IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, CHARLES FREDERICK ROWE, of 67 Gracechurch Street, in the City of London,
Shirt and Collar Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS" to be as follows:-
:
My Invention relates to shirts and has for its object to make the wristbands
in such a manner as to enable their length to be temporarily reduced or diminished
so that they will not project or extend beyond the end of the coat-sleeve' and
therefore will not be soiled, for example, when the wearer is engaged in writing or
any other occupation in which they would be liable to be soiled; and so that they
can be readily caused to resume their normal or original length and again project
or extend beyond the end of the coat-sleeve when desired.
For this purpose I make each of the wristbands of a shirt with a thin or limp
portion extending around the same between two thick or stiff portions so that the
said wristband can be easily folded at the thin or limp portion to shorten it to the
desired extent.
When the shirt is properly starched, the stiff portion nearest the shoulder acts
like a spring, so that, when the wristband is folded as above described, it will bé
prevented from becoming accidentally unfolded, and when the wristband is
extended it will be maintained in this position and prevented from becoming
accidentally folded.
I prefer to make the wristband with two pieces of material to form the exterior
surfaces thereof, which pieces are sewn together with extra or additional pieces
between them at those portions of the said wristband which are to be thickened or
stiffened, the thin or limp portion of the wristband being left between these extra
or additional pieces.
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1004
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant,

page_text: I, CHARLES FREDERICK ROWE, of 67 Gracechurch Street, in the City of London,
Shirt and Collar Maker do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS" 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 shirts and is designed to diminish the liability to
soiling of the wristbands of a shirt when the wearer thereof is engaged in writing
or any other occupation in which they would be liable to be soiled.
For this purpose I make the said wristbands telescopic, that is to say, in such a
manner that they can be temporarily shortened so that they will not project.or
extend beyond the end of the coat-sleeve, and can be readily brought to their
normal or original length, when desired, so that they will again project or extend
beyond the end of the coat-sleeve.
In carrying my said Invention into practice, I make each of the wristbands of a
shirt with a thin or limp portion extending around the same between two thick or
stiff portions, so that the said wristband can be easily folded, at the said thin or
limp portion, to shorten it to the desired extent, and can be as readily unfolded.
I prefer. to make the said wristband with two pieces of material to form the
exterior surfaces thereof, which pieces are sewn together with extra or additional
pieces between them at those portions of the said wristband which are to be
thickened or stiffened, the thin or limp portion of the wristband. being left between
these extra or additional pieces.
In the accompanying Drawing I have illustrated one form of wristband made in
accordance with my said Invention.
Figure 1 shows a portion of a shirt-sleeve with the said wristband extended for
wearing in the usual manner.
Figure 2 shows the same with the wristband folded or shortened so that it will
not project or extend beyond the end of the coat-sleeve, and
Figure 3 is a sectional diagram illustrating the manner in which the said
wristband is made.
A indicates the sleeve of the shirt, and B, C the two thick or stiff portions of the
wristband, between which is the thin or limp portion a. This wristband is made
of two pieces b, b₁ of linen or similar material to form the exterior surfaces thereof
and with two extra or additional pieces b² between the pieces b, b¹, to form
therewith the thickened or stiffened portions of the said wristband, a space being
left between the two extra or additional pieces 63, so that the thin or limp
portion a is formed by the pieces b and b¹ only.
If the shirt is properly starched and ironed, the stiff portion B will act like a
spring so that, when the wristband is folded as shewn in Figure 2, it will be
prevented from. becoming accidentally unfolded, and, when the wristband is
extended as shewn in Figure 1, it will be maintained in this position and prevented
from becoming accidentally folded; but the wristband can be readily folded or
unfolded by the wearer when desired,

page_text: 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 above described improvements in shirts, which consist in so making the
wristbands thereof that they can be readily folded and unfolded, substantially as,
and for the purpose, set forth.