Improved Means of Securing Loose Cuffs to Shirt Sleeve Bands.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Securing Loose Cuffs to Shirt Sleeve Bands.
I, ROBERT SUTTON FOSTER of Montague Road, Hornsey, London, Hosier and
Glover, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
This invention relates to improved means of attaching loose cuffs to shirt sleeves,
and it consists in providing, upon the cuff or upon the shirt sleeve band, tabs and
upon the sleeve band or upon the cuff, as the case may be, loops adapted to receive
the said tabs, the position of the tabs and loops being such that the tabs when
merely slipped through the loops will be retained therein by the cuff being made
fast to a button or stud upon the band. The tabs and loops are of similar material
to the cuff and band to which they are stitched, the tabs being preferably affixed so
as to lie along and parallel to the band, there being two such tabs, say, on the cuff
adapted to be engaged with loops placed one near the end and one at the middle
of the sleeve band, the cuff being secured to the other end of the sleeve band
by a stud on to which a button-hole tab at the other end of the cuff also buttons.
By this means the cuff may be quickly made fast to the band at several points in
its length, without the use of a number of buttons or studs which are troublesome
and objectionable for many reasons, the connection between the cuff and the band
being almost as close as when the cuff is actually stitched to the sleeve whilst the
tabs being on the inner side of the cuff are wholly concealed from view and present
no hard projections which are apt to cause injury to the wrist of the wearer as
sometimes happens when studs are used.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1802
K. S. FUSTER,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Securing Loose Cuffs to Shirt Sleeve Bands.
I, ROBERT SUTTON FOSTER of Montague Road, Hornsey, Hosier and Glover,
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 relates to improved means of attaching false or loose cuffs to shirt
sleeves and has for its object to provide a concealed means of fastening the cuff to
the sleeve band in addition to the ordinary stud or button so as to connect the cuff
to the band at several points in such manner as to constitute in effect an all-round
connection so as to make the cuff appear to be sewn to the shirt sleeve. It consists
in providing tabs upon the cuff and loops upon the shirt sleeve band (or vice versa)
the tabs being adapted to slip through the loops and their position being such that
the connection of the tabs and loops will be maintained by buttoning or otherwise
securing the cuff to the band so that by unbuttoning the one end, the cuff can be
immediately detached and can be reattached with equal facility.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein
Figure 1 is a perspective view shewing the cuff attached to the sleeve band, parts
being broken away to shew the tabs and loops more clearly.
Figure 2 is an inside face view of the cuff, shewing the tabs, and

page_text: Figure 3 is an inside face view of the sleeve band shewing in dotted lines the loops
on the outer face into which the tabs are to be slipped.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
A is the cuff and B.the band of the shirt sleeve. The tabs a band loops c d
may be of similar material to the cuff and band to which they are stitched, the tabs
being affixed to the inner face of the cuff A so as to be parallel to the rear edge
thereof, so that when inserted in the respective loops ed on the band they will lic
along the band. There are preferably two such tabs on the cuff placed one near
the end and one near the middle of the cuff and the loops c d are secured in
corresponding position to the sleeve band to receive them. These loops extend
transversely of the band B from the rear edge thereof where it is stitched to the
sleeve to a point about half-way across, more or less, according to the depth of the
band, and are made of strips stitched at their two ends to the band so as to form
loops of just sufficient length to allow the tabs to be slipped through them. The
tabs a bhave their free ends directed towards the end of the cuff farthest from the
taba and to the same end of the cuff at which tab a is situated a third tab e (which
may be in one with tab a) is attached so that its free end projects beyond the said
end of the cuff. This tab has a button hole in it for attachment to the stud or
button of the sleeve band after the tabs a 6 have been inserted in their respective
loops cd and the button hole at the opposite end of the cuff has been attached
to said button or stud so as to maintain the tabs in engagement with their loops.
By this means the cuff may be quickly made fast to the band at several points in
its length without the use of more than one button or stud which would be trouble-
some and objectionable for inany reasons, the connection between the cuff and the
band being almost as close as when the cuff is actually stitched to the sleeve whilst
the tabs being on the inner side of the cuff are wholly concealed from view, lie
close against the band and cuff, and present no hard projections which are apt to
cause injury to the wrist of the wearer as sometimes happens when studs are used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The herein described means of attaching a loose cuff to a shirt sleeve band, con-
sisting essentially of tabs on the one engaging in loops on the other the tabs lying
in the circumferential direction so as to be retained in engagement by the buttoning
or otherwise securing of the end or ends of the cuff to the band, as described.
Dated this 10th day of September 1992.
R. S. FOSTER,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.