An Improvement connected with Shirt Sleeves.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 1st Sept., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Shirt Sleeves.
I, MATTHEW WILSON, of 14 Culmore Road, Peckham, Surrey, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, raising the cuff of a shirt well within the cuff of the
coat to preserve it from dirt while the wearer is at business, or when he desires to
wash his hands, without removing, or releasing the solitaire, or other fastener.
For the purpose of my invention, I attach a strip of tape, or the like, or a cord
to the sleeve of a shirt, say, at the elbow portion, and by eyelets, button holes, or
loops, 1 secure the tape, or the cord to a fastener, which may be an ordinary button
on the shoulder seam, or other part, or on, say, a waistcoat.
The tape, or cord is preferably arranged within the seam, or in a kind of pocket
attached to the sleeve.
Dated this 30th day of November 1889.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Matthew Wilson.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Shirt Sleeves.
I, MATTHEW WILSON, of 14 Culmore Road, Peckham, Surrey, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention has for object, raising the cuff of a shirt well within the cuff of the
coat to preserve it from dirt while the wearer is at business, or when he desires to
wash his hands, without removing, or releasing, the solitaire, or other fastener.
For the purpose of my invention, which will be understood by the annexed
drawings, attach a strip of tape A, or the like, or a cord to the sleeve B of a
shirt C, say, at the elbow portion D, see Figure 1, or from near the cuff, as at
Figure 2, and by eyelets, button holes, or loops EI secure the tape or the cord A to
a fastener, which may be an ordinary button, on the shoulder seain, or other part of
the shirt, or on, say, a waistcoat; or I make the tape A of sufficient length as to reach,
when drawn in, the brace button on the trouser, as at Figure 2.
The tape or cord A is preferably arranged within the seam, or in a kind of pocket
attached to the sleeve B, the tape being arranged to project from a tab F at the front
seam, as shown.
Instead of the tape or cord being in the seam of the sleeve, it may be upon the
inside, or upon the outside, if on the inside its end may be passed through a slit
provided for it, in order that it may be secured to a button, or other fastener on
the outside upper part of the sleeve, or a short piece of tape or a tab may be
affixed just above near to or about level with the slit of the fore arm and be
secured to a button also affixed at a position just above the slit of the fore arm.
The seam, if a tape or cord be arranged therein, may be a straight or a wavy
seam, in which latter case the tape or cord becomes bound, or held, in a drawn
state, by the undulations and separate grips of the wavy portions which close upon
one another; or the pulling portion, or tab of the tape, or cord may be at or about
the centre of its length to pull the sleeve from both ends and thus ensure the
lifting of the cuff.

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
1. As an improvement connected with shirt sleeves, the means or appliances, as
hereinbefore described, by which the cuff of a shirt can be lifted and be held in
the lifted condition.
2. Affixing a tape or cord within a shirt sleeve and with a portion exposed, or
within reach of the hand of the wearer by which he can, by pulling said end, lift
the cuff, as described and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
The 20th day of A1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Matthew Wilson.