William B Cothran

US Patent:

44212585, Dec 20, 1983

Filed:

Mar 15, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/358031

Inventors:

Sam C. Safrit - Pfafftown NC
William B. Cothran - Burlington NC

Assignee:

Kayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc. - Burlington NC

International Classification:

D06H 316

US Classification:

223 75

Abstract:

A pair of spaced-apart and identically shaped elongate boards is supported for vertical adjustment on a pedestal-type stand. The boards are interconnected and maintained in spaced-apart relationship at their lower ends and the upper or free toe end portions are spaced apart so that the panty hose can be easily drawn onto and off of the sizing form. Opposite side edges of the boards are contoured symmetrically with gradually curving configurations which progressively increase in width from the free toe ends downwardly to the panty portion so that the panty hose can be easily drawn onto and removed from the sizing form. The shape of the form permits the panty hose to be positioned on the sizing form with the fabric in uniformly stretched condition throughout all areas of the panty hose.

US Patent:

43410979, Jul 27, 1982

Filed:

Jul 21, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/170698

Inventors:

Edward L. Cassidy - Burlington NC
William B. Cothran - Burlington NC
Sam C. Safrit - Pfafftown NC

Assignee:

Kayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc. - Burlington NC

International Classification:

A41B 1102

US Classification:

66187

Abstract:

A reinforced toe with varying density is provided for hosiery articles such as sheer stockings, pantyhose and the like so that there is no sharply contrasting line of demarcation between the sheer fabric in the foot portion and the reinforced fabric in the toe pocket and while providing full reinforcement in the area of the toe pocket at the ends of the toes where the need is greatest. The reinforced toe is produced by knitting a reinforcing yarn in plated relationship with the body yarn in spaced-apart courses in a first group of courses adjacent the sheer foot and knitting the reinforcing yarn in more closely spaced courses of a second group of courses adjacent the closed end of the toe pocket. This arrangement provides a gradual or stepped transition from the sheer fabric of the foot to the relatively heavy fabric at the closed end of the toe pocket and provides the reinforced toe with varying or increasing fabric density from the foot to the closed end thereof.

US Patent:

42133122, Jul 22, 1980

Filed:

May 1, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/901434

Inventors:

Sam C. Safrit - Pfafftown NC
Edward L. Cassidy - Burlington NC
William B. Cothran - Burlington NC
Roscoe M. Farrell - Pittsboro NC

Assignee:

Alamance Industries, Inc. - Burlington NC

International Classification:

A41B 902
A41B 904
A41B 910

US Classification:

66177

Abstract:

The stretch-cotton panty portion of the panty hose includes the combination of stretchable textured thermoplastic yarn forming the outer face and nonstretchable cotton yarn on the inner face. The stretchable and cotton yarns are so knitted as to retain substantially the full stretchable and smooth conforming fit characteristics of lightweight sheer stretch thermoplastic fabric together with the soft sanitary moisture absorbing characteristics of cotton without appreciable bulk, rigidity, or heaviness. The cotton on the inner face is knitted by plating a lightweight cotton yarn on the inner surfaces of selected noncontiguous courses of the stretch thermoplastic yarn.

US Patent:

D2736870, May 1, 1984

Filed:

Mar 15, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/358516

Inventors:

Sam C. Safrit - Pfafftown NC
William B. Cothran - Burlington NC

Assignee:

Kayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc. - Burlington NC

US Classification:

D20 32