Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr.. 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 18th May, 1889
I THOMAS WILLIAM REAKES, trading as Reakes & Co., of 12 Grand Hotel
Buildings, Trafalgar Square, in the County of Middlesex, Breeches Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in what are known in the trade as
bull-finched breeches, which as at present are made of two different materials secured
together by sewing, the object of my invention being to connect them together so
that they can be readily separated or connected.
Now it is found that the upper parts of the breeches wear out much sooner than
the leather parts or knees and as they occasionally require cleaning it is necessary,
owing to the different character of the two materials, to separate the upper from the
lower parts by unpicking the stitches, involving considerable time and skilled labour
in remaking them, at the same time injuring the materials of which they are made.
In order to avoid this, my invention will enable any unskilled person to lace or
unlace the two parts readily by means of holes, so that either may be cleaned and
laced together again, or, as in the case of the upper parts being worn out, new tops
can be made. The leather or knee part will last as long as a dozen uppers and also
require a different process in cleaning-this is of great advantage to gentlemen abroad
where the upper parts can be made by native tailors.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton-Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bull Finched Breeches.
I THOMAS WILLIAM REAKES trading as J. W. Reakes & Co. of 12 Grand Hotel
Buildings Trafalgar Square in the County of Middlesex Breeches Maker 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 improvements in what are known in the trade as
bull fiuched breeches which as at present constructed are made of two different
materials secured together by sewing the object of my present invention being to
connect them together by lacing so that they can be readily separated and connected
together again.
Now it is found that the upper parts of the breeches wear out much sooner than
the leather parts or knees and as they occasionally require cleaning it is necessary
owing to the different character of the two materials to separate the upper from the
lower parts by unpicking the stitches as hitherto constructed involving considerable
time and skilled labour in remaking them at the same time somewhat injuring the
materials of which they are made.
In order to avoid this my present invention will enable any unskilled person to lace
or unlace the two parts readily by means of holes so that either may be cleaned and
laced together again or in the case of the upper parts being worn out new tops can
be substituted. The leather or knee part will usually last as long as about a dozen
uppers and also require a different process in cleaning and my invention of lacing the
two parts together readily allows this separating and rejoining of the two parts.
This facility of separating and rejoining the two parts of bull finched breeches for
either cleaning or changing purposes will be found of great advantage to gentlemen
abroad where the upper parts can if desired be made by native tailors.
It will be obvious that equivalent means to lacing may be adapted such a bulloning
or hooking but I have found lacing to be the most advantageous for the purposes set
forth.
And in order that my invention may be the more easily understood and readily
carried into practice I have annexed hereunto a drawing of a pair of bull finched
breeches having my present improvements applied thereto. a a being the lower parts
which are secured to the uppersb by lacing through the lacing holes c which holes c are
formed in any suitable manner in the parts a and b respectively for that purpose the
right leg being shown unlaced and the parts separated and in the left leg the two parts
are shown laced together.

page_text: 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. Lacing the upper and lower parts of bull finched breeches together substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improved bull finched breeches arranged and constructed substantially in
the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this on day of 5.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.