IMPROVEMENTS IN REVERSIBLE AND SEAMLESS COATS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Barnett, of Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REVERSIBLE AND
SEAMLESS COATS."
Sealed the 30th August 1872, and dated the 1st March 1872.

page_text: application of a rear layer of fabric, the various shapes being effected
by folds, gussets, or pletes, the garment shewing a velvet or silk collar
if required, the opposite collar being of cloth. Then by applying false
layers of fabric on the other side of the coat, an appearance of an
ordinary coat may be given, with double breasts and lappeted pockets,
and a cloth collar, the sleeves being merely drawn out from the
inside.
In another example the back of the coat and skirt are cut from one
piece, one surface or lappel of the breast piece being continued there.
from, and the other surface having a layer of fabric applied so as to
present a more substantial appearance. The sleeves are let in as usual,
and spaces or slits are cut through the fabric with an interior lining and
lappets on each side for pockets where required. On reversing the coat
extra back pieces are shewn attached to the single fabric so as to present
the appearance of a frock coat as ordinarily made, with seams, in which
case the usual back buttons are applied as in other pleted or seamed
coats; but in the first examples of each description of coat presenting
the appearance of a paletot or Chesterfield, or over coat, the back buttons
are dispensed with.
For winter wear the fabric may be double and may have an inter-
mediate lining, and yet may present the appearance of a thick winter
So also with a
double-breasted frock coat, or an ordinary great coat.
reversible alpaca and macintosh fabric the Invention is equally appli-
cable, as well as to reefing jackets, pilots' coats, or shooting coats, and
dust coats; and the Ulster coat may be reversed so as to show a frock
coat. Ladies' jackets or similar garments may be made on the same
principle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Louis Barnett in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 31st August 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
BARNETT, of Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of March, in the year

page_text: of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Louis Barnett, Her special licence
that I, the said Louis Barnett, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Louis Barnett, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
REVERSIBLE AND SEAMLESS COATS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Louis Barnett, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
IN
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Barnett, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 certain improvements in reversible and
seamless coats, the object being to produce from one cloth or fabric a
5 double coat presenting two styles.
In one example the fabric is so cut as to include the back sleeves and
front without side pockets, but with skirt pockets formed by the applica-
tion of a rear layer of fabric, the various shapes being effected by folds,
gussets, or pletes, the garment shewing a velvet or silk collar if required,
o the opposite collar being of cloth. Then by applying false layers of
fabric on the other side of the coat an appearance of an ordinary coat
may be given with double breasts and lappeted pockets, and a cloth
collar, the sleeves being merely drawn out from the inside.
In another example the back of the coat and skirt are cut from one
5 piece, one surface or lappel of the breast piece being continued there-
from, and the other surface having a layer of fabric applied so as to
present a more substantial appearance. The sleeves are let in as usual,

page_text: and spaces or slits are cut through the fabric with an interior lining, and
lappets on each side for pockets where required. On reversing the coat
extra back pieces are shewn attached to the single fabric so as to present
the appearance of a frock coat as ordinarily made, with seams, in which
case the usual back buttons are applied as in other pleted or seamed
coats, but in the first examples of each description of coat presenting
the appearance of a "paletot" or "Chesterfield," or over coat, the back
buttons are dispensed with.
For winter wear the fabric may be double and may have an inter-
mediate lining, and yet may present the appearance of a thick winter
double-breasted frock coat, or an ordinary great coat. So also with a
reversible alpaca and macintosh fabric the Invention is equally appli-
cable, as well as to reefing jackets, pilot coats, or shooting coats, and dust
coats; and the "Ulster "coat may be reversed so as to show a frock coat.
Ladies' jackets or similar garments may be made on the same
principle.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I claim and
desire to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters Patent
my Invention of "Improvements in Reversible and Seamless Coats,"
substantially as herein described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Barnett, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
LOUIS BARNETT. (L.S.)
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross,
London.