Kelly W James

US Patent:

41225554, Oct 31, 1978

Filed:

Jun 27, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/810524

Inventors:

Sam C. Safrit - Pfafftown NC
Kelly W. James - Creedmoor NC
Roger D. Bullock - Stem NC

Assignee:

Alamance Industries, Inc. - Burlington NC

International Classification:

A41B 904

US Classification:

2401

Abstract:

The panty hose, or other type of lower body garment, includes a pair of legs and a panty portion with a crotch patch or insert in the crotch area. The crotch insert is formed by severing a predetermined length from a strip of fabric having a width substantially corresponding to the desired width of the crotch insert so that the insert is substantially diamond-shaped with two of the sides being defined by the diagonal cut lines and the remaining two sides being defined by opposite side edges of the strip. The severing of the strip of fabric to form the diamond shaped crotch insert takes place at the location where the panty hose are formed to eliminate the problem heretofore and encountered in handling crotch inserts of the type which are die cut from wide widths of fabric.