Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Sept.,
1888
ISRAEL SIMONS Tailor 40 Hampstead Road London N.W. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a reversible Cape, so cut as to fall gracefully over the
shoulders, and by an arrangement of buttons and holes, can be attached to the collar of an
ordinary coat, when used as a walking garment. By an arrangement of buttons and
holes or eyelets with or without a fly the same may be converted into a Hood for
Railway or other travelling, or can be used in wet weather as a Waterproof Cape or
It can be attached to either
Hood, to protect the Head or shoulders from Rain.
Ladies or Gentlemens garments. Its novelty consists in the simple method by which
it.can be converted into either Cape or Hood.

page_text: ISRAEL SIMONS Tailor 40 Hampstead Road London 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 consists of a Cape so cut as to fall gracefully over the shoulders and
by an arrangement of buttons and holes can be attached to the collar of an ordinary
coat when used as a walking garment.
By an arrangement of buttons and holes or eyelets with or without a fly the same
may be converted into a hood for Railway or other travelling or can be used in wet
weather as a cape to protect the shoulders or as a Hood to protect the head from
rain..
It can be made in such shapes so as to be suitable for either ladies or gentlemens
garments.
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Its novelty consists in the simple method by which it can be converted into either
Cape or Hood. It is made out of three pieces of cloth or other material so cut aş
when made up to form an ordinary cape with narrow band at top with holes for
attachment to collar of coat.
Around bottom of Cape inside from the back to a suitable distance in front are
placed on one half buttons on the other half corresponding holes. These when buttoned
convert the cape into an ordinary shaped hood the corners of the cape being held back
by means of small hooks and eyes placed there for that purpose.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood I now proceed more
particularly to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which the same letters in the several figures represent the saine parts.
Figure 1-represents the garment when worn as a cape, a, is the band at top of
cape b, b, are the button holes by which it is attached to the coat, c, c, are the seams
which give shape to and form shoulders of cape.
Figure 2 represents the garment when worn as a hood. d, d, are small hooks to
hold back corners of Cape when worn as a hood. e, e, are small eyes of thread or
other material into which hooks are fastened. is the line at bottom of cape which,
fastened inside a suitable distance by means of buttons and holes or other attachment
converts the cape into a hood.
Figure 3 represents an inside section of the cape. 9, 9, are the buttons, h, h, are
the holes which form the attachment at bottom of cape by means of which it is con-
verted into a hood.
The Cape is converted into a hood by folding the side A 1 over to the side B 1 the
two corners A and B being held back by the hooks D fastening into the eyes. e.

page_text: The sides are fastened from the bottom line f to a suitable distance by means of
nine buttons more or less marked y on to the side B 1. passing through a correspond-
ing number of button holes upon side A 1. the same being covered over by a fly
provided for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I claim as
my invention is
The mode by which the same garment may be converted into a Cape or Hood
substantially as herein set forth.