IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PORTION OF GENTLEMAN'S ATTIRE CALLED THE VEST OR WAISTCOAT
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sigmund Goldstein, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THAT PORTION OF GENTLEMAN'S ATTIRE CALLED THE VEST OR WAISTCOAT."
Sealed the 17th March 1868, and dated the 8th January 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sigmund Goldstein
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 8th January 1868.
I; SIGMUND GOLDSTEIN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THAT PORTION OF GENTLEMAN'S ATTIRE CALLED THE VEST OR
WAISTCOAT," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to that portion of gentleman's attire called the
vest or waistcoat, and is designed for the purpose of providing the wearer
with a manifold vest, that is, a vest that will enable the wearer to present
four distinct fronts of different pattern or material in one garment, and
the improvement consists in forming or constructing the garment four-
fold or quadruple, that is, that each front exposed or presentable is a
duplicate in shape and cut to the back, the attaching hooks, buttons,
or buckles being placed up the fronts or sides of the garment, as most
convenient. The cloth or other material composing the duplicate vests

page_text: may be faced or finished on both sides, or they may be composed of
separate pieces of material of different and various designs, which are
also supplied respectively with the requisite complement of pockets; by
this arrangement of vest the wearer is enabled to present at various
times in the same garment four distinct faces or vest fronts. In order
that the vest not presented when reversed so as to be covered by the
coat shall not have an open space in the place where the front would
come, a piece of cloth similar in shape to such opening is attached to
the neck or collar of the vest that will adapt itself to the opening in
the back of any of the duplicates so as to cover the same. The vests
may be formed with or without collars; when collars are employed or
worn as facings, I prefer plating or tucking the same out of one piece
of material so as to give the same durability and stiffness.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Sigmund Goldstein in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SIGMUND
GOLDSTEIN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-first
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Sigmund Goldstein, Her special license, that I,
the said Sigmund Goldstein, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Sigmund Goldstein, my executors, admi-
nistrators, 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, usc, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, the Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT
PORTION OF GENTLEMAN'S 'ATTIRE' CALLED THE VÉST OR WAISTCOAT," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Sigmund Goldstein, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: 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 Sigmund Goldstein, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to that portion of gentleman's attire called the
vest or waistcoat, and is designed for the purpose of providing the wearer
with a manyfold vest, that is, a vest that will enable the wearer to present
four distinct fronts of different patterns or materials in one garment,
and the improvements consist in forming or constructing the garment
four-fold or quadruple, that is, each front exposed or presentable is a
duplicate in shape and cut to the back, the attaching hooks, buttons,
or buckles being placed up the fronts or sides of the garment, as most
convenient, the cloth or other material composing the duplicate vests
may be faced or finished on both sides, or they may be composed of
separate pieces of material of different and various designs, which are
also supplied respectively with the requisite compliment of pockets; by
this arrangement of vest the wearer is enabled to present at various
times in the same garment four distinct faces or vest fronts. In order
that the vest not presented when reversed so as to be covered by the
coat shall not have an open space in the place where the front would
come, a piece of cloth similar in shape to such opening is attached to
the neck or collar of the vest that will adapt itself to the opening in
the back of any of the duplicates so as to cover the same; the vest
may be formed with or without collars; when collars are employed or
worn as facings I prefer plating or tucking the same out of one piece
of material so as to give the same durability and stiffness.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained
in detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings illustrative of
same.
Fig. 1 represents the front of the improved manyfold vest; Fig. 2
represents the duplicate or back; Fig. 3 represents a perspective open
view of the quadruple vest; and Fig. 4 represents, as an example, the
class, style, or construction of collar I prefer.
In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a, a, are fronts composed of similar material and
pattern; b, b, are the reverse of the fronts a, a, which are also com-

page_text: posed of similar material and pattern; c, c, and d, d, are duplicates of
a, a, and b, b, with this exception, that they are composed of different
materials; by this novel construction each front of the vest exposed is
a duplicate in shape and cut to the back, the attaching buttons or
fasteners e, e, being placed up the front or sides of the garment, as t
most convenient; the pockets f, f, are formed between the material
composing the back and front of each vest, a slit or opening being cut
through and bound, by this means the same pockets answers for the
back or front of the same vest when presented outwards. In order that
the duplicate vest not presented when reversed so as to form the back
when covered by the coat shall not have an open space in the place
where the shirt front would come a piece of cloth g is attached to the
neck or collar of the vest that will adapt itself to the opening in the
back of any of the duplicates so as to cover the same. By this arrange-
ment of vest the wearer is enabled to present at various times in the
same garment four distinct faces or vest fronts.
In Fig. 4 is shewn a construction of collars made out of one piece
of material plaited or tucked, which may be made separate for the
purpose of being worn attached or detached, by which means the collar
is rendered both durable and ornamental.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with
the method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be
understood that I claim,-
First. The novel construction, combination, and arrangement of
manyfold or quadruple vest or waistcoat, as herein-before described.
Secondly. I claim the novel construction and method of plaiting or
tucking collars or facings for the purpose of durability, together with
the general construction and arrangement of vest, as herein-before
described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sigmund Goldstein, have hereunto
I set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.