An improveu means for naising & DRESS
Year: 1898

page_text: An improveu means for naising & DRESS DAIL
We, CAROLINE MARY WHITEHEAD (Mrs.) and FREDERICK ARTHUR WHITE-
HEAD, Traveller, both of Boronia, Albert Road, Stechford, in the County of
Worcester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved means for raising a dress skirt such
as are worn by ladies and has for its object to provide means whereby the
skirt may be slightly raised from the ground when desired without being taken
or held up by the wearer's hand.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide a waist skirt band and near
the two ends attach a series of small metal rings on the one side of the said
band and on the other a series of rings near the centre of the band.
We connect to the said waist band by means of sewing a series of tapes, depend-
ing vertically there from we also attach thereto metal rings. To the end of
each tape we attach a cord which passes through each ring in the tape and hence
through the rings attached to the end of the band. The end of the tapes being
sewn together are furnished with a hook and pass through a hole in the band
to the outside thereof. The said waist band is attached to a skirt in the usual
way the depending tapes being sewn to the inside of the skirt in such a manner
that when the ends of the cords are pulled up the skirt is also drawn up and is
held in its elevated position by linking each hook into one of the rings attached
to the middle of the band according to the height required.
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WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Applicants' Agent.
We, CAROLINE MARY WHITEHEAD. (Mrs.) and FREDERICK ARTHUR WHITE-
HEAD, Traveller, both of "Boronia," Albert Road, Stechford, in the County of
Worcester, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved means for raising a dress skirt worn
by ladies, and has for its object to provide mo
means whereby the skirt may be
slightly raised from the ground without being taken up by the hand of the
wearer.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide a waist band, and near the

page_text: two ends of the one side attach a series of small metal rings, and on the other
side a series of rings at the centre.
We connect to the said waist band by sewing, a series of tapes depending ver-
tically therefrom to which we attach metal rings.
To the end of each tape we fix a cord which passes through each ring in the
tape and hence through the rings attached to the ends of the band.
The ends of the tape being sewn together are furnished with a hook and pass
through a hole in the band to the outside thereof. The said waist band is
attached to a skirt in the usual way the depending tapes being sewn to the inside
in such a manner that when the ends of the cords are pulled the skirt is drawn
up and is held in an elevated position by linking each hook into one of the
rings attached to the middle of the band according to the height required.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood we will describe it by
reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:-
Figure 1 represents the front of a waist band stretched out, to which our inven-
tion is applied.
Figure 2 shows the same band fastened. The waist band A is provided with
a series of small metal rings B and C, and has attached to it the vertically
depending tapes D to which are also stitched a series of rings E. To the end
of each tape D, we fix a cord G, which passes through each ring E up the tape
and then through the ring B. The ends of the cord are sewn together at H and
furnished with a hook I and pass through the holes K of the band A to the
outside thereof.
The waist band A is attached to a skirt in the usual way and the tapes 1) are
sewn to the inside of the skirt in a vertical position. Upon the ends of the
cords G being pulled the skirt is drawn up and is retained in an elevated position
by linking each hook I into one of the rings C. Upon being unhooked its weight
carries the skirt down again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. In combination with a dress skirt the rings B and C stitched to the waist
band A and rings E stitched to the vertical tapes D which are stitched to the
inside of the skirt also the cords G stitched to the bottom of each tape and pass-
ing through the rings E and B the ends of which pass through the holes K
and are free for attachment to the rings C by means of the hooks I substantially
as described and illustrated and for the purpose set forth.
2. The improved means of raising a dress skirt by a cord substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated this 25th day of May 1899.
FREDERICK ARTHUR WHITEHEAD.
CAROLINE MARY WHITEHEAD.