An Improvement in Shirts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1892-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Shirts.
EDWIN SLATTER & GEORGE SLATTER trading as Slatter & Slatter Tailors &
Outfitters 6 Carlton Street Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of an improvement in shirts.
Its object is to prevent the
tail or back lap of the shirt working up from between the legs and lower part of
the seat of the wearer.
The invention consists in cutting the back lap, or tail of the shirt the length
required to allow it to be passed between the legs, and fastened to the pants or
trousers by means of studs buttons, or other fastenings, the side edges of the back
lap being also fastened in position by similar means to the pants or trousers, thus
effectually preventing the shirt from riding up.
To prevent the creases and bulk which would result from a similar operation
with an ordinary shirt, it is cut either with a back seam with the bottom extremity
curved outwards, so that when the two half backs are sewn together in the back
seam it will fit the lower part of the seat and fork; or by cutting the back whole,
and the insertion of one or more gussets or puffs at the extremity of the tail,
sufficiently wide to produce the same effect.
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A 110ch 1000
EDWIN SLATTER,
GEORGE SLATTER,
Trading as Slatter & Slatter,
6, Carlton Street, Nottingham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Shirts.
EDWIN SLATTER & GEORGE SLATTER trading as Slatter & Slatter Outfitters
6 Carlton Street Nottingham, 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 :-
Our invention consists of an improvement in shirts; its object is to prevent the
tail or back lap of the shirt working up from between the legs, and lower part of
the seat of the wearer, this is effected by a more simple and yet more perfect
method than any yet introduced or at present in use.
Our invention is applicable to all and every kind of shirt worn by gentlemen
except such as may be made in a combination form or such as may be used for
surgical purposes.
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The invention consists in cutting the back lap the length required to allow it to
be passed between the legs, and fastened to the pants or trousers, by means of studs,
buttons, or other fastenings, the side edges of the back lap being also kept in
position in the pants or trousers by similar means. Thus effectually preventing the
shirt from riding up.
To prevent the creases and bulk which would result from a
similar operation with an ordinary shirt it is cut in such a manner at the extremity
of the back lap as to allow of the insertion of a gusset or puff sufficiently wide to
give the necessary spring or fulness at the parts required, or by cutting the shirt
with a back seam in which the bottom extremity is curved outwards, so that when
the two half backs are sewn together in the back seam it will produce the same
effect.

page_text: Our invention can be thoroughly understood and carried into practical effect, by
referring to the accompanying drawings, like letters of reference, denoting corre-
sponding parts.
Diagram 1 is a back view of our improved shirt, a space in the extremity of the
back being cut out as at A, there is then inserted a gusset or puff sufficiently large
to give the necessary spring or fullness so that when the back lap is drawn between
the legs and fastened to the pants or trousers by means of a stud, button or other
fastening in the centre of the said gusset or puff, it will fit the lower part of the
seat and fork. The outside edge marked B being also fastened to the sides of the
pants or trousers.
We also produce the same effect in the way illustrated in Diagram 2 in which
the back, being cut with a seam in the centre called the back-seam, (marked A in
diagram), and cut at a convenient length to suit the height of individual figures, it
is curved outwards as at B, so that when the two half backs are sewn together in
the back seam there is produced the curved portion C, which provides the additional
spring or fulness required when this portion of the shirt, is drawn between the
legs and fastened to the pants or trousers in the manner before described.
The complete shirt being illustrated in Diagram 3 in which A represents the
additional fullness or spring produced by either of the methods before described,
and B, the button holes or fastenings to attach these portions of the shirt to the
pants or trousers as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
First. The manufacture of shirts in which by the insertion of a gusset or puff at
the extremity of the tail to give the necessary fullness or spring, the lower portion
of the tail of the shirt is made to fit the lower part of the seat and fork of the
wearer when this portion is drawn between the legs and fastened in position
substantially as described and illustrated.
Second. The manufacture of shirts, in which the back lap is curved outwards at
the bottom extremity in such a manner as to fit the lower part of the seat and fork
when the part or point so formed is drawn between the legs and fastened to the
pants or trousers substantially as described and illustrated.
Third. The manufacture of shirts in which the back lap or tail of the shirt is
made to fasten on to the pants or trousers, by means of studs, buttons, or other
fastenings.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1892.