Improvements in or applicable to Shooting, Military, and other Coats.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1891
Improvements in or applicable to Shooting, Military, and
other Coats.
I, JAMES BERTSCHINGER, of 294, Regent Street, in the County of London,
Tailor and Habit Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements applicable to coats of the kind known as
shooting coats and also to other coats, such as soldiers' coats, the object of the
invention being to provide a convenient means of carrying cartridges whereby they
shall be readily available for use and at the same time be protected from the effects
of the weather.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a belt provided with stalls adapted
to receive a number of cartridges; the ends are adapted to be fastened by buttoning
or in other suitable manner. In the interior of the coat, at the back and sides
thereof, I make what may be termed a pocket, each end of the pocket opening to
the outside of the side fronts of the coat.
By this arrangement one end of the belt provided with cartridges can be passed
through one of the said openings into the pocket and out of the opening on the
opposite side of the coat. The two ends may then be fastened in front, the part
containing the cartridges lying within the pocket so that the cartridges will be
protected from the effects of the weather.
When it is required to use a cartridge the belt is rotated so as to bring the part
of the belt containing the cartridges through one or other of the said openings to
the front of the body and the cartridges can be easily taken out as required until
they are all used. If only a portion of the cartridges are used the belt can be
revolved so as to bring the cartridges within the protection of the inside of the
coat.
In combination with my improved coat and cartridge belt I find it advantageous
to use a cape adapted to be buttoned on the coat, the flaps of the cape being so
shaped and arranged as to serve to protect the butt and lock of the gun whilst being
carried.
In some cases my cartridge belt pocket may be placed on the outside of the coat
but I do not advise this arrangement.
Dated the 20th day of Wah 1901
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Shooting, Military, and
other Coats.
I, JAMES BERTSCHINGER, of 294, Regent Street, in the County of London,
Tailor and Habit Maker, 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 improvements applicable to coats of the kind known as
shooting coats and also to other coats, such as soldiers' coats, the object of the
invention being to provide a convenient means of carrying cartridges whereby they

page_text: shall be readily available for use and at the same time be protected from the effects
of the weather.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a belt provided with stalls adapted
to receive a number of cartridges; the ends are adapted to be fastened by buttoning
or in other suitable manner. In the interior of the coat, at the back and sides
thereof, I make what may be termed a pocket, each end of the pocket opening to
the outside of the side fronts of the coat.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a front view of a shooting coat made according to my invention and
shewing it buttoned up.
Figure 2 is a view of the coat laid open.
Figure 3 is a section on the line, Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a view of the belt detached.
Figures 5 and 6 are horizontal sections through the pocket containing the
cartridge belt and shewing respectively the said belt in two different positions
but drawn to a smaller scale than the other figures.
a represents the cartridge belt provided with stalls to receive the cartridges b,
one end of the belt being provided with buttons c, and the other end with b tton
holes d so that the belt may be fastened in front as shown in Figure 1. Or the belt
may be fastened in any other suitable manner. e represents the pocket with which
I provide the interior of the coat, the said pocket being advantageously provided
with a flap for covering over the cartridge bottoms so as to protect them as clearly
shewn in Figure 3; the ends of the pocket e open to the outside of the coat as
shown at g, h, Figure 1.
By this arrangement if the belt a provided with cartridges be placed in the
pocket e the ends of the belt can be passed through the said openings g and hand
fastened in front of the coat, the part of the belt containing the cartridges lying
within the pocket so that the cartridges will be protected from the effects of the
weather as shown in Figure 5.
When it is required to use a cartridge the belt is rotated so as to bring a part of
the belt containing the cartridges through one or other of the said openings g or h
to the front of the body as shown in Figures 1 and 6 and the cartridges can be
easily taken out as required until they are all used. If only a portion of the
cartridges are used the belt can be revolved so as to bring it back to the position
shewn in Figure 5 so that the cartridges shall be within the protection of the inside
of the coat.
In combination with my improved coat and cartridge belt I find it advantageous
to use a cape adapted to be buttoned on the coat at i, i, the flaps of the cape being
so shaped and arranged as to serve to protect the butt and lock of the gun whilst
being carried.
In some cases my cartridge belt pocket may be placed on the outside of the coat
but 1 do not advise this arrangement, or the pocket which carries the belt may be
detachable from the garment.
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 :-
:-
(1.) A shooting, military or other coat provided with a pocket such as e with
openings in the side fronts of the coat, the said pocket being adapted to receive a
cartridge belt the ends of which pass through the said openings so as to allow the
belt to be fastened in the front substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
(2.) The use in combination with a pocket such as that herein described of a belt
for containing cartridges and adapted to be rotated within the pocket substantially
as described.

page_text: (3.) The manufacture and use of the improved shooting coat hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 14th day of March 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.