US363445A - John b - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. B. WOOD.

DRAWBRS.

Patented May 24, 1887.

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PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN B. WOOD, or BROOKLYN, new YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARY M. WOOD,

-- or SAME PLACE.

DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,445, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed December 29, Iss6.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B-VVOOD, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of wearing-apparel known as drawers; and it consists in drawers with the legs thereof thicker or heavier than the body portion, so that the legs of the wearer will be protected in cold weather, while the body of the drawers being no thicker than is usually worn,the said drawers are not rendered cumbersome, and material is economized without sacrificing the advantages attending the increased thickness of the leg portions.

It is common for persons who in cold weather are exposed to the wind towear drawers of extra thickness throughout or to wear two pairs of drawers, in order to obtain the necessary protection to the legs; but such expedients are found inadequate or cumbersome,

2 5 for the reason that if the drawers are sufii ciently thick, or two pairs are used, to afford protection to the legs,the body portion will be found to be too thick for comfort with the outer garments, and as the body ofthe wearer is fully protected by the said outer garments, thethick or double drawers-body is unnecessary. These objectionable features I entirely overcome by making the drawers with the legs of such thickness as to protect the legs of the wearer, as before stated, while the body portion is made comparatively thin, by which means unnecessary thickening of the clothing around the body of the wearer is avoided.

There are various ways in which the drawers may be manufactured in carrying out ,my invention, and I do not confine myself to any particular method; but I prefer to knit the body and legs in one piece and thickening the legs by using larger threads than are used in the body portion.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved drawers, the heavier portion being indicated by shading; and. Fig. 2 is a section on the line at a: in

Fig. 1.

Serial No. 222,875. (No model.)

A designates the body portion of the drawers, and B the leg portions,of thicker material than the said body portion.

Drawers such as described may be worn with comfort, as the body portion is of no more than ordinary or usual thickness, and therefore not cumbersome, while any desired thickness of the leg portions may be used and ample protection be afforded to the legs of the wearer. It is not necessary to make the leg portions thick throughout their length,as they may be made thin at the lower ends, as shown in full lines, Fig. 2, the dotted lines in the said. figure indicating the thickness when continued to the extreme lower end of the said leg portions.

I do not wish to confine myself to any particular extent of the thickened portions, as it may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention, which embraces drawer-legs thickened through the whole or a portion of the length.

I am aware that it has been proposed to strengthen the fronts of the legs of garments by sewing re-enforcing pieces thereto,and that the elbows and knees of garments have been thickened by employing thicker or heavier threads at such points, and I make no claim thereto; nor do I claim any particular method of constructing the drawers, such as using thickened threads, as being of my invention; but my invention consists in forming the legs of the drawers thicker than the body, the thickness extending entirely around the said legs and substantially throughout the lengththat is, from the line ofjuncture with the body to or through the contracted ankle portionsthus effectually protecting the legs of the wearer without the inconvenience of using two pairs of drawers. The constructions above referred to could not afford such protection, and if intended for such use would but partially and very imperfectly effect the result, as is evident, since some are re-enforced at the front only and others at the knees only, all the other parts of the legs being as thin as the body portion.

WVithout limiting myself to any particular method of obtaining the desired thickness of the leg portions, I claim 1. As an article of manufacture, a pair of drawers having the leg portions thicker or heavier than the body portion, the said thickness'extending entirely around the legs and 5 substantially throughout the length thereof,

as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a. pair of drawers having the leg portions thicker or heavier than the body portion, the said thick- [0 ness extending entirely around the leg and from the line ofjunctnre with thebody to the contracted or ankle portion at the lower ends of the said legs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two 15 subscribing witnesses.

JOHN B. XVOOD.

W'itnesses:

IRA A. KIMBALL, WM. L. FOSTER.

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