Improved Removable Garment Cuffs for Children and Ladies.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Removable Garment Cuffs for Children and Ladies.
I, WILLIAM GREGORY ATTREE, of 1 Milk Street, Cheapside, London, Middlesex,
Wharehouseman, 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 my invention has reference more particularly to cuffs used with childrens
sailor blouses, ladies' garibaldies, and other like garments to which cuffs are secured
at the sleeve ends. At the present time it is customary to sew the said cuffs to the
sleeves of the sailor blouses etc., or to secure ornamentation such as braiding etc.,
directly onto the material of the sleeve end to represent cuffs.
The great objections to this old method of permanently securing cuffs to sailor
blouses etc., are; that they cannot be removed when soiled; that no provision is made
for replacing the cuffs when soiled with new ones; that when the articles are washed,
(the cuffs being of coloured material,) they are spoiled by washing, inasmuch as the
colours run into the white or lighter material; and that when secured as hitherto
described, the cuffs can only be ironed upon the outside, thereby making them
glossy.
Now by this my invention, the aforesaid disadvantages are entirely overcome, in a
neat, simple and expeditious manner hereinafter set forth.
In the drawings Fig. 1. is a view of a cuff showing it open. Fig. 2. shews the
cuff as illustrated in Fig. 1, attached to a sleeve end in accordance with my
invention.
In the drawings, I have shown an ordinary sailor cuff embodying my invention,
but it will be understood that cuffs of other patterns are equally applicable.
The cuffs, having been properly made and embroidered, or otherwise ornamented,
I do not join their two ends A, A, as has hitherto been the custom, but I leave them
detached as with the broad collars now used on boys' sailor suits etc. I then make
one or more button-holes a at both ends of the cuffs, by means of which they can be
secured to a button or buttons B secured to the sleeve b as shown in Fig. 2. It may
however be convenient to secure a button or buttons to one end of the cuff, and to
make corresponding button-holes at the other end of the cuffs, or I may employ hooks
and eyes or other like fastenings. In both of the latter alternatives, the sleeve
may, or may not be secured to the sleeve end by a button or other fastening.
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
claim is :-
Improved removable cuffs, adapted for use with childrens sailor blouses, ladies'
garibaldies and other like garments, the said removable cuffs being separate from the
rest of the garment with which they are used and having button holes at both ends
or buttons at one end and button holes at the other end, or other like fastenings by
which the said cuffs can be attached to the sleeve ends and detached therefrom at
will, all substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
Dated this 9th day of October 1889.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.