CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fredrick Hugh Jones, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Commission Agent, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WEARING APPAREL."
Sealed the 13th August 1867, and dated the 5th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fredrick Hugh Jones at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th March 1867.
I, FREDRICK HUGH JONES, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WEARING APPAREL," to be as follows:-
The Invention is designed for the purpose of providing a wrapper" or
protector from wet and cold for the feet and legs of travellers, and consists of
a long bag or sack, which is composed of a thick or strong cloth or fabric
outside and lined inside with sheepskin or other fur, and between the two a
lining or thickness of waterproof material is inserted, such as india-rubber,
cloth, or gutta percha sheeting; this bag is closed at the bottom and up the
sides as far as about two-thirds its length, and the upper third is open at the
sides to enable the hands to enter the trousers' pockets, the whole being made
sufficiently loose that it may be drawn on over the trousers to enclose the legs
and feet, and the aperture at the top is closed round the waist of the wearer
by strap and buckle, buttons, or equivalent. Outside two pockets are arranged
and provided in front, also lined with fur and waterproof material, in which the

page_text: hands may be protected, and the article of wearing apparel thus provided will
be found very comfortable and a great protector from wet and cold in long
journeys either by rail or road, it being readily removed by unfastening the
waistband and throwing back the front and back flaps and allowing the bag
to fall off the legs,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Fredrick Hugh Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th August 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME; I, FREDERICK
HUGH JONES, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Commission Agent,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Frederick Hugh Jones, Her special license that I, the said Frederick Hugh
Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Frederick Hugh Jones, 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 "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEARING APPAREL," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Frederick Hugh Jones, 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 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 Frederick Hugh Jones, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say);-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of providing a
"
wrapper or
protection from wet and cold for the feet and legs of travellers, and consists of
a long bag or sack, which is composed of a thick or strong cloth or fabric

page_text: outside, and lined or otherwise inside with sheepskin or other fur or cloth, and
if used for exposed travelling a thickness of waterproof material, such as india-
rubber, cloth, or gutta percha sheeting may be employed as an outer cover;
this bag is closed at the bottom and up the sides as far about two-thirds its
length, and the upper third is open at the sides to enable the hands to enter
the trousers' pockets, the whole being made sufficiently loose that it may be
drawn on over the trousers to enclose the legs and feet, and the apertures at the
top are closed round the waist of the wearer by strap and buckle, buttons, or
equivalents. Outside two pockets are arranged and provided in front, either
lined with fur and waterproof material or not, in which the bands may be
protected, and the article of wearing apparel thus provided will be found very
comfortable and a great protector from wet and cold in long journeys either
by rail or road, it being readily removed by unfastening the waistband and
throwing back the front and back flaps and allowing the bag to fall off
the legs.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings illustrative of same.
Fig. 1 represents the improved rug, wrapper, or sack as it would appear
when employed to envelope the lower extremities of the body and legs to
promote warmth and exclude draughts when travelling; Fig. 2 represents a
front elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 represents the wrapper or sack as it
would appear when folded up in a portable form.
The construction of sack shewn in Fig. 1 is composed of a thick strong
cloth fabric outside, and lined inside with sheepskin or other fur, and if
desired an outer cover or thickness of waterproof material may be used over
the two; this bag is closed at the bottom and sides up to the point a, the
remaining portion being left open to enable the hands to enter the trousers'
pockets, when the legs and lower part of the body are inside the sack or
wrapper, the top is closed round the waist of the wearer by the strap and
buckle b. Outside the sack and in a convenient position for the hands the
pockets c, c, are provided, which may or may not be lined with fur.
Fig. 2
represents a similar description of "sack" or "wrapper" having an opening
up the front, which when buttoned up can be secured round the waist in like
manner to the last, or by elastic webbing; this form of "sack" can be opened
and closed round the legs without drawing it upwards over the legs, as in the
use of that form shewn in Fig. 1. The materials of which the sack or wrapper
is made may be varied according to the requirements and cost desired.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical. effect, I wish it to be distinctly

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understood that I claim the peculiar construction of sack or wrapper,
lined and waterproof, or not, in which to insert the feet and legs of travellers
for protection against cold and wet with pockets outside for the hands, as
herein-before described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings
attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Hugh Jones, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
FREDERICK HUGH JONES. (L.S.)
Witnessed by
JNO. HUGHES,
Clerk to Jno. Davies & Son,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.