AN IMPROVED GARMENT
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY NEVILLE BENJAMIN of Ulster House Conduit St in the County of
Middlesex trading as B. Benjamin and Sons Merchant Tailors do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention for AN IMPROVED GARMENT, to be as follows:-
:-
An improved coat or overcoat the "facings" of which, being fastened back when
used for any other purpose than horse riding, can when the wearer is on horseback
be allowed to pass out and not only form a protection for the knees but entirely
cover the front part of the saddle and so prevent wet from getting to the saddle
and the crutch of the rider.

page_text: I HENRY NEVILLE BENJAMIN of Ulster House, Conduit Street in the County of
Middlesex, trading as B. Benjamin and Sons, Merchant Tailors do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED GARMENT" and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
My Invention relates to an improved garment or coat and the Invention consists
in providing the garment or coat with facings or flaps in such a manner that the
said facings or flaps when the wearer of the garment is on horseback can be
employed to form a protection for the knees of the rider in wet weather and
entirely cover the front part of the saddle thereby preventing wet from getting to
the saddle and to the "crutch of the rider the said facings or flaps when the
garment is worn at other times being fastened back within the garment entirely
out of sight.
"
In order to enable my Invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing in which Figure 1, is a view of the
inner side of a garment made according to my Invention and intended to be worn
by a man, the facings or flaps of the garment being shewn unfastened and extended
out; Figure 2, is a similar view but shewing the facings or flaps fastened back
within the garment; Figure 3 is a view shewing the application of my Invention
when the wearer of the garment is on horseback; Figure 4, is a view shewing the
garment as worn at any other time than when horse riding; Figure 5 shews the
application of my Invention to a garment for ladies' use when horseriding and
Figure 6 is a view of such garment as used at other times than when horse riding.
Similor letters in all the Figures represent similar parts.
As a suitable way of carrying out my Invention I sew or otherwise attach
a facing or flap a, a, to each side of the garment at the front the said facings or
flaps being cut so that they shall be fullest at their bottom edges and recede from
a certain point upwards towards the collar b, of the garment as shewn; the facings
or flaps a, and a¹, are provided with buttons o, and corresponding button holes c¹,
(or with other convenient fastenings) in suitable positions for allowing the facings
or flaps to be fastened together from the top downwards to a certain point when
the garmont is required to be worn by a person on horseback. Other buttons d,
and corresponding button holes d³, (or other fastenings) are provided for fastening
the facings or flaps back to the inside of the garment as shewn in Figure 2, when
the garment is worn at other times than when the wearer is on horseback.
By these improvements if the garment is being worn by a person in the manner
shown in Figure 4 (in which manner it has the appearance of an ordinary garment)
and the said person requires to wear the garment whilst riding it is only necessary
to unfasten the coat in the usual manner and to then unfasten the facings or flaps a,
and a¹, and turn them outwards; by then fastening the said facings or Haps
together by means of the buttons c, and button holes c', the front of the garment
can be extended forward so as to entirely cover the front part of the saddle the
lower portions of the facings or flaps a, and a¹, passing over on either side down to
the level of the garment as shown in Figure 3, thus forming a protection for the
knees and legs of the rider, the facings or flaps being cut so that their lower edges
shall form a continuous line with the bottom edge of the garment as shown.
The garment shown in Figures 5 and 6 and intended for ladies' wear is the
same as that heroinbefore described in so far as regards my improvements with

page_text: the exception that one of the facings or flaps a, must be cut of less width than the
other facing or flap a¹, as shewn in Figure 5, this being rendered necessary by the
different manner in which ladies usually sit to ride a horse; the garment as
hereinbefore described when referring to Figures 1 to 4 is of ordinary appearance
when worn at any other time as will be seen by reference to Figure 6.
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 :-
1. A garment having facings or flaps arranged in such a manner that they can
be employed to form a protection for the knees of the wearer in wet weather when
riding on horseback and to cover the front part of the saddle so as to prevent the
wet from getting to the saddle and to the "crutch" of the rider and which facings
or flaps can be turned back within the garment out of sight when the garment is
to be worn at other times substantially as herein before described.
2. In a garment the facings or flaps a, and a², having suitable fastenings for
fastening the said facings or flaps at a certain portion of their length the remaining
portion being arranged to pass over on either side down to the level of the rider's
feet or nearly so the said facings or flaps having other fastenings to admit of their
being fastened back within the garment substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
Drawing.
3. The garment adapted for the use of ladies in which the flaps a, and a¹, are
cut of unequal widths substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in
Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying Drawing.
Dated the 15th day of August. 188&