A New and Improved Legging.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr., 1890-Accepted, 17th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Legging.
ALFRED NORMANTON, Clerk, and HERBERT NORMANTON, Law Clerk, both of
Number 5 Suminer Villas, Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This legging is one which protects the trouser-legs of gentlemen from mud dirt
and wet without in any way disfiguring or creasing the trousers whilst being worn-
at the same time allowing of free ventilation to the legs of the wearer, which ordinary
leggings do not allow.
It can be made of any material (waterproofed or otherwise) and in any size, and
consists of a piece of material sufficient to cover the trouser leg all round, the depth
of same varying from the bottom of the trouser-leg to about the middle or the top of
the calf or higher (according to the taste or fancy of the wearer) with an underlap,
about half the legging's own length, which goes inside the trouser-leg at the back, to
prevent any mud or wet from reaching the inner portion of the trouser-leg there.
Fixed into this underlap is a small piece of whalebone (or other pliable substance)
which keeps the underlap in its position and prevents it falling down when turned
underneath.
The mode of fastening is by means of a spiral spring steel clip one blade of which
is attached to one end of the legging and the other blade left free to go inside the
trouser-leg of the wearer and to clip the other end of the legging when placed
round the trouser-leg; thus when fixed the spiral spring steel clip has a firm hold of
both ends of the legging and the trouser-leg. As a further means of keeping the
legging in its proper position it is made to button, with one button only, round the
trouser-leg at the top, just above the clip, in such a way as not to tighten or crease
the trouser-leg or to interfere in any way with the ventilation of the leg itself.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1890.
ALFRED NORMANTON..
HERBERT NORMANTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Legging.
We, ALFRED NORMANTON, Clerk, and HERBERT NORMANTON, Law Clerk, both of
Number 5 Summer Villas, Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster 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 relates to leggings, such as are used for protecting the lower part of
legs of trousers from mud, wet, or dirt, and the object of this invention is to form
leggings that may be attached to trousers so as to be worn without requiring the legs
of said trousers to be folded or creased, and also to permit free ventilation to the legs
of the wearer. In order more clearly to describe this our invention we have annexed
hereunto a sheet of drawings in the several views shown therein, similar letters
refer to similar parts.
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In this invention we form leggings either of the same material and pattern as the
trousers; or made of other suitable material; and said inaterial may be either water-
proofed or not as preferred; We form these leggings of a size or width corresponding
to the width of legs of trousers over which they are required to be worn, and said
leggings may be made of any depth according to the requirements of the wearer.
Fig. 1 represents a legging a made according to this invention, drawn in an
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page_text: extended or open form, but of sufficient width from A to A to cover the trouser
leg & without creasing or requiring said trouser leg to be folded: 6 is an underlap
which in Fig. 2 is shown turned up on the inside of legging: this underlap is made
of sufficient width to go round the back inner part of trouser leg k from side to
side, so as to prevent mud, wet, or dirt, from reaching the inner portion of that
part of trouser leg. We make this underlap with a taper ended lath c inserted
therein near the edge, for the purpose hereinafter described, said lath being formed
either of cane, whalebone or other pliable substance. At one end of the legging we
attach a spring clip d with which to secure the legging in position.
Figs. 4 and 5
represent side and edge views respectively of this spring clip, drawn to an enlarged
scale. In these views, the inner blade e and the outer blade fare caused to press
against each other by the action of spring g. The construction of spring g may be
varied either as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 or other suitable form. We insert or attach
the outer bladef to one end of the legging as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
The legging a may be stitched to the blade f of spring clip d through the holes h
formed therein, and the inner blade e may be covered with leather or other suitable
material which may be stitched through similar holes.
In order to attach the legging to lower part of trouser leg in the same way as is
represented in Fig. 3 the spring clip d is pressed open so as to separate the outer
blade to which one end of legging is attached, from the inner blade e as shown in
dotted lines in Fig. 5; the lower part of trouser leg is then placed between the
inner blade e and outer blade to which one end of legging is attached and the
legging a passed round the leg of trousers; the free end a' of said legging being
placed between the trouser leg k, inside of which is the blade e and the blade f which
is attached to opposite end of legging the spring clip is permitted to close, when
the free end a¹ of legging and also the lower part of trouser leg is gripped between
the blades e and f of spring clip-d, the blade e being inside the trouser leg. As an
additional security the top band of legging may be fastened by a button j:
the underlap is then turned up inside the back portion of trouser leg k. When the
taper ended lath c assumes a curved form as shown in Fig. 3, and thus retains the
underlap in position. Figs. 8 and 9 represent sections of underlap b drawn to an
enlarged scale with the taper ended lath c inserted therein.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same may be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st. A legging that is employed for the purpose of protecting the lower parts of
legs of trousers from mud wet or dirt formed so as to be worn without requiring the
trouser leg to he folded or creased, and secured to said trouser leg by means of a
spring clip in the manner substantially as herein before. described.
2nd. In combination with a legging that is employed for the purpose of protecting
the lower parts of trouser legs from mud, wet, or dirt, the use of a spring clip with
blades e and for securing said legging to lower part of trouser leg in the manner
substantially as herein before described.
3rd. In combination with a legging which is employed for the purpose of protecting
the lower part of trouser leg from mud, wet or dirt, the use of an underlap b, and a
flexible lath c for supporting said underlap in position, substantially in the manner
as herein before described.
Dated this 21st day of Maach 1800
THOMAS
PRESCOTT,
Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.