IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Urwick, of Westwood House, St. John's Hill,
Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN GLOVES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Urwick at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th November 1880.
HENRY URWICK, of Westwood House, St. John's Hill, Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES."
case,
The object of this Invention is to form kid and similar gloves in such a manner
that the hand may be inserted into them with greater ease than is now usually the
and yet that the gloves shall when on the hand fit closely around the wrist.
For this purpose in place of forming a glove as heretofore usual with an open
slit extending from the welt at the extremity of the wrist band towards the centre
of the palm, so as to allow of the hand being inserted into the glove, and also
forming a separate hole or opening in the kid for the thumb piece to be sewn to, I
form the opening to which the thumb piece is to be sewn and the slit in the wrist
band as one continuous slit, the part of the slit to which the base of the thumb
piece is to be sewn being at an angle across the palm of the glove, whilst the slit in
the wrist is in a line with the length of the glove. The strip of kid from which
the thumb piece is formed is continued beyond the base of the thumb, and is of
such a length that a welt at its end may come in a line with a welt at the
extremity of the wrist band; the side edges of the strip are sewn to the edges of
the slit in the wrist and palm of the glove. The width of the strip is sufficient to
allow the wrist band of the glove to be opened out, so that a person's hand may
readily be passed through it.
The wrist band is drawn together, and made to fit closely round the wrist when
the glove is on, preferably by means of elastic bands fastened to the back of the
strip, or it might be by other means.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Urwick in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th May
1881.
HENRY URWICK, of Westwood House, St. John's Hill, Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey. IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES."
"
The object of this Invention is to form kid and and similar gloves in such a
manner that the hand may be inserted into them with greater ease than is now
usually the case, and yet that the gloves shall when on the hand fit closely around
the wrist.
For this purpose in place of forming a glove as heretofore usual with an open slit
extending from the welt at the extremity of the wrist band towards the centre of
the palm, so as to allow of the hand being inserted into the glove, and also forming
a separate bole or opening in the kid for the thumb piece to be sewn to, I form
the opening to which the thumb piece is to be sewn and the slit in the wrist band.
as one continuous slit, the part of the slit to which the base of the thumb piece is
to be sewn being at an angle across the palm of the glove, whilst the slit in the
wrist is in a line with the length of the glove. The strip of kid from which the
thumb piece is formed is continued beyond the base of the thumb, and is of such a
length that a welt at its end may come in a line with a welt at the extremity of
the wrist band, and the side edges of the strip are sewn to the edges of the slit in
the wrist and palm of the glove. The width of the strip is sufficient to allow the
wrist band of the glove to be opened out, so that a person's hand may readily be
passed through it. The wrist band is drawn together, and made to fit closely
round the wrist when the glove is on, preferably by means of elastic bands
fastened to the back of the strip and to the wrist band, or it might be by other
means.
Figure 1 of the Drawings annexed shews a glove made as above described;
Figure 2 is a plan view shewing the shape to which the kid or such like material is
cut to form the greater part of the glove; in it is cut a slit A of the form shewn ;
Figure 3 is a similar view of the strip B from which the thumb piece is to formed;
Figure 4 shews the glove opened out at the wrist band to be put on to the hand.
The end B of the piece from which the thumb is to be formed is doubled over, and
the edges sewn together as usual to about the line C; the continuation of the side
edges are then sewn to two sides of a triangular gusset piece, such as is usually
employed at the fork where the thumb meets the hand; the other side of this
gusset piece is sewn to the inner end of the slit A, see Figure 2, from about the
point D to the point E; the remainder of the side edges of the thumb piece are
sewn directly to the two sides of the slit A. F, F, are elastic bands fastened to the
back of the strip forming the thumb piece and of the wrist band. By preference
the bands F are ordinary elastic tapes or braids containing india rubber strands,
but springs composed of thin wire finely coiled, or other similar springs which will
extend and contract, may be used for the purpose. In the case of lined gloves the
bands F are placed between the kid and the lining of the glove. In other respects
the glove is completed in the usual manner.
I claim the manufacture of kid and other gloves with the slit in the wristband,
and the slit where the thumb piece is to be sewn in, all as one continuous slit, and
with the strip which forms the thumb piece prolonged to the welt at the extremity
of the wristband, and sewn at its side edges to the edges of the slit, substantially
as herein before described.

page_text: I also claim the attachment of elastic bands of india rubber or other elastic
springs across such strip at the wrist band, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Urwick, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
TENDE
TYDIAD
HENRY URWICK. (L.S.)