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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE
SAMUEL DIGGS BLAKE, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
PANTALOONS AND OVERALLS.
SPECIFZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,945, dated June 2, 1885.
Application filed July 3, 1884. (Hodel.)Yo cell whons it n?7ay concerns:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL DIGGS BrL aE,
of Dallas, in the State of Texas, have invented
certain Improvementsin Pantaloons and Over-
5 alls, of which the following is a specification.
The aim of this invention is to provide pan-
taloons adapted for the use of those accustomed
to ride in the saddle, and for others by whom
they are subjected to severe strain and wear.
o10 To this end it consists in a garment cut in
four pieces of peculiar form united in a pecu-
liar manner, -whereby the seat and crotch and
the inner sides of the legs are made of double
thickness and the leg and crotch both rendered
15 seamless, in order that they may be worn with-
out the discomfort attending the use of gar-
ments in which heavy seams or welts exist at
the middle.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
20 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of my
improved pants. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of
the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the two
patterns or sections composing one side of the
garment. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section
25 on the line x x of Fig. 2, showing the forma-
tion of the inside of the leg.
In proceeding to construct my garment I
provide for each side two patterns or blanks,
A and B, of the form represented in Figs. 3
30 and 4. These two blanks have their outer
edges, a and b, of a straight or slightly curved
form and adapted to be stitched to each other
to form the outside or side seam of the gar-
ment. The blauk A has its upper inner edge,
35 c, cut of a straight or substantially straight
form from the top or band downward to the
crotch in the ordinary manner. Instead of
being continued downward in the usual form
from this point, the edge of the garment is
40 curved upward and inward, as shown, in such
manner as to form a flap or extension, d, de-
signed to be carried backward upon the rear
portion of the leg, as hereinafter explained.
It will be perceived that this extension d is
45 curved upward so as to cover and protect in
part the seat of the pantaloons, and that from
this uppermost point it is curved gradually
downward toward the lower end of the leg.
The usual form of the blank is indicated by
50 the dotted line e, and the portion lying outside I
of this line is the portion to which my inven-tion relates. It will be observed that this ex-
tension is of considerable width, so as to over-
lap the rear portion of the leg and to give the
same a double thickness. The blank B for the 55
rear portion of the leg has its inner edge,f, of
a straight or substantially straight form from
the top downward to the crotch to produce
the usual straight seam in the middle of the
back of the garment. Commencing at the So
crotch, however, the inner edge is curved up-
ward to form a point orprojection,g, and curved
thence downward to the bottom of the leg.
The line on which the inner edge of the leg is
ordinarily cut is represented by the dotted line 65
k. It will be observed that I have extended
the edge of the blank a considerable distance
upward beyond this line, thus forming the ex-
tension I of considerable width, designed to
overlap the front portion of the leg on the in- 70
ner side.
In proceeding to form one side of the gar-
ment I unite the blanks A and B at the outer
edges in the ordinary manner. I then bring
them together at the inner edges, lapping the 75
portion 1 of the back pattern, B, over the edge
of the front pattern, A, to the extent indicated
by the dotted line m. I then stitch the over-
lapping edge of the pattern firmly to the body
of the opposite pattern. The result of this ac- 8o
tion is to produce a leg and one side of a body
in the form represented in Fig. 5, the inside
of the leg being made of a considerable thick-
ness, and each leg being re-enforced or strength-
ened on the rear side for a considerable dis- 85
tance above the crotch. I next form the op-
posite side of the garment in like manner, after
which the two portions are brought together,
the flaps g lapped in such manner as to pro-
duce a double thickness in the crotch, and the 90
two portions stitched together at the middle,
through the crotch and along the back seam.
As a result of this operation I have a garment,
such as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, having a
double thickness on the inside of the leg, in the 95
seat, and in the crotch, and without the usual
center seam in the seat and crotch.
A garment thus produced is not only cheap,
neat, and serviceable, but is highly advanta-
geous in that it has no center seam to rip and too
no thick or projecting surfaces at the middle
to annoy the wearer.
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Blake, Samuel Diggs. Pantaloons and Overalls., patent, June 2, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170986/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.