Improved Construction and Arrangement of Receptacles or Recesses in Cabinets for Holding and Storing Gentlemen's Clothes in Separate Order.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1997
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction and Arrangement of Receptacles or Recesses
in Cabinets for Holding and Storing Gentlemen's Clothes in
Separate Order.
I, EDWIN STEPHEN DORÉ, of 80 King William Street, City of London,
Merchant Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for object, the construction of a wardrobe for gentlemen's
clothes by forming receptacles or recesses for holding the articles separately
according to kinds to enable any article of clothing to be selected with little
trouble and without the general method of disarranging other articles to find the
actual one desired.
For the purpose of my said invention, I construct a tall cabinet with an open
faced recess or recesses at the lower part for holding boots, shoes, and slippers,
above this I arrange wide drawers for shirts, ordinary and dress, plain or coloured,
or I use one drawer for day shirts, and the other for under shirts, above this tier
are other drawers for socks, and other emall articles of wearing apparel, and
centrally over these I fit a lever or a screw down press in which trousers can be
kept in a flat condition, the handles of the screw, if screw be fitted, being within a
pocket or recess above.
On either side of this press compartment, I provide drawers for ties, scarves,
collars, personal jewelry and trinkets, and above on either side deep recesses for
coats, waistcoats with hangers for flannel trousers, sweaters, and like garments
used by cricketers or for boating, tenuis, and other outdoor pastimes, the ceutral
upper part being in compartments for hats and caps.
The ends of the wardrobe are furnished with hangers for overcoats, waterproofs,
and with stick and umbrella stands, these being shut in by curtains suspended from
half hoop frames.
I purpose having curtains to draw over the front of the otherwise open recesses
to give a neat appearance to the structure.
By this invention, according to the get up and finish of the wardrobe and the
facilities of having everything for wear at fixed locations, a great saving of time
in selecting the required article will result from the separable arrangement of
various kinds of clothing besides the order and neatness and convenience of this
cabinet.
Dated this 6th day of Manal 100%
H. GARDNER,.
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edwin Stephen Doré.

page_text: Improved Construction and Arrangement of Receptacles or Recesses:
in Cabinets for Holding and Storing Gentlemen's Clothes in.
Separate Order.
I, EDWIN STEPHEN DORÉ, of 80 King William Street, City of London,
Merchant Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for object, the construction of a wardrobe for gentlemen's
clothes by forming receptacles or recesses for holding the articles separately
according to kinds to enable any article of clothing to be selected with little
trouble and without the general method of disarranging other articles to find the
actual one desired.
For the purpose of my invention, I construct a tall cabinet, as represented in
the annexed drawing, with an open faced recess or recesses, or drawers at the
lower part for holding boots, shoes, and slippers, above this or these I arrange
wide drawers for shirts (ordinary and dress), plain or coloured, or I use one
drawer for day shirts, and the other for under shirts, adjoining are other drawers
or cupboards for socks and other small articles of wearing apparel, and centrally
over fit a lever or a screwdown press in which trousers can be kept in a flat
condition, the handles or haud wheel of the screw, if screw be fitted, being within
a pocket or recess above.
On either side of this press compartment, I provide a drawer for ties, scarves,
collars, personal jewelry and trinkets, and above on each side deep recesses for
coats, waistcoats with hangers for flannel trousers, sweaters, and like garments used
by cricketers, or for boating, tennis, and other outdoor pastimes, the central upper
part being in compartments for hats and caps.
The ends of the wardrobe are furnished with hangers for overcoats, waterproofs,
and with stick and umbrella stands, these being, if desired, like the coat recesses
shut in by curtains suspended from half hoop frames.
I purpose having curtains to draw over the front of the otherwise open recesses
to give a neat appearance to the structure.
By this invention, according to the get up and finish of the wardrobe and the
facilities of having everything for wear at fixed locations, a great saving of time
in selecting the required article will result from the separable arrangement of
various kinds of clothing, besides the order and neatness and convenience of this
cabinet.
The construction and arrangement of the wardrobe as above set forth is self
evident from the drawing and needs no separate description for the parts to be
identified for the various articles of wearing apparel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is-
The construction of gentlemen's wardrobes with the various drawers and recesses
and having a trouser press centrally arranged as shown on the annexed drawing, in

page_text: which wardrobe the various articles of wearing apparel can be kept apart and
handy for selection when desired, as set forth.
The 5th day of December 1806
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edwin Stephen Doré.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Edwin Stephen Doré.