Improvements in Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left 23rd Feb. 1898-Accepted. 16th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wearing Apparel.
I, RICHARD GUNN, of 211, New City Road, in the County of Glasgow, North
Britain, Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows,
that is to say:-
My said invention has for its object to impart an improved external form, ap-
pearance, or contour to various parts of various kinds of wearing apparel.
In carrying out my invention I employ strips of whalebone, steel, celluloid,
or other suitable springy material; and for the purpose of attaching such springy:
strips to the inside of a garment I have ribbon or tape woven by well known ap-
pliances with its middle part two-ply or tubular. The ribbon or tape is to be
sewn by its side parts to the part of the garment intended to be improved, and the
springy strip is then inserted into it, its end being secured in any convenient
Or the holding ribbon or tape may be woven with one half or other portion
two ply or tubular, the other part being for stitching to the garment. Or again
two plain ribbons or tapes may be sewn to the garment by stitches along their
edges so as to enclose a tubular part to receive the springy strip. In the case of
waterproofed garments the holding ribbon or tape may be fixed by means of ap-
propriate adhesive substance.
way.
The springy strips may be applied in curved form across the shoulders of coats,
overcoats, jackets and the like. Straight or slightly curved strips may be applied
between the shoulders and neckband; and curved strips may be applied so as to
extend more or less round the collar of a coat or other garment. The springy strips
may be advantageously applied to various parts of garments of various kinds, as
for example to the sleeves of ladies' jackets, coats, or dresses.
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I, RICHARD GUNN, of 211, New City Road, in the County of Glasgow, North
Britain, Tailor, 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, that is to say:-
My said invention has for its object to impart an improved external form, ap-
pearance, or contour to various parts of various kinds of wearing apparel.
In carrying out my invention I employ strips of whalebone, steel, celluloid,

page_text: or other suitable springy material; and for the purpose of attaching such springy
strips to the inside of a garment I have ribbon or tape woven by well known ap-
pliances with its middle part two-ply or tubular. The ribbon or tape is to be
sewn by its side parts to the part of the garment intended to be improved, and the
springy strip is then inserted into it, its ends being secured in any convenient
way. Or the holding ribbon or tape may be woven with one half or other portion
two-ply or tubular, the other part being for stitching to the garment. Or again
two plain ribbons or tapes may be sewn to the garment by stitches along their
edges so as to enclose a tubular part to receive the springy strip. In the case of
waterproofed garments the holding ribbon or tape may be fixed by means of ap-
propriate adhesive substance.
The springy strips may be applied in curved form across the shoulders of coats,
overcoats, jackets, and the like. Straight or slightly curved strips may be applied
between the shoulders and neckband; and curved strips may be applied so as to
extend more or less round the collar of a coat or other garment. The springy strips
may be advantageously applied to various parts of garments of various kinds, as
for example to the sleeves of ladies' jackets, coats, or dresses."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-.
The application to the shoulders, neckband, collar, and sleeves of wearing ap-
parel of strips of whalebone, steel, celluloid, or other suitable springy material
enclosed and held in position by a partly tubular ribbon or tape or pair of tapes
sewn or otherwise secured to the part of the garment intended to be improved,
substantially as herein before described.
Dated this Twenty-second day of February 1898