Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
We, MIKAEL PEDERSEN, Engineer and DAGMAR FREDERIKKE PEDERSEN, wife of
the said Mikael Pedersen, both of Kingsley House, Dursley, in the County of
Gloucester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a lady's garment chiefly designed for use when cycling
and has for its object to provide an improved knickerbocker garment which has
the appearance of a skirt when walking.
The garment constructed according to our invention is preferably made of two
pieces of material the upper parts of the edges of which are united at the centre
of the front and back of the garment. These pieces of material are gathered into
folds at the front and back whilst the side portions are left flat. The folded por-
tions at the front and back are secured to the waist band in such proximity that
when the wearer of the garment is standing the opening between the two parts
of the garments will be invisible. The lower parts of the edges of each piece are
united to enclose the legs.
It will be understood that with this construction the fabric of each leg of the
garment hangs straight like a skirt being quite open at the lower end.
Dated this 16th day of December 1896
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
We, MIKAEL PEDERSEN, Engineer and DAGMAR FREDERIKKE PEDERSEN, wife of
the said Mikael Pedersen, both of Kingsley House, Dursley, in the County of
Gloucester, 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:-
Our invention relates to a lady's garment chiefly designed for use when cycling
and has for its object to provide an improved knickerbocker garment which has
the appearance of a skirt when walking."
The garment constructed according to our invention is preferably made of two
tubes of material the upper parts of the edges of which are united at the centre of
the front and back of the garment to form the body portion of the said garment.
These tubes are made very full and are gathered into folds at the front and back
whilst the side portions are left plain.. The folded portions at the front and back
are secured to the waist band in such proximity that when the wearer of the gar-
ment is standing the opening between the two parts of the garment will be invisible.

page_text: To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a front view, a side view and a back view of
our improved divided skirt:
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 Figure 1; and,
Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 Figure 3.
a, a are the two tubes which form the leg portions of the garment each of the
said tubes being made substantially parallel and very full, say for example five
feet in circumference. These tubes which are suitably shaped and united on the
inner sides at b, b (with or without an inserted piece between the two leg portions),
are at the front each formed with large folds or pleats c, e and at the back with say
two folds d, e the said folds being secured to the waist band f so that the sides of
the garment are plain, all the fulness of the leg portions being brought into
proximity to the division in the garment.
In order that when the wearer of the garment is cycling the back part of each
leg portion shall to some extent follow the movements of the legs of the rider and
so be pulled away from the wheel, we advantageously connect the folds e and e on
each side by cords or tapes, indicated by the dotted lines g, g in Figures 4 and 5;
and in some cases we find it advantageous to arrange other tapes h, h across these
tapes, as indicated in Figure 5, to prevent the wind from getting inside the leg
portions and distending them. These cross tapes whilst confining the tapes g, g to
the sides of the garment do not prevent any sliding movement of the latter which
may take place. Also to further prevent this the folds may be tacked together at
certain points, for instance at the points i, i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A lady's knickerbocker garment the leg portions of which are made of tubes
of relatively large circumference and which are folded or pleated at the front and
back at the upper part whilst the sides are plain or flat, substantially as described.
2. In a knickerbocker garment of the kind described the arrangement of tapes g
with or without cross tapes such as h, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
3. The improved knickerbocker garment for lady cyclists and others, formed
substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 16th day of October 1897
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.