IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG COLLARS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG COLLARS."-A communication
from abroad by William T. Mersereau, of Orange, New Jersey,
United States of America.
Sealed the 10th November 1874, and dated the 20th May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th May 1874.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
5 Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG COLLARS," a com-
¡munication, to be as follows:-—
According to the present Invention I form the collar of metal and
leather, and provide the collar so made with a lining of cloth or any

page_text: suitable fabric or material, which may be united to the leather by
stitching or otherwise, the objects of the said Invention being to protect
the neck of the animal, and prevent any chafing of the same, which
frequently occurs when a collar constructed in the ordinary way
used.
is
The metal portion of the collar is formed of brass or other suitable
metal, and is made considerably wider than the leather portion of the
same. The said leather portion of the collar is received and held in
position between turned over edges of the metal portion of the collar.
The aforesaid lining for the collar is made of the same width as the
The
metal portion of the collar after its edges have been turned over.
said lining is held in position and united by stitching or otherwise to the
leather portion. When the collar is thus constructed it will be seen
that there can be no contact between the metal portion of the collar and
the neck of the animal around which the collar is placed, and that no
chafing of the neck of the animal will be possible.
bottom edges are split
I sometimes modify my Invention as follows:-The metal portion of
the collar is made somewhat wider than the leather portion of the collar,
and has its top and bottom edges turned over. Before the leather is
inserted within the brass of the collar its top and
to receive the turned over portions of the brass, which, after the leather
has been placed within the brass portion, are received within these
split portions, and thus hold the leather in position, and at the same
time prevent any contact between the metal and the neck of the
animal.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of May, in the year of

page_text: our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert
Lake, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG COLLARS," a communication to me from abroad by
William T. Mersereau, of Orange, New Jersey, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Robert
Lake, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawing forming a part of this Specification:-
According to the present Invention I form the collar of metal and
leather, and provide the collar so made with a lining of cloth or any
suitable fabric or material, which may be united to the leather by
stitching or otherwise, the object of the said Invention being to protect
the neck of the animal, and prevent any chafing of the same, which
frequently occurs when a collar constructed in the ordinary way is
used.

page_text: Figures 3 and 4 are similar views illustrating a modification of the
said Invention.
• Like letters indicate the same throughout the Drawing.
A is the metal portion of the collar, formed of brass or other suitable
metal, and made considerably wider than the leather portion B of the
same. This leather portion of the collar is received and held in position
between the turned over edges a of the metal portion A of the collar.
The aforesaid lining C for the collar is made of the same width as the
metal portion of the said collar after its edges have been turned over.
The said lining C is held in position by stitching or otherwise uniting
it to the leather portion B. This lining C may be formed of cloth or
other suitable material. When the collar is thus constructed there can
be no contact between the metal portion of the collar and the neck
of the animal around which the said collar is placed, and no chafing of
the neck of the animal will be possible.
I modify the said Invention as shewn in Figures 3 and 4, in which A
is the exterior of the collar, formed of brass or other suitable metal, and
B is the interior lining of the collar, formed of leather or any substitute
for the same. The metal portion of the collar is made somewhat wider
than the leather portion of the collar, and has its top and bottom edges
turned over. Before the leather is inserted within the brass A of the
collar its top and bottom edges are split to receive the turned over
portions a of the brass, which, after the leather has been placed within
the brass portion A, are received within these split portions, and thus
hold the leather in position, and at the same time prevent any contact
between the metal and the neck of the animal.
The cost of manufacture of these improved collars is but slightly in
advance of that of ordinary dog collars, and a far better article is
produced.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it understood that I claim,-
First. A dog collar composed of the parts A and B, and provided with

page_text: Second. A lining for a dog collar with its edges slit to receive the
edges of the metal portion of the said collar, as shewn in Figure 4 of
he Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
JA'. EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)