Improvements in and relating to Aprons.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Aprons.
I, WILLIAM RAE, of 7 Back George Street, Manchester Lancashire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows :—
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This invention has reference to and comprises an improved method of securing
ladies aprons on the wearer.
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"Under my method I have strings or bands extending from each side of the
waist band at top of apron body, and which would be secured and knotted round
the waist of the wearer. Further I would have strings or bands extending from
each side of the top of apron bib; and in securing the apron on the wearer, these
bands would be diagonally crossed to, come down the back of wearer, and their free
ends would be passed through tapes, loops, eyes or clips secured at the inner ends
of the aforesaid waist band strings. After passing round the waist band strings
and through the loops on same the ends of these extended bib bands would double
up and be secured by holes to buttons sewn on these bands some distance back from
their ends; or instead of buttons they may be secured by buckles, or equivalent
fastenings.
Dated the 21st February 1894.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Aprons.
I, WILLIAM RAE, of 7 Back George Street, Manchester, Lancashire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, that is to say :-
This invention has reference to and comprises an improved method of securing
ladies aprons on the wearer.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a back elevation of an apron as secured according to my improved
inethod, and
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the apron as fitted on a lady. While
Figure 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing an alternative arrangement
of my improvements.
Referring to these drawings :—Under my method, as shown in Figure 1 I have
strings or bands a extending from each side of the waist band b at top of apron
body B, and which would be secured and knotted round the waist of the wearer.
Further I have strings or bands c extending from each side of the top of apron
bib C; and in securing the apron on the wearer, these bands c would be diagonally
crossed at c to come down the back of wearer, and their free ends would be passed
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page_text: through tapes, loops, eyes or clips at a secured at the inner ends of the aforesaid
waist band strings a. After passing round the waist band strings a and through
the loops a on same, the ends of these extended bib bands c are doubled up and
secured at by holes to buttons sewn on these bands some distance back from
their ends; or instead of buttons they may be secured by buckles, or equivalent
fastenings.
By an alternate arrangement, as shown in Figure 3, the loops a' are formed on
the ends of the bib strings c and the waist band strings a are drawn through said
loops, and knotted as in the previous arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The method of securing ladies aprons on the wearer, by passing the ends of the
bib strings through loops or their equivalents on the waist band strings, or vice versa,
substantially as herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated the 19th
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W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.