Improvements in Leggings or Gaiters.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Leggings or Gaiters.
I, JOHN PULLMAN, of The Trowlock, Broom Road, Teddington, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to gaiters or leggings for covering the legs, and it has
for its object a novel method of arranging the fastenings for such leggings or
gaiters, by which they can be very easily and conveniently put on or taken
off, the fastenings being simple and effective in appearance.
Supposing my invention to be applied to a gaiter of leather fitted round the
leg, and one of its front edges overlapping the other front edge for a sufficient
distance, I take a band or strap of sufficient length, one end of which I fasten
by stitching to the overlapping edge of the gaiter, near the bottom. I make the
band or strap incline sufficiently up so that it can be conveniently wound once
or more round the lower half the gaiter, and I then buckle it to a buckle which
is stitched to the other or under flap of the gaiter near the middle of the height
of the latter.
I also take a second similar band or strap one end of which is stitched to the
under flap just above the part where the buckle last described is stitched, and I
make the strap incline upward so that it can be wound once or more round the upper
half of the gaiter and its end provided with a buckle which can be buckled to the
end of a short strap stitched in the proper position to the upper part of the over-
lapping edge of the gaiter. This short strap may be passed through a loop
stitched upon the underflap of the gaiter, before being buckled.
In a modified form of gaiter fastening, I use two straps, the ends of which
are stitched, one above the other, to the underflap of the gaiter near the middle
of its height. The upper strap is inclined upward, and the lower one downward,
the former being wound round the upper part of the gaiter and provided at
its upper end with a buckle, to which is buckled the end of a short strap stitched
to the top of the overlapping edge of the gaiter, and the latter being wound
round the lower part of the gaiter and provided with a buckle to which is buckled
the end of a short strap stitched to the bottom of the overlapping edge of the
gaiter.
In the arrangements of straps, the several straps and buckles described as
stitched to the underflap and overlapping part of the gaiter respectively, may
instead be stitched to the overlapping part and the underflap respectively.
Dated this 27th day of December 1899.
EDWARDS AND CO.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant,

page_text: I, JOHN PULLMAN, of The Trowlock, Broom Road, Teddington, in the County
of Middlesex, 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:-
My invention relates to gaiters or leggings for covering the legs, and it has
for its object a novel method of arranging the fastenings for such leggings or
gaiters by which they can be very easily and conveniently put on or taken
off, the fastenings being simple and effective in appearance.
The accompanying illustrative drawings represents in elevation four arrange-
ments of leggings or gaiters constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 1 shows my invention applied to a gaiter a of leather fitted round the
leg, and one of its front edges overlapping the other front edge for a sufficient
distance. I take a band or strap b of sufficient length, one end of which I fasten
by stitching to the overlapping edge of the gaiter, near the bottom as shown.
I make the band or strap incline sufficiently up so that it can be conveniently
wound once or more round the lower half of the gaiter, and I then buckle it to
a buckle c which is stitched to the other or under flap of the gaiter near the
middle of the height of the latter.
I also take a second similar band or strap f one end of which is stitched as
shown to the under flap just above the part where the buckle last described is
stitched and I make the strap incline upward so that it can be wound once or
more round the upper half of the gaiter and its end provided with a buckle g
which can be buckled to the end of a short strap h stitched in the proper position
to the upper part of the overlapping edge of the gaiter. This short strap may
be passed through a loop stitched upon the underflap of the gaiter, before being
buckled.
In a modified form of gaiter fastening as shown in Fig. 2 I use two straps 1 m
the ends of which are stitched one above the other, to the underflap of the gaiter a
near the middle of its height. The upper strap is inclined upward and the
lower one m downward, the former being wound round the upper part of the
gaiter and provided at its upper end with a buckle n to which is buckled the
end of a short strap o stitched to the top of the overlapping edge of the gaiter,
and the latter being wound round the lower part of the gaiter and provided with
a buckle to which is buckled the end of a short strap stitched to the bottom
of the overlapping edge of the gaiter.
In another modified form of gaiter fastening, as shown in Fig. 3 I use a single
strap the central part of which is stitched to the overlapping edge of the
gaiter at about the middle of its height, the two free parts being wound round
and secured by means of the buckles st to the short straps was clearly shown.
In a further modified form of gaiter as shown in Fig. 4 I use two straps x y
stitched to the overflap of the gaiter a near the middle of its height, the strap
being wound upwardly and secured to a buckle z whilst the strap y is wound
downwardly and secured to a buckle ¹ as clearly shown.
In the arrangements of straps, the several straps and buckles described as
stitched to the underflap and overlapping part of the gaiter respectively, may,
instead be stitched to the overlapping part and the underflap respectively.

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 wish it to be
understood that I am aware of Pullman's Patent No. 24893 of 1896 and of
Stohwasser and Winter's Patents No. 24685/98 and No. 10,960/99, and Dennison's
Patent No. 6795 of 1899 and do not claim any of the methods of attachment
included in any of the abovenamed specifications, but I declare that what I
do claim is:-
1. The combination of a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, with two bands or straps bf secured and fastened, substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.
2. The combination of a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, with two bands or straps I m secured and fastened substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.
3. The combination of a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the other,
with a single band or strap r secured and fastened substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.
4. The combination of a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the other,
with two bands or straps ry secured and fastened substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings..
Dated this 27th day of October 1900.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents.