AN IMPROVED ARTICLE OF WEARING APPAREL FOR CHILDREN, COMBINING BOOTERKINS, GAITERS, AND DRAWERS, AND GAITERS AND DRAWERS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lucy Warmington, of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ARTICLE OF
WEARING APPAREL FOR CHILDREN, COMBINING BOOTERKINS, GAITERS, AND
DRAWERS, AND GAITERS AND DRAWERS."
Sealed the 28th April 1874, and dated the 6th November 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lucy Warmington at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on
the 6th November 1873.
I, LUCY WARMINGTON, of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED ARTICLE OF WEARING APPAREL FOR CHILDREN, COMBINING BOOTERKINS,
GAITERS, AND DRAWERS, AND GAITERS AND DRAWERS," to be as follows:--
The article of wearing apparel for children known as booterkins
consists of a knitted or woven stocking of wool, cotton, or other material,
the foot of which is made to represent a boot, and the legpiece the
stocking. The stocking part of booterkins as at present made arc of
length only sufficient to cover the calf, or at most the knee of the wearer,

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and they have to be fastened or held in position by an clastic band or
other garter.
The article of wearing apparel for children known as gaitors consist in
a knitted or woven woollen or other legpicce, which is provided at the
bottom with an upper or boot cover, and is fitted with a strap which
passes under the wearer's boot. These gaiters are also fitted with
elastic bands or other garters to keep them in position on the wearer's
legs.
This Invention relates to manufacturing an article of wearing apparel
for children, which will combine the booterkins, gaiters, and drawers in
one garment, and consists in continuing the booterkins up the legs and
thighs, and forming thereon drawers in one piece with the booterkins or
with the gaiters. On the top of the drawers there may be a series of
holes, or a hem with a cord, tape, or ribbon to draw them in round the
wearer's waist. The soles of the booterkins may be fitted with leather,
cork, or other material, to render them impervious to moisture.
A modification of this Invention consists in manufacturing an article
of wearing apparel for children which combines the plain gaiter before
mentioned and drawers in one garment, and consists in continuing the
gaiter up the legs and thighs, and forming thereon drawers in one piece
with the gaiter. The top of the drawers may be drawn in round the
waist, as before mentioned, in the case of the combined booterkins and
drawers.
It will be seen that by thus manufacturing the combined booterkins,
gaiters and drawers, or gaiters and drawers in one garment, several great
advantages are obtained, namely, no garters are required, and in conse-
quence no stoppage occurs to the circulation. The article being in one
piece piece is easily drawn on and off; also great additional warmth is
supplied by the addition of the drawers to booterkins and gaiters, and
children are thereby much less liable to catch cold.
This article of wearing apparel is specially adapted for children in
arms, but it can also be worn by any children with great advantage.
The article of wearing apparel herein-before described may be manu-
factured of wool, merino, angola, worsted, cotton, and all kinds of yarns
or other like fibrous materials suitable for the manufacture of such
garments, and may be knitted, woven, crochetted, or manufactured in

page_text: other like manner, so as to give elasticity to the garment to allow of its
passage over the wearer's boots, stockings, and under cloths, or other-
wise.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Lucy Warmington, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LUCY
WARMINGTON, of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in the County of Lancaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Lucy Warmington, Her
special licence that I, the said Lucy Warmington, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Lucy Warmington, my
executors, 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, use
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED ARTICLE OF WEARING APPAREL FOR CHILDREN, COMBINING BOOTAKINS,
GAITERS, AND DRAWERS, AND GAITERS AND DRAWERS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Lucy Warmington, my executors or
administrators, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Lucy Warmington, 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:-
The article of wearing apparel for children known as bootakins consists

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of a knitted or woven stocking of wool, cotton, or other material, the
foot of which is made to represent a boot, and the legpiece a stocking.
The stocking part of bootakins as at present made is of length only
sufficient to cover the calf, or at most the knee of the wearer, and they
have to be fastened or held in position by an elastic band or other
garter.
The article of wearing apparel for children known as gaiters consists
in a knitted or woven woollen or other legpiece, which is provided at the
bottom with an upper or boot cover, and and is fitted with a strap which
passes under the wearer's boot. These gaiters are also fitted with
elastic bands or other garters to keep them in position on the wearer's
legs.
This Invention relates to manufacturing an article of wearing apparel
for children which will combine the bootakins, gaiters, and drawers in
one garment, and consists in continuing the bootakin up the legs and
thighs, and forming thereon drawers in one piece with the bootakins or
with the gaiters. On the top of the drawers there may be a series of
holes, or a hem with a cord, tape, or ribbon to draw them in round the.
wearer's waist, or they may be buttoned up the front. The soles of the
bootakins may be fitted with leather, cork, or other material to render
them impervious to moisture.
A modification of this Invention consists in manufacturing an article
of wearing apparel for children which combines the plain gaiter before
mentioned and drawers in one garment, and consists in continuing the
gaiter up the legs and thighs, and forming thereon drawers in one piece
with the gaiter. The top of the drawers may be drawn in round the
waist, as before mentioned, in the case of the combined bootakin and
drawers, or button up the front.
It will be seen that by thus manufacturing the combined bootakin,
gaiter, and drawers, or gaiters and drawers in one garment, several great
advantages are obtained, namely, no garters are required, and in conse-
quence no stoppage occurs to the circulation. The article being in one
piece is easily drawn on and off; also great additional warmth is supplied
by the addition of the drawers to bootakins and gaiters, and children are
thereby much less liable to catch cold.
This article of wearing apparel is specially adapted for children in
arma
but it can also be worn by any children with great advantage.

page_text: The article of wearing apparel herein-before described may be manu-
factured of wool, merino, angola, worsted, cotton, and all kinds of yarn
or other like fibrous materials suitable for the manufacture of such
garments, and may be knitted, woven, crochetted, or manufactured in
like manner, either by hand or by machinery, so as to give elasticity to
the garment to allow of its passage over the wearer's boots, stockings,
and under cloths, or otherwise.
The before-going being the nature, object, and purposes of this my
Invention I will now proceed to describe the same more definitely, and
for that object I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings illustrative
of my Invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of an article of wearing apparel for
children constructed according to my Invention, combining bootakins,
gaiters, and drawers in one garment. The part a consists of a knitted,
woven, or otherwise constructed stocking known as a bootakin. This
stocking or bootakin is continued up the legs 6 and the thighs c in one
piece, forming thereon drawers in one piece with the bootakins. On the
top & there are a series of holes or a hem with a cord, tape, or ribbon e
to draw the garment in round the waist, or they may be made to button
up the front, as shown in dotted lines.
Figure 2 illustrates a similar garment to Figure 1, only that the soles f
of the bootakin a are fitted with leather, cork, or other material to render
them impervious to moisture.
Figure 3 illustrates my improved article of wearing apparel for
children, combining a plain gaiter h with a strap i to the drawers 6, the
same being in one piece, and the top drawn in round the waist, as before
mentioned, by the ribbon or cord e, or by buttoning up the front.
Upon reference to the Drawing it will be seen that the articles of
wearing apparel constructed according to my Invention are especially
adapted to babies and children of tender years. They can be used as
overalls, covering the child and its usual under clothing entirely, and
may be constructed of any suitable material, as before mentioned.
Articles of wearing apparel constructed according to this Invention I
term "the Child's Protector and Gaiter Drawers," so that the same may
be distinguished in the market from other articles of wearing apparel
worn by children.

page_text: Having now described and ascertained the nature, object, and purposes
of my Invention, and shown how the same may be put into operation,
what I claim as my Invention and secured to me by Letters Patent as
aforesaid is,-
Firstly. The improved article of wearing apparel for children, com-
bining bootakins, gaiters, and drawers, substantially as shown at Figure 1
of the accompanying Drawings, and described and set forth in the before-
going Specification.
Secondly. The improved article of wearing apparel for children,
combining bootakins, gaiters, and drawers, substantially as shown at
Figure 2 of the accompanying Drawings, and described and set forth in
the before-going Specification.
Thirdly. The improved article of wearing apparel for children,
combining gaiters and drawers, substantially as shown at Figure 3 of the
accompanying Drawings, and described and set forth in the before-going
Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lucy Warmington have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.