Improvements in Leggings or Gaiters.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
Improvements in Leggings or Gaiters.
I, REGINALD HADDAN of the firm of Herbert Haddan and Co. of 18 Buckingham
Street Strand W.C. London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication to me from abroad by Jean Rafel Ruiz of 45 Ancha,
at Barcelona in the Kingdom of Spain, Collar-maker and Saddler, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that class of leggings or gaiters, intended to resemble
the leg pieces of top boots, Wellington or other military riding boots of this kind
as usually worn by military officers and others, have been made hitherto in a
tubular form so that the introducing and withdrawal of the leg or the putting on
and taking off of the boots were inconvenient and difficult to perform. To meet this
inconvenience the present invention consists in manufacturing gaiters in such a
manner as to be capable of being opened in the direction of the length of the gaiter
and this without changing the resemblance of the gaiter to the boot top or leg
piece, when it is fastened.
The closing device adopted may be of any suitable kind applicable for this
purpose and I do not confine myself to that hereinafter described provided, the
principle remains the same namely, that the gaiters are capable of being opened in
the direction of their length either wholly or partially for facilitating the work of
putting them on or taking them off.
In Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings the improved gaiter is represented in side-
view, in Fig. 2 in back-view; in Fig. 3 the gaiter is shown open, while Fig. 4
illustrates a cross-section of the closed gaiter and Fig. 5 a cross-section of the
opened gaiter, Fig. 6 shows the closing device, used in the present case.
As seen in the drawings the closing is effected by providing metallic channeled
guides or holders A A¹ one on each edge of the gaiter at the opening, which is pre-
ferably down the back. B B is a metallic sliding band, the cross section of which
is of Ċ form, so that after the gaiter has been put on and the edges brought
together, the holders A and A' are connected together by sliding the band B B
onto them as shown, thus producing an effect absolutely similar to that attained by
the tubular gaiters. DD form the rigid portion, trunk or body of the gaiter,
extending from the upper-leather up to below the knee. E E is the flexible part,
forming a bend at the lower part of the gaiter and carrying an additional gusset
piece E at the back so as to continuously connect the lower edge of the gaiter to
form an impermeable guard, that water may not be allowed to penetrate. At His
arranged a hook or button of metal of any suitable form; this latter serving at the
same time to close the flexible bend at its lower part. It may also be adapted to
form or receive a spur. F is the strap to be fixed in the buckle C, to prevent the
gaiter from rising on the leg.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is;
An improved gaiter or legging, imitating the leg piece of riding or similar boots
and capable of being wholly or partially opened in the direction of its length sub-
stantially as described.