IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTING GLOVES USED IN THE GAME OF CRICKET
Year: 1885

page_text: KIVUYIDIONAL
We JAMES GEORGE HEARD of 188 Kennington Park Road London S.E.
and THOMAS ARTHUR WARD of 52 Fleming Road London S.E. both employès of
E. J. Page & C° 188 Kennington Park Road London S.E. Manufacturers of Cricket,
Lawn-Tennis & Foot-Ball goods do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTING GLOVES USED IN THE GAME OF CRICKET to be as
follows:-
Improvement No 1 (Batting-gloves used in Cricket) is for the production of
Batting-gloves between the fingers of which there shall be no seams, forgets or
gores, each finger and thumb case consisting preferably of but one piece of leather
or other suitable material cut preferably as fig. 1 sheet A accompanying this
specification, or else cut as fig. 2 sheet A. Either of these, the outside edges
having been sewn together forms a finger or thumb case, the first having the seam
on the back as fig. 3 sheet A and the second having the seam on the front as fig. 4
sheet A-Improvement N° 2 (Batting-gloves used in Cricket) is for the better
ventilation and for the fastening of the glove on the hand without the use of
metal or other hard substance in the form of buttons or otherwise.
Having
For the right hand glove this is effected in the following manner.
made the required number of finger & thumb cases, according to any of the
methods herein specified, these are sewn to a small piece of leather or other
suitable material, cut preferably as fig. 5 sheet A, to which are attached two or
more strips of elastic webbing or other suitable material, these in turn being
attached to a wrist band of elastic webbing or other suitable material, one end of
which passes through a running noose made in the other end and finishing by
being attached to the thumb case, the whole being shown in fig. 6 sheet A.
For the left hand glove the finger cases (the tips of which for this hand may be
cut away) are sewn to a piece of leather or other suitable material, reaching to the
wrist, and having an elastic webbing band attached which passes from the wrist
over and round the thumb, continuing round the front wrist as shown in fig. 7
sheet A. No thumb case is necessary.
We can also if desired construct batting-
gloves having precisely the same advantages as those constructed in the manners
already specified, in the following manner. For the right-hand glove we cut the
material as fig 1 sheet B, to which are sewn other pieces thus forming fig 2
sheet B. To this is attached a piece of elastic webbing or other suitable material

page_text: which passes round the wrist (and through a loop if required) and ends in thumb
case constructed as the finger cases, the whole forming fig 3 sheet B. For the left
hand glove the construction of the glove proper is nearly similar being as fig. 4
sheet B. A plain band of elastic webbing or other suitable material holds the
glove on the wrist. Any part or parts of either of the foregoing methods of
construction may be used in combination. The rubber or other protectors are put
on either in the ordinary way or else as specified further on. For gloves for left
handed players the treatments specified are of course reversed.
Improvement N° 3 (Batting gloves used in Cricket) is for the better fastening on
of the protectors and is performed thus. The protectors in addition to being fixed
to the glove in the ordinary way with solution of India-rubber & naptha spirit,
have punctures on both sides through which is passed a piece of cord or tape the
ends of which are sewn or otherwise fastened to the finger case. This is fully
shown in section drawing fig. 5 sheet B. This operation is performed at suitable
intervals along each finger or thumb case.
ALL
100K

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We JAMES GEORGE HEARD of 188 Kennington Park Road London S.E and
THOMAS ARTHUR WARD of 52 Fleming Road London, S.E. both employés of
E. J. Page & C° 188 Kennington Park Road London S.E. manufacturers of Cricket,
Lawn Tennis & Foot Ball goods do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTING GLOVES USED IN THE GAME OF CRICKET and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
Improvement N° 1 is for the production of Batting-gloves between the fingers of
which there shall be no seams, fourchettes or gores, each finger case & each
thumb case consisting preferably of but one piece of leather or other suitable
material cut preferably as fig 1 sheet A (deposited 6 February 1885 with a
provisional Specification of our invention), or else cut as fig 2 sheet A. Either of
these, the outside edges having been sewn together, forms a finger or thumb case,
the first having a seam on the back as fig 3 sheet A, and the second having the
seam on the front as fig 4 sheet A.
Improvement No 2 is for the better ventilation of & fastening or securing of the
glove on the hand without the use of metal or other hard substance in the form of
buttons or otherwise.
For the right hand glove this is effected in the following manner. Having made
the required number of finger and thumb cases according to any of the methods
herein specified, these are sewn to a small piece of leather or other suitable
material, cut preferably as fig. 5 sheet A, to which are attached two or more strips
of elastic webbing or other suitable material, these in turn being attached to a
wrist band of elastic webbing or other suitable material, one end of which passes
through a running noose made in the other end, and finishing by being attached to
the thumb case, the whole being shown in fig. 6 sheet A. For the left hand glove
the finger-cases (the tips of which for this hand may be cut away) are sewn to a
piece of leather or other suitable material reaching to the wrist, and having an
elastic webbing band attached which passes from the wrist over and round the
thumb, continuing round the front wrist as shown in fig 7 sheet A. No thumb
case is necessary. We can also if desired construct batting gloves having
precisely the same advantages as those the construction of which we have already
specified, and in the following manner. For the right hand-glove, we cut the
material as fig 1 sheet B, to which are sewn other pieces thus forming fig 2 sheet B.
To this is attached a piece of elastic webbing or other suitable material which
passes round the wrist (and through a loop if required and ends in a thumb case
constructed as the finger cases, the whole forming fig 3 sheet B. For the left-hand
-glove the construction of the glove proper is nearly similar being as fig 4 sheet B.
A plain band of elastic webbing or other suitable material holds the glove on the
wrist. Any part or parts of either of the foregoing methods of construction may
be used in combination. The rubber or other protectors are put on either in the
ordinary way or else as specified further on. For the construction of gloves for
left handed players the treatments herein specified are of course reversed.

page_text: Improvement No 3 is for the better fastening on of the protectors is performed
thus. The protectors in addition to being fixed to the glove in the ordinary way
with solution of india-rubber and naptha spirit, have punctures on both sides of
the arch, through which is passed a piece of cord or tape the ends of which are
sewn or otherwise fastened to the finger case. This is fully shown in section
drawing fig. 5 sheet B. This operation is performed at suitable intervals along
each finger or thumb case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. That we construct Batting gloves having finger & thumb cases made & con-
sisting of not more than one piece of leather or other suitable material per case.
2. That we construct Batting gloves having finger, & thumb cases made & con-
sisting of not more than two pieces of leather or other suitable material per case.
3. That we construct Batting gloves having an entirely novel arrangement for
securing them on the hands.
4. That cord or tape or other suitable material passing through the protectors
from side to side, the ends of said cord or tape or other suitable material being
affixed to the glove, is an entirely novel method of securing the protectors to the
glove.