IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWERS FOR MEN AND BOYS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWERS FOR MEN AND BOYS."
-A communication from abroad by John Joseph Fitz-Patrick, of
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 8th December 1873.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWERS FOR MEN AND
Bors," a communication, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide for a certain shaping of the
crotch in men's and boy's drawers, by which durability, a good fit, and
comfort are insured.
The said Invention is equally applicable to hand-made fabric as
well as woven goods, and to cotton, silk, wool, and merino fabrics, and
linen, leather, and other such goods.

page_text: By the herein described peculiar shape of the crotch all pockets and
wrinkles are entirely prevented, by which not only comfort in wearing
such drawers is obtained but also a perfect fit of the pantaloons, such as
can never be obtained by the use of our present drawers.
The accompanying Drawing, forming a part of this Specification,
represents a front part and a back part of a pair of drawers.
A represents the front part; B the back part. The stitched line C, C,
of A is sewed on or woven together with the stitched line D, D, of B,
thus forming one leg and one side of a pair of drawers. Similar parts
stitched or woven together form the other leg and the other side
of the drawer. The two legs are then sewed together on the back
at e of B. From such shaped patterns, to be reduced or enlarged as
the size of different persons may require, drawers of any size are
manufactured.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 6th June 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of December, 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 successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN DRAWERS FOR MEN AND BOYs," a communication to me from abroad
by John Joseph Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United

page_text: States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Robert Lake, 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 William Robert Lake, 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 accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification :-
The object of this Invention is to provide for a certain shaping of
the crotch in men's and boy's drawers by which durability, a good fit,
and comfort are insured.
The said Invention is equally applicable to hand-made fabric as well
as woven goods; and to cotton, silk, wool, and merino fabrics, and
linen, leather, and other such goods.
By the herein described peculiar shape of the crotch all pockets and
wrinkles are entirely prevented, by which not only comfort in wearing
such drawers is obtained but also a perfect fit of the pantaloons, such
as can never be obtained by the use of our present drawers.
The Drawing represents a pattern of a front part and a back part of a
pair of drawers.
A, represents the front part; B, the back part. The stitched line
O, O, of A is sewed on or woven together with the stitched line d, d,
of B, thus forming one leg and one side of a pair of drawers. Similar
parts stitched or woven together form the other leg and the other
side of the drawers. The two legs are then sewed together on the
back at e of B. From such shaped patterns, to be reduced or enlarged
as the size of different persons may require, drawers of any size are
manufactured.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the

page_text: same, I wish it understood that I claim, the shaping of the crotch of
drawers in accordance with the patterns A and B, substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of June, in the 5
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
JAMES EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
WM. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)