Improvements in Trouser Protectors and in Fasteners to be used therewith.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trouser Protectors and in Fasteners to be used
therewith.
We THOMAS BUTLER ASHFORD, WILLIAM SHADE FIELDS, and JAMES
DAVID SUTTON all of Kinston, North Carolina, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of protector that is connected to the inside of
back of bottom of trousers, to hold same off the heel part of boot; the protecting
portion being preferably formed of a piece of india rubber web secured to the
inside hem of bottom of trousers by metal tongues stamped out from a band of
metal encircling the web, one set of tongues secure the bands to the web, the other
set of tongues secures the web part to the trousers. By this means iof attaching
a protector, nothing denoting the attachment is shown on the outside of the
.trousers.
Dated this n0th day of M 1901
FREDERIC PRINCE
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trouser Protectors and in Fasteners to be used
therewith.
We, THOMAS BUTLER ASHFORD, Salesman, WILLIAM SHADE FIELDS
Farmer, and JAMES DAVID SUTTON Farmer, all of Kinston, North Carolina,
United States of America, 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 protectors for the back of the bottom of inside of
trousers to prevent that part from rubbing against the back or heel part of the
boot and so protecting the trousers from mud. To enable this invention to be
properly understood we will proceed to fully describe the same with the aid of the
accompanying drawings.
Figure 1, is a partial sectional elevation of the lower part of trousers leg showing
our protector attached.
Figure 2, is a view of one side of the protector.
Figure 3, a view of the fastening devices used to secure the protector to the
trousers.
A, is the trousers. A', the inside hem at bottom B, a portion of indiarubber
wch or other suitable material forming the protector. This is attached to the
inside hem of the trousers by the strip of metal shown at Figure 3. This metal is
made with punched out tongues D, D', D2, and hole C₁; and is wrapped round the
part B and the tongue D2 passed through the material and through the hole C',
and rivetted down, thus securing the metal stays to the part B as shown in
Figure 2. To attach this protector to the trousers the tongues D, D' are passed
through the inside hem at the bottom of trousers and turned down as shown at
Figure 1. By this means the protector can be secured to the inside of the bottom
of trousers without any attachment being visible from the outside.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
A protector for the inside of trousers and means for attaching the same
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 24th day of June 1891
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for
Applicants.