An Improvement in or applicable to Gentlemen's Shirt-fronts.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1.95
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improvement in or applicable to Gentlemen's Shirt-fronts.
We, WALTER HENRY WILLIAM KELSON and LOUIS ALFRED KELSON, both
of 46, Holywell Street, Oxford, in the County of Oxford, Tailors, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means for retaining shirt-fronts in position and for
preserving them in proper form; particularly when worn with waistcoats cut fully
open." With "dress" waistcoats, for example, there is, under ordinary
circumstances, a tendency for the shirt-front to protrude beyond the waistcoat, a
portion of the shirt beyond the shirt-front proper becoming exposed to view and
presenting both an untidy and an unshapely appearance.
In order to obviate the inconvenience above referred to, we utilise the braces to
hold the shirt-front back on either side; pockets, open at the top and bottom,
being provided on either side of the shirt-front through which the braces are passed.
Instead of pockets, straps or loops may be employed, or slits may be formed in the
fabric of the shirt. Or the shirt-front may be provided on either side with a
laterally extending flap, furnished at the back with straps or loops adapted for the
reception of the braces.
Where pockets, or flaps with loops, as last above described, are employed, the
shirt-front is not only held in place and its sides prevented protruding from the
waistcoat, but the braces are concealed from view.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1895.

page_text: formed in the fabric of the shirt. Or the shirt-front may be provided on either
side with a laterally extending flap, furnished at the back with straps or loops
adapted for the reception of the braces.
The accompanying drawings illustrate various modes of carrying out
invention.
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According to the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, pockets a a, open at the top and
bottom, are provided on each side of the shirt-front; the braces passing between
the attached pocket-piece and the body of the shirt.
In Fig. 2, straps or loops a¹ a¹ take the place of the pocket-pieces; the braces
being threaded through the several loops on either side of the shirt-front.
Fig. 3 represents a modification in which slits bb are made in the material of
the shirt, thereby forming straps or loops a* a*, behind which the braces are
passed.
According to the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 4, the shirt-front is extended
on each side so as to form a laterally projecting flap c; the back of each flap being
furnished with straps or loops (shown in dotted lines) for receiving the braces.
dd are additional loops, through each of which a tab of the brace is passed.
Similar loops may, if desired, be employed with the previously described retaining
devices.
Where pockets, or flaps with loops as last above described, are employed, the
shirt-front is not only held in place and its sides prevented protruding from the
waistcoat, but the braces are concealed from view.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :—
1. The improved means for retaining a gentleman's shirt-front in position,
substantially as herein described.
2. Providing a gentleman's shirt with pockets, straps or loops, arranged on either
side of the front and adapted for the reception of the braces, whereby the front is
held in position, substantially as herein described.
3. Forming or arranging the front of a gentleman's shirt in such a manner in
relation to the body as to admit of the braces being concealed behind the edges of
the front or extensions therefrom, substantially as hereiu described.
Dated this 17th day of April 1896.