A Clip for Holding Sleeves of Dress or other Garment while another Garment is Pulled Over same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
A Clip for Holding Sleeves of Dress or other Garment while
another Garment is Pulled Over same.
RICHARD JONES BRICE 10 Atherton Road Forest Gate London E. Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Consisting of following arrangement of parts
:―
A piece of wire is bent in the centre to form a loop to fit over the thumb and
extending to sleeve of dress and forming a clip, clip could be made either to depend
for its grip on the natural springing tendency of wire used when suitably shaped,
or a small collar to slip along wire securely holding ends together. The ends to be
provided with roughed surface or suitable button of rubber or other material could
be utilized to prevent ends from tearing part of sleeve gripped and to give a good
grip, which could be released by slight pressure, or sliding collar back towards top
of clip.
Dated this 21st day of September 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Clip for Holding Sleeves of Dress or other Garment while
another Garment is Pulled Over same.
I, RICHARD JONES BRICE of 10 Atherton Road, Forest Gate, Gentleman, 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 facilitating the pulling of one garment over another
when both garments have sleeves; as for instance a gentleman's overcoat over an
under coat, or a lady's coat over a dress.
It consists of a loop to pass over the thumb, and a spring clip attached thereto,
baving an india-rubber faced grip which can be locked by a sliding ring which
embraces the two arms of the clip.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of my invention.
Fig. 2 shows a side view of the same with the tightening ring e brought down
into the locking position, and the gripping ends of the clip closed.
a, a
are the arms. b, is the loop to pass over the thumb of the operator.
c, c, are the gripping ends. d, d, are the faces or pads, of india-rubber leather or
other soft and suitable material. In the clip shown they are formed of short
pieces of india-rubber tube. e, is the locking ring which slides over the
arms a, a.
The mode of using the clip is to pass the loop over the thumb, open the arms
of the clip by pressing back the ring e, then insert the end of the sleeve of the
under garment, and replace the ring in the locking position as shown in Fig. 2.
The sleeve is now held firmly forward, and the upper garment can be passed over
the arm of the operator without drawing up the sleeve with it.
It will be seen that the clip can be made of one piece of wire, and can therefore
be produced at a moderate cost.

page_text: Having now, particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
A special clip for holding the sleeve of a garment while the sleeve of another
garment is pulled over the same, consisting of the loop b, arms a, gripping ends c,
india-rubber or other face d, and locking ring e, as herein described and
set forth.
Date : 10L J
T
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.