Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
1, JOHN SCOTT WELLS, of Newcastle Terrace, The Park, Nottingham, Hosiery
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention: to be as follows:-
According to this invention I form stockings with a knee cap combined with
them.
Knitted knee caps enlarged in front of the knee cap and drawn in at the back of
the knee joint and with a length of cylindrical work at each end to come above and
below the knee are now sometimes made and such knee caps are worn to give support
to the knee joint or for warmth in cases of rheumatism and such like.
Knee caps of this kind cannot conveniently be worn together with stockings and
are also liable to get out of place and thereby cause discomfort to the wearer.
By making the knee cap in one piece with the lower part of a stocking these
objections are removed. The knee cap may be first made in the ordinary manner
upon a knitting machine and may be made of yarn of the same substance as that
from which the leg piece of the stocking is to be formed or preferably of thicker
substance to give additional support and warmth to the knee joint-preferably also
I make the central portion of the knee cap stouter than its two ends say by
making the central portion of what is known as Cardigan rib whilst the two end
portions are made of ordinary rib.
The leg piece of the stocking may be formed as a continuation of the knee cap on
the same needles, or the loops at the bottom edge of the knee cap may be run on to
the needles of another machine to have the leg piece formed upon them. Or the
lower part of the stocking might be made first and the knee cap formed upon it.
The leg and foot of the stocking may be made plain or ribbed as desired-the
knee cap may be of the same make and of the same or stouter yarn or the leg may
be of plain work and the knee cap of ribbed work or otherwise formed of a
stouter description of work.

page_text: in some cases I prolong the upper part of the knee cap and widen it to fit the
upper part of the leg.
By sufficiently narrowing the knee cap at the back and widening up the thigh
garters or suspenders may in some cases be dispensed with.
I, JOHN SCOTT WELLS, of Newcastle Terrace, The Park, Nottingham, Hosiery
Manufacturer, 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 :-
According to this invention I form stockings with a knee cap combined with
them.
Knitted knee caps enlarged in front of the knee cap and drawn in at the back of
the knee joint and with a length of cylindrical work at each end to come above and
below the knee are now sometimes made and such knee caps are worn to give support
to the knee joint or for warmth in cases of rheumatism and such like.
Knee caps of this kind cannot conveniently be worn together with stockings and
are also liable to get out of place and thereby cause discomfort to the wearer.
¯By making the knee-cap-in-one-piece with the lower_part_of_a_stocking these
objections are removed. The knee cap may be first made in the ordinary manner
upon a knitting machine and may be made of yarn of the same substance as that from
which the leg piece of the stocking is to be formed or preferably of thicker substance
to give additional support and warmth to the knee joint-preferably also I make the
central portion of the knee cap stouter than its two ends say by making the central
portion of what is known as Cardigan rib whilst the two end portions are made of
ordinary rib.
The leg piece of the stocking may be formed as a continuation of the knee cap on
the same needles, or the loops at the bottom edge of the knee cap may be run on to
the needles of another machine to have the leg piece formed upon them. Or the
lower part of the stocking might be made first and the knee cap formed upon it.
The leg and foot of the stocking may be made plain or ribbed as desired-the knee
cap may be of the same make and of the same or stouter yarn or the leg may be of
plain work and the knee cap of ribbed work or otherwise formed of a stouter
description of work.

page_text: In some cases I prolong the upper part of the knee cap and widen it to fit the
upper part of the leg.
By sufficiently narrowing the knee cap at the back and widening up the thigh
garters or suspenders may in some cases be dispensed with-below the knee the
stocking is widened out as is usual till about where the narrowings for the calf
commence.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A combined knitted knee cap and stocking substantially as described.
2. A knitted stocking drawn in at the back of the knee and widened out up and
down the leg substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of December 188.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents.