A New and Improved Method of Making Shirt Fronts, so as to Avoid .and Diminish the Liability to Bulge or Gape Open at the Edges Between the Stud Holes or Buttons.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Method of Making Shirt Fronts, so as to Avoid
.and Diminish the Liability to Bulge or Gape Open at the Edges
Between the Stud Holes or Buttons.
I, WILLIAM AUSTIN, residing at 51 Lynette Avenue Clapham Common
London S.W. Shirt Cutter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object improvements in shirt fronts which prevents and
diminishes the bulging open of the overlapping parts or hems of such fronts
between the stud holes or buttons, when in wear; and are especially applicable to
such fronts when fastened by one stud.
The materials of which shirt fronts are at present made being extensible when in
a wet condition, such fronts are frequently stretched by the dresser or laundress in
such a manner that the overlapping parts or hems become unequal in length; when
this is the case and the said parts are closed by studs or buttons, the edge of the
upper part does not set close to the under part, but bulges out and presents an
unsightly appearance.
My invention consists in affixing to or inserting in-the overlapping parts or
hems of shirt fronts, a piece of tape or other material which is not extensible when
in a wet condition, thus preventing the dresser or laundress from stretching the
said overlapping parts or hems beyond their original and proper length; thereby
avoiding and diminishing the liability to bulge open as aforesaid of the overlapping
parts or hems of such fronts.
Dated this 28th day of November 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Method of Making Shirt Fronts, so as to Avoid
and Diminish the Liability to Bulge or Gape Open at the Edges
Between the Stud Holes or Buttons.
I, WILLIAM AUSTIN of 51 Lynette Avenue Clapham Common London S.W.
Shirt Cutter 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 has for its object improvements in the making of shirt fronts,
which prevent and diminish the bulging open of the overlapping parts or hems of
such fronts when in wear, and are especially applicable to shirts made for evening
dress, and fastened by a single stud in the front.
The materials of which shirt fronts are now made, being of a pliable and
extensible nature when in a wet condition, they are frequently stretched by the
dresser or laundress in such a manner that the overlapping parts or hems become
unequal in length; when this is the case, and the said parts are closed by studs, or
otherwise, the edge of the upper side of the front does not set closely to the under
side, but bulges open, and presents an unsightly appearance.
My invention consists in making the front in such a manner that the overlapping
parts or hems cannot be extended in length during the process of being laundried,
and may be performed as follows.

page_text: The front is prepared in the usual manner, of two or more folds of material, then
a piece of tape, or a strip of any suitable material, is shrunk as much as possible by
being placed in water and allowed to remain immersed until thoroughly soaked;
after this it is dried and smoothed with a hot iron, it is then stretched to its
utmost extent and affixed to the overlapping parts or hems of the front, the
preferable method of doing so being to insert it between the folds of the material
composing the front, and stitching it on to one of the folds, through both edges of
the tape.
In order that this explanation may be better understood, I have sketched the
two sections of a shirt front, shewing the position of the tape a a.
It will be clearly understood that this invention may be applied to shirt fronts
of various shapes, and sizes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The method of making shirt fronts as herein described.
2. The making of shirt fronts with overlapping parts or hems that cannot be
extended in length during the process of being laundried.
Dated this Fourth day of April 1894.
WILLIAM AUSTIN.