New or Improved Means or Appliance for Aiding in Pulling On Overcoats, Jackets, Mackintoshes, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Means or Appliance for Aiding in Pulling On
Overcoats, Jackets, Mackintoshes, and the like..
I, JAMES NICHOLSON, of 10, Yew Bank Terrace, Ilkley, in the County of York,
Railway Superintendent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved means or appliance for aiding in
pulling on overcoats, jackets, mackintoshes, and the like.
Hitherto, especially when an overcoat, jacket, mackintosh, or the like has been
made of heavy materials and linings, or if the sleeves of such articles of wearing
apparel are made to fit tightly, then frequently a great deal of difficulty is
experienced in pulling on the coat or other like article, frequently necessitating
the additional help of another person to successfully accomplish the operation.
Now the object of this invention is to obviate these difficulties, and at the same
time to dispense with the necessity of seeking the help of another person, by a
very simple and easily adjusted appliance.
users.
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According to this invention the means or apparatus consists of a piece of chain,
cord, flexible wire, or its or their equivalent, or a combination of two or more of
them, all of which are hereinafter termed and included in the term chain," of
any suitable length, strength, and thickness. One end of the chain is made fast
to a hook, staple, ring or other fixing, screwed or otherwise securely fixed, say,
to the ceiling, or to a wall or hat or other rail at a suitable distance from the floor
of the apartment, and at a distance above the head of the person whose coat is to
be pulled on. The opposite end of the chain is armed with a spring or other
hook which is made to engage with, say, the links of the chain, whereby the
length of the chain may be readily adjusted to suit the varying heights of its
If desired the chain may be provided at suitable distances apart with any
required number of enlarged links or rings as well as with one or more swivels
to facilitate its turning. The lower end of the chain is passed and works freely
through the eye, ring, or link of a second hook which is suitably shaped and
curved so as to have a wide base for engaging with or receiving the loop or chain
that is permanently sewn to or fixed upon the inside, say, of the collar of the
overcoat or the like. The second named hook and its base, one or both, may be
made in a variety of ways, and may be decorated according to taste, as well as
to represent the heads or claws of animals, birds, and the like, but in whatever
style or way it is made it is essential that the portion that receives the loop of
the coat or other garment should be provided with a wide base, or with hook like
projections or bifurcations of or about the same, or nearly so, width as the loop
on, say, the coat. The second named hook may be also provided, if so desired,
with a swivel between its hook portion and the ring through which the chain
passes.
The above described appliance having been fixed at a suitable distance above
the height of the user, and the chain adjusted to the required length, the coat or

page_text: other article is hung or suspended by its loop upon or from the second named
hook. The inside of the coat or other garment being towards the user, and the
point or points of said hook away from him or her. The user first turns his or
her back to the garment, and after placing both arms partially in the respective
sleeves, turns partially round, with the face, say, to the wall, for bringing the
hook to the back of the neck and the chain to an angle for clearing the head.
After which, by taking a few steps backwards the coat or other garment will be
readily drawn or pulled on without additional aid. The hook can then be detached
from its connection with the loop of the coat.
Dated this Thirteenth day of June 1898
A New er Improved Means or Appliance for Aiding in Pulling On
Overcoats, Jackets, Mackintoshes, and the like.
I, JAMES NICHOLSON, of 10, Yew Bank Terrace, Ilkley, in the County of York,
Railway Superintendent, 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 a new or improved means or appliance for aiding in
pulling on overcoats, jackets, mackintoshes, and the like.
Hitherto, especially when an overcoat, jacket, mackintosh, or the like has been
made of heavy materials and linings, or if the sleeves of such articles of wearing
apparel are made to fit tightly, then frequently a great deal of difficulty is
experienced in pulling on the coat or other like article, frequently necessitating
the additional help of another person to successfully accomplish the operation.
Now the object of this invention is to obviate these difficulties, and at the same
time to dispense with the necessity of seeking the help of another person, by a
very simple and easily adjusted appliance.
In the drawings hereunto annexed:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of means or apparatus hereafter termed
help-on constructed according to this invention
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66 the overcoat
Fig. 2 a side elevation of the hook portion of the " overcoat help-on."
Fig. 3 a diagram showing an overcoat suspended by the overcoat help-on."
Fig. 4 a diagram showing an overcoat suspended and partly drawn on.
Fig. 5 a diagram showing the overcoat being drawn on.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
The overcoat help-on" consists of a chain, cord, flexible wire, or its or their
equivalent, or a combination of two or more of them, all of which are hereinafter
termed and included in the term "chain A," of any suitable length, strength,
and thickness. One end of the chain A is made fast to a hook, staple, ring, or
other fixing, all of which are hereafter termed the ring B, screwed or otherwise
securely fixed, say, to the ceiling, or to a wall or hat or other rail at a suitable
distance from the floor of the apartment and at a distance above the head of the
person whose coat is to be pulled on.
In the drawings the ring B is shown passed over an ordinary hat hook or peg C
fixed to a door D.
The opposite end of the chain A is armed with a spring or other hook E which
is made to engage with, say, the links of the chain A whereby the length of the
chain may be readily adjusted to suit the varying heights of its users. If desired

page_text: the chain A may be provided at suitable distances apart with any required number
of enlarged links or rings (not shown in the drawings) as well as with one or more
swivels to facilitate its turning.
The lower end of the chain A is passed and works freely through the eye, ring,
or link of a second hook F hereafter termed the saddle hook which is suitably
shaped and curved so as to have a-wide base f for engaging with or receiving the
loop or chain or tag G that is permanently sewn to or fixed upon the inside, say,
of the collar of the overcoat Hor the like. The second named or saddle hook F
and its base, one or both, may be made in a variety of ways,
and may be decorated according to taste, as well as to represent the
heads or claws of animals, birds, and the like, but in whatever style or
way it is made it is essential that the portion that receives the loop G of the coat
or other garment should be provided with a wide base, or with hook like projections
or bifurcations of or about the same, or nearly so, width as the loop on, say, the
coat. The second named hook F may be also provided, if so desired, with a swivel
between its hook portion and the ring through which the chain passes.
The above described appliance having been fixed at a suitable distance above the
height of the user or hung on to, say, an ordinary coat peg C fixed, say, to the
door D or in an entrance hall, office, bedroom, or other room or apartment, and
the saddle hook F and chain A adjusted to the required length by placing the
hook E in one of the links of the chain A, the coat H or other article is hung
er suspended by its loop or tag G upon or from the saddle hook F, so that the coat
may hang at a convenient distance for the arms as at Fig. 3.
The inside of the coat or other garment being towards the user, and the point
or points of said hook away from the back of the user, that is to say, when placing
the arms in the sleeves of the coat H, as at Fig. 4, the part f¹ of the saddle hook F
must be towards the back of the user.
The user first turns and stands with his or her back to the garment and door D,
as at Fig. 4, and after placing both arms about half way into the respective
sleeves, turns steadily round, as at Fig. 5, until the face, say, is towards the wall
or door D with the head inclined forward, and back partly bent as in the attitude
of putting on an overcoat, for bringing the saddle hook F to the back of the head
and neck, and the chain to an angle for clearing the head. After which, by taking
a few steps backwards the coat or other garment will be readily and gradually
drawn or pulled on without additional aid, till comfortably adjusted on the back.
The saddle hook can then be detached from its connection with the loop G of
the coat by slightly shaking the shoulders.
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:
The means or appliance, substantially as herein described, for aiding in pull-
ing on overcoats, jackets, mackintoshes, and the like, consisting essentially of
a chain, which may or may not be armed with one or more swivels, having at one
end a ring for attaching it to, say, a hook fixed to a wall, and provided at the
other end with a hook whereby the length of the chain may be adjusted as required,
and a saddle hook arranged to work on the said chain and to engage with the loop
or tag of the garment or article to be drawn on, all substantially as described, and
illustrated, and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-first day of February 1890