Claims
- 1. In a method of making a pants-type garment having two legs, a waist and a crotch, the steps of providing first and second pieces of material each having first and second side edges, a lower edge and an upper edge, the upper edge of each of said pieces of material having spaced portions shaped to form the waist of said garment and a reentrant intermediate portion shaped for construction of a crotch, providing first and second crotch bands each of which comprises first and second crotch band pieces joined end-to-end at an acute angle to one another, joining a side edge of said first crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said first piece of material, joining a side edge of said second crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said second piece of material, winding said first piece of material helically and joining said second side edge with said first side edge of said first piece of material in a helical junction line to form a first leg of said garment, winding said second piece of material helically and joining said second side edge with said first side edge of said second piece of material in a helical junction line to form a second leg of said garment, and joining a free side edge of said first crotch band with a free side edge of said second crotch band to join said crotch bands and thereby join said legs with one another to form said garment.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, in which each of said pieces of material is formed of a band of material having first and second side edges and a side extension piece having an outer side edge, an upper end, and an inner side edge having an upper portion and a lower portion inclined to said outer side edge, the lower portion of the inner side edge of said side extension piece being joined to a side edge of said band of material so that said side extension piece extends laterally at an angle from said band of material, said first crotch band piece of said crotch band being joined with an upper edge portion of said band of material and said second crotch band piece of said crotch band being joined with an upper portion of the inner side edge of said side extension piece of the respective piece of material.
- 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, in which, with said pieces of material lying flat on a plane surface and with said crotch bands joined to respective pieces of material and disposed in the general configuration of a V, the sides of said V are forced toward one another by said piece of material so that said crotch band is displaced upwardly and does not lie flat on said surface.
- 4. A method according to claim 1 or 2, in which edges of said first and second crotch band pieces of each crotch band which are joined with said pieces of material respectively are straight and meet at an acute angle to one another and opposite edges are curved and are joined with corresponding edges of the other crotch band to form the crotch of the garment.
- 5. In a method of making a pants-type garment having two legs, a waist and a crotch, the steps of providing first and second pieces of material each having first and second sides edges, a lower edge and an upper edge, the upper edge of each of said pieces of material having spaced portions shaped to form the waist of said garment and a reentrant intermediate portion shaped for construction of a crotch, providing first and second crotch bands each of which comprises first and second crotch band pieces joined end-to-end at an acute angle to one another, joining a side edge of said first crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said first piece of material, joining a side edge of said second crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said second piece of material, joining said second side edge with said first side edge of said first piece of material to form a first leg of said garment, joining said second side edge with said first side edge of said second piece of material to form a second leg of said garment, and joining a free side edge of said first crotch band with a free side edge of said second crotch band to join said crotch bands and thereby join said legs with one another to form said garment.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, in which said first and second crotch band pieces of each crotch band have straight outer side edges which meet with one another in an acute angle and are joined with said intermediate portion of the upper edge of the respective piece of material and curved inner edges which meet in a smooth curve and are joined with corresponding edges of the other crotch band to form the crotch of the garment.
- 7. A method according to claim 5, in which said reentrant intermediate portion of the upper edge of each of said pieces of material is of general V-configuration and said crotch band is of general V-configuration with a larger angle than said V-configuration of said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said piece of material so that when said piece of material is laid flat on a plane surface with said crotch band joined to said piece of material, opposite sides of said V-configuration of said crotch band are forced toward one another by said piece of material so that said crotch band is displaced upwardly and does not lie flat on said surface.
- 8. A pants-type garment comprising first and second pieces of material each having first and second side edges, a lower edge and an upper edge, the upper edge of each of said pieces of material having spaced portions shaped to form the waist of said garment and a reentrant intermediate portion shaped for construction of a crotch, first and second crotch bands each of which comprises first and second crotch band pieces joined end-to-end at an acute angle to one another to impart a generally V-shape to said crotch band, means joining an outer side edge of said first crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said first piece of material, means joining an outer side edge of said second crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said second piece of material, each of said pieces of material being wound helically and having edges of adjacent convolutions joined to form a leg of said garment and means joining an inner side edge of said first crotch band with an inner side edge of said second crotch band to unite said first and second crotch bands and thereby join said legs of said garment.
- 9. A pants-type garment according to claim 8, in which each of said pieces of material comprises a band of material having first and second side edges and a side extension piece having an outer side edge, an upper end, and an inner side edge having an upper portion and a lower portion inclined to said outer side edge, said lower portion of said inner edge of said side extension piece being joined with said first side edge of said band.
- 10. A pants-type garment comprising first and second pieces of material each having first and second side edges, a lower edge and an upper edge, the upper edge of each of said pieces of material having spaced portions shaped to form the waist of said garment and a reentrant intermediate portion shaped for construction of a crotch, first and second crotch bands each of which comprises first and second crotch band pieces joined end-to-end at an acute angle to one another to impart a generally V-shape to said crotch band, means joining an outer side edge of said first crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said first piece of material, means joining an outer side edge of said second crotch band with said intermediate portion of said upper edge of said second piece of material, means joining first and second side edges of each of said pieces of material to form a leg of said garment, and means joining an inner side edge of said first crotch band with an inner side edge of said second crotch band to unite said crotch bands and thereby join said legs of said garment.
- 11. A pants-type garment according to claim 10, in which said crotch bands extend down to approximately knee level of said garment.
- 12. A pants-type garment according to claim 10, in which said crotch bands are formed of a material different from that of said first and second piece of material.
- 13. A pants-type garment according to claim 12, in which the material of said crotch bands is more elastic than that of said first and second pieces of material.
- 14. A pants-type garment according to claim 10, in which each of said first and second pieces of material is formed of a plurality of strips of material having side edges joined to one another.
- 15. A pants-type garment according to claim 14, in which said outer side edges of said first and second crotch band pieces converge in a junction line between two of said strips.
REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 054,478 filed July 3, 1979 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,240,158 and is directed to the further improvement of the invention disclosed in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,097,933.
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