A Combined Cycling and Walking Skirt for Ladies.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Cycling and Walking Skirt for Ladies.
I, REUBEN PAYNE, of 2 Chichester Street, Belfast, Clothier, do hereby declare the'
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a combined cycling and walking skirt for ladies.
In carrying out the invention I make the skirt proper with an opening down the
back which is capable of being buttoned up when desired. Fitted to the front of the
skirt at the inside are a pair of pantaloons which may be lined with chamois leather.
The back of the pantaloons is made in the form of a flap which can be drawn tight
round the back of the waist and held to the top of the skirt by means of two laces or
strings. The upper part of the front of the pantaloons is constituted by the skirt
which at this part is capable of being opened out or of being secured together by
means of buttons. A flap made on the front of the skirt can be buttoned up over the
top part of the front of the pantaloons.
The lower part of the legs of the pantaloons are laced to admit of a lady getting
into the skirt with her boots on.
A strap is provided at the back of the skirt for use if desired as a support to the
back flap of the pantaloons in addition to the cords or strings.
When used as a walking skirt the opening at the back is buttoned up.
Dated this 28th day of January 1897.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
I, REUBEN PAYNE of 2 Chichester Street, Belfast, Clothier, 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 a combined cycling and walking skirt for ladies.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a front view of the skirt.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a view showing the part a¹ opened.
Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic plan view.
In carrying out my invention I make the skirt a with a flap part a¹ at the upper

page_text: of pantaloons c which are clearly shown in dotted lines on the drawings. These
pantaloons are, or may be, lined with chamois leather. The back part of the pantaloons
forms a sort of flap d which extends about half round the body and can be drawn tight
round the back of the waist and held in position to the top of the skirt by means of
two laces or strings e, e¹. These laces; at their inner ends, are attached to the ends
of the back part d of the pantaloons whilst at their outer ends they are provided with
rings or equivalent d¹. They pass, at f, through holes or openings in the skirt.
The upper front part of the pantaloons is constituted by the front waist part y
of the skirt which, at this part, as shown, is capable of being opened down the centre
or of being secured together by means of buttons h.
The part a¹ of the skirt constitutes a flap which can be buttoned, by means of the
buttons i, j, over the upper front part of the pantaloons.
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The lower part of the legs of the pantaloons are laced at k to admit of a lady getting
into the skirt with her boots on.
If desired the skirt may be made with an opening down the back which can be
buttoned up when necessary.
The strap can, if desired be dispensed with.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I consider
novel and desire to claim is :-
A combined cycling and walking skirt made substantially as herein before described
with reference to the drawings annexed.