IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF APRONS, BIBS, AND POUCHES FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Siegfried Simon, of 29, Falcon Square, London,
Leather Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF APRONS, BIBS, AND POUCHES FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN AND
INFANTS." A communication from abroad from Siegfried Simon, of
Berlin, Prussia.
Sealed the 8th May 1868, and dated the 9th November 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Siegfried Simon at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th November 1867.
I, SIEGFRIED SIMON, of 29, Falcon Square, London, Leather Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF APRONS, BIBS, AND POUCHES FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN AND
INFANTS, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of making aprons, bibs, and pouches for the use of
infants and children, of leather, American leather cloth, or other like leathers
or cloths. In feeding infants, and when young children feed themselves, the
dress gets soiled and is wetted, for the ordinary aprons, bibs, and pinafores,
being made of linen or calico, speedily become saturated, unsightly, and
uncomfortable.

page_text: My improved bibs, aprons, and pouches are made by preference of leather,
and in addition to the useful purpose they serve they have a pretty
appearance.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Siegfried Simon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th May 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SIEGFRIED
SIMON, of Falcon Square, London, Leather Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Siegfried Simon, Her special licence that I, the said Siegfried Simon,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Siegfried Simon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF APRONS, BIBS, AND POUCHES FOR THE USE OF
CHILDREN AND INFANTS," a communication to me from abroad from Siegfried
Simon, of Berlin, Prussia, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Siegfried Simon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Siegfried Simon, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention consists of making aprons, bibs, and pouches for the use of
children and infants, of leather, or American leather cloth, or other like
impervious and damp-resisting materials or fabrics. When infants are fed by
hand, and when young children feed themselves their dress speedily becomes

page_text: soiled and wet; the ordinary aprons, bibs, and pinafores, being made of linen
or calico, this produces discomfort to the wearer, renders the garments
unsightly, and causes continual changes of linen to be necessary both for
comfort and appearance.
I manufacture my improved aprons, bibs, and pouches for children and
infants, of leather or leather cloth; they are not easily saturated and therefore
keep the person and the clothes of the child dry, they require no washing, and
last a long time, and the aprons in particular are ornamental and elegant in
appearance.
In witness whereof, I, the said Siegfried Simon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of May, A.D. 1868.
AFARID
SIEGFRIED
FRIED SIMON. (..)