Method for the manufacture and pocket{3 s assembling

Claim 1

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, a pair of pinched tuck pieces, a pair of pocket lining pieces and a pocket flap; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece and said first pocket lining piece; E. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece and said first pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; F. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the oPposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; G. placing said pocket flap on said second pinched tuck piece; H. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said pocket flap; I. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said pocket flap and said second pocket lining piece; J. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pocket lining piece, said pocket flap and said second pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and K. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pocket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 2

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, a pair of pinched tuck pieces, a pair of pocket lining pieces and a pocket flap; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece and said first pocket lining piece; E. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece and said first pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; F. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the oPposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; G. placing said pocket flap on said second pinched tuck piece; H. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said pocket flap; I. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said pocket flap and said second pocket lining piece; J. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pocket lining piece, said pocket flap and said second pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and K. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pocket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 3

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, a pair of pinched tuck pieces, a pair of pocket lining pieces and a pocket flap; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece and said first pocket lining piece; E. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece and said first pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; F. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the oPposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; G. placing said pocket flap on said second pinched tuck piece; H. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said pocket flap; I. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said pocket flap and said second pocket lining piece; J. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pocket lining piece, said pocket flap and said second pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and K. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pocket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 4

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, a pair of pinched tuck pieces, a pair of pocket lining pieces and a pocket flap; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece and said first pocket lining piece; E. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece and said first pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; F. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the oPposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; G. placing said pocket flap on said second pinched tuck piece; H. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said pocket flap; I. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said pocket flap and said second pocket lining piece; J. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pocket lining piece, said pocket flap and said second pinched tuck piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and K. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pocket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 8

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, first and second pocket lining pieces and a fix flap piece, wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pocket lining piece; D. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; E. placing said fix flap piece on said garment piece adjacent the opposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; F. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said fix flap piece; G. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said fix flap piece and said second pocket lining piece; H. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said fix flap piece and said second pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and I. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pOcket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 9

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, first and second pocket lining pieces and a fix flap piece, wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving and stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot; C. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pocket lining piece; D. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; E. placing said fix flap piece on said garment piece adjacent the opposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot; F. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said fix flap piece; G. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said base plate to clamp therebetween a portion of said fix flap piece and said second pocket lining piece; H. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said fix flap piece and said second pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and I. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pOcket stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 13

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, first and second pinched tuck pieces, first and second zipper fastener pieces and first and second pocket lining pieces; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving said stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot and on said longitudinal edge; C. placing a first of said zipper fastener pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first zipper fastener piece; E. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said garment piece to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece, said first zipper fastener piece and said first pocket lining piece; F. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pinched tuck piece, said first zipper fastener piece and said first pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; G. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the opposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot and on said opposite longitudinal edge; H. placing a second of said zipper fastener pieces on said pinched tuck piece; I. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said second zipper fastener piece; J. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said garment piece to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said second zipper fastener piece and said second pocket lining piece; K. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pinched tuck piece, said second zipper fastener piece and said second pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and L. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pockEt stitches to form said pocket opening.

Claim 14

A method for forming and assembling pockets on garments by stitching together superimposed cloth pieces by a known sewing machine, comprising clamping desired cloth pieces in a desired superimposed relationship by means of a clamping pattern having a contour edge portion corresponding to the desired shape of the stitch to be made, and moving said pattern and thus clamped cloth pieces with respect to said sewing machine with the presser foot of said sewing machine in guiding contact with respect to said contour edge portion of said pattern, while simultaneously stitching said clamped cloth pieces by means of the needle of said sewing machine, wherein said cloth pieces include a garment piece, first and second pinched tuck pieces, first and second zipper fastener pieces and first and second pocket lining pieces; wherein said pattern includes a base plate having therein a longitudinal slot with a width greater than the distance between the stitches of the two edges of the opening of the desired pocket and with a length greater than the width of the desired pocket, said pattern further including a pair of clamping plates, one each of which is pivotally mounted on opposite sides of said slot about an axis parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said slot; wherein said steps of clamping, moving said stitching comprise: A. positioning said base plate on said garment piece with said slot aligned with that area of said garment piece wherein the opening of said pocket is desired; B. placing a first of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of said slot and on said longitudinal edge; C. placing a first of said zipper fastener pieces on said first pinched tuck piece; D. placing a first of said pocket lining pieces on said first zipper fastener piece; E. pivoting a first of said clamping plates toward said garment piece to clamp therebetween a portion of said first pinched tuck piece, said first zipper fastener piece and said first pocket lining piece; F. urging said first clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said first pinched tuck piece, said first zipper fastener piece and said first pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a first pocket stitch; G. placing a second of said pinched tuck pieces on said garment piece adjacent the opposite of said longitudinal edges of said slot and on said opposite longitudinal edge; H. placing a second of said zipper fastener pieces on said pinched tuck piece; I. placing a second of said pocket lining pieces on said second zipper fastener piece; J. pivoting a second of said clamping plates toward said garment piece to clamp therebetween a portion of said second pinched tuck piece, said second zipper fastener piece and said second pocket lining piece; K. urging said second clamping plate against said presser foot and stitching said second pinched tuck piece, said second zipper fastener piece and said second pocket lining piece to said garment piece, thereby forming a second pocket stitch; and L. cutting said garment piece between said first and second pockEt stitches to form said pocket opening.