An improved Device for Protecting the Bottoms of Trousers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1895
An improved Device for Protecting the Bottoms of Trousers.
I. CHRISTOPH AUGUST LORENTZ of 234, Linienstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention has for its object a device for preventing. the bottoms of
trousers from becoming frayed, wet or dirtied, which device does not present an
unseemly appearance from the outside as is the case with the devices hitherto
employed.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a rear view of the device;
Figure 2 is a view of the same from the inside;
Figure 3 is a side view of the device when in use.
This improved trousers protector consists of a semi-circular, or other suitably
shaped pièce or sheet of smooth resistant material, preferably such as guttapercha,
but leather, caoutchouc, aluminium or other suitable metal, or the like may also
be employed. On the curved back of this plate at the lower end there is formed a
hook-shaped projection a projecting outwards, which with the object of securing
a firmer hold is made in one piece with the back, or is suitably strengthened by a
piece of caoutchouc or a plate of metal. Each of the two front ends of the
protector at the sides has two holes bb, preferably provided with eyelets, through
which is threaded a closed elastic band, or an inelastic strap closed below and
having free ends above, provided if desired with buckle fasteners.
In use the trousers protector is passed under the boot from the front in such
a way that the upper end of the band rests on the front of the boot and the sheet
or plate over the heel, the lower end of the band being passed under the instep of
the boot near the inner side of the heel. Where an inelastic strap which is open
above employed, the fastening is effected by fastening or buckling the ends over
the boot. The protector is adjusted in such a way that the lower end of the plate
or sheet which is provided with the projection a projects outwards and thus
prevents the hanging trouser legs from coming in contact with the boot and
further receives the lower end of the same in the notch or groove formed by the
projection a. The arrangement of the holes must therefore be such (as for
instance is shown in the drawings in Figure 3) that when placed over a boot the
lower end of the protector projects outwards. In wet weather the whole device
may be hitched up a few centimetres higher and the trousers be drawn up a little
higher to correspond.
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 :-
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A device for protecting the bottoms of trousers consisting of a semi-circular or
other suitably shaped piece or sheet of guttapercha or other suitable material
held on the rear part of the boot above the heel by means of an elastic or
inelastic band or strap, the lower end of such plate or sheet projecting away
from the boot when in position, and having an upward extending hook-shaped
projection or continuation (preferably strengthened) adapted to receive the bottom
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page_text: edge of the trousers in the recess or groove formed thereby, substantially as set
..forth.
Dated this 24th day of January 1895.
LLEWELYN JONES,
Of 5, South Crescent Chambers, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.