IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG GUARDS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN VICKERS of 25 Folds Road, Bolton in the County of Lancaster, Cricket
and Foot-ball Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG GUARDS," to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the means or appliances employed for
securing leg guards, used in the game of cricket or other games, to the legs of the
players, rendering the same more serviceable, simple, and efficient.
Leg guards as at present constructed are provided top and bottom with straps
and buckles by which they are limited in their action and use.
To overcome these defects and make them more serviceable so as to fit any size
of ordinary leg, I secure or fix by stitching or otherwise to the bottom end of the
leg guard a strap or other équivalents of any suitable materials, which, after the
guard is placed on the leg, is passed through a metallic or other loop on the
opposite side, then drawn diagonally across the calf of the leg to other loops,
and so on until the top edge or loop, is reached, when the strap or other fastening
is drawn across under the knee to a buckle or other equivalents fixed or secured on
the guard on the side of the knee to which it is fastened.
This invention 'is also applicable for leg or shin guards used in the game of
foot-ball.
The advantages of this invention are that the leg guard is more firmly secured
to the leg, the fastening being uniformly distributed over the entire length of the
lower part of the leg protected by the guard, also that the fastening being more
uniform, leg guards will fit any size of leg, the variation being regulated by the
tension on the strap or fastener. Another is that they are of such a construction
that they can be fixed or removed much quicker than hitherto which will be found
of great service.
T
3000
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOHN VICKERS of 25 Folds Road, Bolton in the County of Lancaster Cricket
and Foot-ball Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG GUARDS," 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 improvements in the means or appliances employed for
securing leg guards, used in the game of cricket or other games, to the legs of
players, rendering the same more serviceable, simple, and efficient.
Leg guards as at present constructed are provided top and bottom with straps
and buckles by which they are limited in their action and use.
To overcome these defects and make them more serviceable so as to fit any size
of ordinary leg I secure or fix by stitching or otherwise to the bottom end of the
leg guard a strap or other equivalents of any suitable materials, which, after the
guard is placed on the leg, is passed through a metallic or other loop on the opposite
side, then drawn diagonally across the calf of the leg to other loops, and so on until
the top edge or loop is reached, when the strap or other fastening is drawn across
under the knee to a buckle or other equivalents fixed or secured to the guard on
the side of the knee to which it is fastened.
This invention is also applicable for leg or shin guards used in the game of
.football.
.
In order that my invention may be more completely understood reference is
given to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the inside of a leg guard used in the game of
cricket with my improvements applied; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of same
applied or secured to a player's leg, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my said
improvements applied to leg or shin guards used in the game of foot-ball.
A is the leg guard to which is secured by stitching or otherwise the single
strap B which is employed in securing the guard to the leg of the player in the
following manner:-After the guard is placed on the leg as in Fig. 2 the strap B
is passed through the loop C on the opposite side, then drawn diagonally across
the calf of the leg to and through the loops D, E, and F in succession, after which
it is drawn under or behind the knee to the buckle G being secured thereto in the
usual manner by passing the tongue S of the buckle through the holes T in the
said strap.
The buckle G is secured to the leg guard A by the strap H by
stitching or otherwise.
I do not confine myself to the number of loops employed in lacing the strap
or other equivalents as they may be varied according to the length of the guard as
shewn in Fig. 3 in leg or shin guards used in the game of football.
By the application of this invention leg and shin guards are more firmly secured
to the leg, the fastening or lacing being uniformly distributed over the entire
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page_text: length of the lower part of the leg protected by the guard. The fastening or lacing
being more uniform leg and shin guards will fit any size of leg, the variation being
regulated by the tension on the strap B. An important feature is that they can
be fixed or removed much quicker than under the old system which will be found
of great service.
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
1. In leg guards used in the game of cricket the use and employment of the
single strap B, and the method of lacing and securing the same to the leg of the
player substantially as herein specified and shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
2. In leg or shin guards used in the game of football the use and employment of
the single strap B, and the method of lacing and securing the same to the leg of the
player substantially as herein specified and shewn in Fig. 3.