Improvements in Gaiters or Coverings for the Legs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gaiters or Coverings for the Legs.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchants, 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 follow-
ing statement and accompanying drawing, that is to say:
The present invention relates more especially to improvements in the gaiters
or coverings for the legs, for which British Letters Patent were granted, dated
November 6th, A.D. 1896, and numbered 24,893.
In gaiters made and used in the manner described and illustrated in the specifi-
cation of the said Letters Patent, is described and claimed the combination of a
gaiter one vertical edge of which overlaps the other, with a band fastened at one
end to the lower overlapping edge of the gaiter, the band being then wound round
the leg outside the gaiter, and fastened at or near the upper edge of the latter.
In our present invention we essentially modify the said method of making and
using the gaiter.
For this purpose we make the gaiter itself, as in the former invention, with
one vertical edge overlapping the other vertical edge for a sufficient width, and
we take a separate strap, one end of which is sewn or otherwise attached to the
upper end of one edge of the gaiter and is then passed through a buckle sewn
upon the other edge of the gaiter, so that the strap can be tightened and the upper
part of the gaiter held tightly to the leg. The end of the strap is then wound
helically round the gaiter and its lower end is passed through a second buckle
sewn or otherwise attached to the vertical edge of the gaiter near its lower end,
so that the strap can be readily and conveniently tightened in the buckle, the
loose end of the strap being held down, if desired, in any convenient way.
The strap may be supported at the back by loops or other fastenings upon the
gaiter.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention; Figure 1 being
a front view, and Figure 2 a back view, of a gaiter when fitted and tightened
upon the leg. Figure 3 is a separate view of one of the buckles.
a is the gaiter of leather, cloth, or other suitable material, of such length and
shape that it can be fitted to, and round, the leg of the wearer, as shown. The
two edges are preferably in front one of them overlapping the other for a suffi-
cient distance, from top to bottom, as shown at b. The strap is sewn or other-
wise attached to the upper edge of the gaiter at d, and passes through the
buckle e sewn or attached to the gaiter near its other or opposite edge, so that
the upper part of the gaiter can be readily tightened round the upper part of
the leg to any required extent.
The free end of the strap is then wound helically round the leg as shown, and
its lower end at f, which is shown reduced in width. is passed through a second
buckle g sewn or attached to the same edge of the gaiter as the upper buckle e
near the lower end of the gaiter, so that the latter may be tightened as desired
round the ankle or lower part of the leg by the buckle g, as well as at the upper

page_text: part by the buckle e, the intermediate part of the gaiter being firmly held by
the helical coils of the strap. The lower end of the strap at f being reduced in
width, the buckle g is smaller than the upper one e, and the end of the strap is
more easily manipulated.
The strap c is shown in Figure 2 held and supported at the back of the leg by
loops or holders h.
By the improved arrangement of the gaiter, strap, and buckles, the gaiter is
very easily and quickly put on and taken off, it can be tightened as required both
at the upper part and the lower part, and no supplementary strap or buckle is
required for the independent tightening of the upper part. The gaiter does not
shift its position when in use, and is very sightly in appearance, and convenient
and comfortable to wear.
The details of manufacture and arrangement, as well as of the materials used,
may be varied more or less as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
The combination of a gaiter, one vertical edge of which overlaps the other,
a strap one end of which is attached to the upper end of one edge of the gaiter,
a buckle fixed upon the upper end of the opposite edge of the gaiter, through
which the strap is passed and tightened, and a buckle fixed upon the lower end
of the same edge of the gaiter, through which the end of the strap is passed and
fastened after having been wound helically round the leg, all substantially in the
manner and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Dated this 25th day of Yo.. 1900
EDWARDS AND Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.