Improvements in or relating to Lady's Riding Habits.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lady's Riding Habits.
I JOHN MACLACHLAN of 23 Princes Street, Hanover Square, County of
London, Ladies Tailor and Habit Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object making a ladys riding habit in such a manner that
in the event of the horse stumbling sufficient to dislodge or throw the rider a
disconnection of the habit with the saddle may instantaneously occur so that the
lady becomes perfectly free of the animal and is therefore not liable to be mixed
up with the horse's struggles to get to his feet again nor of any onward motion
such as by fright, the same ready disconnection of the habit from the saddle can
take place and should a horse bolt with its rider the only thing a lady in such an
event has to do is to loosen her legs from the pommel or the leg rest and glide off,
the habit becomes free.
For the purpose of my invention I make a curved slit from the pommel or rest
slot to the bottom edge at a slant and secure the edges by spring push button
fasteners attached direct to the skirt or by lips affixed thereto the slit being
coverable by a fold back flap when the habit is used for walking exercise or when.
making a call. Another flap may cover the leg slot.
I affix to the band of the skirt, at a short distance from the middle at each
portion a V shaped elastic gore to give additional support to the back and loins of
the rider and to preserve her upright sitting posture, without the usual fatigue.
The elastic gores at the places mentioned enables a lady to stretch her body
backwards when necessary for relief or for change of posture while in the saddle.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. Maclachlan.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lady's Riding Habits.
I, JOHN MACLACHLAN, of 23 Princes Street, Hanover Square County of
London, Ladies Tailor and Habit 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 object, making a lady's riding habit in such a manner that
in the event of the horse stumbling sufficient to dislodge, or to throw the rider, a
disconnection of the habit with the saddle may instantaneously occur, so that the
lady becomes perfectly free of the animal, and is therefore not liable to be mixed
up with the horse's struggles trying to get to his feet again, nor of any onward
motion, such as by fright. The same ready disconnection of the habit from the
saddle can take place, and should a horse bolt with its rider, the only thing a lady
in such an event has to do, is to loosen her leg from the pommel or the leg rest, and
glide off, the habit becomes free.
For the purpose of my invention, and as I show in the annexed drawings,
Figures 1, 2, and 3, I make a slit A from the pommel or rest slot B to the bottom
edge at a slant, and secure the edges by spring push button fasteners C, C, attached
direct to the skirt, or by lips affixed thereto, the slot B being coverable by a fold
back flap D when the habit is used for walking exercise, or when making a call.

page_text: I affix to the band E of the skirt F at a short distance from the middle back, one
or more V shaped elastic gores G, or the band E may be wholly elastic to give
additional support to the back, and loins of the rider, and to preserve her upright
sitting posture without the usual fatigue.
The elastic gores G at the places mentioned, enable a lady to stretch her body
backwards when necessary for relief, or for change of posture while in the saddle.
It will be gathered from the foregoing that during riding, there need not be an
actual attachment of the skirt at the slit portion A, Figure 3, but one loose side H
of the skirt can be folded in to lie between the leg of the rider and of the saddle,
the other loose side I of the skirt being sat upon. By this arrangement, the lady's
leg alone is passed over the pommel the front loose part H being as before stated
simply folded over and in under the leg.
The slit parts may however be attached by the spring fasteners, and also the
flap D may be fastened to give the skirt an appearance of an ordinary dress skirt
when used for walking, and should the wearer be desirous to remount, she has only
to unfasten the flap D and get on the saddle, the slit being then retained in a
buttoned condition, in which case should a fall occur the fastenings, if the skirt be
caught, will open at the slit by a tearing action.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. The improvements in or relating to lady's riding habits, and consisting of so
forming the skirt that a slit is continued at a slant from a slot to the bottom, as and
for the purpose or purposes described and substantially as shown.
2. Forming a lady's riding habit with a divided skirt at the pommel portion and
downwardly so that the sides can be attached by fasteners, which are easily
releasable, either at the divided portions only, or at that part and also the slot
portion which is coverable by a flap in the manner and for the purposes described.
The 60 day of October
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Maclachlan.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Maclachlan.