A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED GARMENT."
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig, of Bloomsbury,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED GARMENT."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Johan Heinrich Christopf
Zanzig at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd December 1873.
I, JOHAN HEINRICH CHRISTOPF ZANZIG, of Bloomsbury, in the
3 County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention.
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED GARMENT," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved convertible garment, which may
be worn as "frock coat," "morning coat," or "dress coat" at will.
According to my Invention I proceed in the first place as when
making an ordinary frock coat, but instead of sewing the front of each.
half of the skirt to the fore part of the body as usual I leave a slit or .
opening at the waist seam between the skirt and the front of the coat, .

page_text: that is to say, the front of the skirt is not sewn to the body as usual but
is attached by hook and other similar fastenings or attachments, so that
it can be readily disconnected and folded back when required to form a
dress coat. When folded back the skirts are secured by proper
fastenings.
In order to give the skirts sufficient "spring" for a frock coat it is
necessary to cut the edge of the folding part of the skirt where it joins
the body of coat in a peculiar manner, so as to throw the skirts properly
outward.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 2nd June 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHAN
HEINRICH CHRISTOPF ZANZIG, of Bloomsbury, in the County of Middle-
sex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig, Her
special licence that I, the said Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Johan
Heinrich Christopf Zanzig, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at.
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED GARMENT," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Johan Heinrich Christopf
Zanzig, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed: in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters. Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters. and. figures. marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to an improved convertible garment, which may
be worn as "frock coat," "morning coat," or "dress coat" at will.
According to my Invention I proceed in the first place as when
making an ordinary frock coat, but instead of sewing the front of each
half of the skirt to the fore part of the body as usual I make the skirt
separate from the front of the coat for a short distance along the waist
seam, that is to say, the front of the skirt is not sewn to the body as
usual but is attached by buttons, hooks, or other fastenings or attach-
ments, so that it can be readily disconnected and folded back when
required to form a dress coat. When folded back the skirts are secured
by proper fastenings.
In order to give the skirts sufficient "spring" for a frock coat it is
necessary to cut the edge of the folding part of the skirt where it joins
the body of the coat in' a curve, so as to throw the skirt properly
outward.
Similarly a "morning coat" may be converted into a "dress coat,” or
a "frock coat" into a morning coat.
In order that my Invention may be better understood I have illus-
trated in the accompanying Drawing the patterns of one-half of a
convertible coat made-in the manner described. The body of the coat
being the same as that of an ordinary double breasted frock or dress
coat it is not necessary to make any special reference thereto.
a represents the skirt, which is sewn to the body in the usual way at
the back and sides, but not at the front part, which is made separable
from the front of the coat for a suitable distance along the waist seam
from 6 to c to admit of this portion of the skirt being doubled back
sufficiently to give the garment the appearance of a dress coat. When

page_text: worn as a frock coat this part of the skirt is attached to the body by
buttons d, the button holes e being made in a projecting edge of the
lining, as shown, so that when joined or buttoned the junction will
present the appearance of an ordinary seam. This portion 6 to c is cut
on a slight curve as above alluded to so as to give the necessary amount
of "spring" for the skirt of a frock coat.
To convert the garment into a dress coat the part from 6 to c is
unfastened, and the front part of the skirt folded back as far as the red
lines c to d³, and to retain the skirt in this position when worn button
holes are provided, which are attached to buttons on the inside of the 1
coat lining.
In like manner to convert the coat into a morning coat the portion 6.
to c being attached the skirt is turned back to the blue lines 6 to f, and
made fast to buttons or other attachments. These buttons and button
holes or other fastenings are placed in the coat lining so as not to be 1
visible in whatever form the garment is worn.
Having described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
improved convertible coat, substantially as herein described.
In witness, whereof, I, the said Johan Heinrich Christopf Zanzig,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of June, in.
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
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JOHAN HEINRICH CHRISTOPF ZANZIG. (L.S.)