improvements in Leggings.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, WILLIAM CHURCH, of 9, St. Georges Avenue, Northampton, in the County
of Northampton, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By this invention I provide leggings in which the use of buttons for fastening
them is entirely dispensed with, and the leggings are fastened in front by means
of springs or clasps. Across the leggings I stitch straps or insertions in such a
manner as to be incapable of removal therefrom, while giving the appearance when
on the leg of the wearer, that the leggings are fastened by the straps. These
straps may be stitched on in such a manner as to give the appearance that they are
laid spirally or diagonally around the legging or crossing each other. The straps
may be of the same colour as the leggings or of a different colour so as to be more
conspicuous.
improvements in Leggings.
I, WILLIAM CHURCH, of 9, St. Georges Avenue, Northampton, in the County
of Northampton, 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:-
By this invention I provide leggings in which the use of buttons for fastening
them is entirely dispensed with, and the leggings are fastened in front by means
of springs or clasps. Across the leggings I stitch straps or insertions in such a
manner as to be incapable of removal therefrom, while giving the appearance when
on the leg of the wearer, that the leggings are fastened by the straps. These
straps may be stitched on in such a manner as to give the appearance that they are
laid spirally or diagonally around the legging or crossing each other.
The straps
may be of the same colour as the leggings or of a different colour so as to be more
conspicuous.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views of one
form of my invention showing the legging opened and closed respectively.
Fig. 3 is a similar view of another example.
The legging shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is provided with the well known spring

page_text: fastening consisting of a spring a on one edge adapted to be sprung with its ends c
into two sockets on the other edge, but I arrange this spring fastening up the
front of the legging instead of the side as hitherto.
A strap or straps such as d are secured to the legging so as to be incapable of
removal, whilst giving the appearance, when on the leg, that the leggings are
fastened by straps. The straps which are divided or cut in sections along the line
of the overlapping edge of the legging to allow of the latter being opened when
unclasped, may be arranged to any desired design of winding or binding. For
instance in Figures 1 and 2 the straps are arranged to represent a spiral binding,
whilst Figure 3 shows a crossed binding.
In Figures 1 and 2 the portion of the strap at the top of the legging is made
to assist the fastening by being actually buckled over the front, but this part of
the strap, may, if desired, be cut through at the front in the same way as the
other parts of the strap. In some cases I may even dispense with the "winding
straps altogether, or I may simply use a short strap and buckle at the top in con-
junction with the spring fastening down the front.
It will be understood that any other form of clasp or spring or fastening capable
of being easily and quickly opened and closed may be used. Figure 4 for example
shows a clasp consisting of studs a¹ and sockets ¹ the studs having their heads
split to give them a slight spring to adapt them to snap into the sockets (Figure 3).
To assist the appearance of the straps being the means of fastening, it is prefer-
able to conceal the spring fastenings or clasps in such a way as to render them
invisible when the legging is closed.
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. The improvement in leggings, which consists in providing them with spring
fastenings, clasps, or similar means of quickly securing them on the legs, but
arranged up the front instead of the side, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. The combination of a legging, spring fastenings, clasps, or similar means of
quickly securing same on the leg, and a strap or straps arranged immovably on
the legging in the form of a binding having the appearance of fastening the leg-
ging but divided along the overlapping edge of the legging so as not to interfere
with the latter being opened, substantially as described.
3. A legging having a spring or clasp fastening or the like arranged up the
front instead of the side, and a strap and buckle at the top to assist the fastening
substant ally as described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London.