IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS,. CUFFS, ANKLETS, BELTS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL.
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Blakey, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Saddler, and Howard Busby Fox, of Oxton,, in the County of
Chester, Gentlemen, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS,.
CUFFS, ANKLETS, BELTS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL.“
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Blakey and Howard
Busby Fox at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 7th December 1867.
We, JOHN BLAKEY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Saddler, and
HOWARD BUSBY Fox, of Oxton, in the County of Chester, Gentlemen, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS,,
CUFFS, ANKLETS, BELTS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," to be
as follows:-
Our Invention consists essentially in making collars, cuffs, anklets, belts,
and other like articles or portions of articles of wearing apparel which are more
or less exposed to view when being worn on the person, of two parts. The
one part consists of a frame or holder made of leather, coutchouc, silk, or other
woven fabric or other flexible material which, while it is of a durable and
ornamental character is also of such a design or coloured in such a manner
that it will retain its freshness of appearance for a considerable length of
time.

page_text: The other part consists of a slip or leaf or slips or leaves of paper, calico, or
other material of such form and size that it or they can be easily fitted into
and removed from the frame from time to time. These articles made according
to our Invention may in short be said to consist of a flexible picture frame
and picture, the edge of the frame being sufficiently flexible to allow a
slip or leaf (which is really the representative of the picture) to be easily
removed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Blakey and Howard Busby Fox, in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 6th June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
BLAKEY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Saddler, and HOWARD
BUSBY Fox, of Oxton, in the County of Chester, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said John Blakey and Howard Busby Fox, Her special license
that we, the said John Blakey and Howard Busby Fox, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said John Blakey and
Howard Busby Fox, our 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN COLLARS, CUFFS, ANKLETS, BELTS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES OF WEARING
APPAREL," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Blakey
and Howard Busby Fox, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of our or 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 we, the said John Blakey and Howard Busby
Fox, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained

page_text: in and by the following statement thereof, reference being made to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings and to the figures and letters marked thereon,.
that is to say:-
Our Invention consists essentially in making collars, cuffs, anklets, belts,
and other the like articles or portions of articles of wearing apparel which are
more or less exposed to view when being worn on the person, of a novel
combination of two parts. The one part consists of a frame or holder made
of leather, caitchouc, silk, or other woven fabric, or other flexible material.
which while it is of a durable and ornamental character is also of such a
design or colored in such a manner that it will retain its freshness of appear-
ance for a considerable length of time.
The other part consists of a slip or leaf or slips or leaves of paper, calico,
or other material of such form and size that it or they can be easily fitted into
and removed from the frame from time to time. These articles made according
to our Invention may in short be said to consist of a flexible picture frame and
picture, the edge of the frame being sufficiently flexible to allow a slip or leaf
(which is really the representative of the picture) to be easily fitted in and
removed, the former being so shaped as to hold the latter securely in position
when the article is in use.
In order that our said improvements may be more clearly understood in
detail we have represented on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings various.
articles made according to our Invention and to the parts of these we will now
refer by letters and figures.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of one
modification of a-cuff constructed according to our Invention. a denotes the
backing here made of leather; 6 edge pieces also of leather. These parts aro
stitched or fastened together at their outer edges and constitute the frame or
holder. c is a slip or leaf of paper, linen, or other cheap material made large
enough to fit underneath b. Eyelets or openings & are left to allow of fastening
by clasp links or other means.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of another modification of cuff e, the frame or
holder formed in one piece of imitation leather or other thin material; the
edges are simply folded over and fastened, eyelets f being used. at one, end
and the stitching or other means which secure the button and loop g at the
other; h, the slip or leaf.
Fig. 4 is is perspective view. and Fig. 5 a vertical transverse section of a
boy's collar; is the frame or holder, and j the slip or leaf. The back and
edge pieces are stitched together.
Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views to Figs. 4 and 5 of another collar of a

page_text: different shape, but constructed in substantially the same manner.
pieces in collars of this kind can be made of "gold cloth."
The edge
Fig. 8 is a view in perspective and Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section of
a waist belt made of a band k of silk or other woven fabric or material simply
folded over and secured at the ends by the clasp b; m colored or other paper
cloth or other material. A number of m are shewn in position to give stiffness
and for convenience of carriage when travelling. In belts of considerable
length it may be desireable to connect the folded over portions of k at certain
distances, and when this is done several lengths of the same or different colours
could be used.
It will be obvious that portions of articles of wearing apparel, such as the
collars and cuffs of boys' jackets, can be made of parts combined in the manner
above described; so also can various articles of wearing apparel be ornamented
thereby, such as ladies' skirts, mantles, and cloaks.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and particularized
the same, we would have it distinctly understood that we do not confine
ourselves to the use of any particular material or substances of which to make
either one or the other part of the combination described; neither do we
confine ourselves to make the removeable part in one or more pieces; what we
desire to claim as of our Invention is, the sole right to make, use, exercise,
and vend articles of wearing apparel or portions of articles of wearing apparel
made of a combination of two main parts, that is to say, of (a.) a frame or
holder and (b.) a removeable piece or pieces, the former serving to hold or
retain the latter in position and to allow it or them to be easily fitted in and
removed substantially as herein set forth and illustrated practically on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Blakey, for myself and the said
Howard Busby Fox, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifth
day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
In the presence of
JOHN T. KING,
Patent Agent,
Liverpool.
JOHN BLAKEY. (L.S.)