Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOHN WILLIAM BURRELL, of 86, Kendall Road, Hillsbro', near Sheffield, Hosier
and Shirt Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An entirely new and improved saddle or yoke for shirts, which can be used in the
manufacture of all classes of shirts, from the commonest quality to the best, either
in boys or mens, and which will answer equally well in all materials from which
shirts are made.
The differance between this improved shirt saddle and the shirt saddle in use at the
present time, is, ny extended saddle is made longer and wider, and when fixed in
position it reaches some inches beyond the body of the shirt and is extended down
the shirt sleeves which it covers and protects at the upper part where it is stitched
into the shirt body, this has always been the place where the effects of wear are
first apparant, the shirt sleeve wears thin through friction with the wearer's coat,
and gives way at the shoulder. The extended saddle covers and protects the shirt
sleeve at this part, and the durability of the shirt will be increased by one half, and
the neccessity for putting in new sleeves will be entirely obviated.
The sleeve protector, is simply an extra piece of the material from which the shirt
is made stitched inside the sleeves so as to gain a double thickness at the part coming
in contract with the elbow of the wearer.
I, JOHN WILLIAM BURRELL, of 86, Kendal Road, Hillsbro', near Sheffield, Hosier
and Shirt 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 :-
The improvements in shirts for which a patent is applied for, are, an improved
shirt saddle or yoke, and a shirt sleeve protector.
The saddle or yoke is that portion of a shirt which extends across the entire width
of the shirt at the shoulders it may consist of a plain strip of the material laid on, or
it may be shaped and fitted into the shirt body, but however made or used it has
hitherto always terminated at the point where the shirt sleeves are stitched into the
shirt body, my improved shirt saddle is made longer than those in use at the
present time, and when fixed in position extends some four inches onto, and down
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page_text: the shirt sleeves: likewise I add to the shirt sleeve a protector consisting of a portion
of the material from which the shirt is made, sewn on the inside of the sleeve at
that part which comes in contact with the elbow of the wearer.
And that my invention may be better understood, I will further explain the same
by reference to the drawings hereunto annexed, wherein Fig. 1 is a front view of a
shirt having my improved sadle or yoke, C, attached to the shirt body, A, and
extended along the shoulder of the sleeves, S, as marked, C¹, the sleeve protector
piece, D, being shown by dotted lines: the extent of the extension of yoke being
indicated by dotted lines B, B.
Fig. 2. Represents a piece of material for a sleeve, S, with its protector piece, D,
stitched on previous to seaming up.
Fig. 3. Shows the same made ready for fixing in.
Fig. 4. Is a back view of the upper portion of a shirt showing the yoke, C, finally
fixed in position.
Fig. 5. Represents the material for a yoke C, before fixing.
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise shapes and
proportions herein indicated, as the same may be varied to meet taste or
requirements.
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
1st. In shirts and the like, the formation, extension and method of fixing of a
sadle or yoke reaching beyond the shoulder seam of the sleeves and securely attached
to the said sleeves as well as to the body part of the garment, substantially as herein
described.
2nd. In making up shirts and the like, the addition, inside of the sleeves, of a
piece of material sewn fast, at about the position of the wearers elbow to compensate
for the stress and wear occurring at that part, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of October 1807
ISAAC BECK, F.S.P.A.,
Agent for the Applicant, Haymarket Chambers, 17, Haymarket, Sheffield.