Improvements in Pants, Drawers, Trousers, and like Garments.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pants, Drawers, Trousers, and like Garments.
I, AUGUST WALTER, of 95 Milton Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Pants as generally made are fastened round the waist by means of buttons
which are open to serious objection on various grounds; when the garment is
passed through a mangle or wringer the buttons frequently damage both the
garment and the rollers of the mangle or wringer and they are also often broken or
torn away from the material of the garment.
Now the present invention has reference to a simple and efficient method of
obviating the disadvantages referred to. For this purpose in the inner and outer
portions of pants that are made to overlap at the front, or in the adjacent front
portions of pants that are not made to overlap, there are formed two con-
veniently situated and adjacent holes worked round after the manner of button
holes, and to one of the said portions of the garment and adjacent to the hole
therein, is secured a strap, that may be of the same kind of material as that of
which the pants are made but preferably thickened to stiffen it, and which when
the garment is on, is passed first through the hole in the outer portion of the
garment and then through the hole in the portion to which the strap is secured.
When this is done the outer portion is held in a loop formed by the strap the two
ends of which are then held by the inner portion, the result being that the two
portions of the garment will be found to be effectively secured together but never-
theless in such a manner as to permit of the ready withdrawal of the strap when it
is desired to disconnect the said two portions of the garment.
As will be obvious two or more straps and corresponding sets of holes arranged
as described may be employed if desired. In the case of pants made to overlap so
as to give an approximately triangular portion of double thickness in front, an
additional strap may be secured to the inner surface of the outer portion of the
garment but on the opposite side of the centre thereof to the first strap, the
additional strap being, in this case, first passed through a hole in the inner portion
of the garment near the free edge thereof and then through a corresponding hole in
the outer portion, the end of the strap being left free or not, as may be desired.
The said additional strap, may for the sake of appearance, be secured to the front
side of the outer portion of the garment, but in this case it will not act to secure
the two portions of the garment together like the first strap, but will serve only as
a partial support to the free end of the inner portion.
As will be obvious my invention is applicable for fastening drawers, trousers,
breeches and such garments generally and wherein it is desired to dispense with
buttons or buckles as the fastening means.
Dated thie 4th day of January 1894

page_text: Improvements in Pants, Drawers, Trousers, and like Garments.
I, AUGUST WALTER, of 95 Milton Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
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 :-
Pants as generally made are fastened round the waist by means of buttons which
are open to serious objection on various grounds; thus, when the garment is passed
through a mangle or wringer, the buttons frequently damage both the garment and
the rollers of the mangle or wringer, and the buttons are also often broken or torn
away from the material of the garment.
Now the present invention has reference to a simple and efficient method of
obviating the disadvantages referred to, as I will now proceed to explain by
reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a front elevation and plan, showing my invention
applied to pants that are made to overlap at the front to a considerable extent.
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively, showing my
invention applied to pants that do not overlap at the front except to a small
extent.
The remaining figures are hereinafter referred to.
In the inner and outer portions a and b respectively of pants such as shown in
Figs. 1 and 2, and in the corresponding portions of pants such as shown in Figs. 3
and 4 there are formed two conveniently situated and oppositely arranged holes c
and d respectively, and to the inner portion a of the garment, and near to the
hole c therein, is secured a strap e, which may he formed of the same kind_of
material as that of which the garment is made, but preferably thickened in order
to stiffen it. The arrangement as will be seen is such that when the garment is
put on, the free end of the strap e can be pressed through the hole d in the outer
portion 6 of the garment and then through the hole in the inner portion a. When
this is done the outer portion 6 will be held practically in a loop, as shown, formed
by the strap e the two ends of which are held by the portion a, the result being that
the two portions a, b of the garment will be found to be effectually secured together
but nevertheless in such a manner as to permit of the ready withdrawal of the strap
when it is desired to disconnect the said portions of the garment.
As will be obvious two or more straps and corresponding sets of holes arranged
as described may be employed if desired.
In the case of pants made to overlap so as to give an approximately triangular
portion of aouble thickness in front, as in the make shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an
additional strap e¹ may, for the sake of appearance, be secured to the front side of
the outer portion 6 of the garment as shown at the right hand side of the said
figures, the said strap e' being passed through corresponding holes d' and c¹ in the
outer and inner portions 6 and a respectively of the garment, but in this case the
strap will not act to effectually secure the two portions of the garment together
like the first strap e, shown at the left hand side of Figs. 3 and 4, but will serve
only as a partial support to the free end of the inner portion a.
In order however that one strap may serve to connect together in the manner
hereinbetore described the two portions of pants such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2
and also to support the remaining free edge I prefer to employ the modified
arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6 which are similar views to Figs. 3 and 4
respectively. In this case the strap e, which is made of greater length than in the
other arrangements herein before described, is engaged with the free side of the
outer portion b, it may be by being passed through a hole d' therein as shown, and
is then passed in sucession through the holes d and c in the outer and inner

page_text: portions and a respectively, so that the portion 6 will be held in a loop formed by
strap e and the two ends of the strap will be supported by the same portion of the
garment, viz. the portion a, as in the herein previously described arrangements. In
each example, the strap e is, for the sake of clearness, not shown pulled so tight as it
usually would be when the garment to which it is secured, is in use.
As will be obvious my invention is applicable for fastening drawers, trousers,
breeches and such like garments generally, and wherein it is desired to dispense
with buttons or buckles as the fastening devices.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-.
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Pants, drawers, trousers and like garments in which oppositely arranged
holes c d are formed in the two portions a, b of the garment to be connected
together and a strap e is secured to one of the said portions, the arrangement being
such that when the strap is passed through the hole in the portion to which it is
not directly secured and then through the hole in the portion to which it is secured,.
it will act to effectually secure the said two portions together but nevertheless in
such a way as to permit of its being readily withdrawn when it is desired to
disconnect the said two portions from each other, as set forth.
2. The improved pants having holes c d and fastening strap e arranged as herein-
before described with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 1 and 2; in
Figs. 3 and 4; and in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings annexed for the purpose-
specified.
Dated bus you may
A. WALTER.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.