Improvements in and relating to Shirts and Cuffs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Shirts and Cuffs.
I GEORGE THOMAS THORNHILL St. Kilda's Parsonage Lochbuie Isle of Mull
Scotland, Clerk in Holy Orders do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
Flannel and other shirts are made with sleeves to reach only down as far on the
arm as just above the elbow, or to a distance below the elbow, circumference of
end of sleeve to be the same as that of an ordinary shirt sleeve at these places.
Cuffs are made of linen or other material with sleeves sewn on in the ordinary
way. Said sleeves to be long enough to pass up the arm nearly as far as the
elbow, or to a distance above the elbow, circumference of end of sleeve attached
to cuff to be slightly greater than circumference of end of sleeve on shirt. Said
cuff-sleeves to be capable of being attached and detached to shirt sleeves on shirt,
by buttons & button holes, or any other suitable device.
Shirt sleeves may be made to contract from point where cuff-sleeve is attached,
so as to fit closer to the arm, and be closed by means of a button & button hole, or
piece of elastic.
Dated this Fourth day of July 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Shirts and Cuffs.
I, GEORGE THOMAS THORNHILL, St. Kildas Parsonage, Lochbuie, Isle of
Mull, Scotland, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shirts and cuffs
therefor, whereby linen cuffs can be worn with flannel shirts or a fresh pair of cuffs
can be easily substituted for a soiled pair, or the height of the cuffs can be easily
adjusted, this being effected in such a manner that it is not possible to detect that
cuffs are being worn as is the case with ordinary cuffs fixed to shirt sleeves at the
wrists.
For this purpose I make the shirt of flannel, linen or other suitable material
with sleeves which extend only partially down the arm to a little above or below
the elbow. The end of this sleeve may be made to fit close to the arm by means
of a button and button hole or piece of elastic. Round the outside of this short
sleeve I arrange buttons at suitable distances apart. The cuffs are made of linen
or other suitable material with sleeves sewn on in the ordinary way and of such
length as to permit them to pass up the arm a sufficient distance and of such
width as to pass easily over the short sleeve of the shirt. Round the upper part
of the sleeve button holes are formed at suitable distances apart to button on to
the buttons on the sleeve of the shirt and there may be two or more rows of button
holes, so as to permit the sleeve and cuff to be adjusted to any height required.
Instead of buttons the sleeve and cuffs may be fixed to the shirt sleeve by hooks
and eyes or other suitable device.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of a shirt having short sleeves with cuffs having sleeves with
means of attaching and adjusting the one to the other, substantially as and for the
purpose herein described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.