Improvements in Waterproof Coats, Mantles, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
Improvements in Waterproof Coats, Mantles, and the like.
I, ABRAHAM MONTAGUE WARTSKI, of the firm of Barnett Wartski & Son,
78 and 79, Bishopsgate Street Without, in the County of London, Manufacturers of
Vulcanized India-rubber Garments, 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 waterproof coats, mantles and the like of the kind having
capes attached thereto.
Hitherto such garments have usually been made without sleeves so that when
used by a person driving, the arms of the driver frequently become wetted by rain.
Also such garments have frequently been provided with a throat tab which, when
not in use, is either removed and buttoned inside the coat, the result of which
arrangement is that it is frequently lost, or is attached to the collar and so prevents
it falling into a proper position.
According to my invention I provide a waterproof coat or the like with detach-
able sleeves so that it may be used with or without sleeves as desired, and in order
to prevent the rain from running down over the hands, I form the cuffs of such
sleeves with ribs which act as guides to direct the water to the undersides of the
said sleeves. The throat tab also, instead of being made detachable or attached to
the collar, is in the form of a flap connected at its lower edge to the coat, the said
flap when in use being turned up and attached to buttons upon the collar and when
not in use turned down and concealed under the cape.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, which represents a waterproof coat having
my improvements applied thereto, one side of the cape being turned back.
a, a indicate my detachable sleeves which, as shewn, are connected to a short
sleeve by buttons c, c but, in cases where it is desired to have the ordinary opening
for the arm, instead of the short sleeve b the sleeve may be made of a shape suitable
to apply over such opening.
d, d are the ribs which are formed on the cuffs to direct the rain to the undersides
thereof. These ribs, which are advantageously formed by introducing pieces of
cord or other substance between the outer fabric of the sleeves and the lining
thereof or by pleating the material of the sleeves, are inclined as shewn so that when
the arms are pushed forward, as is the case when driving, the lower parts of the ribs
will be more forward than the upper parts and so serve to direct the water which
runs down the sleeves towards the lower sides thereof where it will drop off.
Although my rain directing ribs are shewn and described as applied to a waterproof
coat having detachable sleeves it is to be understood that they are also applicable to
coats having permanent sleeves.
e is my throat tab which is secured to the coat at the edge f and provided with
button holes designed to engage with buttons g, g on the collar. As hereinbefore
stated when this throat tab is not in use it is turned down so that it will lie between
the coat and the cape thereof.
In practice I find it advantageous to provide my waterproof garment with what
are known as accommodating pockets h, that is to say, with pockets having inside
slits covered by flaps which enable the hands to be passed to the inside of the
garment without unbuttoning the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. A waterproof garment provided with sleeves (detachable or otherwise) the

page_text: cuff portions of which have ribs thereon, substantially as, and for the purpose,
described.
2. A waterproof coat or the like having a throat flap attached thereto substan-
tially as, and for the purpose, described.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved waterproof coat hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 19th day of January 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.