US3466663A - Decorative furpiece - Google Patents

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Sept. 16, 1969 v 1'. E 3,465,663

DECORATIVE FURPIECE Filed June 26. 1968 INVENTOR Thomas L.Mehl

W ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,466,663 DECORATIVE FURPIECE Thomas L. Mehl, Mine Brook Road, Far Hills, NJ. 07931 Filed June 26, 1968, Ser. No. 740,276 Int. Cl. A41d /00 U.S. Cl. 2-65 11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A decorative furpiece comprising a tubular sleeve having a smooth inner and a furry outer surface; said sleeve having a single stitched seam running from one end thereof to the other end; said seam having its stitching on said inner smooth surface; said sleeve having a first fastener stitched to one end and a second fastener stitched to the other end cooperating with each other; said fastejners having interconnecting locking means thereon; and said fasteners being in width approximately the width of said sleeve and extending therebeyond.

Objects and summary For many years, fur scarfs and collars have been common articles of womens apparel. In recent years, high collars have been added to suits and the like which are made of fur. In many instances cuffs have also been added to the garment. Generally, these collars and cuffs are non-detachable. Where they are detachable, the collar or cuff as well as the suit must be designed with attaching means. Though scarves as an independent accessory have been utilized, in general, they do not have the appearance that they are part of the garment. Rather they are obviously accessories to the usual suit or other apparel.

It is an object of this invention to provide a furpiece which can readily be worn with various suits or the like and which will have the appearance of being a part of the suit, sweater, blouse, etc.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fur collar or scarf which is easily put on and which except upon very careful inspection, has no visible seams.

A further object of this invention is to provide a furpiece which has fastening means which can be easily engaged and disengaged with a minimum of discomforture to the wearer.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a furpiece which is simple to manufacture and which has great durability.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a furpiece such as described herein.

In summary, this invention pertains to furpieces such as collars and cuffs which are attractive and neat in appearance and which serve as an accessory for a garment without the necessity of having to provide means for attaching the accessory to the garment either on the accessory or on the garment and yet which will have the appearance that it is part of the garment.

These and other objects of this invention will be ap- "ice FIGURE 4 is a plan view showing the second stage of manufacture in which the skin or fur member is folded;

FIGURE 5 is an end view along the line 55 of FIG- URE 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 5A is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along the line 5A5A of FIGURE 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view showing another stage of the invention in Which stitching is applied to the top side edge and prior to inserting of the inverting mandrel;

FIGURE 7 is a plan view showing the manufactured furpiece after inverting and completion of the stitching operation.

FIGURE 7A is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along the lines 7A7A of FIGURE 7 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURES 1 and 2 FIGURE 1 illustrates a person wearing a scarf S and and cuff C as made by this invention.

In FIGURE 2, the fur member F which may be imitation or real fur, comprises a rectangular oblong piece of material. The length of the material normally is greater than the width of the material. To one end edge 10 is secured at the lower half thereof a fastener 12. The fastener 12 preferably includes a hook pile fabric fastener portion 14 immediately adjacent to an elastic portion 16. The fastener 12 is secured to the side edge 10 by means of stitching 18. It is to be noted that the smooth surface of the skin or fur member F lies facing upwardly in FIGURE 2 with the fur side facing downwardly. The fastener 12 is stitched to the side edge 10 in a manner so that it secured at one edge and extends rearwardly over the fur portion.

FIGURES 4 and 5 The second step in the manufacture of the furpiece is to take the fur member F and fold it in half lengthwise so that the fur side is on the inside with the smooth side on the outside as illustrated in FIGURES 4 and 5. A second fastener 20 is now inserted between the fold in such a manner that one edge abuts the other end edge 22 of the fur member F. The fastener 20 is similar to the fastener 12 in that it is provided with a hook pile fabric fastener portion 24 and an elastic portion 26. The fastener 20 is secured to the end edge 22 which has been folded, by means of stitching 28 best shown in FIG- URE 5. The stitching 28 connects the folded end edge 22. to the end edge of the fastener 20 to provide a tight laminar seam.

FIGURE 6 Upon completion of the steps as illustrated in FIG- URES 4 and 5, the fur member F is provided with stitching 30 along the longitudinal edges 32, from the stitching 28 to nearly the opposite end in the area of the fastener 12. It is possible to stitch entirely to the end of the longitudinal edges at the fastener 12, but for reasons which Will hereinafter be obvious, considerable difficulty would be encountered and therefore the stitching should stop short of the side edge 10 and preferably about at the end of the fastener 12.

It will now be obvious that the stitching 30 along the longitudinal edges 32 forms a tubular sleeve. An inverting mandrel is now forced against the left hand end of the fur member F and against the stitching seam 28. The result is that the fur member F is now turned inside out with the fur now on the outside as illustrated in FIG- URE 7 and the smooth surface on the inside.

3 FIGURE 7 Having now inverted the fur member by means of the mandrel, it will now be seen that the tab 12 is now at the left hand end in FIGURE 7 and tab 26 at the right hand end.

The portion 34 of the longitudinal edge which has not been stitched as best illustrated in FIGURE 6, is now provided with stitching 36. The stitching is completed from inside the sleeve rather than from outside in order to eliminate any pucker which would affect the appearance of the furpiece.

The last step is to close the sleeve at the end edge by including an overlapping stitching 38 which will overlap the stitching 18 and close the sleeve entirely. The overlapping stitching 38 which overlaps the stitching 18 now draws the fastener or tab 12 in such a manner as to permit it to project outwardly.

It is obvious that some other fastening means can be provided for joining the fasteners 12 and together, but preferably hook pile fabric is used because of the ease of connecting and disconnecting and the fact that very little tab or fastener projecting portion need be provided so that upon connection, the fur actually covers over and extends about the fastener thereby giving the appearance to the furpiece that there is a continuous collar.

It is obvious that slight changes in the method of manufacture can be afforded in that the fastener 12 may be applied after the fur member F has been folded. In any event, it would only be applied to one half of the end 10 in the same manner as aforementioned.

While the invention has been described, it will be understood that it is capable of further modifications, and this application is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the invention following in general the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which the invention pertains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A decorative furpiece comprising:

(a) an elongate, flattened tubular sleeve formed from a single rectangular blank having its longitudinal edges inturned and a smooth inner surface and a furry outer surface to the sleeve walls, the ends of said sleeve being closed,

(b) said sleeve having a single stitched seam running from one end thereof to the other end,

(0) said seam having its stitching on said inner smooth surface;

(d) said sleeve having a first fastener stitched to one end and a second fastener sttiched to the other end, said fasteners cooperating with each other,

(e) said fasteners having interconnecting locking means thereon, and

(f) at least one of said fasteners extending beyond the respective end of said sleeve.

2. A decorative furpiece as in claim 1 and wherein said first and second fasteners include hook pile fabric fasteners.

3. A decorative furpiece as in claim 1 and wherein said first fasteners sttiching closes the ends of said tubular sleeve.

4. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said one end of said sleeve has inwardly turned edges, and

(b) said first fastener is stitched to said inwardly turned edges.

5. A decorative furpiece as in claim 4 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is sttiched to said unturned edges.

6. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is sttiched to said unturned edges.

7. A decorative furpiece as in claim 3 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener has a first stitching stitched to at least a portion of said unturned edges, and

(c) said second fastener has a second stitching stitched to said unturned edges and overlapping said first stitching.

8. A decorative furpiece comprising:

(a) an elongate, flattened tubular sleeve formed from a single rectangular blank having its longitudinal edges inturned and a smooth inner surface and a furry outer surface to the sleeve walls, the ends of said sleeve being closed,

(b) said sleeve having a single seam running from one end thereof to the other end,

(c) said seam being on said inner smooth sruface,

(d) said sleeve having a first fastener secured to one end and a second fastener secured to the other end and said fasteners cooperating with each other, and

(e) said fasteners having interconnecting locking means thereon, and

(f) said fasteners being in width approximately the width of said sleeve and extending therebeyond.

9. A decorative furpiece as in claim 8 and wherein:

(a) said one end of said sleeve has inwardly turned edges, and

(b) said first fastener is secured to said inwardly turned edges, and

(c) said first fastener is secured between said inwardly turned edges.

10. A decorative furpiece as in claim 9 and wherein:

(a) said other end of said sleeve has unturned edges,

and

(b) said second fastener is secured to said unturned edges.

11. A decorative furpiece as in claim 10 and wherein said second fastener is secured to the outside of said unturned edges.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS l,787,l 17 12/1930 Merrilies 265 2,304,935 12/1942 Langsdorf 2146 2,319,875 5/1943 Michel 298 2,882,530 4/1959 Lincoln 298 2,930,045 3/ 1960 Wendt 2146 3,075,521 1/ 1963 Grassl.

3,135,256 6/ 1964 Gruber.

ALFRED R. GUEST, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 291; 6922

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