US2019621A - Imitation pig skin fabric glove - Google Patents

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New. 5, i935. E. R. MEINIG IMITATION PIG SKIN yFABRIC GLOVE Filed Noy. 29. 1932 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Nov. 5, 1935 `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

ThisV invention relates to a glove and has for its primary object the construction of a glove from fabric material which will resemble in appearance pig skin but capable of having its de- 5 sign varied in many manners to imitate Various other surface ornamentations.

An object of the invention resides in constructing the glove wholly of fabric, the fabric being manufactured in a unique manner to produce ornamental effects on the glove that will give the same distinctive features.

Another object of the invention is the novel manner of forming the material from a Milanese base fabric and providing thereon a top base fabric consisting of a multiplicity of embroidered stitches of a particular formation having arranged therein a plurality of ornamental formations of any desired design.

A feature of the invention resides in the coarrangement of the stretching characteristics of the sub-base fabric, the stretching characteristics of the rows of embroidered stitches and the independent arrangement of all of the ornamental formations so as to allow a certain amount of stretch of the glove in a transverse direction but prevent stretching of the glove in a longitudinal direction.

Another feature of the invention resides in the distinct ornamental surface effects given the glove which greatly enhances its salability.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a plan View of the glove.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary portion of the blank material from which the glove is constructed.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the top base fabric.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the sub-base fabric.

Figure 5 is a greatly enlarged sectional view through the fabric. v

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail plan View of a portion of the nished blank material.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one .45 of the many forms of my invention, the numeral I designates the glove having the usual finger portions 2 and body portion 3. These portions are constructed from a blank material 4.

This blank material t comprises a sub-base fabric 5, a top base fabric 6 and ornamental formations l. vThe sub-base fabric is preferably made from Milanese cloth. This type of cloth has great elasticity in one direction but very limited elasticity in a direction right angles thereto,

thereby giving the glove the required stretch transversely thereof but preventing stretching of the glove in a longitudinal direction. I wish to call attention to the fact that the construction of the top base fabric 5 is such as to readily accommodate this stretching action of the sub-base 5 fabric 5.

The top base fabric 6 is formed from a multiplicity of rows of embroidered stitches 8 that are embroidered through the sub-base fabric 5 and these rows of embroidered stitches extend in a l0 zigzag path with all the rows of embroidered stitches paralleling each other to give a more or less solid body to the top base fabric, while at the same time giving the surface of the top base fabric a porous eifect to more closely resemble l5 the pores in pig skin and further to set off and individualize the ornamental formations or projections l.

Referring to Figure 3, it will be noted that due to the embroidering of the threads 8, the con- 20 tinuity of the threads is broken which creates the porous surface effect. The ornamental formations 'I are of irregular shapes and are irregularly scattered over the surface of the top base fabric 6, so as to closely resemble the sur- 25 face effect of pig skin. These ornamental formations 1 are formed by individual embroidering operations and they project an appreciable extent above the surface of the top base fabric as indicated at 8 in Figure 5. Due to the fact that the 30 embroidering operations are carried on entirely through the sub-base fabric 5, it will be understood that both sides of the sub-base fabric 5 will be provided With a top base fabric 6 and both of these top base fabrics will be provided with 35 surface ornamental formations l.

In producing the blank material, the sub-base fabric 5 is arranged upon an embroidering machine and the rows of embroidered stitches are arranged thereon. When this has been accom- 40 plished, the various ornamental formations l are individually embroidered according to a definite design, particular attention being paid to the proper spacing of the formations so as to allow proper visibility of the surface of the top 45 base fabric 6 which gives a porous effect to the fabric appearing between the ornamental formations.

In practice under certain conditions it is advisable to dispense with the top base fabric 6 50 and arrange thel ornamental formations directly on the sub-base fabric 5. As the ornamental formations are of irregular outline and irregularly spaced from each other, it will be appreciated that uneven portions of the fabric 5 will be 55 visible between the formations so as to enable the formations to stand out and besides produce a porous effect between the formations due to the surface characteristics of the sub-base fabric 5.

It is, of course, to be understood that the exact design of the ornamental formations may be changed in various ways and the top base fabric 6 may be designed in various other manners than illustrated and different types of sub-base fabrics 5 may be utilized and therefore, I do not desire to be limited in protection in vany manner whatsoever, except as set forth in the following claims:

i. An ornamental fabric comprising a sub-base fabric capable of greater stretch in the transverse direction than in the longitudinal direction, a top base fabric consisting of closely adjacent rows of broken embroidered stitches passing through and through the sub-base fabric to lay` over both faces thereof., said broken stitches imparting a porous appearance to the base surface, said rows disposed in paralleling relation longitudinallx7 of the fabric with the stitches extending in a zig-zag direction transversely of the fabric whereby to preserve the directional stretchability of the latter, and disassociated irregularly shaped and spaced embroidered formations unevenly distributed over the area of the fabric and made of individual stitched gatherings projecting from the top base on the opposite faces of the sub-base fabric to constitute blister-like elements thereon.

2. An ornamental fabric comprising a sub-base of Milanese fabric, a top base fabric consisting of closely adjacent rows of lbroken embroidered .stitches passing through and through the subbase fabric to lay over the faces thereof, said broken rstitches imparting a porous appearance to the base surface and disassociated irregularly Yshaped and spaced embroidered formations unevenly distributed over the area of the fabric and made of individual stitched gatherings projecting from the top base on the opposite faces of 20 the sub-base fabric to `constitute blister-.like elements thereon.

ERNST IR. MEINIG.

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