An Appliance for Lifting Skirts of Dresses.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1891-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Lifting Skirts of Dresses.
I, HENRY REGINALD ARNULPH MALLOCK, of Lauriston Hall, Torquay, in the
County of Devon, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to simple means of lifting and holding up the skirts of a
dress, when desired by the wearer.
For this purpose, on each side of the middle of the back part of the skirt, just
under the waistband, I fix inside the skirt a piece of stiff fabric from which two,
three or more rings depend. From a suitable pull, situated in a convenient
position on each side in front, I lead a cord through the rings, with branch cords
extending down, one beyond each ring, to rings or hooks fastened inside to the
lower part of the skirt. The wearer, by pulling the cord in front, draws up the
branch cords and so lifts the lower part of the skirt, and by hooking the pull by a
suitable catch in front of the waistband the skirt is retained in its raised position.
The branch cords are preferably attached to the main cord in such positions that
the pull first begins to raise the hinder parts of the skirt, which are thus lifted
higher than the parts more in front.
of Tonun 1901
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Lifting Skirts of Dresses.
I, HENRY REGINALD ARNULPH MALLOCK, of Lauriston Hall, Torquay, in the
County of Devon, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to simple means of lifting and holding up the skirts of a
dress when desired by the wearer. For this purpose,
employ an appliance
illustrated in perspective by the accompanying drawing.
On each side of the middle of the back part of the skirt, just under the waistband,
I fix inside of it a piece of stiff fabric A from which two, three or more rings B',
B2, B3, or equivalent cord-guides depend. From a suitable pull P, situated in a con-
venient position on each side in front, I lead a cord C through the rings or guides B,
with branch cords C1 C2 C3 extending down, one beyond each of the rings or
guides B, to rings or hooks D1 D2 D3 fastened inside to the lower part of the skirt.
The wearer, drawing the cord by the pull P in front, draws up the branch
cords C1 C2 C3 and so lifts the lower part of the skirt, and, by hooking the pull P
to a suitable catch on the front part of the waistband, the skirt can be retained in
its raised condition.
The branch cords C1 C2 C3 are preferably attached to the main cord C as shewn,
in such positions that the pull first begins to raise the hinder parts of the skirt and
the parts more towards the front in succession, the hinder parts being thus lifted
highest.
Thus, as shewn in the drawing, the hook D³ is lifted some distance before the
cord C is drawn through the ring B2 so as to lift D, and in like manner D³ is
lifted before C¹ is drawn through B' so as to lift D'. Although I have shewn an
arrangement embodying three cords on each side, obviously the number and position
of the cords and their guides and fastenings may be varied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
An appliance for lifting the skirt of a dress, consisting of a main cord and
several branch cords guided through rings or their equivalents mounted in the
back part of the skirt, the main cord being attached to a convenient pull, and the
branch cords being attached at various points to the lower part of the skirt,
substantially as described.
Dated this 1st dov of October 1901
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.