Improvements in Dressing Gowns.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1890-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dressing Gowns.
I, JOSEPH JACOBUS, of Nos. 55, 57, 59, Wardour Street, W., in the County of
London, Merchant Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of an opening and flap at back of gown, for use at night or
any other time as accommodation gown. Also consists of a hood and leggings and
foot cover.
Dated this 27th day of March 1890.
JOSEPH JACOBUS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dressing Gowns.
JOSEPH JACOBUS, of Number 57, Wardour Street, in the County of London,
Merchant 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide dressing gowns with means whereby the
limbs of the wearer are thoroughly protected from the cold when sitting upon the
night or other stool the invention being specially adapted for the use of invalids
and other persons to whom slight changes of temperature are injurious.
The invention consists in forming an opening in the back of the dressing gown
covered by a flap which for purposes of convenience may be unbuttoned from
the back of the coat. The invention also comprises coverings for the legs and
feet which may be drawn on and fastened by buttons or other means to the inside
of the dressing gown when required.
In the accompanying drawings which are furnished in illustration of my
invention
Figure 1 shews the back of the dressing gown with the flap A buttoned in
position on the garment the opening being hidden beneath the flap. I do not
confine myself to the particular shape or design of flap shewn in the drawings as it
may be made to suit the taste of the wearer and may be scolloped or otherwise
fancifully made and if desired may be padded and quilted so as to form a cushion
when the wearer is sitting down in the ordinary manner.
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but shewing the opening C the flap A
being unbuttoned along the bottom and sides and tucked in under the belt B so as
to be out of the way when the wearer is sitting on the night stool or other stool.
The edges of the opening C are turned over or under and stitched down or hemmed
to prevent ravelling or fraying of the material.
Figure 3 shews the foot and leg coverings provided with a simple strap D with
a button hole or loop E whereby they may be readily attached to a button on
the inside of the dressing gown but other ready means of attachment may be
adopted as found convenient. The wearer will thus be entirely protected from the
cold and need not lift up the skirt of the dressing gown when sitting upon the night
or other stool. The dressing gown may of course be worn without the foot and
leg coverings shewn in Figure 3.
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 :-
1. In dressing gowns the opening C in the back covered by a flap which may be

page_text: unfastened and entirely removed or turned up or over on one of its edges so as
to be out of the way when the wearer sits down upon a night or other stool,
substantially, as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The leg and foot coverings described and shewn in Figure 3 of the accom-
panying drawings to be attached by the strap D to a dressing gown substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Do 1
1000
JOSEPH JACOBUS.
Castle Smith,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.