Improvements in Cuffs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Cuffs.
I, ROSE ASHCROFT (MRS.), of 13, Stratford Avenue, Highgate, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in cuffs and
has for its object to provide a simple means whereby cuffs may be readily attached
to the shirt sleeve, thus keeping the cuff in position and preventing it from
riding down the wrist. In carrying my invention into practice I attach by means
of sewing a tab crosswise on the inside of the cuff, that is to say it is placed at
right angles to the cuff which is furnished with a button hole at each
end to
to
enable it being attached the button on the shirt sleeve.
The cuff may be reversed and either ends of the tab may be used for
connecting to the shirt sleeve. I may in some cases use a single tab instead of
the double tab and I may when desired sew or form a loop on the inside of the
cuff, and pass the tab therethrough.
Or I may sew a button on the cuff or make a button hole on the tab for con-
necting the two together.
Furthermore I may attach a tab to the inside of the cuff by a metal clip or
its equivalent.
Or I may fasten the cuff to the shirt sleeve by simply using a stud and ordinary
button holes.
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WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Cuffs.
I, ROSE ASHCROFT (MRS.), of 13, Stratford Avenue, Highgate, Birmingham,
County of Warwick, 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:―
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in cuffs and
has for its object to provide a simple means whereby cuffs may be readily attached
to the shirt sleeve, thus keeping the cuff in place and preventing it from riding
down the wrist. In carrying my invention into practice I attach (by sewing)
a tab crosswise on the inside of the cuff that is to say it is placed at right angles
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page_text: to the cuff and is of the same material being furnished with a button hole at each
end to enable it being attached to the button on the shirt sleeve. The cuff may
be reversed and either one or the other of the ends of the tab may be used for
connecting to the shirt sleeve. I may in some cases use a single tab and when
desired sew or form a loop on the inside of the cuff, and pass the tab through or
I may sew a button on the cuff or make a button hole on the tab for connecting
the twogether. Or I may attach a tab to the inside of the cuff by a metal
clip or its equivalent.
Or I may fasten the cuff to the shirt sleeve by simply using a stud and ordinary
button hole.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will describe it
by reference to the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicating
similar parts.
Figure 1 shows a plan of the underside of a cuff to which is attached by sewing
the tab B. B¹, and 132 are two flaps provided with button holes C, C¹ for attaching
the cuff to a button on the shirt sleeve. The cuff may be reversed and either button
hole C or C¹ used for attachment to the shirt sleeve.
Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line x, y, and shows the flaps of the tab
more clearly.
Figure 2 illustrates a modification of my invention in which I use a single
tab A attached near the centre of the cuff the said tab may be turned over into the
position shown in dotted lines A¹ also in Figure 4 which is a cross section on
line x, y.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The combination with a cuff of a tab or tabs or their equivalent for attaching
a cuff to a shirt sleeve substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
day of February 1898.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.