extending from the shoulder seam to said front and back side seams respectively and connecting said sleeve to the edge of said sleeve opening in said front and back panels respectively, said side gusset and said shoulder seam connection providing only direct connection of the sleeve to the body of the article, all other connection between the sleeve and the body of the article being through said front and back lei-swings.

7. In an article of apparel such as a coat or the like, a front panel and a back panel connected along a shoulder seam and having a sleeve opening therebetween, a side gusset connecting said panels and forming therewith front and back side seams extending from the under-arm portion of the sleeve opening, a sleeve, said sleeve being connected to the front and back panels at the shoulder seam and to said gusset, and a front and back bi-swing extending from the shoulder seam to said front and back side seams respectively and connecting said sleeve to the edge of said sleeve opening in said front and back panels respectively, each of said bi-swings comprising an outer panel and in inner panel laid parallel to one another and connected together along one edge thereof, said inner panel having its free edge connected to said sleeve and said outer panel having its free edge connected to the front and back panels respectively.

CHARLES E. E'NCK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 746,185 Smith Dec. 8, 1903 2,330,520 Saveth Sept. 28, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 1,994 Great Britain 1905 16,194 Great Britain 1905

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