Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 30th Nov., 1888
I GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT of 40 High Street Marylebone in the County of
Middlesex, Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved mode of fastening ladies tight fitting jackets
and bodices, such as those of riding habits for example, and it has for its object to
enable the jacket or bodice to be let out or taken in across the chest according to the
requirements of the wearer without taking the garment to pieces and without other
alteration than the shifting of a few buttons.
According to my invention the jacket or bodice is made what its termed single
breasted and is fastened down the front by hooks and eyes, there being several series
of the latter, into any of which the hooks may be fastened according to the fullness of
figure of the wearer. In order to conceal the above mentioned fastenings, I apply
over the same a separate front piece of similar material to the jacket or bodice, which
I term a double lappel or plastron and which extends from top to bottom of the
jacket or bodice, and is secured by buttoning along each edge to the jacket or bodice,
which then has somewhat the appearance of a double breasted garment.
T
1000
G. W. HUNT,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: I GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT of 23 Nottingham Street, High Street Marylebone, in
the County of Middlesex, Ladies and Gentlemens tailor and riding habit maker, 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 an improved mode of fastening ladies tight fitting jackets
and bodices, such as those of riding habits for example, and it has for its object to
enable the jacket or bodice to be let out or taken in across the chest according to the
requirements of the wearer, without taking the garment to pieces and without other
, alteration than the shifting of a few buttons.
According to my invention the jacket or bodice is made what is termed single
breasted and is fastened down the front by hooks and eyes, there being a piece of
the same cloth laid under the edges of body or jacket, and fastened in firmly with
sewing from top to bottom, with several rows of eyelets let in, into any of which the
hooks may be fastened according to the fullness of figure of the wearer. In order to
conceal the above mentioned fastenings, I apply over the same a seperate front piece
the same cloth as the garment, with seam down the centre, which I term a double
lappel, or cover, which extends from top to bottom of the jacket or bodice, and is
secured by buttoning, the buttons being sewn on near the edges of bodice or jacket
according to the size required, and to keep the cover, ballanced which then has
somewhat the appearance of a double breasted garment.
To enable my invention to be clearly understood I will describe the same by aid of
the accompanying drawings in which the same letters of reference denote the same
parts in different figures. Figure 1 is an outside view of the front of habit body
shewing the invention by dotted lines with cover fastened on by buttoning. Figure 2
is an outside view of habit body unfastened without cover or buttons so as to clearly
shew the invention, dotted lines show the fastening of the invention with hooks on the
opposite side.
Figure 3 and 4 are detached views shown in proceeding figures. A is front of
habit body. B. is piece of cloth cut to shape, made stiff, with eyelets let in called
a catch for hooks to pass into fastened to a part of A.
C is cover for part of A when the body is fastened on figure by buttoning
Figure 1 shews how I use catch B with cover fastened on part of A by buttoning.

page_text: Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed I would observe that to simply cover
part of A by two lappels sewn together, fastening by buttoning to A as shown at C is
not novel and I lay no claim to the same alone but what I consider and declare that
I claim is
In the body of ladies riding habits and jackets is the use of a piece of cloth
with eyelets let in called a catch or an equivalent attached to body or jacket to assist
in enlarging body or jacket to wearers size without other alteration than the shifting
of a few buttons.
GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT,
23, Nottingham Street,
High Street, Marylebone, W.,
Applicant.