Please clarify reverse pleats

[The Wizard of BC]

So, have we answered your original question yet?
Or did we get way too far off into kiltmaker lingo and detail?

[GlassMan]

Pleater has suggested narrower-than-traditional aprons so that they actually fall between the knees when sitting. Incidentally, the reverse Kinguisse pleating style she describes is exactly what Utilikilts uses.

And this is slightly off-topic but it strikes me as silly that even though the pleating method is quite old, Utilikilt was able to get the US Patent Office to issue a patent on it claiming to have invented it. While they probably did come up with it on their own, the issuance does show the sloppy work being done at the patent office. They will issue a patent for just about anything these days without proper research or thought. Sad, sad, sad.

And I must admit, know owning a UK for the first time, I really like the way that pleating style falls.

[Pleater]

It just seemed obvious - simple to make and and it accomodates such things as making from several strips of cloth, and changes in waist size more easily than when I was using a 'single run of knife pleats' design.

The two sides of the kilt are mirror images, the centre back lies flatter to the body and the full thickness of the pleats is at the sides. I have not had as many bruises as when I wore ordinary skirts and trousers - in fact I can't recall one at all recently.

I work with knitting machines and they are heavy, metal, and they sit on heavy metal stands with all sorts of bits sticking out at hip height, but the multiple layers of fabric seem to be quite protective.

Our patent office here was going to issue a patent on a traditional sun bonnet design, made in Dorset and surounding counties for centuries, to someone intent on denying a living to several small makers who had been producing them for decades. Luckily the person trying to get the patent crowed too soon. Someone heard what they were up to and got the patent process reversed.

The bonnet is made by folding and smocking a rectangle of fabric, very simple but quite distinctive, often seen in local paintings of rural life.

Yes, it really is amazing what you can patent.

[Rex_Tremende]

Yes, it really is amazing what you can patent.

If anyone is interested (and I don't know if it's been posted here before), Steven Villegas' patent can be viewed online, the Symmetrical Pleated Skirt (uh-oh). The diagram that is associated with this patent looks to be the original version and is no longer in production, as far as I know. The patent is not just about pleating, but also fasteners and pockets and object holders.

Regards,
"Three Utilikilt" Rex in Cincinnati

[way2fractious]

I'm not sure I want to reveal a company secret.

I will though for a price

...And I was so hoping your forthcoming book on making contemporary kilts would reveal ALL the secrets...

[GlassMan]

If anyone is interested (and I don't know if it's been posted here before), Steven Villegas' patent can be viewed online, the Symmetrical Pleated Skirt (uh-oh). The diagram that is associated with this patent looks to be the original version and is no longer in production, as far as I know. The patent is not just about pleating, but also fasteners and pockets and object holders.

Regards,
"Three Utilikilt" Rex in Cincinnati

Don't you just love the absolutely rediculous language used in US legal documents!

[The Wizard of BC]

In answer to "The Art of Contemporary Kilt Making" having all the secrets in it - - - Oh it will.


I have just set price per copy and it will be $1,740,959.52.


I told you I'd do it for a price.

[mkmound]

In answer to "The Art of Contemporary Kilt Making" having all the secrets in it - - - Oh it will.


I have just set price per copy and it will be $1,740,959.52.


I told you I'd do it for a price.

And does that include S&H?

[The Wizard of BC]

OK, OK, if you must be picky I'll throw in the S&H for free. But just for you. Don't tell anybody else though. If the rest of this rabble hears how nice I was my reputation will be shot.

[Sylvain]

In answer to "The Art of Contemporary Kilt Making" having all the secrets in it - - - Oh it will.


I have just set price per copy and it will be $1,740,959.52.


I told you I'd do it for a price.

Of course, these are Canadian dollars.
Does it include GST?