AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR HOLDING THE SLEEVES OF DRESSES AND OTHER GARMENTS
Year: 1885

page_text: PROVISIONAL
We, GEORGE HARRY, of Southsea, in the County of Hants, Furrier, and
WILLIAM HERBERT, of Torquay, in the County of Devou, Furrier, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR HOLDING
THE SLEEVES OF DRESSES AND OTHER GARMENTS" to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a novel device by which the sleeves of coats,
dresses, and other garments, can be held firmly and securely so as to prevent them
from slipping and wrinkling up the arm of the wearer whilst an overcoat, jacket,
or mantle, or other outer garment, is being put on, the ordinary difficulty and
inconvenience experienced in holding such inner sleeves being avoided.
We take a light plate or frame preferably stamped out of sheet metal and having
a binged or spring clip (of the kind hereinafter described) into which when opened
the edge or cuff of the inner coat or other garment is inserted and is held fast
when the clip is closed. To the plate or frame we attach one end of a short flexible
cord string, or tape, the other end of which is provided with a ring or hook which
can be passed over the thumb or finger or held in the hand of the person using it,
and in this way the hand and arm can enter and pass into the sleeve of the outer
To the
garment without the possibility of the inner sleeves dragging up the arm.
clip is also fitted a ring or catch, by pulling which the clip is released or opened,
and to this ring or catch is also fastened a string or tape the other end of which is
of sufficient length and is left free so that when the outer garment is properly on,
the clip can be disengaged and removed.
It may then be attached in the same way to the sleeves of the inner garments
upon the other arm, or a separate clip with its attachment may be used for
each arm.
The form of the clip itself may be varied more or less. For instance it may be
in the form of two arms pivotted together in the same manner as a pair of scissors,
the arms at one end being roughened or preferably provided with plates or holders,
one convex fitting into the other which is concave, so as to hold the sleeves firmly
between them. The other ends of the arms may be drawn tightly together by a
ring slipped over and passed up them, the string or tape which releases the ring
being attached to the latter so that on pulling it the clip is freed.

page_text: Or the plate or frame may carry two levers arranged end to end and pivotted
together where they meet, each lever also turning upon a transverse pivot in the
frame at or near the middle of its length.
When the outer end of one lever is depressed, the outer end of the other is also
forced down and holds the sleeves between itself and the plate, the holding parts
being preferably made convex and concave as already described, the outer end of
the opposite lever is held down to the plate by a catch or ring to which the
releasing string or tape is attached. The string connecting the device to the hand
of the user is fastened to the other end of the plate. A spring may be added
tending to keep the clip open.
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Or a V.shaped spring clip may be used, the sleeves being held between the ends
of the arms when the latter are pressed together, and a ring embracing them being
pressed up towards the points to hold them together, and released by pulling a
string attached to it when desired. The string or tape which connects the device
to the hand of the user is fastened to the point of junction of the two arins.
By the use of this invention great comfort and convenience are afforded in
putting on outer garments, especially when the sleeves are at all tight.

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We, GEORGE HARRY, of Southsca in the County of Hants, Furrier, and
WILLIAM HERBERT of Torquay in the County of Devon, Furrier, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR HOLDING
THE SLEEVES OF DRESSES AND OTHER GARMENTS" and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying drawing, (that is to say):-
Our invention has for its object a novel device by which the sleeves of coats,
dresses, and other garments can be held firmly and securely so as to prevent them
from slipping and wrinkling up the arm of the wearer whilst an overcoat, jacket,
or mantle, or other outer garment is being put on, the ordinary difficulty and
inconvenience experienced in holding such inner sleeves being avoided.
In order to put our invention in operation we take a jointed or spring clip having
jaws into which, when open, the edge or cut off the inner coat or other garment is
inserted, and is held fast when the clip is closed.
To this clip is attached one end of a flexible cord, string, or tape, the other end
of which is provided with a ring or hook which can be passed over the thumb or
finger or held in the hand of the person using it, or instead of a ring or hook the
end of the cord may be wound round the thumb or finger or held in the hand. In
this way the band and arın can enter and pass into the sleeve of the outer garment
without the possibility of the inner sleeves dragging up the arın.
To the clip is also fitted a ring or catch, or other device by pulling which the
clip is released or opened, and to this ring or catch may also be fastened a string
or tape the outer end of which is left free, so that when the outer garment is
properly on the arm the clip can be disengaged and removed. Or, the clip may
be arranged so that it is released when the tension of the cord first described is
removed.
The clip can then be attached in the same way to the sleeves of the inner
garments upon the other arm, or a separate clip may be used for each arm.
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The form of the clipping device described may be varied. In the accompanying
drawing which is in illustration of our invention some of such forms are shewn.
Figure 1 shews a side view, and figure 2 a plan of a spring clip open, and figure 3
shows the same closed. The clip, preferably stamped or otherwise formed out of
sheet metal, has two arms a, a¹, between which the edge of the sleeve is held (as
indicated in figure 11) b is a flexible cord or- tape attached to the clip at
other end having a ring or hook as already described, or being simply wound
round the thumb of the user (as shewn in figure 11). is a moveable ring which
when pushed up as shewn in figure 3 holds the jaws of the clip securely upon the
edge of the sleeve. This ring has a string e attached to it by which, when the
outer garment is in its place, the ring d can be drawn back and the clip released
as shewn in figure 1.
Figure 4 shews a modified form of arrangement having the jaws a, a¹, open.
Figure 5 shews it shut, and figure 6 is a plan of the same. In this, instead of a

page_text: ring, the jaws a, a, are kept closed by a spring catch f which can be drawn back
by the string e when it is desired to release the clip. The jaws are shewn having
plates or holders 7, 1, respectively convex and concave between which the sleeve is
held.
In figure 7 a different arrangement is shewn having the jaws closed, the same
being shewn in figure 8 open. g is a light frame to which the principal cord 6 is
attached at c. To the frame g are pivotted at h, h¹, the bars i, ¹, which are also
pivotted together at K. The outer ends of the frame g and the bar i form jaws
between which the edge of the sleeve is held. d is a sliding ring by which the
bar i and the frame g are held together when the string e is pulled, as shewn in
figure 7.
In this form of device, the jaws are held together by pulling the string e and are
released, when the outer garment is on the arm, by pushing the ring back as shewn
in figure 8.
In figure 9 is shewn closed, and in figure 10 open, another form of clip, which is
also shewn applied to the sleeve of a coat in figure 11.
In this form, the jaws a, a', are attached to the ends of levers m, m², which cross
and are pivotted at n, the cord b being fastened to the end of one of them and
passing through a ring or eye at the end of the other. By this arrangement, when
the jaws are adjusted upon the sleeve as shewn, the cord b is pulled tight and is
then wound round the thumb or held in the hand of the person using it, as shewn
in figure 11 whilst an overcoat is being put on. The greater the strain upon the
cord the more tightly does the clip hold, and it is instantly released when desired
by loosening the cord e.
A spring may be used if preferred, to keep the jaws normally open.
When used for ladies dresses, the string or cord b would be longer, the clip being
higher up the arm. The end of the cord may form a loop passing through both
eyes upon the clip.
The apparatus may be made as ornamental as desired.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise form or material of the device, which
may be varied and modified more or less as already described, but having now
particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
The moveable clip, which can be readily attached to and detached from the sleeve
of a garment, with the cord or tape fastened to or held in the hand of the person
using it, substantially as and for the purpose described and shewn in the drawing.
Dated this 10th day of April 1885.