Improvements in Gaiters.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gaiters.
I, FERDINAND PARTSCH, of Plankergasse 2, Wiener Neustadt, near Vienna, Head
Forester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
My invention relates to improvements in gaiters, and its object is to protect the legs
of gamekeepers, sportsmen, and others, from wind and weather, especially from wet.
It may be used with any kind of trouser, breeches or boot, excepting that it is not
adapted to be worn with top boots.
The materials in which it can be made are cloth or leather; or partly in one, and
partly in the other. Either of these may be replaced by any other suitable for the
special purpose.
The lower part of the gaiter is, preferably, made of leather, if for rough wear; and
of cloth for light wear. It is provided with suitable devices for fastening it down the
side. These may be of either a lace, hook or eye, spring, or any other suitable type.
The edges are made double so that one edge shall enter between the two opposite
edges, and the latter embrace the said one edge, with a view to prevent wet making
its way between them. The bottom of the front of this part of the gaiter is developed
into a covering for the instep of the boot; and a suitable strap is provided to keep
the covering down in its place.
The thigh-part of the gaiter may be of leather, cloth, or any other material,
preferably flexible and waterproof. It is in one piece with or sewn to the top of the
said lower part, and a strap, either internal or external, is provided to strap it below
the knee.
A lace, or its equivalent, is provided at the top of the thigh-part, to draw it weather-
tight to the thigh; and a suspending strap, to keep it up.
Dated this 8th day of February 1890.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gaiters.
I, FERDINAND PARTSCH, of Plankergasse 2, Wiener Neustadt, near Vienna, Head
Forester, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in gaiters, and its object is to protect the legs
of gamekeepers, sportsmen, and others, from wind and weather, especially from wet.
It may be used with any kind of trouser, breeches or boot, excepting that it is not
adapted to be worn with top boots.
The materials in which it can be made are cloth or leather; or partly in one, and
partly in the other. Either of these may be replaced by any other suitable for the
special purpose.
The lower part of the gaiter is, preferably, made of leather, if for rough wear; and
of cloth for light wear. It is provided with suitable devices for fastening it down the
side. These may be of either a lace, hook and eye, spring or any other suitable type.
The edges are made double, so that one of them shall enter between the two opposite
edges, and the latter embrace the said one edge, with a view to prevent wet making
its way between them. The bottom of the front of this part of the gaiter is developed
into a covering for the instep of the boot, and a suitable strap is provided to keep the
covering down in its place,

page_text: The thigh-part of the gaiter may be of leather, cloth, or any other material,
preferably flexible and waterproof. It is in one piece, or sewn to the top of the said
lower part, and a strap, either internal or external, is provided to strap it below the
knee.
A lace, or its equivalent, is provided at the top of the thigh-part, to draw it weather-
tight to the thigh, and a suspending strap, to keep it up.
In order that my invention, and the best means for carrying the same into practical
effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe them in detail, referring in
so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this Specification
and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrating my invention as a gaiter, for the left leg worn
full length so as to cover the knee and thigh.
Fig. 2 is also a side elevation illustrating how the top i.e., the thigh-part or knees
and-thigh cover can be let down.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation corresponding with Fig. 1, but shewing how the hook and
eye devices of the latter figure may be replaced by a lace.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the major portion of the gaiter as it would appear
after it had been taken off.
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A is the top, not open down the side; and B, the lower part of the gaiter open down
the side in the usual way. The latter is provided with books and eyes c by which it
can be fastened about the calf and ankle. ee are a pair of flaps. One of these enters
between its fellow and the adjacent edge of the lower part of the gaiter, so that the
closure shall be safe-guarded against the entrance of wet.
bis a strap provided to pass round the leg below the knee, and to thereby prevent
the gaiter from turning round.
Dis the foot-flap. or development of the bottom of the front of the lower part of the
gaiter. d are loops thereupon, and d' is a strap passed through the said loops, and
under the instep, for the purpose of keeping this flap close down upon the upper and
so safeguarding this part of a laced boot against the entrance of wet.
If it is desired to fully protect the knee and thigh, the top A must be pulled up
the latter, and fastened in that position.
Among other suitable devices for so fastening the said top, I provide a strap a
pendent from the waist and provided at its lower extremity with a hook a² adapted
to engage in a hole a'. I do not, of course, confine myself to the device illustrated,
as it is obvious that others may be used for the purpose.
It will be frequently desirable that the top A should be drawn close to the thigh.
For this purpose I provide each top with a tightening cord which may be laced
through a line of holes as shewn, or combined with the top in any other way
proper for effecting its purpose.
:
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. The combination of top not open down the side and lower part open down
the side and provided with suitable closing devices, the two being in one piece, as
set forth.
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2. The combination with an ordinary gaiter, or lower part, of a top not open
down the side and adapted to be pulled up the thigh and fastened there, as set
forth.
3. The combination, with an ordinary gaiter of a top not open down the side,
the latter having a hole adapted to be engaged by a hook at the end of a strap
pendent from the waist, as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of November 1800.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.