Improvements in Stockings.
Year: 1898

page_text: We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of 39,
Conduit Street, London, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows::
Our invention relates more particularly to knitted or woven stockings, worn
by sportsmen and others, with breeches so that the leg of the stocking is always
visible.
In such stockings, when being worn, and consequently becoming stretched,
the stitches have also a tendency to open or stretch more or less, so that the leg
of the wearer is liable to show through them, an unsightly effect being produced,
and the present invention has for its object an improved method of making or
finishing such stockings by which the defect alluded to is prevented from
becoming conspicuous.
For this purpose we form upon, or attach to, the inside of the leg of the
stocking, a thickness or lining of a sufficiently elastic but closely woven cloth
or other suitable material, of the same colour as the stocking itself, or of such
colour that it will not produce an objectionable effect if seen through the stitches
of the stocking itself.
The leg of the stocking may be plain, or it may be in imitation of what is
known as a "puttie," in which a strap or band is wound helically round the leg,
or it may be simply provided with straight or other ribs or designs, knitted,
woven, or sewn or attached upon it, and of any desired colours, the inner thick-
ness or lining being in every case formed of a fabric closely woven upon or in,
or sewn or attached to the inside of the stocking leg, and being of such colour
and texture, that, as already explained, it is not prominently or objectionably
visible through any gaping or open stitches in the outer stocking.
1000
Improvements in Stockings.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of 39,
Conduit Street, London, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what nature the same is to be
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page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
Our invention relates more particularly to knitted or woven stockings, such as
are commonly worn by sportsmen and others with breeches, so that the leg
of the stocking is always visible.
In such stockings, when being worn, and consequently becoming somewhat
stretched, the stitches have also a tendency to open or stretch more or less,
so that the leg of the wearer is liable to show through them, an unsightly effect
being produced. Our present invention has for its object an improved method
of making or finishing such stockings, by which the defect alluded to is pre-
vented from becoming conspicuous.
For this purpose we form upon, or attach to, the inside of the leg of the
stocking, a thickness or lining of a sufficiently elastic but closely woven cloth
or other suitable material or fabric, of the same colour as the stocking itself,
or of such colour that it will not produce an objectionable effect if seen through
the open stitches of the stocking itself.
The leg of the stocking may be plain, or it may be made in imitation of
what is known as a puttee," in which a strap or band is wound helically round
the leg, or it may be simply provided with straight or other ribs or designs,
knitted, woven, or sewn or attached upon it, and of any desired colours, the
inner thickness or lining being in every case formed of a fabric closely woven upon
or in, or sewn or attached to the inner side of the stocking leg, and being of
such colour and texture, that, as already explained, it is not prominently or
objectionably visible through any gaping or open stitching in the outer stocking.
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 :-
In stockings, the formation upon, or attachment to, the inner side of the
leg of the stocking, of a sufficiently elastic but closely woven cloth or other suitable
material or fabric, of the same colour as the stocking itself, or of such colour
that it will not produce an objectionable effect if seen through the stitches
of the stocking, substantially as and for the purpose described.
PHTO
EDWARDS AND CO.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.