Pleated tennis skirt with pocket and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeRex Sportswear, Inc.
InventorFrank Salamone
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Abstract
A tennis skirt having a pocket hidden within a pleated, partially tacked down, knife edge tennis skirt is disclosed. The pocket is hidden within the upper, tacked down portion of the pleat. Due to the unique manufacturing process of the present invention, the resulting tennis skirt provides a hidden pocket which is rugged in construction and can attractively hold tennis balls, keys and other items, without detracting from the continuous cascading pleated look of the tennis skirt. In addition a step-by-step method of manufacturing a garment, specifically a tennis skirt having a tacked down knife edge pleats with a hidden pocket is also disclosed.
Claims9
A pleated tennis skirt having a pocket concealed by a pleat, comprising a pocket hidden beneath a pleat an opening of the pocket and the pleat having a unitary surface and having a uniform transition, and the structure of the pleat having partially tacked down, knife edge portion and said pleat having an upper tacked down portion and a loose open portion which extends to the bottom of the tennis skirt, the opening of the pocket extending from an upper band to at least a lower edge of the tacked down portion of the pleat, wherein said pleat and said pocket being displaced at least one pleat width away from a vertical opening in said tennis skirt.
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