A NEW OR IMPROVED TROUSER PROTECTOR
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lorentz Albert Groth, K,G,V, Civil Engineer and
Proprietor of the Scandinavian Patent Office under the firm of L. A. Groth
& Co 97 Finsbury Pavement London E.C. for an invention of "A NEW
OR IMPROVED TROUSER PROTECTOR" A communication from abroad by
Adrian F. Milders, of Berlin, in the German empire, but a subject of the King
of Holland.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lorentz Albert Groth at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th February 1882.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K,G,V, Civil Engineer, and Proprietor of the
Scandinavian Patent Office, under the firm of L. A. Groth & Co, 97 Finsbury
Pavement, London, E.C. "A NEW OR IMPROVED TROUSER PROTECTOR " A coin-
munication from abroad by Adrian F. Milders of Berlin in the German Empiro,
but a subject of the King of Holland,
This trouser protector consists of peices of sheet metal, India-rubber cloth, india-
rubber sheet, oil cloth, waterproof, or other suitable material, fastened together,
and forming two flaps, which when folded together and applied to the trousers,
lay one against the outside and the other against the inside of the lower end of the
trouser leg, the bottom seam, hem, or edge of the trouser leg is thus enclosed
between the said Baps. This trouser protector may be fastened to the trousers by
means of spring nippers, or spring pins, or rivets, which pass through the trouser
material and are closed over or fastened to the outer flaps of the trouser protector,
or by an arrangement of clip pins, or of gripping apparatus with a hinge and spring
or other simple means or apparatus which allows the trouser protector to be easily
put on or taken off at any time. Where not made of metal, the trouser protectors
can be adapted to fold, so that they can be carried in the pocket.
In order to form the trouser protectors so that they set close to the legs of the
trousers, they may be previously pressed to shape and so treated that they set
against the material of the trousers, without forming wrinkles or pleats. These
trouser protectors may be made of finer and softer material without pressing, but
they do not fulfil their object so perfectly, as, when made of the materials above
mentioned

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Lorentz Albert Groth in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th September 1882.
"
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Proprietor of the
Scandinavian Patent Office under the firm of L. A. Groth & Co 97 Finsbury
Pavement London E.C. "A NEW OR IMPROVED TROUSER PROTECTOR A com-
munication from abroad by Adrian F Milders, of Berlin in the German Empire,
but a subject of the King of Holland.
This trouser protector consists of pieces of sheet metal, India rubber cloth, india
rubber sheet, oil cloth, waterproof, or other suitable material fastened together and
forming two flaps A and B (see the drawing) which when folded and pinched-
together lengthwise and applied to the trousers lay one against the outside and the
other against the inside of the lower end of the trouser leg, the bottom seam, hem
or edge of the trouser leg is thus enclosed between the said flaps and presses
against the clip D. This trouser protector when not made of spring sheet metal
and pressed into the shape of the trouser leg (which is hereby reserved) may be
fastened to the trousers by means of spring nippers a. b. c. or spring pins or rivets &
which pass through the trouser material and are closed over or fastened on the
outer flaps of the trouser protector, or by an arrangement of clip pins or of gripping
apparatus with a hinge and spring or other simple means or apparatus which allows
the trouser protector to be easily put on or taken off at any time
When not made of metal the trouser protectors may be adapted to fold so that
they can be carried in the pocket
In order to form the trouser protectors so that they set close to the legs of the
trousers they may be previously pressed to shape and so treated that the clip D
and the flaps A and B set against the material of the trousers without forming
wrinkles or pleats.
Trouser protectors made of finer and softer material without pressing do not
fulfil their object so perfectly as when made of the materials above mentioned.
Having now described the nature of the said invention and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect I would have it understood that what I
claim is.
First The trouser protector formed of pieces of sheet metal india rubber cloth,
oil cloth, caoutchoue, water proof and other fabrics connected and folded together
in such manner that while the bottom hem of the trouser leg lays against the
longitudinal clip of the protector the flaps of the said protector press together
on the inner and outer sides of the trouser leg as described and shown in the
drawing
Second The use of spring nippers, spring pin closers, spring hinges and other
such like appliances for the purpose of fastening the said trouser protectors in the
desired position as described
Third The previous pressing of the trouser protector for the purpose of imparting
the desired form thereto as described.
Fourth The trouser protector formed of spring sheet metal pressed into the
desired form and held fast to the trouser leg by its own elasticity or by other
springs as described.
In witness whereof I the said Lorentz Albert Groth have hereunto set my
hand and seal this cleventh day of September in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH (L.S.)