CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUSER FASTENINGS, AND IN ATTACHING THE SAME, AND ALSO IN THE APPLICATION OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL OR FABRIC TO TROUSERS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JouN.
MASTERS, of Welford Place, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Thirty-first day of May, in the eighth year of Her reign, One thousand
eight hundred and forty-five, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Masters, my exors, adiñors, and assigns,
Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I; the said
John Masters, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Masters, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention
of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUSER FASTENINGS, AND IN ATTACHING THE SAME,
AND ALSO IN THE APPLICATION OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL OR FABRIC TO TROUSERS
AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a proviso, that I, said John Masters, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed.
under my hand and seal, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear...

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Masters, hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, are fully described in and by the
present Specification thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
The first of the improvements comprehended in my said Invention has
relation to the class of fastenings which are employed for keeping the legs of
trousers more or less tightly extended when in wear, and usually known by
the name of "trouser. straps," and it consists in making and attaching such
fastenings in the manner represented in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the
said Drawings. To each leg of the trousers there is attached at the bottom
and on the inside a pair of eye plates of the form shewn in Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 1 represents a plan of one of these eye plates as it appears when first
stamped out of sheet metal; and Figure 2, a section of the same on the line p, q,
when afterwards fashioned into proper form, by bending it up at the dotted
lice a, a, so that the under part b shall stand at a right angle to the upper
part c. The under or projecting part 6 contains the eye e, and the upper or
flat part c contains a three-way slot f, by means of which the plate is made fast
to a couple of buttons sewn to the trousers, as shewn in Figure 3. The plate
is first attached to one button by passing the shank or holding thread of that
button through the vertical part f¹ of the slot and then pushing the button to
one side, say, that marked f, after which the other button, by a repetition of
the same operation, is brought to occupy the opposite side of the slot, say f³.
When the plate is finally affixed to the buttons the flat part c, c, should rest
against the trousers with the orifice f¹ opening upwards. To the ends of
each trouser strap there are attached hook plates of the form represented. in.
Figures 4, 5, and 6. Figure 4 represents one of these hook plates as it appears
when first stamped out of the metal; Figure 5, the form into which it is
afterwards bent; and Figure 6, an end view. The part g being doubled over at
the line v, v, serves as a spring hook, which being passed up into the eye e is
held fast there by the shoulders w, w. The parts h, h, being bent up form two
hooks, by which the piece is attached to the body of the strap, being inserted
in holes made therein for the purpose. Figure 7 represents the eye plate
(Figures 1, 2, and 3), and the hook plates (Figures 4, 5 and 6) when linked
together in the manner just described. When it is desired to unfasten the
strap, this is done by simply pressing down the under end of the spring hook g
and withdrawing it from the eye hole e.
The second of the said improvements relates to that class of fastenings which
are employed for the holding up of trousers, and commonly called "braces," and

page_text: consists in so connecting them together as to supersede the common practice of
wearing them crosswise, as usual. I effect this by lacing them together at the
back, and in such manner, that while they allow free play to the body they
shall not slip off the shoulders. I make three or four eyelet holes along the
edge of each brace, commencing about two inches above the buttonhole, and
keeping the holes about an inch apart; I then pass a lace similar to a stay lace,
through these holes from one brace to the other, in the usual way of lacing, and
by tightening or slackening it adjust the distance between the two braces
according as the configuration of the wearer or other circumstances may
require.
The third of my said improvements consists in the application of an elastic
material or fabric to trousers or other articles of dress, for the purpose of
causing the same to fit better to the shape of the body or member of the body
to which they are adapted, or to enable the same to be more easily put or
drawn off or on; in the case of trousers I let into the back part a piece of some
elastic fabric, of the shape shewn in Figure 8 of the Drawings hereunto
annexed, and placed with the broadest end uppermost on a line with the top
band of the trousers. I prefer for the purpose those fabrics which are
rendered elastic, or encreased in elasticity, by being made in whole or in part
of caoutchouc, or a preparation of caoutchouc, or of gutta percha, or a pre-
paration of gutta percha. I also apply elastic pieces of a similar description
to the foregoing to waiscoats, inserting them into each side between the fore
and back parts, and from the bottom of the waistcoat up to the armhole; or
instead thereof I introduce an elastic connector, consisting of two vertical strips
of cloth or other suitable material, which are stitched by their outer edges to
the fore and back parts of the waistcoat, and furnished on their inner edges
with eyelet holes, and laced together by means of an elastic cord, made wholly
or in part of caoutchouc, or a preparation of caoutchouc, or of gutta percha, or
preparation. of gutta percha, and passed backwards and forwards through the
eyelet holes, in the usual way of lacing, the lace being drawn more or less
tightly according to the degree of play desired to be given to the waistcoat.
A band of the same description as the elastic connector last before described
may be applied to the backs of waiscoats in order to give elasticity to the
saine, and either in lieu of the side connectors or in connection therewith, and
it may be either inserted bodily into a space cut out of the back piece for
the purpose, or stitched on to the back, and such bands and connectors may be
made and sold separately from the waistcoats to which they are to be applied.
Finally, I manufacture gloves of a much improved quality by making them
elastic in those parts which are most liable to strain, and where they usually

page_text: first give way and become out of shape. As gloves are commonly made, the
thumb and finger pièces are connected by intermediate pieces, called fourchettes
and quirks, made of the same material as the rest of the glove: now my
improvement in this class of articles consists in using, in place of fourchettes
and quirks of the same materials as the rest of the glove, some suitable clastic
fabric, preferring that which has been made elastic or has been increased in
elasticity by being made in whole or in part of caoutchouc, or a preparation of
caoutchouc, or of gutta percha, or a preparation of gutta percha.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,-
First, the improvements in trouser fastenings, and in attaching the same,
represented in the Drawings, Figures 1 to 7, both inclusive, hereunto annexed,
and first herein-before described.
Second, the manufacture of braces connected at the back by laces, as before
described.
Third, the application of elastic pieces to trousers and waistcoats, as before
described.
And, fourth, the using in the manufacture of gloves, in place of fourchettes
and quirks of the same material as the rest of the glove, some elastic fabric,
such as before exemplified and described.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
ninth day of November: One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

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