IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS, CUFFS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Matthew Felton, of Nos. 6, 7, and 8,
Well Street, in the. City of London, Collar Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS, CUFFS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 24th May 1870, and dated the 25th November 1869. 1
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Matthew Felton,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th November 1869.
I, GEORGE MATTHEW FELTON, of Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Well Street, in tho
City of London, Collar Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS, CUFFS, AND OTHER SIMILAR-
ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
In collars and cuffs as ordinarily made the outside fabric and the
linings are formed of separate pieces of materials, the front being of one.
piece and the back of another; these are sewn together on the wrong
side and then folded to place the stitches on the inside.
Now by my Invention I cut the back and front of the outside picco
from one piece of material and the picce to form the lining from another,

page_text: and fold them in the middle, so that a smooth top. edge is produced;;
and in order to strengthen the top I fold the edge of the lining over
upon itself and then sew the whole together by a machine or otherwise.
The cut edges of the lining, as well as the outer fabric, are sewn to the
band in the usual manner.
By this method a smooth top edge is produced, and without the
unsightly ridge on the outside at the back or the serrated seam on
the top.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Matthew Felton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I, GEORGE
MATTHEW FELTON, of Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Well Street, in the City of
London, Collar Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Matthew Felton, Her special licence
that I, the said George Matthew Felton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Matthew Felton,. my
exccutors, 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, uso, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and. Ircland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COLLARS, CUFFS, AND, OTHER, SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Matthew Felton, my executors or ad-
ministrators, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Matthew Felton, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say :-
In collars and cuffs as ordinarily made the outside fabrics and the
linings are formed of separate pieces of materials, the front being of
one piece and the back of another; these are sewn together on the
wrong side and then folded to place the stitches on the inside.
Now by my Invention I cut the back and front of the outside piece
from one piece of material and the piece to form the lining from another,
and fold them in the middle, so that a smooth top edge is produced, and
in order to strengthen the top I fold the edge of the lining over upon
itself, and then sew the whole together by a machine or otherwise. The
cut edges of the lining as well as the outer fabric are sewn to the band
in the usual manner.
By this method a smooth top edge is produced and without the
unsightly ridge on the outside at the back, or the serrated scam on
the top.
The Invention will be well understood by referring to the Figure on
the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, which shews a portion of a gentle-
man's collar cut near the back. The folds or plys of material for
comprising the collar are opened out to show the position cach of
them takes when they are sewn together by the three rows of stitching
as indicated.
a, a, is the exterior picce, which is folded to form both the inside
and outside faces of the collar; b, b, is the lining; this is likewise in
one piece and folded double to increase the thickness all over the collar.
The folded edge is again turned or folded over upon itself, as seen at e,
to increase the thickness still more at the top edge of the collar. These
folded over parts are sewn or stitched together by hand or by machine
as found most convenient, and the free edges are sewn to the band d in
the usual manner.
By making a collar or a cuff or other similar article in the manner
herein before described, that is, by folding the exterior fabric over to
form the inside and the outside faces, and sewing it down to a turned
over edge of the lining, the unsightly ridge on the outside is entirely
got rid of, as well as the serrated seam on the top.

page_text: And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be carried into effect, I declare that I
claim, the improvement in collars, cuffs, and other similar articles, as
herein-before described and shown in the annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Matthew Felton, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-fifth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.