Improvements in or relating to Gaiters for Gentlemen's Wear
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Gaiters for Gentlemen's Wear,
I, WILLIAM ROBERT WATTS, of 24, Great Ormond Street, Queen's Square, County
of London, Gaiter Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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This invention has for object the manufacture of gaiters in leather, canvas,
or cloth with buttons on the outside near one side edge and with a steel, whale-
bone or like strip on or in the back or inner face with reduced ends for engagement
in sockets or strips of any rigid material sewn, rivetted or laced thereto said
sockets or socket strips being near the other outer edge of the gaiter.
By this invention I produce a button exposed Newmarket gaiter or legging
without button holes and this when secured on the leg of a person by the ends
of the steel or whalebone being inserted in the sockets or socket strips, effect a
ready and neat joining without necessitating knee straps.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said W. R. Watts,
Improvements in or relating to Gaiters for Gentlemen's Wear.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT WATTS, of 24, Great Ormond Street, Queen's Square, County
of London, Gaiter Manufacturer, 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 object, the manufacture of gaiters in leather, canvas,
or cloth with buttons on the outside near one side edge, and with a steel whale-
bone, or like strip on or in the back or inner face with reduced ends for engage-
ment in sockets or pockets of any rigid material sewn, rivetted, or laced thereto.
said sockets or pockets being near the other outer edge of the gaiter.
By this invention, I produce a button exposed Newmarket gaiter or legging
without button-holes and this when secured on the leg of a person by the ends
of the steel or whalebone being inserted in the sockets or pockets effect a ready
and neat joining without necessitating outside knee straps or buttoning.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
of which Figure 1 shows a gaiter of the Newmarket pattern in an open condition
looking on the inside.
Figure 2 represents the same gaiter rolled as if in wear.
Figure 3 is a perspective elevation of one of the socket plates and snicked from
the sides to form four prongs at the corners and with a central back, within

page_text: which as pockets the tapered ends of the strips of the other side of the gaiter
engage when fastening same.
Figure 4 perspective elevation of a socket plate also with four prongs, two of
which are bent outwardly from the upper corners where the strain is the greatest,
and the other two midway downwardly from the side edges, the other portions
being folded down near to the plate where they form the pocket for one of the
ends of the strips, attached to the other inner side of the gaiter.
Figure 5 shows a socket plate with two prongs only, the other parts being
folded back both above and below the prongs as the pocket for the reception of
an end of a strip when sprung into it.
The standing out prongs of these socket plates after being passed through
the leather or canvas of the gaiter from the outer face have a back plate pushed
over them, such plate being slotted for the passage of the prongs. The plate is
upon the inner face of the gaiter and when pressed home and the parts in close
contact the projecting ends of the prongs are bent down upon the back plate to
fix the several parts rigidly in position.
The strip before referred to is secured by rivet near its lower end, either to
the main leather or canvas of the gaiter where the greatest stiffness is required
so that the upper part is left free although located in a covering strip for enabling
its end to be sprung into the upper socket or pocket when the gaiter is being
fitted on or taken off the leg of the wearer.
It will be seen by the drawings that the sockets or pockets are in reverse order
to each other on the gaiter and are preferably of tapered shape to coincide with
the tapered projecting ends of the strip which when sprung in locate themselves,
the instant they are applied and do not require forcing home as with parallel
strip ends and parallel sided sockets.
It will be observed that the buttons are only sewn or secured on the outer
face near one edge of the gaiter and imitation button-holes on the same side
but which give the usual appearance to the gaiter as if the buttons of one side
had to be passed through the button-holes of the other.
A, gaiter of leather, canvas, or cloth. B, back seam uniting the two fashioned
halves. C, strip or steel whalebone or other flexible material secured by rivet D.
E, F, ends of said strip projecting from the cover G. H, socket plate. I, I, pro-
jecting prongs. J, J, folded down prongs which form the pocket in either of
the orders shown. J¹, back plate as in dotted lines. K, buttons on outer side
of outer ply or overlap. L, imitation button-holes on same side, these being
simply marked such as by a hot tool which discolours the leather.
With canvas or cloth gaiters of the class mentioned, leather bindings would
be sewn to the material for giving stiffness to the edges for holding the strip C
and sockets H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The improvements in or relating to gaiters and leggings of the Newmarket
kind, consisting of flexible strip C with projecting ends E, F, socket plates H
with turned back prongs J to form the pocket, outstanding prongs I, back
plate J secured by bending the ends of the outstanding prongs I, I, in the manner
and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 5th dove of Santambor 1800
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said W. R. Watts.