Improvements in the Cutting Out and Making Up of Riding Breeches, Riding Trousers, Pantaloons, and such like Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 29th Apr., 1887.
Improvements in the Cutting Out and Making Up of Riding
Breeches, Riding Trousers, Pantaloons, and such like Articles.
We, WILLIAM WALLACE CRISP of 314 Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Managing Director to Crisp's Patent Tailoring Company Limited and ROBERT LEY
Wood of 2 Ormond Place, Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester Solicitor 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 invention has for its object improvements in the cutting out and making up
of riding breeches, riding trousers, pantaloons and such like articles whereby the
ordinary inside fork seams are dispensed with and instead thereof seams are placed in
such positions as to ensure the wearer perfect freedom from chafing. For this purpose
we so cut out the cloth or other material to form the breechics or other like articles as
to dispense with the inside seams ordinarily employed and instead thereof to place
seams somewhat to the front of the legs in a greater or less curve as may be
required.
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It is usual when making riding breeches and such like articles as heretofore to
"strap" the fork seams but according to our invention the necessity for "strapping"
the inside seam is obviated although such "strapping" may be used if desired, or the
seams may be so formed as to represent strapping.
And in order that our said invention may be readily carried into effect, we will
proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to describe the same.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a front view of a pair of riding breeches made according to
our invention with the seams, in lieu of the fork seams, placed somewhat to the front
of the legs. Figure 2 represents the outline of a piece of cloth cut out according to
our invention to form the back part of one leg of a pair of riding breeches and
figure 3 represents the outline of a piece of cloth cut out according to our invention
to form the front of one leg of a pair of riding breeches.
Our invention applies to the inside seams a (see Figure 1) of riding breeches, riding
trousers, pantaloons and such like articles, which, as shown at Figure 1 are made to

page_text: follow a curved line commencing with a somewhat sharp curve a¹ at the junction with
the fork and being continued in a curved line down somewhat to the front of the
thigh entirely away from the seat and from between the legs and the fork b thereby
entirely removing the seams from the seat or from between the legs which is the
position they assume when the ordinary fork seams are used, c are the ordinary side
seams.
The outline of material to form the back of riding breeches as shown at Figure 2
is of the ordinary form from the waist downwards to the region of the fork at E but
follows on to a much greater distance than in ordinary riding breeches, to the point e
which has the effect of throwing the inside seam forward as shown at a, a, a in
Figure 1.
The material to form the front of riding breeches is of the ordinary outline from the
waist down to the point E at the commencement of the fork where instead of being
carried down the fork on the inside of the leg or at the back thereof it follows a
sharp reverse curve which merges into the curved line E L down the front of the
thigh to the front of the knee but slightly inwards.
In figure 2 A B is the balance line, CA is the back line, D E is the fork line
FA is the trip line, G H is the thigh line, I J is the knee line K L is the bottom line
and the dotted line E N shows where the fork or inside seam comes in ordinary
riding breeches.
In figure 3A B is the balance line, CA is the front line D E is the fork
line F, F is the hip line, G H is the thigh line, I J is the knee line and L K the bottom
line.
In making up a pair of riding breeches cut out in the manner above described with
respect to figures and 3 the points F F, D D, E E, G G, HH, I I, J J, K K
and L L are brought together, the points L'K' in Figure 2 are brought together
and the lines L' B, K' B are drawn together to shape the leg as heretofore this will
form one leg of a pair of riding breeches.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
The improved method of cutting out and making up of riding breeches, riding
trousers, pantaloons and such like articles whereby the inside seams are placed some-
what to the front of the leg substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
Dated this 29th day of March 1887
WILLIAM WALLACE CRISP.
ROBERT LEY WOOD.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.