Improved Block or Former for Shaping Seamless Gaiters or Leggings from Leather, Cloth and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Block or Former for Shaping Seamless Gaiters or Leggings
from Leather, Cloth and the like.
I, WILLIE FRANK JOSIAS HAYMES, of 18, Strand, Exmouth, County of Devon,
Boot and Gaiter Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
For the
This invention has for object, the construction of blocks or formers for shaping
seamless gaiters or leggings from leather, cloth and like material.
purpose of this invention, I form a block in two parts with swellings to serve
as the calf portion of the gaiter or legging and with a reduced portion at the
upper or knee end which is contracted to an extent and subjected to a binding
strain by an outside strap or contracting frame to narrow in the upper part of
the leather or cloth which is applied to the block or former in a wet condition
and is partially drawn or smoothed by hand or appliance to follow the contour
of the block or former, particularly with regard to the ankle and lower leg
of same. The leather or cloth is capable of stretching where the bulky portions
are required, mainly by screw or other wedges so applied that only those parts
of the gaiter or legging can be operated upon for producing the required shape
and fullness.
The seamless gaiters or leggings made by my invention are each from a single
piece of material and the meeting or overlap may be by the usual button and
button hole method of fastening, or by spring or other catches alone or in con-
junction with buttons, or by a system of long straps from a loop at the back of
the angle portion, a crossing or a wrapping of the straps can be effected, particu-
larly for use during heavy weather, or on the moors, or swampy land, the straps
terminating around the reduced portion of the gaiter above the calf of the leg.
By this invention, a single sheet of leather or cloth is shaped to that of a
gaiter or legging with plenty of fullness of the calf and of perfect shape
without back or side seams, or without the back upper part being cut, gussetted.
or scored for the contracted or knee portion, as at present, in fact, there need
be no hand work other than sewing the buttons on, if buttons be required.
1
1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Willie Frank Josias Haymes.

page_text: Improved Block or Former for Shaping Seamless Gaiters or Leggings
from Leather, Cloth and the like.
I, WILLIE FRANK JOSIAS HAYMES, of 18, Strand, Exmouth, County of Devon,
Boot and Gaiter 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:-
This invention has for object, the construction of blocks or formers for shaping
seamless gaiters or leggings from leather, cloth and like material.
My invention will be understood from the following description aided by the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of a block
or former made in two halves and hinged at the front side, a suitable shape wedge
being also shown. Figure 2 is a perspective elevation of a block or former
in which one part is formed of a segment of the whole, and the hinges are
arranged diagonally across the block or former.
For the purpose of this invention, I fórm a block in two parts A, B, with
swellings C to serve as the calf portion of the gaiter or legging, and with
a reduced portion D at the upper or knee end which is contracted to an extent
and subjected to a binding strain by an outside strap or contracting frame to
narrow in the upper part of the leather or cloth which is applied to the block
or former in a wet condition and is partially drawn or smoothed by hand or
appliance to follow the contour of the block or former, particularly with regard
to the ankle and lower leg of same. The leather or cloth is capable of stretching
where the bulky portions C are required mainly by screw E or other wedges F
so applied for opening out the half blocks that those parts of the gaiter or
legging can be operated upon for producing the required shape and fulness.
The seamless gaiters or leggings made by my invention are each from a single
piece of material and the meeting or overlap may be by the usual button
and button hole method of fastening, or by spring or other catches alone or in
conjunction with buttons, or by a system of long straps from a loop at the
hack of the ankle portion, a crossing or a wrapping of the straps can be effected
particularly for use during heavy weather, or on the moors or swampy land,
the straps terminating around the reduced portion of the gaiter above the calf
of the leg.
By this invention, a single sheet of leather or cloth is shaped to that of a
gaiter or legging with plenty of fulness of the calf and of perfect shape without
back or side seams or without the back upper part being cut, gussetted or scored
for the contracted or knee portion as at present, in fact, there need be no hand
work other than sewing the buttons on if buttons be required.
It will be understood that the piece of leather or other material to be shaped
may be first cut approximately to the shape required and secured upon the block
or former when in a closed condition, a belt or band encircling the material at
the contracted portion at the upper part to prevent the stretching at that part
when the half blocks are opened out by the wedge or screwing device to stretch
and shape the other parts of the material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
The improved block or former for shaping seamless gaiters or leggings from

page_text: leather, cloth, and the like, consisting in making the block in two parts and
hinging same together in the manner described for expansion by a wedge or
screw arrangement.
04th dow of Babruare 1000
R. CORE GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Willie Frank Josias Haymes.