Improvements in Coats.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coats.
I MAX HOLZER Ladies' Tailor 72 Wigmore Street Cavendish Square
London W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The "Marchioness" coat is a loose double breasted coat & has from 3-10 taps
down the front on each side of the coat & can be made any length. The taps having
each one a buttonhole & buttons put on each side of coat to correspond, enable the
wearer to wear the coat in several different styles. Inside the coat near the 2nd
button from the top is a tap from 5-7 inch. long with a buttonhole at each end, which
when buttoned to the 2nd button outside produces quite another style of coat.
The taps to be cut in one with the front, or put on seperatly, they are straight
pointed or rounded. The fronts of the coat can be lined right to the edge or faced
with any kind of material & trimed with braid, fur or any other triming; the
back of the coat is made with 1 or 3 seams & has got from or below the waist an
inside or outside box pleat, which is slightly gatherd & held together with a tap at
the waist with buttons. The collar is made to stand up & fall down as required &
cut straight or rounded; is open at the back & front & held together with
little taps. The sleeves are loose & full to just below the elbow, where they are
gathered into a deep fitting cuff, which has an opening to the front of 6 or 7 inch.
& is held together with taps with buttons & buttonholes. The coat can be
lined throughout or partly, or not lined at all & made of any kind of material
or fur etc.
Dated this Twelfth dar of August 1896.
Improvemen
1, MAX HOLZER, of 72 Wigmore Street, London, W. Ladies' Tailor, 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 improvements in coats the object being to form or
arrange the coat in such a manner as to allow of its being fastened or worn in
several different styles, thus combining in one coat or jacket the advantages and
fashionable styles of several.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figs. 1, 2
and 3 illustrate three different styles in which the coat may be worn.
My invention comprises a loose double-breasted coat a furnished with any
suitable number of tabs t down the front of same, said tabs being furnished with

page_text: button-holes designed to engage with buttons b secured on either side of the coat.
The coat is formed with loose fronts or revera f, f', (Fig. 3) and it is principally by
the arrangement of the said loose fronts or revers that the styles in which the coat
can be worn may be varied.
Fig. 1 illustrates one style or arrangement of the coat, in which the fronts or
revers are buttoned closely one over the other, thus forming a very warm coat or
jacket, while the collar c which is divided at the back and front and secured by
tabs to the buttons 6' may be worn turned up around the neck as shown.
The cuff of the sleeve as shown on the right hand side of Fig. 1 may be turned
back and secured by means of tabs 2 to the buttons 2, or it may be turned down
and allowed to hang loose, as shown on the left hand side of the same figure.
Fig. 2 illustrates another style or form in which the top d d' of the fronts or
revers are turned back as shown, so as to form a V-shaped opening in front and
display the inner side of the said revers which may be trimmed or ornamented in any
suitable manner.
This opening may be formed of various sizes as indicated in
dotted lines by turning back the said revers to the second, third or fourth
button, while with this style the collar is preferably worn turned down as shown.
Fig. 3 illustrates a still further modified arrangement of the jacket. For this
arrangement the button-hole g (Fig. 1) is secured to the button g' which brings
each rever into the position shown on the left hand side of Fig. 3, the front is then
again turned over as shown upon the right hand side of that figure where it is
secured by means of an additional band or tab h fastened on to one of the buttons
of the coat, said band or tab h being sewn to the inner lining of the coat.
coat may be worn with the fronts hanging loosely open in this fashion or they may
be drawn together at the bottom by securing the lowermost tab to its corresponding
button, while still another form or style is obtained by securing together, across the
front, the ends of each pair of tabs, which is effected by means of suitable studs
passing through the button-holes, and thus an open front is obtained with the tabs
crossing same and which is suitable for displaying a fancy blouse or the like worn
beneath the jacket.
The
My improved coat or jacket may be varied in shape and size according to
requirements and lined or trimmed in any suitable manner and with any material
as desired.
The collar at the front o is detached from the body of the coat so as to allow of
its being turned up and down as required.
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
1. The improvements in coats substantially as herein described and shown and
for the purposes specified.
2. The improvements in coats comprising the formation or arrangement of open
fronts or revers f, f, in combination with tabs t and buttons b, tabs t¹ and
buttons b', and tabs t2 and buttons 62, the whole combined and arranged substan
tially as herein described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 15th day of December 1896.
MAX HOLZER.