Improvements in or connected with Shirts.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Shirts.
I, EUGÈNE BECHHOEFER, of 11 Colville Road, Notting Hill, in the County of
London Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of said Invention, to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to so manufacture shirts that the same shall carry,
as an integral part thereof, their own braces for suspending the trowsers, thereby
enabling the ordinary braces, which are liable to slip off the shoulders, to be dispensed
with. By the use of such a shirt a good fit is obtained while the wearer is permitted
to keep his body upright, and is allowed the free use of his arms.
I attain this object by sewing to the shirt three tongues or pieces, preferably of the
same material as the shirt itself, two of said tongues or pieces being stitched in front
one to each shoulder-piece and the third, which has the form of a Y being stitched to
the shoulder piece at the back.
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The free ends of these tongues or pieces may be provided with detachable elastic
brace-ends, of any desired kind, for attachment to the buttons on the trowsers, or if
preferred the said free ends may themselves be furnished with button holes for
engaging with the buttons on the trowsers.
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09.
ERNEST DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Shirts.
I, EUGÈNE BECHHOEFER, of 11 Colville Road, Notting Hill, in the County of
London, Commercial Traveller, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention has for its object to so manufacture shirts that the same shall carry,
as an integral part thereof, their own braces for suspending the trousers, thereby
enabling the ordinary braces, which are liable to slip off the shoulders, to be dispensed
with. By the use of such a shirt a good fit is obtained while the wearer is permitted
to keep his body upright, and is allowed the free use of his arms.
I attain this object by sewing to the shirt three tongues or pieces, preferably of the
same material as the shirt itself, two of said tongues or pieces being stitched in front,
one to each side of the yoke or shoulder piece, and the third, which has the form of a
Y, being stitched to the yoke or shoulder piece at the back.
The free ends of these tongues or pieces may be provided with detachable elastic
brace ends, of any desired kind, for attachment to the buttons on the trousers; or if
preferred the said free ends may themselves be furnished with button holes for
engaging the buttons on the trousers.
In order that my said invention may be readily understood and carried into effect,
I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a back view of a shirt constructed according to
my invention, and in which brace ends are employed.
a and bare the two tongues or pieces which are sewn to each side of the front
portion of the yoke or shoulder-piece d, and to the edges of the arm holes, and side
edges of the shirt front. c is the tongue or piece which is of Y form and is sewn to
the back portion of the yoke or shoulder piece d. These tongues or pieces a, b, and c

page_text: are each provided with detachable elastic brace ends, a³, 61, and c¹ for the attachment
to the buttons of the trousers. As will be seen, the upper portions of the tongues or
pieces a and b being as broad as the front shoulder piece of the shirt to which they are
attached, the strain arising by supporting the trousers is equally distributed or spread
over the shoulder piece, and hence the pull is less felt than by the use of the ordinary
braces which are. narrower. The same may be said of the tongue or piece c at the
back, in addition to which the branches cx, cx, by passing over the shoulder bones
cause the wearer to keep himself erect.
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 :-
The combination, with a shirt of the tongues or pieces a, b, and c, forming trousers
braces, the tongues or pieces a and b of which are secured to the yoke or shoulder
piece in front, and the tongue or piece c to the yoke or shoulder piece at back, and
whose free ends may be provided with detachable elastic brace ends, or with button
holes, substantially as described and shewn and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 27th day of February 18JU.
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ERNEST DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.