An Improved Combined Driving and Riding Coat.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1856
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Driving and Riding Coat.
1, ALBERT BOWYER GILES, of 74 George Street, Portman Square, London
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 an improved combined driving and riding coat, the same
being especially adapted to fulfil the requirements of a perfect driving coat, in
affording a complete covering. to the knees, protection against the weather, and
comfort at all parts, and also to fulfil the requirements of a perfect riding coat in
the several like respects to those above mentioned and also in its adaptability to
the saddle: it being so formed and cut as, when sitting, to cover and protect the
knees both in riding and driving, and to be drawn away from the hinder bend of
the body so that no part of the coat will be sat upon, whereby all feeling of
restraint is avoided, and the wearer, whether riding or driving, attains every
lesired freedom of motion.
On the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, represents a side elevation of the
improved coat: and Fig. 2, represents a back elevation thereof.
The aforesaid advantages are attained by the several features of cutting the
body a, and especially the skirt portions a', thereof of a much greater width than
is usual, and by cutting or making the back and front openings b, c, of the skirt as
hereinafter described, the back opening b, being determined by its coincidence
with the bend of the body when sitting, and the front opening c, being determined
by the positioning of the bottom fastening c¹, in accordance with the interior angle
formed by the body when sitting in the saddle, these combined features enabling
the half skirts a', to fall and be kept naturally over the knees, and to be drawn
thereby clear of the seat so as not to be sat upon or to interfere in any way with
the sitting accommodation.
All upper parts of the coat exposed to the weather are made double and water-
proof, the doubled part being externally applied and consisting of two half fronts d,
an entire back piece d', and two sleeve pieces d', which are all stitched to the
ordinary front, back and sleeve parts of the garment, as represented.
The improved coat is thus characterized by an unusual width or fulness of skirt
and by the lowest fastenings of the skirt-front being arranged in consonance with
the forward angle of the body when sitting, and by the openings of the skirt-back
being arranged in consonance with the termination of the spine and with the
exterior angle of the body when sitting, these features being co-operative in
ensuring the natural falling of the front parts of the skirt over the knees and the
maintenance thereof thereover when assuming a sitting position, with a drawing
away of the back parts of the skirt from the seat and from any interference with
the sitting accommodation. The improved coat is also characterized by the double
formation of its upper part, which, conjunctively with said other characteristics,
affords perfect comfort at all parts, and effective protection against the weather.

page_text: 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 :-
A combined driving and riding coat having the respective characteristics above
Bet forth.
Dated this 20th day of March 1896.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.