An Improvement in the Skirt of Ladies' Riding Habits.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nv., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Skirt of Ladies' Riding Habits.
I, HARRY HARRISON of Jessamine Park Avenue Worcester Ladies' Tailor and
Habit Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvement in the skirt of ladies' riding habits constituting this invention
consists in so making the skirt by a simple additional contrivance that in the event
of the wearer being thrown it shall not be liable to catch in or on the pommels of
the saddle.
I am aware that more complicated devices have been proposed to effect this.
According to this invention I have an arrangement consisting of a garter made
of any suitable material preferably leather to be worn above the right knee with
the buckle end (or the end used for any other suitable fastening) attached firmly
by sewing (or other suitable means) to the habit skirt for about six inches imme-
diately above the right knee, sufficiently far only for this not to interfere with the
hang of the habit skirt at that place. The reverse end of the garter, which has a
metal bar attached, is passed round the inside of right leg and through a suitable
hole in the underpart of skirt at a position situated under the right leg immediately
above the knee and strapped or fastened by means of a buckle (or any other suitable
fastening) so arranged when in use that the habit skirt shall fit the right knee
tightly.
Second. I also have a metal fastening preferably silver plated to attach the
underpart to the top part of the habit skirt by means of an eyelet hole, nut, and
screw immediately above the point of the top left hand pommel.
According to my plan, should the rider be thrown off her saddle, the habit by
this contrivance must free itself of the pommels causing dragging from the pommels
to be an impossibility at the same time avoiding any unsightly means in effecting
the safety of the garment.
Dated this 20th day of December 1893:
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
An Improvement in the: Skirt, of Ladies' Riding Habits:
I HARRY HARRISON of Jessamine Park Avenue Worcester in the County, of
Worcester Ladies' Tailor and Habit Maker 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 improvement in the skirt of ladies' riding habits constituting this invention
consists in so making the skirt by a simple additional contrivance that in the event
of the wearer being thrown it shall not be liable to catch in or on the pommels of
the saddle. I am aware that more complicated devices have been proposed'to effect
this. According to this invention I have an, arrangement consisting of a garter
made of any suitable material preferably leather to be worn above right knee with
the buckle end (or the end used, for any other suitable fastening) attached firmly
by sewing (or any other suitable means) to the habit skirt for about six inches
immediately above the right knee sufficiently far only for this not to interfere with
the hang of the habit skirt at that place the reverse end of the garter which has a
metal bar attached is passed round the inside of right leg and through a suitable
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page_text: hole in the underpart of skirt, at a position situated under the right leg immediately
above the knee and strapped or fastened by means of a buckle (or any other suitable
fastening) so arranged when in use that the habit skirt shall fit the right knee
tightly.
Second. I also have a metal fastening preferably silver plated consisting of a nut
and screw to attach the underpart (K Sketch 5) to top part (H Sketch 4) of habit
skirt at the point situated, when mounted on the saddle, immediately over the top
of the top left hand pommel (pommel I Sketch 3).
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In the skirt I insert an eyelet hole in the top side (at H Sketch 4) and underside
(K Sketch 5) at the point situated immediately over the top left hand pommel
when mounted into which eyelet holes the screw (K Sketch 5) is passed and secured
by the nut (H Sketch 4) on the outside of skirt, to assist in securing the habit
skirt at this point round the right leg iminediately above the right-knee with the
object of drawing away the habit skirt free from the pommels in the event of the
rider being thrown.
According to my plan should the rider be thrown off her saddle the habit skirt
by this contrivance must free itself of the pommels causing dragging from the
pommels to be an impossibility at the same time avoiding any unsightly means in
effecting the safety of the garment.
To make my invention thoroughly clear I will describe it by means of the
accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is an inside view of the part of habit skirt that is next to the horse
according to one part of my invention. Figure 2 is an outside view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view of the front of habit skirt when mounted according to the
second part of my invention.
Sketch 4 is a view of the same as (Figure 3) showing skirt when dismounted.
Sketch 5 shows figure dismounted and is a view of the outside of the part of the
habit skirt that is next to the horse.
Figure 1. A is inside of skirt G garter of leather (or other suitable material)
attached to skirt (from A Figure 2) to C.
Figure 2 dotted line A to C is position of garter attached to habit skirt inside
D is hole where garter is free to pass through to outside of skirt and buckles in B.
E is metal bar to prevent the end of garter passing through buckle B.
Sketch 3 F is outside of topside of habit skirt (lefthand side) His nut which
secures screw K Sketch 5 with the object of attaching underside of skirt to the
topside of skirt immediately above the top of top left hand pommel (I dotted line
Fig. 3) Sketch 4 shows position of nut H when dismounted.
Sketch 5 shows at K position of screw which is passed through the babit skirt
under right knee.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe to
simply attach the knee to the habit skirt is not new and I lay no claim to the same
alone but what I consider novel and declare that what I claim is
I. In the skirt of ladies' riding habits a garter that can be adjusted entirely from
the outside of the skirt to the requirements of the rider when mounted that shall
assist in drawing the skirt away from the pommels of the saddle in the event of an
accident.
II. To attach the underpart of skirt to the top part of skirt at the top of pommel
(I Figure 3 dotted line).