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INVENTOR. 3,234,564 United States Patent Office Patented Feb. 15, 1966 2 3,234,564 FIG. 6 is a view of the completed pocket construction; REVERSIBLE EAN FIG. 7 is a view of the pocket construction of FIG. 6 Alvaro Saad Chujfi, Confecciones Saad, Calle 17 as viewed from the opposite side; Cra. 10 9-78, Pereira, Colombia FIG. 8 is an enlarged view taken along the section Filed Dec. 20, 1962, Ser. No. 246,167 8-8 of FIG. 6; and 3 Claims. (C. 2-227) FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the fabric em This invention relates generally to articles of clothing ployed in the construction of the garment of the invention. and more particularly to reversible garments. Referring now in detail to the drawings, specifically to In one specific aspect, the invention relates to reversible FIG. 1, a jean indicated generally by the numeral 10 trousers or jeans. 0 is seen to include a pair of front portions 12 of similar According to conventional practice, the underside of a shape, being substantially mirror images of each other. textile is considerably less attractive than its topside. As The jean 10 also includes a pair of back portions 14, one a consequence, reversible garments are commonly pro of which is shown in FIG. 3; and these front and back duced from two plies or layers of fabric, the undersides of portions define the main body of the garment, defining which are disposed in confronting relationship So as to 5 specifically a girdle 16 and legs 18 extending therefrom. be hidden from view. The resultant garments are in The front and back portions 12 and 14 are joined by in herently heavy and generally unsuitable for use in Warm seams 20 and sideseams 22 advantageously formed by weather. The seams are thick, especially where three or doubling back the edges of the fabric and stitching them more pieces of the pattern join; and this thickness makes down. The lower ends of the legs 18 terminate in straight the garment stiff and inflexible at such regions. More 20 cuffs, the edges of which are hemmed at 24. The jean over, the double layer of fabric and the unusual thickness 10 also includes a waistband 26 at the upper end thereof of the seams lead irresistibly to high costs. in compliance with conventional practice. Therefore, an important object of the present invention In order that the jean 10 may be a lightweight, flexible is to provide a reversible garment, the main body of garment of reversible character, it is constructed from a which includes but a single ply of fabric. 25 special fabric; and turning for the moment to FIG. 9, A more general object of the invention is to provide the fabric from which the jean 10 is made is seen to com a new and improved reversible garment. prise a textile material 28 having a finished woven sur Another object of the invention is to provide a light face 30 on one side and having the opposite side printed weight, flexible garment of reversible character. with a pattern 32. The material 28 is woven in any one Still another object of the invention is to provide a re 30 of a number of Solid colors, such as blue, khaki, yellow, versible garment that is easy and economical to produce. red or buckskin; and the ink or dye which is employed A further object of the invention is to provide a revers in the printing of the pattern 32 is selected to take a dif ible garment incorporating a novel front pocket construc ferent or contrasting color or a color of deeper or lighter tion. hue so that the printed pattern will be apparent on And a yet further object of the invention is to provide 35 even casual observation. By use of this material having a a reversible jean incorporating a novel fly front construc finished woven surface on one side and a printed pattern tion. on the other, the jean 10 may be made as a reversible, These and other objects and features of the invention substantially single ply garment. As shown in FIG. 1, will become more apparent from a consideration of the the printed pattern side of the material is turned out or following descriptions. exposed to view; and upon reversing the garment by turn A garment in accord with the invention includes main ing it inside out, the finished woven surface of the material front and back portions, each comprising a single layer is brought to the ouside as is shown in FIG. 2. of fabric having a finished woven surface on one side and The difference in appearance which is presented by the a printed pattern on the other side, and stitch means two sides of the jean 10 lends greater flexibility to the interconnecting adjacently disposed edges of these main 45 wardrobe of the wearer, and less storage space is required front and back portions. to be allotted to that portion thereof which consists of In order that the principle of the invention may be jeans because a desired degree of variety can be achieved readily understood, a single embodiment thereof applied with fewer pairs of jeans. The amount of luggage space to trousers or jeans, but to which the application is not required, particularly for informal traveling is similarly to be restricted, is shown in the accompanying drawings reduced. Moreover, should something be spilled or splat wherein: tered on the jeans when visiting or otherwise away from FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a pair of trousers home, it is easy to reverse the jean in a washroom or or jeans constructed in accordance with the principles of dressing room so as to turn the soiled portion of the gar the present invention; ment inside whereby to preserve a neat and tidy appear FIG. 2 is a view similar to the showing of FIG. 1 55 ance for the remainder of the visit or trip. but illustrating the garment reversed by being turned From a manufacturing standpoint, the use of a textile inside out; material having the character described reduces the total FIG. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view of the amount of fabric required to produce a reversible garment jean of FIG. 1, the slide fastener used in closing the front since but a single ply of fabric is required throughout of the garment being illustrated in open condition and a 60 the main body of the garment. In addition, handling and portion of the garment being turned to one side for re sewing is materially facilitated by this reduction in the vealing the novel fly front construction incorporated in number of plies necessary to produce a reversible gar the garment; ment. The resultant ease of sewing also insures the pro FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the three principal duction of a garment of high quality. pieces employed in making the novel front pocket con Referring again to the drawings, specifically to FIGS. struction that is incorporated in the garment of the inven 1-3, the waistband 26 and the two front portions 12 in tion, the several pieces being shown in Staggered relation the girdle 16 of the garment are seen to terminate in a ship for purposes of better illustrating their shape; fly front closure 34. A snap fastener element 36 secures FIG. 5 is a view similar to the showing of FIG. 4 but the waistband 26 at the fly front closure 34, and a slide illustrating the several pieces in the process of being fitted fastener assembly 38 closes the front portions 12 in the together for assembly; girdle region, as is indicated in FIG. 3. 3,234,564 3 4. In order to facilitate attachment of the slide fastener cut-off corner 70 of the sheet 60 is capable of defining assembly 38, each of the front portions 12 is provided an access opening for the patch pocket 58. Three of with a hem 40 which defines a linear, fastener mounting the remaining sides of the sheet 60 are also folded over at location. The hems 40 are spaced laterally inwardly the edges or borders thereof, specifically at 74, 76 and from the folded-over marginal edges 42 of the respective 78, to form appropriately hemmed seams. front portions, and the slide fastener 38 includes, as is The sheet 62 is cut to generally rectangular shape as is well known, interlocking strips 44, these strips being Se shown in FIG. 4 and is fashioned with folded over edges cured to the fastener mounting locations by being sewn 80 and 82. As is shown in FIG. 8, the sideseam 22 is into the hems 40. The slide fastener assembly 38 also developed by folding the borders 64, 74 and 82 over includes a slide element 46 and a pair of operating tabs 10 each other with the border 82 being sandwiched between 48, which tabs are mounted respectively on the inner and the borders 64 and 74. An edge region of the back outer faces of the slide for ready manipulation thereof in portion 14 is thereupon folded into the root of these either of the reversible positions of the jean 10. Not folded borders, and stitching 84 is run through the sev only is the slide of the fastener assembly 38 readily ac eral thicknesses of material to form the sideSeam 22. cessible for manipulation from either side of the garment, 5 The sideseam 22 may be thus considered as forming the but also and in compliance with an important feature of distal edge of pocket arrangement 54. The proximal the invention, the slide of the fastener assembly remains and bottom edges of the pocket are developed by folding accessible to the wearer of the garment from the same the border 76 and 78 over an adjacently disposed straight lateral side thereof regardless of which side of the gar edge region 86 and the edge 80 of the sheet 62 respec ment is turned out. tively in preparation to running stitching 88 through the Continuing with reference to FIG. 3, the two front por seam thus formed. This latter assemblage is also illus tions 12 are seen to have confronting edge regions 49 dis trated in FIG. 8. Stitching 84 and 88, of course, trace posed in overlapping relationship. As will be noted, the the margins of pockets 56 and 58. hems 40 that are used for mounting the strips 44 are Regions 90, 92 and 94 respectively of the sheet 60, the spaced laterally inwardly from the margins or edges of 25 front portion 2, and the sheet 62 are aligned together the respective front portions of the jean, and the fabric to be sewn into the waistband 26 as is illustrated through members defined by the edge regions 49 between the out FIGS. 4-7. Thus, the completed pocket arrange hems 40 and the edges 42 act to conceal the fastener as ment 54, as is shown in FIG. 6, comprises patch pocket sembly regardless of which side of the jean is turned out. 58 on one side of the garment and, as is illustrated in It should be noted that the edge regions 49 comprise 30 FIG. 7, an inset pocket 56 situated on the other side folded fabric members which extend from the respective of the garment in alignment with the patch pocket. It front portions 12 in opposite directions. This construc will therefore be apparent that the pocket arrangement 54 tion cooperates with the situation of hems 40 on sub provides a simple construction that presents a readily stantially confronting surfaces of the overlapped front accessible front pocket regardless of which side of the portions 12 to achieve the desired dual concealment of 3: 5 jean 10 is turned out. the slide fastener assembly 38. While the foregoing descriptions have been given with As is well shown in FIG. 3, belt loops 50 are secured particular respect to a reversible jean, it should be under to the jean 10 on each side of the waistband 26. More stood, of course, that the invention is not limited thereto over, points of strain in the jean are desirably reinforced since many modifications may be made. For example, with metal rivets 52. 40 the material and construction of the jean 10 has been The jean 10 is also provided with front pocket ar adapted to the production of other garments such as rangements 54 and back pocket arrangements, not shown, jackets, vests and bathing trunks. Moreover, numerous the several pocket arrangements being conveniently lo types of fiber may be employed in producing the textile cated in the girdle 16 of the garment. In compliance with material 28 from which the garments are ultimately an important feature of the invention, the front pocket fabricated. Such fibers as cotton, wool and various arrangements 54 are constructed in a manner which pro 45 synthetics may be employed. Natural leather and Suede motes a complete reversibility of the jean 10; and with and synthetic leathers and suede are also amenable to reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, it is to be observed that the use in reversible garments constructed in accordance with pocket arrangements 54 specifically include an inset pocket the principles of the invention, and the term "fabric' as 56 opening from one side of the jean and a patch pocket used herein is intended to encompass these latter materials. 58 opening from the opposite side of the jean, the pockets 50 Therefore, the specific example herein shown and de 56 and 58 being disposed in overlapping relationship, i.e. scribed should be considered as being primarily illustra in relative inward and outward alignment. tive. Various changes in structure and arrangement will, The construction of the pocket arrangements 54 will no doubt, occur to those skilled in the art; and Such be better understood with reference to FIGS. 4-8. Con changes are to be understood as forming a part of this sidering FIG. 4 first, the pocket arrangement 54 is seen 55 invention insofar as they fall within the spirit and Scope to comprise, in addition to one of the front portions 12, of the appended claims. a first flat sheet 60 of fabric matrial and a second, some The invention is claimed as follows: what similar flat sheet 62 also of the same material. The 1. A reversible garment including: main front and sheets 60 and 62 are disposed in overlapping relationship back portions, each comprising a single layer of fabric with the front portion 12, the printed pattern sides of these 60 having a finished woven surface on one side and a printed three elements facing in the same general direction. A pattern on the other side, a said front portion being cut border 64 of the front portion 12 is intended to be folded off at one corner thereof to define an access opening into the sideseam 22 in assembly of the jean 2, and the for a first pocket; a first sheet of fabric having a finished front portion 12 is cut away from the border 64 along a woven surface on one side and a printed pattern on the portion of the length thereof, i.e. the front portion 12 is 65 other side, said sheet being disposed overlapping said provided with a cut-off corner region 66. The border front portion adjacent the cut-off corner thereof to form of this corner region 66 is folded over at 68 to be stitched a first pocket therewith, the printed pattern side of said down forming a hem; and this cut-away corner of the sheet facing in the same general direction as the printed portion 12 thereby defines an access opening for a pocket, 70 pattern side of said front portion; and a second sheet of particularly the inset pocket 56. fabric having a finished woven surface on one side and Similarly, the sheet 60 is provided with a cut-off region a printed pattern on the other side, said second sheet being or corner 70 for alignment with the cut-off corner 66; disposed overlapping said first sheet and confronting the and the edge of the cut-off region 70 is folded over at side thereof away from said front portion to form a 72 to be stitched down forming a hem. Accordingly, the 75 second pocket in relative inward and outward alignment 3,234,564 5 6 with said first pocket, said second sheet having a cut-off inward and outward alignment with said inset pocket, said corner defining an access opening for said second pocket, second sheet being cut away from said sideseam along the printed pattern side of said second sheet facing in the parts of its length to define an access opening for said same general direction as the printed pattern sides of said patch pocket, the printed pattern side of said second sheet front portion and said first sheet. facing in the same general direction as the printed pattern 2. A reversible garment including: main front and side of said front portion and said first sheet. back portions, each comprising a single layer of fabric 3. A reversible garment according to claim 1 which having a finished woven surface on one side and a printed further includes stitch means passing through said front pattern on the other side, a said front portion being portion and said first and second sheets in a path tracing disposed in edgewise alignment with a said back portion a margin of said pockets. to define a sideseam, said front portion being cut away O from said sideseam along part of the length thereof to References Cited by the Examiner define an access opening for an inset pocket; a first sheet of fabric having a finished woven surface on one side and UNITED STATES PATENTS a printed pattern on the other side, said sheet being dis 15 1,337,698 4/1920 Gongora. posed overlapping said front portion adjacent the cut 1914,236 6/1933 Berkwits. away region thereof to form an inset pocket therewith, 2,142,922 1/1939 Sadowski. the printed pattern side of said sheet facing in the same 2,434,233 1/1948 Spearrin ------2-234 general direction as the printed pattern side of said front 2,455,589 12/1948 Kotzin. ------2-227 portion; and a second sheet of fabric having a finished 20 woven surface on one side and a printed pattern on the ROBERT V. SLOAN, Primary Examiner. other side, said second sheet being disposed overlapping DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY, JORDAN FRANKLIN, said first sheet and confronting the side thereof away Examiners. from said front portion to form a patch pocket in relative