Sewing – Method of sewing – Workpiece manipulation other than straight line feeding
Patent
1996-05-29
1998-10-20
Izaguirre, Ismael
Sewing
Method of sewing
Workpiece manipulation other than straight line feeding
11247509, 2247, D05B 1300, A41D 2720
Patent
active
058231285
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for producing a flap pocket in a garment panel.
The present invention also relates to an item, such as a garment, bag, suitcase or similar item, comprising such a pocket.
2. Background Information
In order to produce such a flap pocket, it is known to form a straight slit in the material of the panel of the garment or other item and to attach a flap along the upper edge of the slit.
This method has various disadvantages. From the aesthetic point of view, the flap forms a break with respect to the garment panel, and it does so for three reasons: the stitching of the flap emphasises the separation, the texture and/or the pattern of the material of the flap are not strictly aligned with those of the garment panel, and the flap has a tendency to stay open, that is to say, to be placed in an oblique position with respect to the garment panel. Furthermore, the attaching of the flap to the garment panel can lack strength and/or water-tightness.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is therefore to propose a pocket structure and a method for producing it which overcome the disadvantages mentioned above.
According to the invention, the method for producing a flap pocket in a panel of an item is characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
a) forming, in the material of the item panel, a slit having a U-shaped contour in such a way as to define, inside the U, a flap body which is integral with the item panel, and forming, outside of the U, an aperture in the item panel; and
b) attaching around the aperture a pocket having a lateral opening positioned such that it is under the flap.
Thus, rather than preserving the material of the garment panel or other item panel intended to be under the flap, and which is consequently invisible unless the flap is raised, the invention foresees producing the flap in one piece with the material of the garment panel. On the other hand, an aperture is formed in the garment panel but this aperture may be both partially closed by the pocket and at least partially concealed by the flap.
Preferably, in order to better conceal the whole of the aperture, or a bigger portion of the latter, there is attached along the mobile edges of the flap body a flap edging which enlarges the flap with respect to the dimensions of the U-shaped slit.
According to a preferred embodiment of the method, there is attached, for example to the flap edging, a counter flap covering the inside face of the flap body.
The pocket can then also be attached to the counter flap in the vicinity of or above a line substantially corresponding to the axis of articulation of the flap with the item panel.
According to another object of the invention, the item comprising a flap pocket obtained in particular by a method according to the invention is characterized in that the flap comprises a flap body which extends the panel of the item containing the pocket and is formed in a single piece of material with said panel, whilst the material of the item panel has an aperture under the flap.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description relating to non-limitative embodiments.
In the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 shows, in half-views in its left-hand and right-hand sections, two successive steps of the method according to the invention;
FIG. 2 shows, in the right-hand half-view, a third step of the method, and in the left-hand half-view, a piece of edging used in this third step;
FIG. 3 shows a fourth step of the method according to FIG. 1, only the flap edging and the counter flap being shown in the right hand section of the figure;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along IV--IV of FIG. 3;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective half-views of two other steps of the method, seen from the inside of the item;
FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are cross-sections along VII--VII, VII, VIII--VIII and IX--IX respectively of FIG. 6;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the
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Izaguirre Ismael
Lapidus Ted
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