Year: 1888

page_text: 1 ARTHUR PAGET Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor, Loughborough in the County
of Leicester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the production in Hosiery of improved pants, such
pants being especially useful for riding. The said improvements are made in such
a manner that much greater strength and durability (and in some cases greater smooth-
ness and freedom from friction against the skin of the wearer) of the fabric is obtained,
where the pants are exposed to a great amount of rubbing and pressure and con-
sequent wear.
The first part of my invention, consists of a method of strengthening the parts of
the pants which cover the inside of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed to
wear when riding) by working or weaving into the said parts of the fabric a thread of
splicing, in addition to the ordinary thread of the fabric.
The second part of my invention consists of a method of strengthening the parts of
the pants which cover the inside of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed
to wear when riding) by making the said parts of a stronger thread or threads of
the same or different materials or both, knitted or woven simultaneously with the
rest of the general fabric, the thickened or strengthened part, being joined or as it
were "seamed" to the rest of the fabric by the yarn which makes the selvedge loops
or stitches of the thickened or strengthened part nearest to the rest of the fabric
being laid over the same needle which forms the selvedge loops or stitches of the said
fabric nearest to the said thickened or strengthened parts; thus the said needle
catches both selvedge loops and knits or weaves or as it were
together the
ordinary fabric and the thickened or strengthened part of the fabric as the two said
parts are simultaneously knitted.
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seams
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The third part of my invention consists of a method of strengthening the parts of
the pants which cover the inside of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed
to wear when riding) by making the said parts of a thicker thread or threads of the
same or another material or both combined upon the knitting machine so that the said
thickened or strengthened parts can be afterwards easily and correctly seamed to the
ordinary fabric, so as to make a complete pant with strengthened knees and calves.
Dated this 19th day of June 1888.

page_text: I, ARTHUR PAGET Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor Loughborough in the County
of Leicester 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 its object the production in Hosiery of improved pants, such
pants being especially useful for riding. The said improvements are made in such a
manner that much greater strength and durability (and in some cases greater smooth-
ness and freedom from friction against the skin of the wearer) of the fabric is obtained
where the pants are exposed to a great amount of rubbing and pressure and consequent
wear.
The first part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the insides of the knee and the calf
of the leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by working or weaving into the said
parts of the fabric a thread of "splicing" in addition to the ordinary thread of the
fabric.
The accompanying sketch represents the outline of a pair of pants so strengthened
as seen looking at the front of the pants. The parts marked with diagonal lines are
the parts seen in this view which I strengthen by working or weaving in a thread of
splicing" in addition to the ordinary thread of which the rest of the fabric is made.
The parts of the pants which lie behind the "spliced" parts shewn in the view, (which
parts would be partly at the back of the leg of the wearer) are "spliced" in a similar
manner.
The second part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the inside of the knee and the calf
of the leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by making the said parts of a stronger
thread or threads of the same or different materials or both, knitted or woven simul-
taneously with the rest of the general fabric the thickened or strengthened part being
joined or as it were "seamed "to the rest of the fabric by the yarn which makes the
selvedge loops or stitches of the thickened or strengthened part nearest to the rest of
the fabric being laid over the same needle which forms the selvedge loops or stitches
of the said fabric nearest to the said thickened or strengthened parts; thus the said
needle catches both selvedge loops and knits or weaves or as it were seams together
the ordinary fabric and the thickened or strengthened part of the fabric as the two
said parts are simultaneously knitted.
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The parts marked with diagonal lines in the sketch & the corresponding parts at
the back of the pants as explained in the first part of my invention are the parts
herein referred to as being made of a stronger thread or threads of the same or a
different material. The dark lines A.B are the parts (both at the back and the front
of the legs) where the selvedge loops of the thickened or strengthened parts and the
corresponding selvedge loops of the ordinany fabric are caught by the same needle
and knitted woven or seamed together simultaneously with the production of the rest
of the fabric.

page_text: The third part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method or
strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the inside of the knee & the calf of the
leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by making the said parts of a thicker thread or
threads of the same or another material or both combined upon the knitting machine
so that the said thickened or strengthened parts can be afterwards easily and correctly
seamed to the ordinary fabric, so as to make a complete pant with strengthened knees
and calves.
The parts marked with diagonal lines in the sketch & the corresponding parts at the
back of the pants as explained in the first part of my invention are the strengthened
parts referred to which in this case I make on the knitting machine so that the
diagonally marked parts in the sketch are not seamed or joined to the other parts of
the legs while being made upon the knitting machine but a selvedge is made to each
part down the edges of the fabrics as shown by the line A.B. and the said selvedges
are seamed together afterwards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I desire it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the exact details herein set forth as such may be varied or
modified without departing from the principal thereof but what I claim as my Im-
provements in the manufacture of Hosiery pants are :—
First. The method of strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the insides
of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by working
or weaving into the said parts of the fabric a thread of "splicing" in addition to the
ordinary thread of the fabric substantially as herein before described with reference to
the accompanying sketch.
Second. The method of strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the inside
of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by making
the said parts of a stronger thread or threads of the same or different materials or
both, knitted or woven simultaneously with the rest of the general fabric the thickened
or strengthened part being joined or as it were " seamed" to the rest of the fabric by
the yarn which makes the selvedge loops or stitches of the thickened or strengthened part
nearest to the rest of the fabric being laid over the same needle which forms the selvedge
loops or stitches of the said fabric nearest to the said thickened or strengthened parts;
thr's the said needle catches both selvedge loops and knits or weaves or as it were
seams" together the ordinary fabric and the thickened or strengthened part of the
fabric as the two said parts are simultaneously knitted substantially as herein before
described with reference to the accompanying sketch.
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Third. The method of strengthening the parts of the pants which cover the inside
of the knee and the calf of the leg (where exposed to wear when riding) by making
the said parts of a thicker thread or threads of the same or another material or both
combined upon the knitting machine so that the said thickened or strengthened parts
can be afterwards easily and correctly seamed to the ordinary fabric, so as to make a
complete pant with strengthened knees and calves substantially as herein before
described with reference to the accompanying sketch.
Dated this 19th day of March 1889.
ARTHUR PAGET.