Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 4th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
I, JOHN MORISON PRESANTE of (care of Ernest Digby) 89 London Wall in the
City of London, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A contrivance for stretching Trousers to remove the creases caused by wear it is
effected by the tightening of cords bringing two fillets in close contact at each end
of a wooden frame in which the Trousers are placed, pressure being applied to a
hinged back to keep the cords in tension.
The Contrivance consists of a strip of Wood 30 inches long by about 2 inches
broad, hinged near the middle having a cross piece fixed at each end like a T square,
in which a hole is made in each extremity-a fillet of wood same size as each cross
piece with corresponding holes is placed on such cross pieces and kept in contact by a
cord passing through one hole in the fillet and cross piece, along the top of the fillet,
and through the 2nd hole thence longitudinally along the 30 inch strip of wood to
the crosspiece at the other end, where the two holes in that and the corresponding
fillet are threaded like the first two-and the ends of the cord joined, but so that
the two cross pieces are brought somewhat together, this is permitted by the hinge in
what might be called the Back-bone. The trousers are then placed in position between
a fillet and a cross piece at each end and by pressure by the hand upon the hinge the
two pieces of the 30 inch strip of Wood are brought into the same plane and thus
the Trousers are held stretched.

page_text: I, JOHN MORISON PRESANTE of (care of Messieurs Beaumont, Forster and Company)
44 Threadneedle Street in the City of London, Clerk 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 :-
A contrivance for stretching Trousers to remove the creases caused by wear, it is
effected by the tightening of cords bringing two fillets in close contact at each end of
a wooden frame in which the Trousers are placed, pressure being applied to a hinged
back to keep the cords in tension-The contrivance consists of a strip of wood (A)
30 inches long by about 2 inches broad hinged near the middle (B) having a cross
piece (C) fixed at each end like a T square in which a hole (D) is made near each
extremity, a fillet of wood (E) same size as each cross piece with corresponding holes
is placed on such cross pieces and kept in contact by a cord (F) passing through one
hole in the fillet and crosspiece along the top of the fillet and through the second
hole, thence longitudinally along the 30 inch strip of wood to the cross piece at the
other end where the 2 holes in that and the corresponding fillet are threaded like the
first two, and the ends of the cord joined, at (G) but so that the two crosspieces are
brought somewhat together, this is permitted by the hinge in what might be called
the backbone. The Trousers are then placed in position between a fillet (E) and a
cross piece (C) at each end and by pressure by the hand upon the hinge at (B) the
2 pieces of the 30 inch strip of wood are brought into the same plane and thus the
Trousers are held stretched.
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. An equal strain on all parts of the Trousers.
2. No mark or crease of any kind visible in the Trousers after stretching.