Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan.. 1889
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 189
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
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My invention is applicable to the class of garments which cover the legs and a
portion of the body, commonly called pants, trousers, breeches, overalls or drawers,
and consists in a garment the waist portion of which is provided with a placket over
each hip, the edges of the plackets formed by the front and rear flaps of the waist
portion of the garment being connected by four straps, two of these straps meeting
at the front and the other two at the rear, and each pair being provided with suitable
fastening devices.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a view of the right side of the improved garment showing the herein-
after described flaps unfastened and hanging at the side.
Figure 2 is a view of the left side of the same showing the flaps connected together
and in place about the waist of the wearer.
Figure 3 is a view illustrating one form of device for securing the flaps together.
A, represents the main garment which is properly cut and fashioned as will be clear
to all skilled in the art; but the waist portion is formed with rear and front flaps A³, A²,
which are disconnected from each other along the lines a, b, c, d.
The wider end of
strap B is secured to the edge a of the front flap A2 and the wider end of the strap B¹
to the edge of the front flap A, while the wider end of strap D is secured to the
edge c of rear flap A¹ and the wider end of strap D¹ to the edge d of rear flap A¹.
When the garment is in place on the wearer the edges of the front flap A and the
rear flap A make a V-shaped recess on each side of the garment, which recess is
covered by the wider portions of the straps B B', D D³, straps B and D covering

page_text: the V-shaped recess on one side, and the straps B³, D', covering the recess on the
other side. The straps B, B', extend to the rear and are connected by a hook-buckle 1
and loop 2 in the garment shown in the drawing; while the straps D, D', extend
forward where they are connected by hook-buckle 8 and loop 4.
In the garment
shown in the drawing, I have shown the straps B, B', as extending over the rear
flap A and the straps D D under the front-flap A' as that is desirable in the
manufacture of pants, but for overalls and drawers it matters little whether this
arrangement or the reverse be used.
The four loops, shown in the drawing, are adapted to receive the books of the
hook-buckles which form part of the suspenders; but it will of course be obvious
that buttons and button-holes or other suitable fastening devices may be used in lieu
of the hook-buckles and loops shown in the drawing.
The main novelty of my invention consists in the waist portion of the garment
made up of the front and rear flaps A' A² arranged together to leave a placket over
each hip, with their edges a and b connected by the straps B and B', and their edges e
and d by the straps D and D'.
This construction gives a draught around the body which is unlike any thing ever
known before in garments of this kind and which is one of the main advantages of
my invention, as will be readily understood from the drawing, where the draught of
the straps B B holds the front flap A over the front of the wearer and the draught
of straps D, D', holds the rear flap A' over the back of the wearer. This draught is
due to the fact that the front and rear flaps are connected by straps united to the
edges a, b, c, d of the plackets, and there is therefore no draught around the body of
the wearer and near the upper edge of the waist portion of the garment.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what 1 claim is :--
The garment above described, the waist portion having the front and rear flaps A¹A³
with their edges a, b, c, d forming a placket over each hip, and connected by the
straps B B secured to the edges a, b, of the front flap A² from the top of such edges
to the bottom of the placket and by the straps D D secured to the edges c, d, of
the rear flap A¹ from the top of such edges to the bottom of the placket, the
straps D, D', uniting at the front and the straps B B¹ at the rear, all substantially as
described.
Dated this 201
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