Improvements in Means for Ventilating Waterproof Garments.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 20th Aug.,
1898
I, WILLIAM SHAW HAIGH, of Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, in the County
of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in means for ventilating waterproof
garments, and has for its object to provide a means of ventilation that shall be
efficient under all conditions. The modes of ventilation heretofore adopted have
been objectionable either on the ground of unsightliness or expense, but chiefly
on the ground that they are inefficient, and do not answer the purpose for which
they were designed.
By my invention I form an opening in the garment under the arm or shoulder,
or in any place where it is desired the ventilation shall take place, and I attach
inside the garment just below the opening aforesaid a suitably shaped flap
which covers the opening and prevents the underclothing being seen through
the opening. To keep the ventilator open I attach just above the opening and
between the garment and the flap aforesaid a strip of thin metal, celluloid, or
other light but stiff material which is corrugated or otherwise so shaped that
it prevents the closure of the ventilator aperture. A permanent channel or
channels is or are thus provided through which the air can pass freely at all
times, and an efficient ventilation is thereby provided.
The strip, which may be fixed in place by sewing or by riveting as may be
desired, is not visible from the outside of the garment, and the ventilator is
thus not unsightly but presents a neat appearance, and does not add to the
weight of the garment.
GEORGE HARRISON,
35, Therapia Road, Honor Oak, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Ventilating Waterproof Garments.
I, WILLIAM SHAW HAIGH, of Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, in the County
of York, Waterproof Clothing Manufacturer, 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:-
The methods heretofore in use of ventilating waterproof garments are for
the most part inefficient and do not answer the purpose for which they are
intended, besides which they are frequently objectionable either on the ground
of unsightliness or of expense, or because of being detrimental to the wear of

page_text: the garment. The present invention has for its object to provide for waterproof
garments a novel means of ventilation that shall be efficient under all conditions,
and that shall be neat in appearance and inexpensive.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is an outside view of a piece of fabric cut from a waterproof garment,
and furnished with my method of ensuring ventilation.
Fig. 2 is an inside view of the same, and
Fig. 3 is a view, drawn to a larger scale, looking down from the top of Fig. 2,
Fig. 4 is a face view, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of one form of device for
keeping the ventilator aperture open.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures.
In the fabric A of the waterproof garment, at the point where ventilation
is required, say just below the arm pit underneath the sleeve, is made an aper-
ture B forming the ventilator opening, and inside the garment is glued or other-
wise fastened a flap C (usually of the same material as the garment) which
covers the aperture B and prevents the underclothing being seen through the
aperture. The flap is fastened below the opening B, say at the part between
the lower edge of the flap and the broken line D, all that portion of the flap
between the said broken line and the upper edge of the flap being unfastened,
so that a thoroughfare is provided through the opening B and between the flap
and that portion of the garment immediately above the opening B. Were the
garment worn in this condition, the aforesaid thoroughfare would naturally
close and no ventilation would be afforded, but I provide means for permanently
keeping the thoroughfare open, and this constitutes the novel feature of my
invention. For this purpose I attach to the garment or to the flap C and between
the garment and the flap at a point just above the opening B, a strip E of thin
metal, or of celluloid, or other light but stiff material which is corrugated or
otherwise so bent or shaped that it prevents the closing of the ventilator aperture
and provides a permanent channel OT channels through which the
air ran pass freely at all times. The said strip, which may be fixed
in place by sewing or riveting, is not visible from the outside, and hence the
ventilator is not unsightly but presents a neat appearance, and moreover it does
not add sensibly to the weight of the garment. The strip is shown detached
in Figs. 4 and 5, and the mode in which it operates to keep the ventilation
aperture open is indicated in Fig. 3. It is convenient to fix the strip by sewing
its ends to the flap or garment. The air can pass freely through the opening B
and up between the corrugations of the strip, and so reach the interior of the
garment, even when the wearer's arm is hanging close against the body. The
ventilator can also be applied between the shoulders of the garment, or at any
other place where ventilation is desired.
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 method of keeping the ventilator thoroughfare permanently open by
means of a corrugated or like strip of metal, or of celluloid, or other suitable
material, substantially as described.
2. The improved means for ventilating waterproof garments, substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
GEORGE HARRISON,
35, Therapia Road, Honor Oak, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
GEORGE HARRISON,
35, Therapia Road, Honor Oak, London,
Agent for the Applicant.