An Improved Device for Protecting the Lower Edge of Trouser Legs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr.,
1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900
An Improved Device for Protecting the Lower Edge of Trouser Legs.
A communication to me from WOLDEMAR HASSEL, Bank Manager, and ALPHONS
TIEDEWITZ, Merchant, both of St. Petersburg, in the Empire of Russia.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Chartered Patent
Agents and Engineers, of 65 & 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved device for protecting the lower
edge of trouser legs, consisting of a small metal chain attached to the latter, so
as to prevent the wear of the trousers, and to improve their appearance.
The improved protecting device consists of a chain, the separate links of which
are connected together by means of links, threads, bands, or the like.
At the part where the chain is sewn upon the material, the links are preferably
flattened down, so that they fit better upon the stuff. The protecting device is
fastened in any suitable way upon the trousers. The links are preferably reduced
in size from the centre to the ends of the chain, so as not to interfere with the
proper setting of the trouser upon the boot. The links of the chain may be
spherical, hemispherical, or of other convenient shape.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Device for Protecting the Lower Edge of Trouser Legs.
A communication to me from WOLDEMAR HASSEL, Manager, and ALPHONS
TIEDEWITZ, Merchant, both of St. Petersburg, in the Empire of Russia.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Chartered Patent
Agents and Engineers, of 65 & 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say:
This invention has for its object an improved device for protecting the lower
edge of trouser legs, consisting of a small metal chain attached to the latter, so
as to prevent the wear of the trousers, and to improve their appearance.

page_text: The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention, and shows some-
what different modifications.
Figure 1 is a chain the links of which are made out of half-round balls, con-
nected to each other by a band;
Figure 2 is a chain the links of which are oval, connected in a similar way;
Figure 3 is a chain with round balls; and
Figure 4 shows the improved protecting device applied to the lower edge of
the trouser leg.
1:
The improved protecting device consists of a chain, the separate links a of
which are connected together by means of links, threads, bands, or. the like, b.
At the part where the chain is sewn upon the material c, the links are prefer-
ably flattened, so that they fit better upon the stuff. The protecting device is
fastened in any suitable way upon the trousers. The links are preferably reduced
in size from the centre to the ends of the chain, so as not to interfere with the
proper setting of the trouser upon the boot. The links of the chain may be
spherical, hemispherical, or of other convenient shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A protecting device for the lower edge of trouser legs, consisting of a metal
chain fastened upon the trouser, so as to prevent the wear of the trousers, with-
out affecting their appearance; substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 27th day of January 1900.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.