An Improvement in Driving Gloves.
Year: 1898

page_text: An Improvement in Driving Gloves.
We, JOHN PERCY BOULTON, and HERBERT WILLIAM ALLEY, both of Indigo
Factory, Westbury, in the County of Wilts., Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in driving gloves having for its
especial object to ensure a firm grip of the reins by preventing the tendency of
the reins to slip through the hand, likewise to increase the durability of the glove.
The invention consists in reinforcing certain portions of the gloves with an
extra thickness of leather formed with series of longitudinal slits so made as to
present their edges transversely to the reins as they are held in the hand, so as to
increase the frictional adherence by reason of the clinging tendency of the square
cut edges of the slits opposing the slipping of the reins. These reinforcing pieces
are preferably of real reindeer leather of specially stout thickness, but any other
suitable leather may be used, and they have series of short slits punched in them
at short distances apart and extending in one, two, or more parallel lines along
the fingers and thumbs to which said pieces are secured by lines of stitching
between the lines of slits as well as at the margins of the pieces. The said slitted
reinforcing pieces may be similar for the thumbs but preferably differ in shape
and locality for the fingers of the gloves to be worn on the right and left hands.
For the left hand such a slitted reinforcing piece completely encircles the fore-
finger with, the exception of the gusset or side portion adjacent to the second
finger. For the third finger of the same hand a similar piece is applied to the
inner part of the finger and the gusset or side portion next to the second finger.
For the right hand a single slitted reinforcing piece may be applied to the third
and fourth fingers, said piece extending beyond the roots of those fingers so as
to cover that portion of the palm and side of the hand which comes in contact with
the reins in driving.
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page_text: 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: -
This invention relates to an improvement in driving gloves and its object is
to ensure a firm grip of the reins thus preventing them from slipping through
the hand and to increase the durability of the glove.
The invention consists in reinforcing certain portions of the gloves with an
extra thickness of leather formed with series of longitudinal slits so made as to
present their edges transversely to the reins as they are held in the hand, thus
increasing the frictional adherence by reason of the clinging tendency of the square
cut edges of the slits opposing the slipping of the reins. These reinforcing pieces
are preferably of real reindeer leather of specially stout thickness, but any other
suitable leather may be used, and they have series of short slits punched in them
at short distances apart and extending in one, two, or more parallel lines along
the fingers and thumbs to which said pieces are secured by lines of stitching
between the lines of slits as well as at the margins of the pieces.
Figure 1 shows a left hand glove, and Figure 2 a right hand glove. Figures 3
and 4 are local sections on the lines 3-3, 4-4 Figure 1.
a a are the gloves proper in no way differing from ordinary gloves. bb are
the reinforcing pieces having rows of slits e punched in them. The pieces bare
sewn on to the gloves a by lines of stitching d.
It will be obvious that the shape of the pieces b may be varied but those shown
are preferred.
We are aware that gloves have before been made having parts reinforced with
an additional thickness of leather and we do not claim this broadly nor do we
claim perforated gloves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A glove reinforced in places with perforated material.
2. Gloves substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.