Improvements in and relating to Pants, Knickerbockers, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Pants, Knickerbockers, and the like.
FREDERIC WARD, of 38, Liverpool Road, St. Helens, in the County of Lancaster,
Draper and Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to pants, knickerbockers, and the like which are more
especially designed for use by football players, cycle riders, and other athletes.
In carrying these improvements into effect a pair of pants has attached to it
or combined with it a suspensory bandage which may be of any convenient or
usual shape.
The bandage may be secured to the pants by stitching, buttons, or other form
of fastening, and may be detachable therefrom when desired. One elastic band
or a strap or equivalent serves to secure both the pants and the bandage upon
the person of the wearer.
Dated this 25th day of August 1899.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Pants, Knickerbockers, and the like.
I, FREDERIC WARD, of 38, Liverpool Road, St. Helens, in the County of
Lancaster, Draper and Outfitter, 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 pants, knickerbockers and the like which are more
especially designed for use by football players, cycle riders and other athletes.
In carrying these improvements into effect a pair of pants has attached to it
or combined with it a suspensory bandage or slip" which may be of any
convenient or usual shape.
The "slip" or bandage may be secured to the pants by stitching, or by
buttons, or by other fasteners, and may by detachable when desired. The
ordinary elastic waist band may serve to secure both pants and bandage upon
the person of the wearer, or other securing or suspensory devices may be
employed.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings which illustrate an ordinary pair of buttonless
running drawers or pants combined with a bandage or "slip.'
A indicates the pants or drawers which may be of the usual or any convenient

page_text: shape or pattern. B is the suspensory bandage or "slip" arranged in the proper
position inside the pants, and attached thereto in any suitable manner. In order
to permit the bandage to be adjusted one end of it may be provided with a strap
or tab C which passes through and engages with a buckle D suitably placed.
By altering the position of the tab or strap the bandage may be tightened or
loosened. The bandage, however, may be plain, and without the adjusting
device.
In the examples illustrated the bandage is secured in place by means of
stitches, but it may be secured by buttons or the like so as to be easily removable.
Although shown in combination with pants which are secured in place by
means of an elastic waist belt, the bandage is equally applicable to panta which
have open or fly fronts. In this event the bandage might conveniently be
formed with an opening which could be buttoned or fastened at the same time
as the pants.
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As shown in Figure 1 the slip" is formed separately with a con-
tinuous waist band which is secured to the waist band of the pants, but if desired
the modification illustrated by Figure 2 may be adopted. In this example
the "slip" is not formed with a continuous waist band, but is more in the form
of a properly shaped strip which is connected to the pants at the front and back.
An opening or openings may be constructed in the pants at the point or points
where the "slip" is not attached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with a pair of drawers or pants of a suspensory bandage
or “slip,” arranged substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accom
ompanying drawings.
2. An article of apparel consisting of a combined pair of pants and a suspensory
bandage or 'slip," arranged substantially as herein before described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated thi 04
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