IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS AND SHIRT CUFFS
Year: 1884

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I RALPH HINDLE BAKER, at the Office for Patents, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, Ship broker do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS AND SHIRT CUFFS," to be as follows:
:
This invention has for its object an arrangement of cuff and shirt by which a
cuff can be attached with much more comfort and satisfaction than by the-ordinary
arrangement. If a cuff form a part of a shirt, either the shirt has to be discarded.
when the cuff is soiled that is with one day's use at furthest, or the cuff has to
be turned back and an-independent cuff added. This latter in the best of cases is
apt to fit awkwardly, as it is attached by the button over which the other cuff has
been turned; and not being attached at all at back is apt to catch on the coat when
it is drawn over it.
:
Now, my invention consists in making the shirt without a cuff, but with a thin
flexible-band beyond the gathering armed with a row of two three or more buttons
or stud holes, and forming the cuff with a similar flexible band pierced with button
holes. This band being much thinner than the cuff and flexible is easily and
quickly buttoned without creasing the cuff, the seam of the cuff between the band
and the cuff proper has a stiffening effect on the cuff and prevents all chance of the
bending and twisting about of the thin flexible band while being buttoned from
being communicated as a crease to the cuff proper.
The cuff can be made single ended or double ended, if double ended the band
projects from the centre of the cuff or forms a centre band between two half cuffs,
but I consider the single cuff with terminal band far the preferable and better
arrangement, the double cuff in my plan having few advantages over the existing
àrrangements, and I only mention the double cuff as a possible variation to prevent
any one claiming it over me.

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I, RALPH HINDLE BAKER Office for Patents 6 Lord Street Liverpool Lancashire
Ship broker do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHIRTS AND SHIRT CUFFS 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 an arrangement of cuff and shirt by which a
cuff can be attached with much more comfort and satisfaction than by the ordinary
arrangement If a cuff form a part of a shirt, either the shirt has to be discarded
when the cuff is soiled that is, with one days use at furthest, or the cuff has to
be turned back and an independent cuff added. This latter, in the best of cases is
apt to fit awkwardly as it is attached by the button over which the other cuff has
been turned, and not being attached at all at back is apt to catch on the coat when
it is drawn over it.
Now my invention consists in making the shirt without a cuff, but with a thin
flexible band beyond the gathering armed with a row of two three or more buttons,
or stud holes and forming the cuff with a similar flexible band pierced with button
holes. This band being much thinner than the cuff and flexible is easily and
quickly buttoned without creasing the cuff, the seam of the cuff between the band
and the cuff proper has a stiffening effect on the cuff and prevents all chance of the
bending and twisting about of the thin flexible band while being buttoned from
being communicated as a crease to the cuff proper.
The cuff can be made single ended or double ended if double ended the band
projects from the centre of the cuff or forms a centre. band between two half cuffs;
but I consider the single cuff with terminal band far the preferable and better
-arrangement,-tho-double-cuff-in-my-plan-having-few-advantages-over_the_existing
arrangements, I have not shown it in the drawings, and I only mention the double
cuff as a possible variation to prevent any one claiming it over me.
The example cuff shown in the drawings consists of the cuff proper A. of double
or treble thickness and the thin band B the edge of which is overlapped on each
side by the material of the cuff A and seamed through. The button holes are
placed longitudinally with the arm as shown, as on this plan they are much less
liable to come undone when putting on the coat, than if placed transversely.
A similar thin band is sewn on the shirt and these two thin bands being one over
the other, are about the thickness of the cuff proper. There is thus no uncomfort-
able bulge such as would result if a thick cuff were fastened directly to a thick
wrist band.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention; and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The manufacture of shirts and cuffs having each a thin band sewn on, upon
or in which bands are the button or stud holes (and buttons if any) substantially

page_text: · 2nd The cuffs substantially as described and shown in the accompanying
drawings, and for the purposes described.
L
W¼ P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant,