A NEW OR IMPROVED BACK OR CHEST PROTECTING BRACE OR BRACES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Smith Brooks, of No.. 1, Cambridge Villas,
Marc Street, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
DOOR AD BRACKS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Smith Brooks al
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
November 1861.
I, JAMES SMITH BROOKS, of No. 1, Cambridge Villas, Mare Street,
Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the Said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED BACK OR CHEST PROTECTING
BRACE OR BRACES," to be as follows:--
This Invention consists in combining a back or chest protector with a brace
or braces by connecting the two parts of the braces together by attaching to
them a piece or pieces of flannel, cloth, wash-leather, or other suitable
material, which said material (or materials) when the protection is required for
the back covers the space between those parts of the braces which reach from
the shoulders to the back of the article of dress to which the braces are
attached, the braces not crossing each other. And when the protection is
required for the chest the said material (or materials) covers the space between
those parts of the braces which reach from the front of the shoulders to the
front of the article of dress to which the braces are attached, the braces not
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page_text: being crossed one over the other. The protecting brace or braces may be
formed in separate pieces, as above stated, or in one and the same piece.
by the said James Smith Brooks in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd May 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
SMITH BROOKS, of No. 1, Cambridge Villas, Mare Street, Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, given and grant unto me, the said
James Smith Brooks, Her special licence that 1, the said James Smith
Brooks, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James Smith Brooks, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED BACK OR CHEST PROTECTING BRACE OR BRACES," upon the
condition, amongst others, that I, the said James Smith Brooks, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Smith Brooks, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in combining a back or chest protector with a brace
or braces by connecting the two parts of the braces together by attaching to
them a piece or pieces of flannel, cloth. wash-leather, or other suitable
material, which said material (or materials) when the protection is required

page_text: for the back, covers the space between those parts of the braces which reach
from the shoulders to the back of the article of dress to which the braces are
attached, the braces not crossing each other. And when the protection is
required for the chest the said material (or materials) covers the space between
those parts of the braces which reach from the front of the shoulders to the
front of the article of dress to which the braces are attached, the braces not
being crossed one over the other. The protecting brace or braces may be
formed in separate pieces, as above stated, or in one and the same piece.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible I will now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto.
annexed, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, as follows:--
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS..
Figure is a view of a pair of braces for protecting the back, and made
according to my Invention. A, A', are the two braces as they would appear
when on the back of the wearer; B is a piece of flannel, cloth, leather, or
other suitable material, which may be made of several layers or pieces lined,
if required, with silk, and is sewn or otherwise attached to the two braces, as
shewn in the Drawing; C is a piece of india-rubber webbing to give a little
elasticity to the bottom of the braces. The top and bottom of the material
may be edged or bound with slik, or other suitable material, if necessary.
Figure 2 is a front view of a pair of braces, in which the chest and back
protector are combined together. D, D', are two pieces of flannel, cloth, or
other suitable material attached to the front of the braces, as shewn in the
Drawing. When the braces are adjusted in proper position the two parts of
the chest protector are buttoned or otherwise suitably fastened together. On
the shoulders a piece of india-rubber webbing may be attached for the purpose
of giving suitable elasticity to the braces.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "A New or Improved Back or Chest Protecting Brace or
Braces, together with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect. I would remark, in conclusion, that I hereby declare
my Invention to consist in and I claim, combining a piece or pieces of flannel,
or other suitable material. with an ordinary pair of braces, and of adapting
such said piece of flannel, or other suitable material, either to the back part of
the braces or to the front part thereof, or to both back and front, as above

page_text: particularly described with reference to the illustrative Drawing accompanying
these Presents.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Smith Brooks, have hereunto
set my hand and seal. this First day of May. in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
JAMES SMITH BROOKS. (L..s.)