An Improved Appliance for Keeping Dress Skirts in Position when Cycling.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Keeping Dress Skirts in Position
when Cycling.
I LILY SIDEBOTHAM, wife of George Henry Sidebotham, Draper, of Newport,+
in the County of Salop, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a clip or attachment by which a lady
riding on a bicycle or other velocipede may prevent the skirt of her dress from.
rising or otherwise becoming displaced in an uncomfortable or unsightly way.
For this purpose I employ an attachment in the form of a loop of leather canvas
or other suitable material which can be slipped over or otherwise fixed around the->
foot, and which is also provided with a pair of clips at the end of two elastic cords
tapes or flaps of convenient length, preferably fixed to the loop at the same point
thereon and at a suitable angle thereto and to each other.
The clips are in the form of strong safety pins or other suitable devices for
securing the ends of the cords tapes or flaps to the skirt of a lady's dress.
The use of the attachment is as follows:-
The foot being inserted into the loop the safety pins are so fixed to the inside
of the lower part of the skirt that the latter will allow free action of the foot for
pedalling and yet prevent the skirt from rising or becoming displaced.
This attachment need not be removed when the lady dismounts as it will not
interfere with the appearance or comfort of the skirt when she is walking.
One of these dress clips or attachments will be used on each foot.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Appliance for Keeping Dress Skirts in Position
when Cycling.
1 LILY SIDEBOTHAM, wife of George Henry Sidebotham, Draper, of Newport,
in the County of Salop, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a clip or attachment by which a lady
riding on a bicycle or other velocipede may prevent the skirt of her dress from
rising or otherwise becoming displaced in an uncomfortable or unsightly way.
My invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings.
For this purpose I employ an attachment in the form of a loop of leather canvas

page_text: or other suitable material (see Fig. 1) which can be slipped over or otherwise fixed
around the foot (say by a buckle a¹ see Fig. 1) and which is also provided with a
pair of clips 66 at the end of two elastic cords tapes or flaps c c (respectively) of
convenient length, preferably fixed to the loop at the same point thereon and at
a suitable angle thereto and to each other as shewn.
The loop a may be made of the same elastic material as the cords tapes or
flaps bas seen at Fig. 2.
The clips 66 are in the form of strong safety pins (as illustrated) or other
suitable devices for securing the ends of the cords tapes or flaps c c¹ to the skirt of
a lady's dress.
The use of the attachment is as follows:-
The foot being inserted into the loop a the safety pins 6 b¹ are so fixed to the
inside of the lower part of the skirt that the latter will allow free action of
the foot for pedalling and yet prevent the skirt from rising or becoming
displaced.
This attachment need not be removed when the lady dismounts as the loop fits
around the instep under the arch of the foot, and it will not interfere with the
appearance or comfort of the skirt when she is walking.
One of these dress clips or attachments will be used on each foot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of a suitable loop for attachment to the foot with a pair of
elastic cords tapes or flaps provided with safety pins or other suitable clips for
attachment to the skirt of the dress substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1896
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.