Improvements in Shirts.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 5th Oct, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shirts.
I ALBERT EDWARD KING of No. 4 St. Andrew's Road, Plaistow, Essex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in shirts.
The shirt now in use,
when being put on and taken off is slipped over the head of the wearer, which
causes inconvenience and discomfort, and in the case of a person suffering from
rheumatisin or other disability-pain and trouble. My invention which I call
"The Reform Shirt" obviates these disadvantages. According to my invention
the shirt is made open from the neck down to the bottom of the front skirt, being
composed of two sections, so to speak, and is put on and taken off in like manner
as a coat. When the sections are adjusted one overlaps the other.
The over-
lapped section is provided at the waist with a tab or tag in which is a buttonhole,
and near the edge of this section there is a convenient number of buttons of linen
or other suitable material stitched at a suitable distance from each other from the
tab or tag downwards to the end of the skirt. The second or overlapping section
is provided on its inner side with a runner immediately below which is a slot, and
on its outer side with a flap or fly in which are button-holes corresponding with the
buttons on the overlapped section hereinbefore mentioned. The overlapping section
is also furnished with a tab or tag similar to and similarly placed to the tab or tag
first hereinbefore mentioned, for the purpose of buttoning to the button to which
the other tab or tag is buttoned. The inner tab or tag is buttoned to the button
immediately underneath it, and if greater security be desired, the tongue of said
tab or tag may be drawn through the runner and slot on and in the outer tab or tag
and buttoned to the aforesaid button. By these means both sections of the shirt
are held securely in their proper positions.
There may be, if desired, an opening in each sleeve of the shirt from the elbow
to the wrist, which opening may be closed by buttons or other convenient
attachments suitably placed.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894.
ALBERT EDWARD KING.
I, ALBERT EDWARD KING of St. Andrew's Road Plaistow, Essex, Gentleman,
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 :-
The invention has for its object improvements in shirts.
understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings in which
It will be easily
Figure 1 is a representation of the front of a shirt with the overlapping part
turned back for the better showing of the parts mentioned in this Specification.
Figure 2 is a representation of the front of a shirt showing an alternative method
of closing both parts of the front.
Like letters designate like parts in the several views.

page_text: The shirt now in use when being put on or taken off is slipped over head of the
wearer which causes discomfort inconvenience and frequently pain, to persons
affected with rheumatism, or other disability. My invention which I call "The
Reform Shirt" obviates all these disadvantages. The front is open from the neck
to the end of the skirt so that the shirt can be slipped or off in the same manner as
a coat. When the front is adjusted one part of it overlaps the other.
The
overlapped part is furnished with a tab A Figure 1, at the waist, in which tab is a
button hole A', and from the tab downwards towards the end of the part there is
a convenient number of buttons, or studs may be used. The overlapping part
is furnished on its inner side with a runner B Fig. 1, immediately below which is a
slot C. This part is also furnished with a flap or fly D in which are button
holes D¹ D' corresponding with the buttons of the overlapped part, and with a
tab E similar to and similarly placed to the tab A, for buttoning to the drawers.
The tab A is, or may be drawn through the runner B and the slot C under the
tab E and buttoned to the button to which it corresponds on the overlapped part
of the front, or avoiding the slot, it may be passed through the runner only, and
buttoned.
In Figure 2 an alternative method of closing the shirt is shown, the runner B
being on the overlapped part of the front. By the means herein before specified
the front is held securely in position. To further facilitate the putting on or
taking off, of the shirt, each of the sleeves may be slit from the elbow to the wrist
and furnished with buttons, and holes, or other convenient means for closing the
aperture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a shirt the combination of the tabs, runner, slot, and fly substantially as
and for the purposes herein specified.
2. In a shirt the construction and general arrangement of parts herein mentioned
as and for the purposes herein specified.
Dated this 29th day of August 1895.
ALBERT EDWARD KING.