A Device for Supporting Skirts, Trouser Legs, and other Articles of Dress.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
A Device for Supporting Skirts, Trouser Legs, and other Articles of
Dress.
1, LEWIS LLOYD PRICHARD, of Millbrook Cottage, Millbrook, St. Lawrence
l'arish, Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a device which will support skirts,
trouser legs, or the like (when drawn up, or folded over), in a very convenient and
efficient manner.
The device according to my invention consists of two portions which are hinged
together so that they can be folded upon each other.. On each of the faces of these
two portions which are presented towards each other when the said portions are
folded together I form, or attach, points, or hooks, to engage and hold the material
of the article of dress. The said points, or hooks, are preferably turned over parallel
with the opposed faces of the said portions and that, or those, on one portion is,
or are, arranged so that they are situated between those on the other portion. In
each portion holes or depressions may be made to accommodate the points or hooks
on the opposite portion. When the device is applied the points, or hooks, on one
portion engage one part of the article of dress, and those on the other portion engage
the part of the dress which is looped up, or folded over, and the said device thus
securely holds the looped up, or folded over, part of the dress in position. When
the parts of the device are closed upon each other the device occupies but a small
space. The device may be provided with a cord or chain to attach it for instance
to the waistband and the said cord or chain may be of sufficient length to allow the
device when closed and out of use to be put in the pocket.
Dated this 13th day of November 1897
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
A Device for Supporting Skirts, Trouser Legs, and other Articles of
Dress.
I, LEWIS LLOYD PRICHARD, of Millbrook Cottage, Millbrook, St. Lawrence
Parish, Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-

page_text: trouser legs or the like (when drawn up, or folded over) in a very convenient
and efficient manner.
The device according to my invention consists of two portions which are hinged
together so that they can be folded upon each other. On each of the faces of these
two portions which are presented towards each other when the said portions are
folded together I form, or attach, points, or hooks, to engage and hold the material
of the article of dress.
The accompanying drawing represents a device made in accordance with my
invention. Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 an edge view of the device opened out
for use. Figures 3 and 4 are like views of it closed and Figures 5 and 6 are side
and front views of it applied to an article of dress. It consists of a divided plate A
and B the portions being hinged together at C. Upon the said portions are formed
or secured hooks ab turned over parallel with the opposed faces of the said portions
and that, or those, on one portion is, or are, arranged so that they are situated
between those on the other portion. In each portion holes, or depressions a² 62 are
shewn these being to accommodate the points or hooks on the opposite portion.
When the device is applied the points, or hooks, on one portion engage one part of
the article of dress, and those on the other portion engage the part of the dress
which is looped up, or folded over (as shewn in Figures 5 and 6) and the said
device thus securely holds the looped up, or folded over, part of the dress in position.
When the parts of the device are closed upon each other as shewn in Figures 3
and 4 the device occupies but a small space. The device may be provided with an
eye or a hole for a cord or chain to attach it for instance to the waistband and the
said cord or chain may be of sufficient length to allow the device when closed and
out of use to be put in the pocket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A device for supporting skirts, trouser legs and other articles of dress, the
said device consisting of parts which can be folded upon each other, such part being
provided with hooks or the equivalents for engaging with the dress substantially
as herein before described.
2. A device for the purposes mentioned, the said device being made as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this First day of January 1898.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.