A NEW SORT OF DRAWERS OR TROUSERS FOR LADIES OR CHILDREN
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, of the British & Foreign Office for
Patents, No. 1B, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW
SORT OF DRAWERS OR TROUSERS FOR LADIES OR CHILDREN."--A communi
cation from Celina Gobert.
Sealed the 6th May 1859, and dated the 26th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Office
2.
_ of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
November 1858.
I, JOZE LUIS, of the British & Foreign Office for Patents, No. 1B,
Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW SORT OF
DRAWERS OR TROUSERS FOR LADIES OR CHILDREN," (a communication to me from
Celina Gobert, a foreigner now residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
These drawers or trowsers are for the use of women and children of all
ages, and of any height or size, small enough even for dolls. These drawers.
or trousers can be made of any sort of stuff, such as flannel, linen, silk, cotton,
horsehair, &c., &c. They are large enough to receive any sort of moveable
form now existing or yet to be invented.
The simplest drawers are those having pleated folds, horizontal, vertical, or
on the slope. In these folds covered free springs are introduced; the springs
are half circular & half eliptical; the sizes are varied and graduated.
Any

page_text: other body suitable to maintain the swelling & the elegant form may be
placed in the folds, such as iron, steel, whalebone, gutta percha, or wood, &c.
The drawers or trousers can be long or short in the leg, and are either open
or laced.
The Patent rests specially on this principle:-The drawers can have
different forms, such as with bands fixed of india-rubber, fastenings of
leather, or of any other stuff, or with slide bands opening in front, at the side,
or behind, which is of great advantage.
Drawers or trousers are beginning to be introduced as a necessity in the
wardrobe of ladies, but at the same time ladies are obliged to wear
bustles & crinoline encumberances, both annoying & embarrassing, but by
using the new drawers they can dispense with all the other crinoline forms,
&c. The drawers are elegant, without being embarrassing or annoying.
Economy is also one of their advantages, as a pair of drawers can be easily
washed by removing the springs, and so answer the purpose of several
petticoats, or a simple tunic may be added.
The Invention above described is of great utility, although never before
brought before the public.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozé Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOZE
LUIS, of the British & Foreign Office for Patents, No. 1B, Welbeck Street,
Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
'me, the said Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said Jozé Luis, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jozé
Luis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW SORT OF

page_text: DRAWERS OR TROUSERS FOR LADIES OR CHILDREN," (a communication from.
Celina Gobert, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jozé
Luis, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jozé Luis, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
. These drawers or trousers are for the use of women and children of all
ages, and of any height or size, small enough even for dolls. These drawers
or trousers can be made of any sort of stuff, such as flannel, linen, silk, cotton,
horsehair, muslin, tulle, or any tissue it may be desired. They are large
enough to receive any sort of form or shape now existing or that may yet be
invented.
The simplest arrangement is that of pleats, folds, or runners placed
horizontally, vertically, or on the slope, and in these pleats or runners covered
free springs are introduced. The springs are half circular or half elliptical,
and the sizes are varied and graduated, see Drawings. Any material suitable
for maintaining the swelling shape or form may be placed in the folds or
runners, such as iron, steel, whalebone, gutta percha, cane, wood, &c. The
drawers or trousers can be long or short in the leg, and either open, laced, or
arranged in any manner deemed desirable.
The Patent is based principally on this idea :-The trousers or drawers can
have any form adapted to them; they can be attached to an india-rubber
band, fastenings, strings, straps, or to a band opening before or behind, or at
the side, which renders them exceedingly convenient.
Drawers or trousers are now considered a necessity in the wardrobes of
ladies, but at the same time ladies are obliged to wear forms & crinolines,
encumberances both annoying & embarrassing, as well as being exceedingly
liable to get out of order. These are all avoided by the use of the new
drawers, and an elegant form is preserved without any of the inconveniences
at present experienced from the use of crinoline and other movable forms.
Economy is also one of the advantages gained, as a pair of drawers may be
easily washed, the springs being withdrawn, thus replacing several movable

page_text: forms and petticoats. Over the drawers a simple tunic may be worn, the
description of which the Inventor reserves.
Having thus described the nature, of my Invention, which is of great
utility, although till the present never brought before the public, I wish it to
be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the above details, as
they may be varied or modified without departing from the principle; but
what I claim is, the application of springs or any other arrangement for
retaining a given form to the drawers or trousers as above described, reserving
the right of giving any form to the springs that it may be desirable to adapt
to the trousers, and also the making the latter the required size or form, to
admit of the adaption of the springs.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-nine.