Patent · 6 pages
US Patent 1,950,559, granted to Solomon Kendrick of Easthampton, Mass., and assigned to United Elastic Corporation, for an elastic woven fabric. The fabric uses only covered elastic strands in the warp, with leno warps and thick fibrous weft picks, to give maximum resiliency in one direction for belts, suspenders and garters. The patent has three drawing sheets (Figs. 1-6) showing the preferred weave and two modifications, a specification describing the interlacement, and eight claims.