Improvements in Pockets for Dresses or other Garments.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pockets for Dresses or other Garments.
I, ROBERT SYMINGTON GOLD, of Market Place, Warwick, in the County of
Warwick, Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention is primarily designed as a safety pocket for ladies' dresses and
similar garments but may also be applied to watch pockets or other pockets for
mens garments.
It consists essentially in constructing the pocket divided into two parts one above
the other and the top part projecting down into the other with a narrow or
contracted elastic opening either closed or contracted by an elastic ring or formed
of an elastic material with an opening of the required size which can be expanded
to insert or remove the articles.
In carrying out the invention as applied to dress pockets the pocket will be made
of any suitable textile material in two parts. The top part of the pocket will be
open at the bottom and the opening contracted or partially closed by an elastic
ring or band placed round it. The bottom part of the pocket will be attached to
the top part, the top part extending down into the former, and the only opening
into the bottom part will be through the contracted orifice in the top part.
Instead of making the top part of a non-elastic fabric and contracting the orifice
by means of an elastic band or ring, the top part may be made of elastic webbing,
sheet rubber or other elastic fabric with a small orifice which can be expanded to
allow for the passage of articles into or from the pocket.
The upper part of the pocket will serve as a receptacle for a pocket handker-
chief or other similar light article whilst valuable or heavy articles can be placed
in the bottom part of the pocket, the formation of the pocket rendering them less
liable to be removed accidentally on withdrawing a handkerchief or the like.
For watchpockets or other pockets for men's garments I prefer to use the elastic
web or sheet rubber with a small hole through which a watch or other article can
with difficulty be extracted without first expanding the orifice.
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In addition to the security of articles, being less liable to fall out of such pockets
when the garment is being lifted, or of being dragged out with another article they
will render a great amount of security against pick-pockets who would find it
difficult to abstract any article without being detected.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pockets for Dresses or other Garments.
I, ROBERT SYMINGTON GOLD, of Market Place, Warwick, in the County of
Warwick, Outfitter, 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 is primarily designed as a safety pocket for ladies dresses and
similar garments but may also be applied to watch pockets or other pockets for
mens garments.
It consists essentially in constructing the pocket divided into two parts one
above the other and the top part projecting down into the other with a narrow or
contracted elastic opening either closed or contracted by an elastic ring or formed
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It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. front elevation of lady's dress pocket.
Fig. 2. front elevation partly in section of loose pocket.
Fig. 3. transverse sectional clevation of same.
Fig. 4. sectional elevation of watch pocket.
The pocket is made of any suitable textile material such as at present in use for
pockets either for ladies' or gentlemen's garments, and is made in two parts an
upper part A. and a lower part B.
The upper or top part A of the pocket extends down into the lower part B and
is open at the bottom.
This opening a is partly closed or contracted by an elastic ring or band (
placed round it.
The elastic ring or band allows of the opening of the contracted orifice or
opening a as required but at the same time tends to keep partly closed or contracted
when in normal position.
The bottom part B of the pocket is attached to the upper part A at some
distance above the contracted orifice a which is the only entrance or opening into
the bottom pocket B.
Instead of the contracted part of the pocket being made of a non-elastic material
and contracted at the orifice a by an elastic band or ring C it may be made of an
elastic material such as clastic webbing, sheet rubber or other similar fabric
tapered or inclined towards the bottom with a small orifice which can be expanded
to allow for the passage of articles into or from the pocket as shown at. C
Fig. 4.
The upper part A of the pocket will serve as a receptacle for a pocket hand-
kerchief or other similar light article whilst valuable or heavy articles can be
placed in the bottom part of the pocket, the formation of the pocket rendering
them more secure and less liable to be removed accidentally on withdrawing a
handkerchief or the like.
For watch pockets or other pockets for men's garments I prefer to use the
elastic web or sheet rubber as shown in Fig. 4. with a small hole through which a
watch or other article can with difficulty be extracted without first expanding the
orifice.
In addition to the security of articles, being less liable to fall out of such
pockets when the garment is being lifted, or of being dragged out with another
article they will render a great amount of security against pick-pockets who would
find it difficult to abstract any article without being detected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. A pocket for dresses or other garments formed in two parts the upper part
provided with a contracted elastic orifice in the bottom, extending down into the
lower part and furnishing the only entrance thereto substantially as described.
2. A pocket for dresses or other garments formed in two parts one extending
into the other the upper part being provided with a contracted elastic orifice in the
bottom thereof through which articles can be placed in the lower part of the
pocket substantially as described.
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3. A pocket for dresses and other garments constructed substantially as
described and shown.
Dated this 20th day of Avon 1000