Improvements in Dress Protectors, Facings, and Bindings.
Year: 1896

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress Protectors, Facings, and Bindings.
A communication from abroad by WALTER WOOD DENNIS, of 124 West
Houston Street, New York City, New York, United States of America,
Manufacturer.
I, JOHN CORRY FELL, of the Firm of Fell and James, of 1 Queen Victoria
Street, in the City of London, Chartered Patent Agents, 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 :-
My invention relates to dress protectors, facings, and bindings, such as are
ordinarily used at or near the bottom of skirts or other articles of wearing apparel,
and my invention consists in the construction of the dress protector, facing, or
binding as hereinafter described.
The object of my invention is to make the dress protector, facing, or binding
waterproof, conformable, light, comparatively inexpensive, and capable of
protecting the edge of the garment to which it is applied from wear or
dampness.
This object is attained in the dress facing herein described and illustrated in the
drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this application, in which the same
reference letters indicate the same or corresponding parts, and in which :-
Figure 1 is a view of a dress skirt partly broken away to show the dress
protector and facing adjusted in position;
Figure 2 is a view in plan of a length of the protector and facing showing the
conformable joint between the sections of material;
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the end of the length of facing;
Figure 4 is a like view showing a different form of lower edge for the facing
from that shown in Figure 3;
Figure 5 is an edge view of a length of facing showing the conformable joint
between the sections of material; aud
Figure 6 is a plan view of a piece of fabric, the dotted lines showing the bias
cutting.
In making my facing, I select a suitable fabric and apply thereto a coating
of rubber in a plastic condition. I then cut the fabric into bias strips of the
desired width for the facing, as illustrated in Figure 6. By this means I obtain
sections of facing such as are designated by the reference letters B and B' in
Figures 2 and 5. These strips or sections of facing are laid end to end in the
manner shown in Figure 2, their bias cut ends touching closely but not over-
lapping, and along the joints so formed I then place narrow strips of gutta percha
film or very thin adhesive material D, which cover the joints and make from the
several strips of fabric a continuous piece of facing of an even thickness.
After this has been accomplished I next fold over one edge of the facing so as
to bring the coated surfaces together, forming a longitudinal hem at the edge of
the facing, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 at E.
The facing may be provided with a thickened or beaded edge, and this is
desirable in order that it may better protect the lower edge of the garment to
which it is applied from wear. The beaded or thickened edge may be formed by
introducing a rubber tube or cord into the hem as shown in Figure 3 at H, or
the lower edge may be turned over to form a lip or flange, as shown in Figure 4
at H

page_text: The facing may then be vulcanized in the same manner in which mackintosh
cloth is treated.
The dress protector, facing, and binding thus produced is conformable and may
be applied to any curve without cutting or notching. It is waterproof, and
therefore protects the garment to which it is applied against moisture and
dampness. It also protects the edge of the garment against wear, and is
particularly effective in doing so if provided with a thickened or beaded edge, as
shown in Figures 3 and 4.
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 :-
1. A dress facing, comprising a series of bias cut strips of fabric, coated on one
face with an adhesive material, said strips being cemented together with the bias
cut ends abutting, and one longitudinal edge of the facing being hemmed with the
coated surfaces in contact, as set forth.
2. A dress facing, comprising a series of bias cut strips of fabric, coated ou one
face with an adhesive material, said strips being cemented together with the bias
cut ends abutting, and one longitudinal edge of the facing been hemmed with the
coated surfaces in contact and thickened to protect the edge of the garment, as set
forth.
3. A dress facing, comprising a series of bias cut strips of fabric, coated on one
face with an adhesive material, said strips being cemented together with the bias
cut ends abutting, and one longitudinal edge of the facing being hemmed with the
coated surfaces in contact and having a cord between the thicknesses of fabric at
the bottom of the hem, whereby a beaded edge is produced, as set forth.
Dated this 11th day of August 1896.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.