AN IMPROVED WRAPPER GARMENT FOR TRAVELLING AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND HOLDER FOR CARRYING THE SAME AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED WRAPPER GARMENT FOR TRAVELLING AND OTHER PURPOSES,
AND HOLDER FOR CARRYING THE SAME AND OTHER ARTICLES."-A communi-
cation from abroad by Adrien Dubois, of Paris, France.
Sealed the 31st December 1872, and dated the 25th July 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville
Clark at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 25th July 1872.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED WRAPPER GARMENT FOR TRAVELLING AND.
OTHER PURPOSES, AND HOLDER FOR CARRYING THE SAME AND OTHER ARTICLES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved wrapper garment for travellers
and military purposes, and also to a novel kind of holder for carrying

page_text: the same when rolled up, which is also applicable for carrying railway
rugs and other articles.
Soldiers when campaigning carry a blanket on their knapsacks on
which they lie at night either under a tent or in the field, but at present
these blankets are not available for any other purpose. Travellers also
often carry with them a rug or blanket, which is rolled up and secured
by a leather strap to render it more portable, in whch form it remains
unavailable for use until spread out at a convenient opportunity on the
journey. The present improvements are designed with a view to convert
such a blanket or rug into a warm and comfortable cloak or cape
without detracting from its usefulness as a blanket or rug. This object
is attained without augmenting the weight of the article by means of a
peculiar arrangement of laces, buttons, and loops, which are attached
without sewing, whereby any travelling rug may be transformed at once
into a sleeved cloak with hood. This improved garment, which allows of
perfect freedom of movement, provides a soldier (without any addition
to his equipment) with a warm cloak, to be worn either when on guard,
at drill, when walking, or at other times; while for a traveller it serves
as a garment on leaving a vehicle which can be worn until reaching
his destination.
This improved convertible garment is illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings, Figure 1 of which shows the article spread out flat in the rug
form, while Figures 2, 3, and 4 show a three-quarter face view, a back
view, and a side view of the rug converted into a cloak.
This conversion is effected by means of metal eyelets a, a, disposed
in a semicircle in the position shown in Figure 1, through which are
threaded two leather laces b, b. These laces assist in forming a hood
when drawn up, a loop j and button & serving to support the upper part
and prevent its falling back on the figure. The two top corners c, c, are
brought over the chest and fastened at the neck by means of a leather
loop d and button e. Two loops f, f, and buttons 9, 9, serve to fasten
the cloak over the chest. The sleeves are formed by connecting the two-
buttons and loops i, i, placed at the lower part, and which when
fastened at the wrists leave the arms entirely free. 1, cord passing in
the belt and fastening on a button m to prevent the cloak falling off
the shoulders. The several buttons and loops are formed of leather
passing through eyelets in the fabric, and secured by knotted ends

page_text: without the aid of sewing, but any ordinary means of fastening may
be used.
The improved holder of this Invention for carrying the wrapper
garment when rolled up and other articles is designed as a substitute for
the ordinary holder with leather straps, which when not in use are
inconvenient to carry in the pocket, and are also liable to become
detached and lost.
Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a holder with a handle a made
of wood; Figure 6, a side view of the same, while Figure 7 shows one
end of a holder with a handle made of leather.
The improvement consists in the application of rubber rings c, c,
(either solid or hollow) to the ends of the handle, which are hook
shaped, as shown in Figure 5, for the reception of the rings, the latter
being further held in place by a cap fixed therein if desired. The rings
may also be formed of short lengths of rubber united by a clasp, the
rings being elastic will readily expand, and so serve to hold articles of
variable size. In Figure 7 the rings are shown attached to loops d on
the ends of the handle. This improved holder being of but small.
compass may be readily carried in the pocket.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd January 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexander Melville Clark, Her special
licence that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexander Melville
Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter

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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 WRAPPER GARMENT FOR TRAVELLING AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND
HOLDER FOR CARRYING THE SAME AND OTHER ARTICLES," a communication to
me from abroad by Adrien Dubois, of Paris, France, upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the two
accompanying Sheets of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :—
This Invention relates to an improved wrapper garment for travellers
and military purposes, and also to a novel kind of holder for the same
when rolled up, which is also applicable for carrying railway rugs and
other articles.
Soldiers when campaigning carry a blanket on their knapsacks on
which they lie at night, but at present these blankets are not available
for any other purpose. Travellers also usually carry a rug or blanket,
which when not in use is rolled up and secured by a leather strap to
render it more conveniently portable, but in this form it is a useless
burden. The present improvements are designed to render such a
blanket or rug convertible at will into a warm and comfortable cloak or
cape without lessening its usefulness or altering its shape as a blanket or
rug. This object is attained without augmenting the weight of the
article by means of a peculiar arrangement of laces, buttons, and loops,
which may be readily applied without sewing and by whose aid any rug
'or blanket may be converted into a sleeved cloak with hood. This im-
provised garment allows of perfect freedom of movement, and a soldier
may thus be provided (without any addition to his present equipment)

page_text: with a warm cloak to be worn either when on. guard, at drill, or at
other times, while for a traveller it serves as a garment to be worn on
leaving a vehicle, instead of being carried in the hand...
This improved rug or blanket is illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings, Figure 1 of which shows the article spread out flat in the
rug form, while Figures 2, 3, and 4 show a three-quarter face view, a
back view, and a side view of the rug when worn as a cloak.
The rug is readily adapted for use as a cloak by the following means :—
a, a, arc metal eyelets inserted in the form of a semicircle in the rug
in the position shown in Figure 1 through which are threaded two
leather laces b, b. These laces assist in forming a hood when drawn
up, a loop j and button k serving to support the upper part-and prevent
its falling back on the figure. The two corners c, c, are brought over
the chest and fastened at the neck by means of a leather loop d and
button e. Two loops ff, and buttons 9, 9, serve to fasten the cloak
over the chest. The sleeves are formed by connecting the loops i, i, to
the buttons h, h, placed at the lower part, which when fastened at the
wrists leave the arms entirely free. 1, cord passing in the waistband
and fastening on a buttom m to prevent the cloak falling off the
shoulders. The several buttons and loops are formed of leather passing
through cyclets in the fabric and secured by knotted ends without the
aid of sewing, but any ordinary means of fastening may be used.
The improved holder of this Invention for carrying the wrapper
garment when rolled up, and other articles, is designed as a substitute
for the ordinary holder with leather straps, which when not in use are
inconvenient to carry in the pocket and are also liable to become
detached and lost.
The improvement consists in the application of rings of solid or
tubular india-rubber (which may be made from lengths of the said
material united at the ends by any suitable means so as to form rings)
as a substitute for the ordinary straps used for carrying coats and rugs.
The rings being elastic will readily expand and so serve to hold articles
of variable bulk. A holder thus provided being but of small compass
may be easily carried in the pocket. Each end of the handle is provided
with a hook or loop according to the kind of material of which it is
made, the rubber rings being either hooked on or passed through the
same.

page_text: Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a holder with a handle a made
of wood; Figure 6 a side view of the same, while Figure 7 shows one
end of a holder with a handle made of leather. c, c, are rubber `rings
attached to the ends 6 of the handle, which may be hook-shaped as
shown in Figure 5 for the reception of the rings, in which case the
latter are sprung in and further held in place by a cap fixed thereon if
desired. In Figure 7 the rings c are shown attached by loops d to the
ends of the handle which is of leather, the rings being introduced before
the loops are formed.
Having described the nature of the Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim as the Inven-
tion to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is,―
1st. The eyelet holes a arranged in a semicircle in the rug or blanket
as shown, through which are passed the laces or cords 6, the
buttons k, e, g, h, and loops j, d, f, i, the cord and button m, all
combined and arranged substantially as shown and described for forming
a convertible wrapper garment.
2ndly. The application of solid or tubular india-rubber rings to rug
and coat holders as a substitute for the straps usually employed, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
the