Year: 1888

page_text: I, EDWIN CULLEY, of No. 1, Little Horton Lane, Bradford in the County of
York, Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to the collars of
gentlemen's coats and the object of the said invention is to provide means for
holding the tips of the collar approximately together when the coat is unbuttoned
thereby supporting the coat in position and preventing it falling away in unsightly
wrinkles.
My said improvements consist in employing a steel band, wire, or wires formed
and arranged in the manner hereinafter described.
To carry out my invention I use a steel tape of suitable width, curved in the
form of a segment of a circle and approximately corresponding in shape to a coat
collar when it is cut. The said curved segment is then bent in a circular form the
two ends being brought together in such a manner as to adapt it to lie neatly
below the collar and by springing or pressing against the crease of the collar
prevent the coat flying open when unbuttoned. Holes are provided at the tips and
at other portions of the tape to enable it to be stitched to the coat or otherwise
secured in position.
I may use a suitably tempered wire in lieu of the said tape the ends of such
wire being bent in the form of eyes to afford means of attachment as well as
preventing them piercing or damaging the cloth.
In a similar manner two or more wires may be used preferably arranged in a
parallel form and suitably connected together.
Data: 10th
2 T1 1000
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.

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I, EDWIN CULLEY, of 1, Little Horton Lane, Bradford in the County of York,
Tailor, 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 improvements in or appertaining to the collars of
gentlemens coats and the object of the said invention is to provide means for
holding the tips of the collar approximately together when the coat is unbuttoned
thereby supporting the coat in position and preventing it falling away in unsightly
wrinkles.
My said improvements consist in employing a steel band preferably of flat section
formed and arranged in the manner herein-after described.
To carry out my invention I use a steel tape curved in a suitable form so as to
approximately correspond in shape to a coat collar when it is cut. The said curved
tape is then more or less twisted and bent so as to bring the two ends together in
such a manner as to adapt it to lie neatly below the collar and by springing or
pressing against the crease of the collar prevent the coat flying open when
unbuttoned. The tape is hardened this shape and tempered to a spring temper.
Holes may be provided at the tips or at other portions of the tape to enable it to
be stitched to the coat to secure it in position if desired.
To more fully illustrate my invention I have appended a sheet of drawings in
which Figure 1, represents a front view of my improved apparatus before it is
placed beneath the collar. Figure 2, is a side view of the same, and Figure 3, is
a front view of a coat with said appliance represented in position beneath the collar
by the dotted lines.
The central part A of the spring tape is placed at the back of the collar and the
ends B and C spring apart so as to respectively lie beneath the tips D and E of the
collar F of the coat G and hold them approximately in the position represented,
thus keeping the coat straight and free from unsightly wrinkles.
The said spring tape may be formed to the required shape by bending it preferably
in a heated state round a suitable metallic block and afterwards tempering it to
spring temper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I claim is :—
:-
A curved steel spring formed and arranged to be held beneath the coat collar
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 10th day of May 1889
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.