Skirt Attachment for Cyclists.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1899
Skirt Attachment for Cyclists.
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, trading as Henry Knight & Co., Manufacturer, 3,
Fell Street, Wood Street, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:
My invention relates to a contrivance by means of which the ordinary skirt of
any lady cyclist may be drawn up so that it is perfectly safe & will not fly up,
or become entangled in the spokes. It also makes the skirt set like an ordinary
cycling skirt.
My invention consists of a piece of rigid or non-elastic material with two pieces
sewn at end each attached piece having a hook at end to take eye which is
fastened in the back inside of skirt half way up & about six inches from centre
Beam. The top end is led forward & upward between the legs & up inside the
waistband & then out between the skirt & the body of the dress in front. By pull-
ing on the upper end of the contrivance the fullness at the back of the dress is
drawn forwards & upwards between the knees, thus allowing the cyclist to sit on
the saddle with the fullness of the skirt at the back held forward so that it
cannot fly out or cause inconvenience. The top of the tape can be fitted with
hooks at intervals to engage in an eye fixed in front of the bodice & so enable the
wearer to adjust the dress at such height as may be required.
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT.
Skirt Attachment for Cyclists.
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, trading as Henry Knight & Co., 3, Fell Street, Wood
Street, London, E.C., Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention relates to a contrivance by means of which the ordinary skirt
of any lady cyclist may be drawn up so that it is perfectly safe, will not fly up,
or become entangled in the spokes. It also makes the skirt set like an ordinary
cycling skirt.
My invention consists of a piece of rigid or non-elastic material with two pieces
of suitable material attached to lower end thereof, each attached piece having
a hook at end to take eye which is fastened in the back inside of skirt half way
up & about 6 inches from centre seam. The top end is led forward & upward
between the legs & up inside the waistband & then out between the skirt & the

page_text: body of the dress in front. By pulling on the upper end of the contrivance the
fullness at the back of the dress is drawn forwards & upwards between the knees,
thus allowing the cyclists to sit on the saddle with the fullness or the back of
skirt held forward so that it cannot fly out & cause inconvenience. The top of
the tape which is led upward & through the waistband can be fitted with hooks
at intervals to engage in an eye fixed in front of the bodice & so enable the wearer
to adjust the dress at such height as may be required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A contrivance for lifting the dress behind by means of a cord or tape, one end
fastened to the inside of the skirt the other end brought between the legs upwards
to the front and manipulated from the waist substantially as described.
27th M
1000
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT.