IMPROVEMENTS IN' DRAWERS
Year: 1875

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' DRAWERS."-A communication
from abroad by John Joseph Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania Tinited States of America.
Sealed the 22nd June 1875, and dated the 4th January 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th January 1875.
I, WILLIAN ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWERS," a com-
munication, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide for certain improvements in
the manufacturing of men's and boys' drawers by the peculiar con-
struction and shaping of which comfort and convenience in the fit and
increased durability in the wear are obtained,

page_text: The said Invention is applicable to hand made fabrics as well as to
woven goods and to cotton, silk, wool, and merino fabrics as well as to
linen, leather, and other such goods.
The said Invention relates to further improvements in the drawers
described in the Specification of former Letters Patent, dated 8th
December A.D. 1873, No. 4040. The peculiar curvature and cutting
out of the front of the Drawers, as described in the Specification of the
said former Letters Patent, form the subject of the alteration and
improvements herein-after described. Whilst the eutting out of the
front of the drawers from the crotch upwards is necessary for the perfect
fit, experience has proved that only one of the sides requires to be cut
out in a curved line as set forth in the said former Specification. The
other side from the crotch upwards to the lining is cut in a diagonal or
straight line. The material bounded by the diagonal line overlaps the
material bounded by the curved line, say one inch more or less where 1
they both meet together in the crotch making a more perfect fit. By
this arrangement the drawers will accommodate themselves to the body
of the wearer and prevent all pockets or wrinkles of the material.
The legs of the drawers are joined together in the crotch, the curved
line bounds one front sido of the drawers, and the diagonal or straight 2
line bounds the other front side of the drawers. At a point above the
crotch the material bounded by the said straight line overlaps the material
bounded by the curved line.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent 2
Office on the 26th June 1875.
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 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her

page_text: special licence that I, the said. William Robert Lake, my executors,
administrators, 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
5 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWERS," a communication to me from
abroad by John Joseph Fitzpatrick, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
0 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
5 cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal 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 bo 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:-
The object of this Invention is to provide for certain improvements in
the manufacture of men's and boys' drawers by the peculiar construction
5 and shaping of which comfort and convenience in the fit and increased
durability in the wear are obtained.
The said Invention is applicable to hand made fabric as well as to
woven goods, and to cotton, silk, wool, and merino fabrics as well as to
linen, leather, and other such goods.<
The said Invention relates to further improvements in the drawers
described in the Specification of former Letters Patent, dated December
8th A.D. 1878, No. 4040. The peculiar curvature and cutting out of
the front of the drawers as described in the Specification of-the-said-
Letters Patent form the subject of the alteration and improvements
herein-after described. Whilst the cutting out of the front of the
drawers from the crotch upwards is necessary for the perfect fit,
experience has proved that only one of the, sides requires to be cut out

page_text: in a curved line as set forth in the said former Specification. The other
side from the crotch upwards to the lining is cut in a diagonal or straight
line. The material bounded by the diagonal line overlaps the material
bounded by the curved line, say one inch more or less, where they both
meet in the crotch, making a more perfect fit. By this arrangement 5
the drawers will accommodate themselves to the body of the wearer and
prevent all pockets or wrinkles of the material.
in a curved line as set forth in the said former Specification. The other
side from the crotch upwards to the lining is cut in a diagonal or straight
line. The material bounded by the diagonal line overlaps the material
bounded by the curved line, say one inch more or less, where they both
meet in the crotch, making a more perfect fit. By this arrangement 5
the drawers will accommodate themselves to the body of the wearer and
prevent all pockets or wrinkles of the material.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
A and B are the legs of the drawers joined together in the crotch g;
is the curved line bounding the front side H of the drawers; ; is the 1
diagonal or straight line bounding the other front side of the drawers.
At p the material bounded by lino ; overlaps the material bounded by
line f.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the 1
same, I wish it understood that I claim, a pair of drawers, one of the
front sides of which from the crotch upwards is cut in a curved line while
the other front side is cut in a diagonal or straight line, the latter
overlapping the former in the crotch as above described and for the
purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
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Witness,
JAMES EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)