Improvements in Garments.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garments.
I, ALLEN HAIGH of Allen Haigh & Co., Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, in
the County of York, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to strengthen garments at corners and other
places where they are liable to excessive stress. It may be applied to garments
generally but is specially applicable to capes, overcoats and the like made of water-
proof material. Such garments are made up by cementing together the several
sections thereof by cement which is usually made of india-rubber in solution. The
corresponding parts of woollen, fustian and other garments are secured by sewing.
In waterproofs constructed and made up as before described, some portions
thereof, for instance, about the corners of the pockets and the neck, and other parts
which are subjected to excessive stresses give way under such stresses, and the
cemented joints are opened or torn asunder. The garment is thus soon rendered
unserviceable and unsightly, and its durability is considerably impaired.
and other sewn garments also give way first at the places above mentioned.
Now the object of this invention is to obviate such defects and objections
existing in garments as heretofore made up, and so to construct garments that the
parts subjected to undue stresses shall be strengthened in such manner that they
will be able to withstand the stresses that may be put upon them in ordinary wear.
This I accomplish by adding an auxiliary stay or support to the parts mentioned.
I thereby produce a garment more serviceable and of superior manufacture to those
ordinarily made.
Woollen
One mode of carrying my invention into practice as applied for example to a
waterproof garment is to cement the garment as is usual in the construction thereof,
but in such parts that have to resist excessive stress I prefer to combine with the
cement as a means of adding further strength a rivet or rivets of copper, brass, or
other suitable metal. I pass the said rivet or rivets through the parts so cemented,
and thereby strengthen those parts hitherto found to be weak and liable to be torn
asunder and become unsightly.
I construct the rivets with heads of dimension suited to the nature or quality of
the material to be strengthened. I prefer that the head shall be on the outside of
the garment, or that part exposed to view. On the underside of the rivet I prefer
to use a washer of suitable size or area so as to afford sufficient grip to securely
hold the pieces of material together. By my invention I add to the weak places of
the garment an element of great strength and support at a trifling additional cost,
and thereby produce a garment of greater durability.
It will be obvious that the head of the rivet can be made of such size or dimension
as to permit of the name or trade mark or other device being formed thereon. It
s also obvious that the aforesaid rivets can be used in woollen fustian and other
ewn garments to strengthen such garments at the weakest places.
Dated this 29th day of September 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garments.
I, ALLEN HAIGH, of Allen Haigh & Co., Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, in
the County of York, Manufacturer, 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 :--
This invention has for its object to strengthen garments at corners and other
places where they are liable to be subjected to excessive stress. It may be applied
to garments generally but is specially applicable to capes, overcoats and the like
made of waterproof material. Such garments are usually made up by fastening
together the several parts thereof by cement which is usually made of india-rubber
in solution.
The corresponding parts of woollen, fustian and other garments are
sewn together.
In waterproofs made up as above described, some portions thereof, for instance,
about the corners of the pockets, and the neck, and other parts which are subjected
to excessive tearing stresses give way under such stresses, and the cemented joints
are opened or torn asunder. The garment is thus soon rendered unserviceable and
unsightly, and its durability is considerably impaired. Woollen and other sewn
garments also as a rule give way first at the places above mentioned.
This
Now the object of this invention is to obviate such defects in and objections to
garments as heretofore made up, and so to construct garments that the parts
subjected to undue stresses shall be strengthened in such manner that they will be
able to withstand the stresses that may be put upon them in ordinary wear.
'I accomplish by adding a strong and firm auxiliary stay or support to the parts
*mentioned. I thereby produce a garment more serviceable and of superior
manufacture to those ordinarily made.
One mode of carrying my invention into practice as applied for example to a
waterproof garment is to cement the garment at the joints as usual in the
construction thereof, but at those parts that have to resist excessive stress I
combine with the cement, as a means of adding further strength to the joint, a
rivet or rivets of copper, brass, or other suitable metal. I pass the said rivet or
rivets through the cemented joint and thereby strengthen such joint hitherto
found to be weak and liable to be torn asunder and become unsightly.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 shows a portion of a coat having the pockets strengthened at the
corners in accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 shows how the pockets as ordinarily made are liable to be torn.
Figure 3 shows a portion of a neck of a waterproof similarly strengthened.
Figure 4 is a greatly magniñed longitudinal section of a rivet and washer such
as I prefer to use.
Figure 5 is a view of the same looking at the point.
Figure 6 is a section of a joint with a rivet passed through the same.
Referring to Figure 1, A, A indicate the pockets; B, B the sewn or cemented
corners thereof which require to be strengthened; C, C are rivets put through the
said corners and which firmly hold the parts together, and prevent them being torn
asunder in the manner indicated in Figure 2.
In Figure 3 the corner D of the neck is shown strengthened by a rivet C.
I construct the rivets with heads of dimension suited to the nature or quality of
the material to be strengthened. I prefer that the head shall be on the outside of
a garment, or that part exposed to view. On the underside of the rivet I prefer
to use a washer C₁ of suitable size or area so as to afford sufficient grip to securely
hold the pieces of material together. I preferably use rivets having hollow stems,
which admit of being very easily riveted over the washer. I may provide one or
more rivets at each joint or corner which requires to be strengthened. By my

page_text: invention I add to the weak places of the garment an element of great strength
and support at a trifling additional cost, and thereby produce a garment of greater
durability.
It will be obvious that the head of the rivet can be made of such size or
dimension as to permit of the name or trade mark or other device being formed
thereon. It is also obvious that the aforesaid rivets can be used in woollen,
fustian, and other sewn garments to strengthen such garments at the weakest
places.
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 :-
:-
In a waterproof, or woollen, fustian, or other garment, the combination with the
sewn or cemented joints at the corners of pockets, necks, or other places which are
subject to excessive tearing stress, of a rivet or rivets, substantially as described,
for the purpose specified.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.