IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERPROOF CAPES OR CLOAKS AND OTHER WATERPROOF GARMENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Goodman Mandleberg, Henry Lesser Rothband and
Samuel Mandleberg of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Waterproof Garment Manufacturers for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Goodman Mandleberg, Henry
Lesser Rothband, and Samuel Mandleberg at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents on the 22nd March 1882.
GOODMAN MANDLEBERG, HENRY LESSER ROTHBAND and SAMUEL MANDLEBERG,
of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Waterproof Garment
Manufacturers, "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERPROOF CAPES OR CLOAKS AND OTHER
WATERPROOF GARMENTS,"
Our invention relates to Ladies india rubber cloth waterproof capes, mantles or
cloaks, and consists in improvements in the form, construction and arrangement,
having the object of ventilating, making them reversible and also of holding them
down to prevent the wind from gathering or acting upon the inside of them and at
the same time giving them the appearance of having been to some extent shaped
to the body of the wearer. The upper part of the cloak for the neck and shoulders
is made of waterproof cloth, double, connected at the collar, and is somewhat like
a cape, tippet, hood, or of any other desired shape, and the lower part of the cloak
is of india rubber waterproof cloth, but single, and it is attached to, and between
the double cape part at intervals by strips of cloth or other material thus leaving
open spaces for ventilation all round the shoulders, which open spaces are protected
against rain, the cloak being thus reversible, and can be worn either side out, and
the air can freely enter and pass out, there being also a distinct set of eyelet holes
for warm air to escape in the hollow or double collar of the cape connected with
each side of the double cape; there are or may also be pieces of india rubber or
other material arranged to keep open the air spaces. There are buttons or other
means of attachment at the back opposite the waist on both sides, upon which a

page_text: loop can be buttoned or secured inside, having ribbons or cords attached at each
end to be tied round the waist of the wearer, or a belt is or may be used instead,
and this button hole, loop, or belt, is or can be thus readily changed from inside
to outside according to the side the cloak is to be worn outwards, this having the
effect of drawing in the cape, and while thus making it shapely at the back,
preventing it lifting by the wind gathering inside at the back.
Instead of ordinary arm holes which for want of strength in the waterproof
cloth material, are liable to be torn, there are,short sleeves attached to holes in the
fabric which add strength, and these sleeves are gathered into an ornamental form
so that when not used or required for the arms they can be looped up to form or
represent outside pockets.
The cloaks or other coverings by another modification are or may be made with
the cape part to button or be otherwise attached on to the body part, so as to be
ventilated and reversible, and the short sleeves are arranged to button or be
otherwise connected on to the arm holes, so as to be reversible to either side, and
they are thus arranged with open but protected spaces to admit air, but exclude
moisture, and thus give additional ventilation to the cape or cloak, and thus a
more free escape for perspiration, the want of which is one of the main objections
to ordinary waterproof garments.
Our improvements are also applicable to india rubber cloth waterproof coats as
well as to cloaks or mantles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Goodman Mandleberg, Henry Lesser Rothband, and Samuel
Mandleberg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th September 1882
GOODMAN MANDLEBERG, HENRY LESSER ROTHBAND and SAMUEL MANDLEBERG,
of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Waterproof Garment
Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERPROOF CAPES OR CLOAKS AND OTHER
WATERPROOF GARMENTS,"
Our Invention relates to Ladies india rubber cloth waterproof capes, mantles or
cloaks, and consists in improvements in the form, construction, and arrrangement,
having the object of ventilating, making them reversible and also of holding them
down to prevent the wind from gathering or acting upon the inside of them, and
at the same time giving them the appearance of having been to some extent shaped.
to the body of the wearer.
The upper part of the cloak for the neck and shoulders is made of waterproof
cloth double, connected at the collar and is somewhat like a cape, tippet, hood, or
of any other desired shape, and the lower part of the cloak is of india rubber
waterproof cloth, but single, and it is attached to and between the double cape
part at intervals, by strips of cloth or other material or by securing one part to the
other, thus leaving open spaces for ventilation all round the shoulders which open
spaces are protected against rain, the cloak being thus reversible and can be worn
cither side out, and the air can freely enter and pass out, there being also a distinct
set of eyelet holes for warm air to escape in the hollow or double collar of the
cape connected with each side of the double cape there are or may also be pieces of
india rubber or other material arranged to keep open the air spaces.
There are buttons or other means of attachinent at the back opposite the waist
on both sides upon which a loop can be buttoned or secured inside having ribbons
or cords attached at each end to be tied round the waist of the wearer, or a belt
is or may be used instead and this button hole, loop or belt is or can be thus
readily changed from inside to outside according to the side the cloak is to be
worn outwards, this having the effect of drawing in the cape and while thus
making it shapely at the back, preventing it lifting by the wind gathering inside
at the back.
Instead of ordinary arm holes which for want of strength in the waterproof cloth
material are liable to be torn, there are or may be short sleeves attached to holes
in the fabric which add strength, and these sleeves are gathered into an ornamental
form and are reversible.
The cloaks or other coverings by another modification are or may be made with
the cape part to button or be otherwise attached on to the body part so as to be
ventilated and reversible, and the short sleeves are or may be arranged to button
or be otherwise connected on to the arm holes so as to be reversible to either side,
and they are thus arranged with open but protected spaces to admit air but exclude
moisture, and thus give additional ventilation to the cape or cloak, and thus a more
free escape for perspiration, the want of which is one of the main objections to
ordinary waterproof garments.
Our improvements are also applicable to india rubber cloth waterproof coats as
well as to cloaks or mantles.
Fig 1 is a view of one side, and fig 2 a view of the back of a reversible india
rubber cloth waterproof cloak according to our invention, and fig 3 is a diagram or
section to further explain its construction.
a is the body part of the cloak which is made of single india rubber waterproof
cloth and extends within about one or two inches of the collar or to the dotted

page_text: line a figs 1 and 2 or to a' fig 3. The cape or part b for the shoulders is made
double, that, is, of two single pieces of india rubber waterproof cloth each united
with a separate collar part c, and these two collar parts care secured together at
the upper edge (c') and the two capes bare united together and with the body part
at the two edges b₁ and at the shoulders 6 and the capes and body parts are also
connected at the points marked b³ and b³.
Thus arranged and constructed the air can enter between the cape b and body
part a on either side, pass up between the cape band body a to the space
between the collars c and escapes from the eyelet holes c² in both sides of the
collar.
In fig 3 a represents the body part passing up between the two capes b to the
double collar c, and c². the eyelet holes for the air to pass through.
Short arms are or may be attached permanently or secured by buttons to the
arm holes a² and are or may be reversed by turning them inside out.
Buttons a³ or other means of attachment are secured to the waist part of the
cloak on both sides for a loop e to be secured, to, which loop has strings
attached,
or this loop forms a belt, and the strings or belt are for drawing the cloak to the
body of the wearer at the back inside the cloak, and this loop or belt is
unbuttoned or unsecured from one side and buttoned or secured on the other side
when the cloak is to be worn the reversed side outwards. The mode of connecting
the body part a to the double cape b and collar c and the eyelets c² in the double
collar c is applicable as will be readily understood, for india rubber cloth water-
proof reversible coats as well as to cloaks or mantles.
According to another part of our invention the cape or shoulder part b is made
single and separate from the body part a and the cape part b is provided with
buttons or button holes or othermeans of attachment on both sides at its lower
edge and the body part of the cloak or coat a has buttons or button holes to
correspond to the cape part b so that the cloak, mantle or coat as, the case may be
is reversible, the body part being attached to the cape part according to the side
that is to be worn outwards in such way that when the garment is being worn the
body part must come under the lower edge of the cape part to prevent the rain
from entering.
We have now particularly described the nature of our said invention and the
modes of carrying the same into effect, and claim as our invention.
Firstly. The combination of india rubber cloth waterproof cloaks, mantles or
coats with a single body part united to and combined with a double cape and
collar part with ventilating eyelets, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the drawings.
Secondly. The combination with india rubber cloth waterproof cloaks or mantles
constructed as hereinbefore described of a loop or belt arranged to be attached
to the waist part at either side as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Thirdly. The construction of the body and cape of india rubber cloth waterproof
cloaks, mantles or coats, separate from each other to button together so as to be
reversible, substantially as herein before described.
In witness whereof we the said Goodman Mandleberg, Henry Lesser Rothband
and Samuel Mandleberg (or one of us) have hereunto set our hands
and seals this, nineteenth-day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
GOODMAN MANDLEBERG. (L.S.)