AND RELATING TO SHIRTS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Davis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th August 1880.
LOUIS DAVIS, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.
AND RELATING TO SHIRTS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This Invention is designed to do away with the awkward shoulder yoke now
universal in shirts. For this purpose I cut the shirt out in a peculiar manner, and
the body is strapped like a travelling overcoat. By this means the neck-band
cannot slip from under a false collar, and the strappings being more in the shape of
the body and double, without seams in the wearing places, the wear and tear is
very much reduced. The double back plate comes over the shoulder with perhaps
a seam on the shoulder, and the strapping or double part carried down to the depth
of the sleeve. The cuffs I make double, so that in the morning the top one can be
folded down, and in the evening, when the lower part is soiled, the upper and
longer one can be erected in place, the lower one then being higher up the arm
and out of sight.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Louis Davis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th February
1881.
LOUIS DAVIS, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.
AND RELATING TO SHIRTS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This Invention is designed to do away with the awkward shoulder yoke now
universal in shirts. For this purpose I cut the shirt out in a peculiar manner,
almost exactly similar to the way a tailor cuts out a coat. I strap the body like
a travelling overcoat. In the Drawing, Figs. 1 and 2 show the actual patterns
reduced in size used for cutting out a shirt. Fig. 1 being the main body; Fig. 2,
double back plate; Fig. 3 is a pen and ink sketch of a double cuff as described
further on.
•
By means of this mode of cutting, the neck band cannot slip from under a false
collar, and the strappings being more in the shape of the body and double, without
seams in the wearing places, the wear and tear is very much reduced. The double
back plate (Fig. 2) comes over the shoulder with perhaps a seam on the shoulder,
and the strapping or double part carried down to the depth of the sleeve.
The cuffs I make double, the linen being only two fold at the turn, while the
main part of the wristband I make four fold, so that in the morning the top one
can be folded down; and in the evening, when the lower part is soiled, the upper
and longer one can be erected in place, the lower one then being higher up the arm
and out of sight. To accommodate the varying length of the two cuffs and also to
enable the wearer to shorten the sleeve when desirable, so as to hide a cuff or draw
it up when washing the hands or doing dirty work, I place one or more lugs on
the sleeve, and a button on the thick part by the shoulder; by buttoning the lug
onto this button the sleeve is foreshortened.
Having now described my Invention and the best modes known to me of
carrying it into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not bind myself to the
exact shapes here shown, nor to shirts opening at the back only, as the cutting and
design can be varied a little in shape without departing from the principle, but I
claim as new,-
1st. The manufacture of shirts cut out substantially as described in the first
part of my Specification.
2nd. The double cuff and its connection, substantially as herein described and
shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Davis, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one
LOUIS DAVIS. (L.S.)