Improvements in Writing Tablets applied to Cuffs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Writing Tablets applied to Cuffs.
JAMES CARVELL WOOLSTONE 84 Lansdowne Road Didsbury near Manchester
Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Improvements in writing tablets applied to cuffs of linen or cotton shirts & to
loose cuffs of linen, cotton or paper. For ladies' & gentlemen's wear.
Also to cuffs of ladies & childrens linen or cotton blouses.
Tablets to be made of ivory, ivorine, card, paper, slate preparations or any other
material suited to the purpose. To be inserted in cuffs by means of slide arrange-
ment similar in principle to the manner in which mounted photographs are inserted
into albums, or in any other suitable manner.
Dated this 5th day of July 1895.
Improvements in Writing Tablets applied to Cuffs.
I JAMES CARVELL WOOLSTONE of 84 Lansdowne Road, Didsbury, near
Manchester, Commercial Traveller 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 :-
:
My invention relates to writing tablets in combination with cuffs of linen or
cotton shirts or blouses and to loose cuffs of linen cotton or paper and other
material and has for its object to provide a convenient and ready means
whereby notes or memoranda may be jotted down without having recourse to a
note book.
For this purpose I provide the cuff, with slits or openings at suitable distances
apart, and preferably midway between the outer or wearing edges thereof or in
any other suitable position. These slits or openings which are preferably stitched
around their edges in a similar manner to button or stud holes, are for the
purpose of receiving tongues or projections formed at each end of the writing
tablets, for securing the latter in position on the cuff.
The said tablets are constructed of thin ivory, ivorine, card, paper, slate
preparations, xylonite, celluloid or other suitable material capable of being
curved or bent to the form of the cuff, and are preferably rectangular in shape,
each end being formed with a curved tongue or projection of a size to easily enter
the aforesaid slits or openings formed in the side of the cuff.
By means of these tongues or projections the tablet is securely held on the
surface of the cuff and can readily be removed therefrom by drawing the
tongues or projections out of engagement with the slits or openings, or placed in
position by engaging one of the tongues or projections with one of the slits or
openings and slightly bending the tablet for the purpose of engaging the other
tongue or projection with the opposite slit or opening.
And in order to clearly understand my said invention I will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1

page_text: is a side view of a loose cuff with the tablet in position thereon, Figure 2 being a
similar view of the inside of the cuff, and Figure 3 a separate view of the
tablet.
a represents the cuff formed with slits or openings a¹ on the inner side thereof
and midway between the outer or wearing edges a 2. b is the writing tablet formed
with curved tongues or projections & at each end which pass through and engage
with the slits or openings a¹ when the tablet is in position on the cuff thus holding
it securely to the latter.
The tablet is easily placed in position by engaging one of the tongues or
projections with its corresponding slit or opening a' and slightly bending the
tablet so as to cause the other tongue or projection to enter or engage with the
opposite slit or opening a¹.
The tablet is thus held securely so as to prevent its shifting upon the side of the
cuff and in order to remove it from the cuff it is simply drawn outwards so as to
disengage the tongues or projections 61 from the slits or openings a'.
In the case of a shirt or blouse cuff, that is one that is sewn to the material
forming the sleeve, the slits or openings may be placed nearer to the attached end
of the cuff or in any other suitable position as desired.
It is evident that other means for securing the tablet to the cuff may be adopted,
for instance instead of forming the cuff with the slits or openings a¹ for this
purpose, I may fix a button at each end of the tablet the shank or eye of which
passes through holes formed in the cuff, the said eye being provided with a link
which can be passed through the said holes and drawn crosswise of the eye for
securing the tablet to the cuff.
Or I may secure the tablet by means of a curved metal spring fixed to one end
thereof for gripping the cuff, the other end of the tablet being turned back or
formed with a curved flange for engaging with one of the vertical edges of
the cuff.
Instead of the metal spring I may use an elastic band provided with a hook at
one end for engaging with one of the vertical edges of the cuff, the tablet being
provided at its other end with two small hooks for engaging with the other vertical
edge of the cuff.
As my invention is capable of some slight modification without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to the precise form of tablet which
may be used.
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. The combination with shirt or other cuffs of a writing tablet adjustably
connected to the same substantiaily as and for the purposes specified.
2. In writing tablets as applied to cuffs constructing the same of xylonite,
ivorine, card or similar flexible material formed at each end with a tongue or
projection for engaging with slits or openings formed in the side of the cuff
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
3. In the application of writing tablets to cuffs forming the latter with slits or
openings for receiving tongues or projections provided at each end of the tablet
for securing it to the cuff substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.