Bindings for Skirts and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Bindings for Skirts and other Articles.
I, LILLIAN FRANCIS DOTY, of 183 Michigan Avenue, City of Chicago, County
of Cook, State of Illinois, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for Bindings for Skirts and other Articles, and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to Bindings for Skirts and Other Articles.
The object of the invention is to provide a binding for skirts and other articles
which will be simple, durable and efficient and which will not readily fray or
wear out, and which will not lose its color by wear, and which can be readily
and easily attached to any kind of skirt or other article where bindings are
required.
The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, arrange-
ment and location all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the
accompanying drawings and finally pointed out specifically in the appended claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawing and to the various views and reference
signs appearing thereon,
Fig. 1, is a front view of a section of a skirt with my improved binding applied
thereto.
Fig. 2, is a view taken from the opposite side of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is an edge view of the same.
Heretofore the common form of bindings for skirts and other articles have
been usually made of velvet, velveteen, leather or leatheroid or the like, and
quickly wears or frays out by reason of the use to which it is subjected. Not
only is the wearing or fraying out of the binding objectionable in itself, but
another serious defect is encountered, namely, the usage to which the bindings
of skirts and other articles is subjected rapidly wears off or destroys the nap or
outside surface of the lower edge of the binding, thus revealing the natural color
of the inner substance of the binding, which may be, and usually is, of a different
color from that of the goods out of which the dress or other article is made, and,
hence, destroying the neatness of the appearance of the binding. This objection
is particularly present in the case of bindings having an exterior nap surface.
The nap which receives the coloring matter of the dye employed in coloring the
binding wears off thus leaving exposed the inner material of the binding, usually
of a different color.
In order to avoid these objections, I provide a binding for skirts and other
articles which will be strong and durable and which will not, through wear,
expose a surface of a different color from that of the remainder of the binding,
by selecting chamois skin which; being exceeding porous, is capable of receiving
an uniform color throughout its entire texture or substance. I cut the same
into strips of suitable width to form the binding. These strips, either before or
after being cut, are dyed to the desirable color to match the material of the skirt
or other article to which the binding is to be applied. The binding thus prepared
may be formed in any suitable manner and applied to the skirt or other article

page_text: in any convenient manner. The chamois skin, being very flexible and soft, is
capable of being folded in any desired way to form the binding. I have shown,
in the accompanying drawing, a convenient method of applying the binding
wherein the chamois skin B, is folded upon itself. Reference sign A; designates
a section of a skirt or other article to which the binding is to be applied. The
edge of the article A, which is to receive the binding, is shown folded back upon
itself, and the binding B, folded as described, is then suitably stitched thereto,
as at C.
Of course it will be understood that the binding, forming the subject of my
invention, may be applied in any other suitable or convenient manner to the skirt
or other article. From the foregoing description it will be also seen that I
provide a binding for skirts or other articles made of chamois skin, which is porous
throughout its entire texture or body, and, hence, is capable of receiving through
and through the coloring matter of the dye to which the binding is subjected,
and therefore, no amount of wear or usage to which the binding may be sub-
jected will result in exposing portions of the binding of a different color from
other portions.
It will also be seen that I thus provide an exceedingly durable binding.
Having now particularly ascertained the nature of my invention and a method
of carrying the same into practical and useful effect, what I claim is:-
1. A binding for skirts or other articles composed of chamois skin dyed or
colored entirely through and through its material, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
2. The combination of a skirt or other article having the edge thereof folded
upon itself with a binding of chamois skin folded upon itself and secured thereto,
said chamois skin being dyed through and through its texture, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1897.
LILLIAN FRANCIS DOTY,
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.