Improvements in Gaiters, also applicable to Military and other Boots.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
Improvements in Gaiters, also applicable to Military and
other Boots.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCHNELL WINTER, of 39,
Conduit Street, Regent Street, London, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, and
accompanying drawing, that is to say:-
Our present invention has for its objects improvements and modifications in
the inventions for which Letters Patent were granted to John Pullman, dated
November 6th, A.D. 1896, No. 24,893, for "Improvements in gaiters, or coverings
for the legs"; and to Francis Joseph Stohwasser and George Birtchnell Winter.
dated June 27th, A.1). 1898, No. 14,214, for "Improvements in military and
other boots."
In the Specifications of the said two Letters Patent is described' and claimed a
strap of leather or other suitable flexible material, one end of which is attached
to the lower edge of the gaiter, or of the overlapping part of the boot respectively,
the strap being then wound helically round the leg, and finally attached to a
buckle at the upper edge of the gaiter, or of the inner flap of the overlapping edge
of the boot, or upon the upper end of the strap itself.
We have found that in many cases it is more convenient for the wearer, that
the buckle should be at the lower edge instead of the upper edge of the gaiter,
or of the inner flap of the boot respectively, the upper end of the strap being
attached, by stitching or otherwise, to the upper edge of the gaiter, or of the
overlapping flap of the boot, and our present invention consists of a modified
method of construction by which this object is attained.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention, Figure 1 repre-
senting the front of a gaiter, and Figure 2 the front of a boot having an over-
lapping edge, made and fitted according to our present invention.
In Figure 1, a is the gaiter having a vertical overlapping edge a¹, and is a
strap fixed, by stitching or equivalent means, to the upper edge of the outer or
overlapping edge of the gaiter at b₁, and fastened, after being wound helically
round the gaiter, to the lower edge of the inner flap of the latter, or to the band b,
as shewn, by means of a buckle c.
Fig. 2 shows our invention applied to a boot A, the upper end of the strap b
being stitched or otherwise attached to the upper edge of the overlapping vertical
edge A¹ of the boot at 61, and fastened, after having been wound helically round
the boot, to the lower edge of the inner flap of the boot, or to the band b, as shewn.
Instead of being in front, the vertical flaps of the gaiter, or of the boot, may be
at the back or side; and loops or hooks may be attached to the gaiter, or to the
boot, to support the strap or band, as shown in the drawings of the Specifications
of the two former Letters Patent already referred to.
The details of manufacture, material, and arrangement may be varied and modi-
ied more or less as may be found desirable, our invention consisting substantially

page_text: in attaching the upper end of the strap or band to the upper edge of the gaiter
or boot, and buckling or fastening its lower end to the lower edge of the gaiter, or
of the flap of the boot, or to the band itself, after it has been wound helically
round the leg.
The edges of the gaiter, or of the boot flaps, may be provided with a strap or
buckle, as well as the buckle for the end of the strap as shown.
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. The combination of a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, with a strap or band 6 which is fixed to the upper edge of the gaiter, and
after being wound helically round the leg outside the gaiter is fastened at or near
the lower edge of the latter, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figure 1.
2. The combination with a boot, the upper part of which extends up to, or more
or less up to, the knee of the wearer, and having a vertical opening in such upper
part one edge of which opening overlaps the other edge, of a strap or band wind-
ing helically round the boot and tightened and fixed at its upper end, substantially
as described, and illustrated in Figure 2.
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EDWARDS AND Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants."