Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Under Garments.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Under
Garments.
I, EDWARD ROBINSON of 18, Church Street Cardiff, Gentleman, 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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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of under garments
such as described and shown in the Specification and drawings of my former
Letters Patent No. 3288 dated the 14th day of February 1893, and which had for
its object to protect certain parts of the human body which are more prone than
others to become the seat of rheumatismal affections, and particularly, certain
muscles such as the coxo femoral, the scapular, the clavicular, the knee, the wrist,
the ankle and the like and the synovial membranes which cover the surface of
certain bones such as the patellae &c.
Such invention being more particularly applicable to under vests, pants and
combination garments, and according to the same I formed the parts of the under
vests, pants or combinations which will bear against the regions, of the body above
mentioned, of several thicknesses of material in the manner of a lining or thin
padding arranged in such a manner as not to impede the free passage of air through
the same.
Now this my present invention has for its object to form the thickened portions
of the garments, covering the parts of the body above mentioned, and which are
for the purpose above specified, by means of extra splicing or of extra threads in
the weaving instead of by means of thin padding or lining as in my former
invention.
The said thickened parts may be of the same material as the garment, or the
extra threads used in weaving the thickened parts may be of different materials
such as wool, fur; silk, mohair, cotton, merino and the like, or a combination of
any of them, and which may be impregnated with suitable medicaments for
absorption into the skin if desired.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 shows a combination garment and
Fig. 2 an under vest fitted to a figure.
Fig. 3 is a view of a pair of pants drawn at an enlarged scale.
All the parts furnished with dark shading are of extra thickness formed by
means of extra splicing or by the use of extra threads in weaving.
a indicates the covering on the biceps, that on the deltoid muscle, c on the
wrist, d on the side of the thigh, e over the knees and over the ankle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in the manufacture of under garments provided with
thickened portions formed by means of extra splicing or of extra threads in the
weaving for the purpose of preventing certain parts of the body from becoming

page_text: the seat of rheumatismal affections, substantially as herein described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of August 1893.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.