Improvement in and connected with Coats.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1591
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in and connected with Coats.
I, JOHN RICHARD COWEN, of The Umpire Office, New Bridge Street,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Journalist, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to wearing apparel and consists in an improved combina-
tion of men's overcoats and similar coats with waterproof linings convertible into
leggings.
In carrying my invention into effect, I place inside an overcoat or similar coat
four flat pieces of light waterproofed fabric. one on each side of the overcoat back
and front, forming a lining for the same and attached to it by buttons hooks or
cords so as to be covered by the coat and not to show below the edge of the same.
when worn in dry weather. I arrange the fasteners or suspenders of the water-
proof linings so that they can be easily loosened when rain occurs and the four
pieces of waterproof fabric let down below the coat. The edges of the said pieces.
are provided with buttons and button-holes or equivalent means of fastening them
together so that each pair of said pieces can be fastened round a leg and thus form
a legging for the protection of the wearer against the rain.
Dated this 9th day of October 1890.
W. T. EMMOTT,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in and connected with Coats.
I JOHN RICHARD COWEN of The Umpire Office, New Bridge Street,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Journalist 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 :-
My invention relates to wearing apparel and consists in an improved combina-
tion of men's overcoats and similar coats with waterproof linings convertible into
leggings.
In carrying my invention into effect, I place inside an overcoat or similarly cut
other coat preferably four pieces of light waterproof fabric one on each side of the
front and back forming a lining or addition to the lining of the same and attached
to the coat or coat lining by buttons hooks or cords so as to be covered by the
coat and not to show below the edge of the same when worn in dry weather. The
pieces of waterproof fabric attached to the front of the coat are shaped to form
the front parts of leggings and those attached to the back of the coat to form the.
back parts of leggings, and the fasteners or suspenders of the waterproof pieces
are so arranged that they can easily be loosened when rain occurs and detached or
let down below the coat. The edges of these lining pieces are provided with
buttons and button holes or equivalent fasteners so that each pair of pieces can be
fastened round a leg of the wearer forming a legging for his protection against
rain.
In some cases the front and back of the legging may be sewn or cemented
together along one side or formed of one piece and the other side provided with
fasteners, the legging being suspended or attached inside the coat or on one side of
the same.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I will now refer
to the drawings hereto annexed.
Fig. 1. is a back view of a coat shewing the back halves of the legging
attached, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central through the coat shewing the means of
attaching the halves or pieces for one leg to the coat. The same letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.
A is the back of the coat. B the back half of the legging and B, the front
half as they would appear when let down for use. The dotted lines C and C₁
(Fig. 2) show the position the leggings take when folded up on the back and
front sides of the coat. The halves or pieces are shown at D and D, secured by
means of suitable bands to the hip part of the coat, and E E, the studs or buttons
which secure the halves or pieces 13 and 13, when out of use. The dotted lines on
Fig. 1. also shew by another view the same. The studs or fasteners are for
securing the two halves together when being used, of course it will be understood
that other kinds of fasteners or means could be used to effect the same purpose.
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 :-
The combination with a man's coat of pieces of waterproof fabrics forming
leggings detachably suspended inside of said coat substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings all for the purpose as herein set forth.
Dated this
101 1
W. T. EMMOTT,
Agent for the Applicant.
W. T. EMMOTT,
Agent for the Applicant.