IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGH BOOTS, GAITERS, KNICKER- BOCKERS, LEGGINGS. AND OTHER SUCH LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Hibling, of 14, Blomfield Street North,
Kingsland Road, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGH BOOTS, GAITERS, KNICKER-
BOCKERS, LEGGINGS. AND OTHER SUCH LIKE ARTICLES."
Sealed the 19th July 1861, and dated the 21st January 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Hibling at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
January 1861.
I, HENRY HIBLING, of 14, Blomfield Street North, Kingsland Road, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGH BOOTS, GAITERS, KNICKERBOCKERS,
LEGGINGS, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to manufacture gaiters or leggings of any
description in such a manner that they shall fit various sized legs by forming
them of one piece of material to overlap on the edges, and placing a spring
around the top and bottom of each, so that they shall adhere close to the legs
of the wearer, and to keep them securely attached I propose placing sliding
adjustments upon each, so that by a set screw they may be retained in their
places when once drawn tight round the legs; the same adjustable slides are
equally applicable to high boots, knickerbockers, and othersuch like coverings
for the legs, the purpose of utility being that they may be worn either under
or outside the trousers, according to the weather.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Hibling in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th July 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
HIBLING, of 14, Blomfield Street North, Kingsland Road, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Hibling, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Hibling,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Hibling, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF HIGH BOOTS, GAITERS, KNICKERBOCKERS, LEGGINGS, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Hibling, 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 Henry Hibling, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
The object of this Invention is to manufacture gaiters or leggings of any
description in such a manner that they shall fit various sized legs, or that they
may be worn either under or over the trousers, as may be desired.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same
into practical effect, as follows:-1 form the gaiters, leggings, or leg part of
high boots of one piece of material, or when desired to fit the shape of the leg,
then in two pieces, but in either case the edges (at the line of juncture) are to
overlap; a spring may be placed around the top or bottom, or both, as may be

page_text: desirable, so that they may be adhere closely to the legs of the wearer, and
remain securely attached. I also place a sliding adjustment upon these leggings,
such slide being provided with a set screw to retain the leggings in their places
when once drawn tight round the leg. In some instances I employ a band of
suitable material having holes perforated therein on one side the legging or
gaiter, and a hook on the other side, which will answer the same purpose; or
in others a metallic spring may be placed perpendicularly on the outside edge
with projecting ends which take into spaces formed by the sewing of a strap
at top and bottom at intervals; the principal object of this Invention being
that one pair of gaiters, leggings, knickerbockers, or high boots, may fit the
legs of various sized persons.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention of "Improvements in
the Manufacture of High Boots, Gaiters, Knickerbockers, Leggings, and other
such like Articles," and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I would
remark, in conclusion, that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein
described, as many known fastenings may be used with equal advantage, nor to
precise shape of the articles themselves, as they also may be varied according
to the taste or fancy of the wearer; but what I claim as my Invention, and
therefore wish to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters
Patent, is, the manufacture of the before-named articles, so as to fit various
sized legs, in the manuer herein described for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Hibling, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
HENRY HIBLING. (L.s.)
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Agent for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross.