US3585644A - Variable length trousers construction - Google Patents

Abstract

A TROUSERS CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING VARIABLE LENGTH, TUBULAR TROUSERS LEGS HAVING A REVERSELY EXTENDING FOLD INSIDE THE LEGS AND A SEPARATELY FORMED CUFF DETACHABLY SECURED AT THE BOTTOM EDGE PORTION OF EACH TROUSERS LEG TO PERMIT VARYING THE LENGTH OF THE CUFFED TROUSERS LEGS BY UPWARD AND DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF THE CUFFS WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER EDGES OF THE TROUSERS LEGS AND BY VARYING THE DEPTH OF THE REVERSELY EXTENDING FOLD INSIDE THE TROUSERS LEGS.

Description

June 22, 1971 s. 'r. BAILEY VARIABLE LENGTH TROUSERS CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 25, 1969 INVIEN'H )R. Geo RGE TEREELL BNLEY G. T. BAILEY June 2; 1971 VARIABLE LENGTH TROUSERS CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25. 1969 INVEN'R )R. Geezer: THREE-LL. BAxLE-Y G. T. BAILEY June 22 1971 VARIABLE LENGTH TROUSERS CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 25, 1969 United States 'atcnt *fice 3,585,644 Patented June 22., 1971 3,585,644 VARIABLE LENGTH TROUSERS CONSTRUCTION George Terrell Bailey, P.O. Box 271, Johnsonville, S.C. 29555 Filed June 25, 1969, Ser. No. 836,268 Int. Cl. A41d 27/10 US. Cl. 2-269 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A trousers construction including variable length, tubular trousers legs having a reversely extending fold inside the legs and a separately formed cuff detachably secured at the bottom edge portion of each trousers leg to permit varying the length of the cuffed trousers legs by upward and downward adjustment of the cuffs with respect to the lower edges of the trousers legs and by varying the depth of the reversely extending fold inside the trousers legs.

This invention relates to improvements in garments, and more particularly to a trousers construction having separately formed cuffs detachably secured to the trousers legs thereof to permit ready adjustment and/or readjustment in the length of the trousers legs to accommodate changes in size of the wearer without involving a refolding of the cuff which would necessitate recreasing of the cuff and normally expose worn portions thereof.

For inventory and storage reasons, the great majority of the trousers made by garment manufacturers today are shipped to retailers in a straight or uncuffed condition. The retailers thereafter measure, cut, and cuff the trousers to the particular appropriate length when they are sold to a customer. This permits the retailer to carry a smaller inventory based only on the waist size of the trousers to properly fit his customers.

Once trousers have been cut and cuffed by a retailer in the above manner, the trousers legs are not capable of being appreciably lengthened in cuffed form, should the height of the purchaser increase at sometime during future wear of the trousers. This problem is particularly acute in fitting young boys trousers, and, as is quite often the case, the effective life of the trousers is foreshortened by the growth rate of the boy, and not by the wear on the trousers themselves.

It is also sometimes the case that an individual purchaser of a pair of trousers will undergo a sufficiently large weight change so as to cause a change in the position at which the trousers are worn, thereby changing the position of the cuffs of the trousers on the legs of the wearer, and necessitating adjustment of the same to provide proper fit.

In the last few years, it has also been a practice to utilize resin-treated textile fabrics in the manufacture of mens and boys trousers. These textile fabrics are composed of cellulosic fibers, such as cotton, rayon, and blends thereof with other natural or synthetic fibers, which are treated with a suitable resinous composition which is heat cured on the finished trousers to impart a wrinkle resistant, permanent press finish thereto. Because of the necessity of employing high temperatures which require relatively expensive equipment to cure and set creases in such resin-treated trousers, it is impractical for retailers to have such equipment and to cuff such resin-treated trousers at the time of fitting. It has been therefore a practice of many garment manufacturers to pre-cuff all trousers made from resin-treated fabrics prior to shipment to the retailer. In such cases, it becomes necessary for the retailer to stock a much larger selection of these trousers in order to accommodate both the waist and leg sizes of his purchasers,

thus resulting in increased expense to the retailer in inventory and storage of the permanent press-type trousers.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved trousers construction which permits the retailer and purchaser to readily vary the length of the cuffed trousers legs of untreated trousers constructions, as well as resin-treated permanent press-type trousers constructions.

It is another object to provide a trousers construction wherein the length of the cuffed trousers legs may be readily shortened or lengthened by a purchaser of the trousers to accommodate growth and/or change in size of the wearer, and thereby afford longer wear life for the trousers.

It is a more specific object of this invention to provide a variable length trousers construction comprising tubular trousers legs having a reversely extending fold inside the legs, and separately formed cuffs detachably secured at the bottom edge portions of the trousers legs to permit varying the length of the cuffed trousers legs by upward and downward adjustment of the cuffs with respect to the lower edge of the trousers legs and by varying the depth of the reversely extending fold inside the trousers legs.

Some of the objects and advantages of the invention having been stated, others will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a trousers construction showing a first embodiment of the present invention wherein the separately formed cuff of each trousers leg is spaced from the lower edge portion of the respective trousers leg for illustrative purposes;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of one of the detachable cuffs seen in FIG. 1 together with the lower edge portion of the corresponding trousers leg to which the cuff is attached, omitting the vertical seams therein and with forward portions of the cuff and trousers leg shown in phantom lines;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cuff and trousers leg of FIG. 2, with the detachable cuff removably attached to the trousers leg;

FIG. 4, 5 and 6 are longitudinal sectional views through one side of the trousers leg and cuff of FIG. 3, and illus trating sequentially the positions of the cuff and trousers leg as they are progressively adjusted to increase the effective length of the trousers leg;

FIG. 7 is an exploded, perspective view similar to FIG. 1, but showing a second embodiment of trousers construction of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged, exploded perspective view of the detachable cuffs and trousers legs of FIG. 7, with the forward portions of the cuff and trousers legs shown in phantom lines;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the cuff and trousers leg of FIG. 8, with the cuff removably attached to the trousers leg;

FIGS. 1013 are longitudinal sectional views through one side of the trousers leg and cuff of FIG. 9, and illustrating sequentially the positions of the cuff and trousers leg as they are progressively adjusted to increase the effective length of the trousers leg;

FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view similar to FIGS. 2 and 8, but showing a third embodiment of trousers construction of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a vertical sectional view of the cuff of FIG. 14, partially broken away, prior to folding the same into double layer, upwardly extending, outer and inner folds;

FIGS. l6-20 are views similar to respective FIGS. 9l2, but showing the third embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 21 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to FIG. 17, showing a fourth embodiment of the invention,

in which the means securing the cuff to the trousers leg includes a length of heat responsive adhesive tape.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the trousers construction of the present invention which includes a pair of trousers having tubular trousers legs 11, 12 and separately formed tubular cuffs 14, 16 to be removably secured to the lower edge portions of the adjacent trousers legs. As is usual, each tubular trousers leg 11, 12 may be constructed of suitably formed sections of fabric joined together and forming at their junctures an outseam 17 and an inseam 18 (FIG. 1) along opposite sides of each trousers leg 11, 12. Also, each tubular cuff 14, 16 may be formed of a single length of material or two lengths of material joined together at their junctures and forming opposing seams 17a, 18a (FIG. 1) thereon complementing the trousers leg seams 17, 18. The seams 17, 18, 17a, 18a, are omitted in FIGS. 2-6 for purposes of clarity. Since the construction of trousers legs 11, 12 and the respective cuffs 14, 16 is substantially identical, only the construction of the right leg 11 and cuff 14 will be shown and discussed in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower end of the pliable material forming the tubular trousers leg 11 has a reversely extending fold 20 on the inside of the leg. The separately formed cuff 14 is composed of a tubular-shaped material which has been twice folded upon itself to provide a double layer, upwardly extending outer fold 30 forming an outer face portion of the cuff, and a double layer, upwardly extending inner fold 32 provided with free or unattached upper ends 33, 34 for attaching the cuff to the trousers leg. As shown, both folds 30, 32 of this embodiment of cuff 14 are about the same width.

As shown in FIG. 3, cuff 14 is removably attached to trousers leg 11 in straddling relation to the lower edge portion 11a of the trousers leg with the double layer outer fold 30 of the cuff outside the trousers legs and the double layer inner fold 32 of the cuff inside the trousers leg. The free upper ends 33, 34 of inner fold 32 of cuff 14 and the upper edge 20a of the fold 20 to the trousers leg material lie in a substantially common horizontal plane located adjacent the upper edge 30a of the cuff outer fold 30.

The inner fold 32 of cuff 14 and the reversely extending fold 20 of trousers leg 11 are removably secured to the inside of the trousers leg by suitable means, such as a thread stitch construction 35 extending through and connecting the free upper ends of the folds 32, 2.0 to trousers leg 11. By locating the upper edges of cuff inner fold 32 and the upper edge of reversely extending fold 20 of trousers leg 11 adjacent the upper edge 30a of cuff outer fold 30 and positioning thread stitch construction 35 below the upper edge of cuff outer fold 30, the stitch construction securing the cuff and trousers leg fold to the leg body will at all times be hidden from view during wear behind the outer fold or face portion of the cuff.

In order to adjust the length of each cuffed trousers leg to accommodate a size change in the individual wearer, the thread construction 35 attaching the cuff and the trousers leg folds to the inside of the trousers leg is removed and the depth of the reversely extending fold 20 on the inside of the leg shortened to lengthen the trousers leg the desired amount. The cuff is then re-attached to the trousers leg, as shown in FIG. 5, with the lower fold line 14a of cuff 14 spaced from the fold line 20b forming the lower edge of the trousers leg.

To provide maximum lengthening of the cuffed trousers legs, cuff 14 may be repositioned with leg fold 20 completely let out and the cuff attached thereto, as shown in FIG. 6.

It should be appreciated from the embodiment of trousers construction shown in FIGS. l-6, that the thread stitch construction 35 removably securing both the reversely extending fold 20 of trousers leg 11 and the upwardly extending inner fold 32 of cuff 14 to the inside of trousers leg 11 is at all times located behind the upwardly extending outer fold 30 of the cuff, thereby provid- 4 ing a trousers construction which is unobstructed by a visible thread stitch construction, while permitting variable adjustment of the cuffed length of the same.

FIGS. 7-13 show a second embodiment of the trousers construction of the present invention. Since the upper or main body portion of the trousers construction is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, only the lower portion of trousers legs 60, 62 and separately formed cuffs 64, 66 are shown in FIG. 7. The outseams and inseams of the trousers legs 60, 62 and cuffs 64, 66 are indicated at 61, 63, 61a, 63a, respectively, in FIG. 7, but are omitted in FIGS. 8-13 for purposes of clarity. As in the first embodiment of trousers construction illustrated in FIGS. 1-6, the cuffs 64, 66 and trousers legs 60, 62 of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 7-13 are substantially identical in construction; therefore, only trousers leg 60 and cuff 64 will be illustrated and discussed in detail.

Referring to FIG. 8, cuff 64- comprises a tubularshaped material which has been doubly folded upon itself to form a double layer, upwardly extending outer fold 67 which forms an outer face portion of the cuff, and a double layer, upwardly extending inner fold 68. Inner fold 68 has free upper ends 69, 70 for attaching the cuff to trousers leg 60, and the free upper end 70 of at least one layer of cuff inner fold 68 extends upwardly for an appreciable distance D beyond the upper edge 67a of cuff outer fold 67. By extending the free upper end 70 above the upper edge 67a of the outer fold of the cuff, the cuff may be more securely fastened to the inside of the trousers leg when the upper edge of outer fold 67 is positioned closely adjacent the lower edge of the trousers leg, as will be explained.

The lower end of the material of trousers leg 60 has a reversely extending fold 72 on the inside of the leg. By comparing FIGS. 2 and 8 of the drawings, it can be seen that the depth of trousers leg fold 72 in FIG. 8 is greater than the depth of trousers leg fold 20 shown in the trousers construction of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 9, the upper edge 72a of leg fold 72 is located substantially above the upper edge 67a of cuff outer fold 67 when the cuffed trousers leg 60 is in a foreshortened condition with the outer and inner folds of the cuff straddling the lower edge portion of the leg.

By providing a deeper reversely extending fold in the trousers leg, it can be appreciated that the cuffed trousers leg of FIGS. 7-13 can be lengthened to a greater extent than the form of trousers construction shown in FIGS. 1-6. However, because the position of attachment of the upper edge of leg fold 72 and the free end 70 of cuff inner fold 68 necessarily will be above cuff outer fold 67 when the cuffed trousers leg is in a shortened condition (FIG. 9), it is desirable that the means securing cuff 64 and leg fold 72 to the inside face of the trousers leg 60 is substantially hidden from external view. Such may be accomplished by providing, in addition to a normal thread stitch construction 73 securing cuff 64 and leg fold 72 to trousers leg 60 below the upper edge 67a of the outer fold of the cuff, whip-stitch constructions 74-78 (FIGS. 9-13) to secure the upper edges of trousers leg fold 72 and cuff inner layer end 70 to the inside face of the leg when they are located above the edge 67a of cuff outer fold 67.

FIGS. 10-13 show, progressively, the manner in which cuff 64 may be re-positioned with respect to the lower edge of trousers leg 60 and the depth of reversely extending leg fold 72 shortened or lengthened to vary the effective length of the cuffed trousers. As shown, when cuff 64 is positioned with the upper edge of cuff outer fold 67 closely adjacent the lower edge of trousers leg 60 (FIGS. 11-13), the upper end 70 of cuff inner fold 68 may be whip-stitched to the inside of trousers leg 60 to provide an additional securement of the cuff to the trousers leg and facilitate its attachment thereto. In certain cuts of trousers wherein the taper of the legs is quite pronounced, it may be desirable, during the manufacture of the trousers, to reduce the taper in the lower portions of the legs to insure that there is no wrinkling or bunching of the trousers leg material or the cufi material when the cuffs are positioned and/ or repositioned thereon.

FIGS. 14-20 show a third embodiment of the trousers construction of the present invention, which differs from the first and second embodiments as to the means for removably securing the double layer inner fold of the cuff and the reversely extending fold to the inside of the trousers leg. In other respects, the structure shown in FIGS. -14-20 is quite similar to that shown in FIGS. 1-6 and shall, therefore, bear the same reference characters, where applicable, with the prime notation added, to avoid repetitive description. The inseams and outseams of leg 11' and cuff 14' are omitted, but may be as described for the first and second embodiments.

More specifically, the third embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 14-20 differs from the first and second embodiments in that, instead of securing the double layer inner fold 32' of cuff 14' directly against the inside of the trousers leg, the means for removably securing the upwardly extending inner fold 32 of cuff 14' to the inside of trouser leg 11' comprises a pliable inner securing band or strip 85 and rows of thread stitching 86, 87, the row of thread stitching 86 serving to attach band 85 to one side surface of cuff 14', preferably, as shown in FIG. 15, before the double layer body of cuff 14 is folded to form the outer and inner double layer folds 30, 32 thereof. The row of thread stitching or thread stitch construction 87 serves to secure the upper portion of band 85 against the inner surface of reversely extending fold 20' of trousers leg 11 in the same manner as that in which the thread stitch construction 35 serves to secure the double layer inner fold 32 of cuff 14 (FIGS. l6) to the inside of trousers leg 11.

It is important to note that double layer inner fold 32' of cuff 14' of the third embodiment (FIGS. 14 and 17-20) is quite narrow as compared to the width of double layer outer fold 30' and is positioned between the double layer outer fold 30' and band 85. Thus, assuming that the thickness of the material of which the outer and inner folds 30', 32' of cuff 14 are made is the same as that of the lower portion of trousers leg 11', it can be appreciated that the double thickness of material formed by trousers leg 11 and its reversely extending fold 20' will be readily accommodated between double layer outer fold 30 and securing band 85 without causing the leg material to wrinkle, and so that both the upper and lower portions of cuff 14 may be of about the same thickness and have the same feel when the cuff is fully extended as in FIGS. 19 and 20, as is the case when the cuff is substantially filled by the lower portion of trousers leg 11' as in FIGS. 17 and 18.

Preferably, but not necessarily, the inner securing band 85 is made from a single thickness of material, and when used on relatively expensive or high quality trousers, inner securing band 85 might preferably be made from the same type of material as that from which trousers leg 11 and the double layer outer and inner folds 30', 32 are made. However it is contemplated that, in some instances, the inner securing band 85 may be made from a material less expensive than and/or stronger than that material of which the remainder of the trousers and the double layer outer and inner folds 30, 32 are made. Further, inner securing band 85 may be made from a relatively stiff or heavy material as compared to that of the remainder of the trousers so as to add to the weight of the cuff and thereby obtain an improved drapability of trousers leg 11.

FIGS. 14, 16 17 illustrate the condition of the trousers leg construction as it might be delivered to a retailer by the garment manufacturer, and wherein it will be observed that the depth of the reversely extending inner fold 20' of trousers leg 11' is such that its upper edge 20a is located substantially above the upper edge of inner securing strip or band 85 of cuff 14 With double layer outer fold 30 and inner securing band straddling the lower edge portion of trousers leg 11', and with the free upper edges 33', 34' of the relatively short double layer inner fold 32 of cuff 14' positioned in close proximity to, or in abutting relation to, the lower edge of trousers leg 11. Thus, the cuffed trousers leg 11' is then in a foreshortened condition.

Since the upper edge of trousers leg fold 20' is spaced a substantial distance above the upper edge of inner securing band 85 is FIG. 17, the upper edge 20a of trousers leg fold 20 may be removably secured to the inside face of the body of trousers leg 11 by a suitable whip-stitch construction 90. This separate whip-stitch construction also may be employed in the arrangements of FIGS. 19 and 20, but is not required in the arrangement of 18 wherein the effective length of trousers leg 11' has been increased, with respect to FIG. 17, by re moving the whip-stitch construction 90 and reducing the depth of the trousers fold 20' to such extent that its upper edge 20a is positioned closely adjacent the upper edge of inner securing band 85. It is apparent that, in the latter instance, the row of stitching 87 not only serves to removably secure the upper edge portion of inner securing band 85 against the trousers leg fold 20, but also serves to removably secure the upper portion of trousers leg fold 20 to the inside face of the body of leg 11.

Further increases in the effective length of trousers leg 11 may be effected as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20. In FIG. 19, it will be observed that, although trousers leg fold 20 occupies the same position With respect to the body of leg 11 as that shown in FIG. 18, cuff 14 is positioned with the upper edge of the outer fold thereof and the upper edge of inner securing band 85 in straddling relation to but closely adjacent the lower edge of trousers leg 11'. The arrangement of the cuff 14' in FIG. 20 is substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 19 with the exception that the depth of the inner fold 20' has been substantially further reduced in FIG. 20 as compared to the illustration in FIG. 19.

It should be noted that, while it is preferred, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 1620, that the upper folded edge 30a of the double layer outer fold 30 and the upper edge of securing band 85 are disposed in a substantially common horizontal plane, the securing band 85 may be slightly narrower or substantially wider than outer fold 30', if desired. For example, the upper edge of securing band 85 may terminate adjacent the upper edge 20a of leg fold 20 in FIG. 17 and be attached to trousers leg 11' by the whip-stitch construction 90, if desired.

The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 21 is essentially the same as the third embodiment, but illustrates the use of a length of heat sensitive adhesive tape for removably securing the upper portion of securing band 85 against the fold 20 of trousers leg 11' instead of utilizing the thread stitch construction 87 of FIGS. 16-20. Accordingly, the same reference characters are applied in FIG. 21, where applicable, as are applied in FIGS. 14-20. The adhesive tape 95 may be of well known form in which a thermoplastic adhesive on one face of the tape may be activated by the heat of a fiat-iron employed for pressing the tape 95 against the cuff-securing band 85 and the trousers leg 11.

It can be appreciated that, in all four embodiments of the invention, the length of each trousers leg may be varied simply by adjusting the respective cuffs 14, 64, 14' upwardly or downwardly with respect to the lower edge of the respective trousers leg, and additional variation in trousers leg length is effected by adjustment of the corresponding trousers leg inner fold 20, 72, 20 to increase or decrease the depth thereof, as the case may be. In all instances, the trousers construction of the present invention permits lengthing or shortening of the cuffed trousers leg without the need for refolding and recreasing the cuff to obtain the desired adjustments, a feature which not only appreciably shortens the time required to make an adjustment in the lengths of the trousers, but which also precludes any undesirable visual exposure of worn lower edge portions of the cuff and trouser leg material as a result of such adjustment. Also, by maintaining the lower fold line of the trousers leg within the confines of the inner and outer folds of the cuff shown in FIGS. 1-13 or within the confines of the outer fold 30 and the inner securing band or strip 85 of FIGS. 14-21, during foreshortened wear, the bottom edges of the trousers leg are protected at all times, thus eliminating a look of Wear when the trousers legs are lengthened to such extent that the previously folded bottom edges of the trousers legs will be visible above the corresponding cuff.

It should also be noted that, in all four embodiments of the trousers construction shown in the drawings, each cuff portion of the trousers at all times has at least four layers of thickness of material therein irrespective of the position of the lower edge of the trousers legs, although the double layer inner fold 32 of cuff 14' of FIGS. 14-21 is quite short as compared to the double layer outer fold 30' thereof. This feature ensures that the cuff is of sufficient bulk and weight to maintain its proper shape, as in the more conventional cuff construction, and it also facilitates proper drape and hang of the trousers during wear.

From the foregoing detailed description, it can be appreciated that the variable length trouser construction of the present invention is equally adaptable for use in both those types of trousers made from untreated textile materials and in those types of trousers made from resintreated permanent-press type material wherein permanent creases may be cured in the trousers legs as well as in the separately formed cuffs by the garment manufacturer. It is apparent that the cuffs may be removably attached to the lower edge portions of the trousers legs and thereafter variably positioned with respect to the lower edges to shorten or lengthen the trousers without having to alter the permanent creases of the latter type of trousers which permanent creases have been permanently set into the trousers.

It is also apparent that, upon any of the four forms of cuffs disclosed herein becoming worn excessively, such cuffs may be readily replaced with new cuffs of any of the disclosed embodiments, thereby contributing substantially to an extended useful life of the trousers.

In the drawings and specification, there have been set forth preferred embodiments of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

That which is claimed is:

1. A variable length trousers construction comprising tubular trousers legs, the lower end of the material of each trousers leg having a reversely extending fold on the inside of the leg, a separately formed cuff detachably secured at the bottom portion of each trousers leg, said cuff comprising a tubular-shaped material having a double layer, upwardly extending outer fold forming an outer face portion of the cuff and a double layer, upwardly extending inner fold having free upper ends for attaching said cuff to said trousers leg, means removably securing said double layer inner fold of said cuff and said reversely extending fold of the trousers leg to the inside of said trousers leg with said cuff outer fold positioned outside of the lower edge portion of said trousers leg and said cuff inner fold positioned adjacent the lower edge portion of said trousers leg to permit varying the effective length of the cuffed trousers leg by upward and downward adjustment of said cuff and its securing means with respect to the lower edge of the trousers leg and by varying the depth of the reversely extending fold of the trousesr leg inside the trousers leg, wherein said cuff inner fold is of narrow width as compared to the Width of said cuff outer fold, said securing means including a securing band sewn to the cuff inner fold adjacent said free upper ends thereof with said cuff inner fold positioned between said cuff outer fold and said securing band, said securing band extending upwardly from said cuff inner fold, and means removably attaching the upper portion of said securing band against the inside surface of said reversely extending fold of the corresponding trousers leg.

2. A structure according to claim 1, wherein said means removably attaching said securing band to said reversely extending fold includes a thread stitch construction extending through said band and said trousers leg.

3. A structure according to claim 1, wherein said securing means further comprises thread stitching securing the upper portion of said reversely extending fold to the corresponding trousers leg, and said means removably attaching said securing band to said reversely extending fold comprising a strip of adhesive tape having its upper portion adhesively engaging said reversely extending fold and having its lower portion overlapping and adhesively engaging said band.

4. A structure according to claim 1, wherein said band is formed from a different type of material than that from which said cuff outer and inner folds are formed.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,583,861 1/1952 Lewallen 2269X 2,677,829 5/ 1954 Rothstein et al 2269X 3,166,765 1/1965-Getchell 2227 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,212,012 3/1966 Germany 2269 ALFRED R. GUEST, Primary Examiner

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