US1893470A - Jodhpur and like garment - Google Patents

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Jan. 3, 1933. c. EMMS JODHPUR AND LIKE GARMENT Filed July 14, 1950 //v vs/vroe Cunass MM$ Patented Jan. 3, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES EMMS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND J'ODHPUR AND LIKE GARMENT Application filed July 14, 1930, Serial No. 467,752, and in Great Britain July 18, 1929.

The present invention relates to garments similar to riding pantaloons but difiering therefrom in that the legs are continued beyond the knees downwards so as to overlap 5 to provide an appearance of garment similar to what are known as plus fours. The riding garments are generally known as jodhpurs when employed for riding purposes, and the object of the present invention is to 0 provide a new construction of garment suitable for golf players whereby the garment can be easily slipped on and off, but the gaiter like parts can be readily drawn as a close fit around the legs so as to avoid the necessity of stockings and straps or buckles just beneath the knees.

The fastening device is of the type commonly known under the registered trade mark Zipp and which generally consists of two rows of small metal members clipped along the two edges of the material to be drawn together, the free ends of these metal members being shaped so as to engage between and interlock with each other, the separation and interlocking of the two rows of members being effected by the sliding action of a metal body channelled to engage over sides of both sets of metal members, the channels in the said slidable body being so shaped that in one direction of movement of the slidable body the rows of metal members are separated and in the other direction of movement are drawn together. My invention can be said to comprise a new form of plus four garment in which the legs of the garment are carried downwards to the ankles and the part adapted to reside about the calves of the wearer being slit ver- 40 tically and fitted with a fastening device to draw the calf and ankle surrounding parts of the garment as a close fit about the legs, the parts of the legs of the garment above such calf parts being made sulficiently long to over- 15; hang or sag over the wearers knees.

The invention is characterized in that the lower end or gaiter portion of each leg of the garment is composed of two parts sewn along substantially horizontal edges to the substan- 91 tially horizontal lower edge of the upper leg part, and sewn to each other along their vertical edges. 1

In order that my invention'may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I have appended hereto a sheet of drawing illustrating an embodiment of same and wherem,

Fig. 1 is a view in plan of the group of the parts whlch make up one of the garment legs.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of one of the legs of the garment.

Fig. 3 is an outside side elevation view of one leg of the garment showing the outer side of one leg of the garment with the slit in the gaiter part closed.

Fig. 4 1s an outside elevation view of one leg of the garment showing the slit in the gaiter part open.

Referring to the drawing, the length of the portions 3 of the garment, being those parts of the legs above the gaiter like part containing the slit (1 are made longer than would be the case with a riding garment so that the upper end of each gaiter part terminates just beneath the knee of the wearer and the part 5 overhangs the knee so as to obscure the upper end of the gaiter part.

The part 3 terminates on an approximately horizontal edge 3a as distinct from the inclined edge of a riding garment and the lower edge 3a has sewn to it the upper edges of two parts 1 and 2 shaped to fit nicely round the calf of the leg and having their vertical edges sewn together with the exception of the'two edges which provide a slit (Z, shown in Fig. 4, which would not be sewn together their full height. For instance they need only be sewn. down to the mark 4.

To ensure the gaiter part constituted by the parts 1 and 2 correctly fitting the normal shape of calves and shins, the edges, 6 and 7 respectively of these parts which when united form a vertical seam at the rear of the leg are formed with outwardly arcuate parts 8 just above the line 4 to produce a part bridged to-fit around the calf muscle. and with inwardly curved parts 9 to conform with the inward bend of the leg just above the calf muscle but just beneath the back of the knee. Further to ensure the other edges 10 and 11 of the parts 1 and 2 respectively being joined so as to lie neatly against the outer side of the calf of the leg, the upper ends of these parts are made wider than the lower ends and the edges 10 and 11 joined on a pronounced outward curve 11a at the upper end of the edge 11.

The device for fastening each of the slits (Z consists of two rows a and b of small metal members secured along the edges a and Z) of two strips of stout tape, narrow webbing, strip leather or other suitable material, the

strip a being secured one to the outer face of the underlying part of the placket and the other strlp 6 being secured to the inner face of the overlying part of the placket.

The two strips carrying the interlocking members are carried from the top of the slit (Z (which is just beneath the wearers knee) to a point which may be two or three inches or more from the lower ends of the legs, the slit being bridged at the lower extremity by an elastic tape 0, or a suitable fastening device. It is preferred in practice to secure a fairly wide piece of elastic tape 6 across the lower end of the slit cl as shown, this'elastic tape normally being under tension and holding the edge of the overlyng part of the placket against one end f of a doubled portion f of the material extending around the lower end of the leg of the garment.

By means of the present invention, stockings and uncomfortable knee straps and/or garters are obviated and a neat close fit of the garment about the calves and ankles is obtained without discomfort or difficulty in drawing the garment on and ofi.

hat I claim is A plus-fours garment in which gaiter parts adapted to replace the usual stocking are combined with knicker parts shaped to sag and extend loosely beneath the knees, gaiter parts each consisting of only two main parts adapted to combine to embrace the lower part of a leg, one of said parts being considerably wider than the other, to an extent that it encircles the leg from the vertical ce ntre line of the calf inwards around the inside and shin of the leg to the outer side of the calf, the other part merely extending over the remaining porton of the lower part of the leg so that a seamless front or shin part of the gaiter is provided, horizontal transverse upper edges to said two parts united to a horizontal lower edge of the, appropriate knickers part, stitching connecting said two parts completely along two vertical edges but only partly along their other vertical edges to provide aslit to enable the wearers foot to'pass through the gaiter part, the vertical edges of said two elements being curved at their united edges to produce a loose calf fitting part, the arrangement being that a plus fours garment loose and baggy be-

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