Improvements in the Manufacture of Gaiters, Leggings, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Gaiters, Leggings,
and the like.
1, FERDINAND GEORGE SCHUTZE, of 8 Glengall Terrace, Trafalgar Road,
Old Keut Road, in the County of Surrey, Legging Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows.
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The Specification No 3549 of the present year lodged by me and another
describes the manufacture of gaiters, leggings and the like in two thicknesses the
outer one consisting of the flesh side of a split sheep or similar skı
According to the present invention I inter pose water prooted calico ou like fabric
between the two thicknesses cementing them to it with india rubber solution or
like cement.
I also use this method of manufacture for other materials replacing for example
the flesh side of the split sheep skin by the flesh side of a split hide or even
by what is known as American or leather cloth. The other thickness also may
consist of textile material such as cloth, felt, flaunelette and the like or when the
flesh side of a split hide 18 used the other thickness may be American or leather
cloth.
In cases where the materials employed are such that the gaiters can be worn
either side out I employ fastenings which can be used on either side. These
consist of double headed studs made in two parts screwing together so that
their stems can be passed through small holes in one edge of the material of the
gaiter. When in use the inner head of the stud is in contact with the inner
surface of the gaiter whilst the other head projects like a button and is passed
through suitable button holes in the other edge of the material.
Dated this 24th dor of December 1804
Improvements in the Manufacture of Gaiters, Leggings,
and the like.
I, FERDINAND GEORGE SCHUTZE, of 8, Glengall Teuace, Trafalgar Road,
Old Kent Road, in the County of Surrey, Legging Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly descubed and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In the Specification of former Letters Patent No. 3549 of 1894 granted to
myself and another, there is described the manufacture of gaiters, leggings and the
like in two thicknesses, the outer one consisting of the flesh side of a split sheep or
similar skin.
One object of my present invention is to make waterproof leggings, gaiters and
the like having greater firmness and moic substance than those manufactured as
described in the said former Specification, whilst preserving the requisite degree

page_text: of flexibility For this purpose I interpose waterproofed calico or like fabric
between the two thicknesses, cementing them to it with india-rubber solution or
like cement.
I also use this method of manufacture for other materials, replacing, for example,
the flesh side of the split sheep-skin by the flesh side of a split hide or even by
what is known as American or leather cloth. The other thickness also I some-
times make of other suitable materials, for example of textile material such
as cloth, felt, flaunelette and the like, or when the flesh side of a split Inde
is used as one thickness, the other thickness may be American or leather cloth,
the extra firmness or substance afforded by the interposed waterproofed calico
or other fabric, enabling me to employ materials which would otherwise be too thin
and flexible
Another feature of my said invention consists in providing reversible leggings,
gaiters and the like with improved fasteners formed and arranged as hereinafter
described so that they can be readily inserted and secured in one edge of the
legging, gaiter or the like without the necessity of making holes theiein large
enough for the heads of the fasteners to pass through, and the leggings, gaiters or
the like can then be worn with either side out, at will, without the necessity for
changing the fastenings.
In cariying my said invention into practice, I take the waterproofed calico or
other fabric and I attach thereto, by means of india-rubber solution or other
suitable cement, on one side the flesh side of a split sheep-skin or of a split-hide, or
a piece of American or leather cloth, and on the other side a piece of textile
material, such, for instance, as cloth, felt or flanuelette. Or I attach to both sides
of the water proofed fabric, the flesh side of a split sheep-skin, or 1 attach to one
side of the waterproofed fabric the flesh side of a split sheep-skin and to the other
side thereof the flesh side of a split hide or a piece of sheep-skin or other suitable
material. And I make the gaiters, leggings of the like from the improved water-
proof material thus produced. The skins used should in all cases be dressed as free
from grease as possible.
One advantage gained by my method of manufacture above described is, that
I am enabled to produce au article having a more elegant appearance than those
made by the methods beretofore employed, articles made of my improved material
being filmer for the same weight of material and retaining their shape for a much
longer time. They are, moreover, rendered perfectly water proof.
The leggings, gaiters, or the like made as above described are, if desired,
provided with suitable fastenings so that they can be worn with either side
outwards, or they are, if desired, manufactured and sent to the warehousers or to
retailers without the buttons or similar fastenings being attached, so that, if, for
example, the flesh side of a split sheep-skin be in most demand, the buttons or
similar fastenings can be attached accordingly, or if the material forming the othor
side is the more saleable, then the buttons or similar fastenings can be placed on
the reverse side. Warchousers or retailers are thus enabled to carry on their
business with a smaller stock than would otherwise be necessary.
In cases where the materials employed are such that the gaiters can be worn
either side out, I employ fastenings which can be used on either side. The
improved fastenings which I prefer to employ for this purpose consist of double-
headed studs made in two parts, the stems of which are made with male and female
screw-threads so that they can be united by screwing them together; before these
parts are united, the stem of one part is passed through a small hole punched or
otherwise formed in one edge of the legging, gaiter or the like and slightly larger
in diameter than the said stein, the parts are then united, and, in order to prevent
unscrewing of the two parts of the said double-headed studs when in use, I coat or
moisten the engaging surfaces, before they are screwed together, with a suitable
liquid or substance such as au acid, varnish or the like, which in a short time will
set hard and thus prevent unscrewing of the parts.
When the legging or gaiter 18 in use, the inner head of the stud 18 in contact

page_text: with the inner surface of the gaiter, whilst the outer head projects like a button
and is passed through a suitable button-hole in the other edge of the legging or
gaiter. The outer surfaces of the said studs are preferably bevelled, the inner
surfaces being either flat or slightly bevelled. The part of the connecting stem
on which the male screw-thread 18 formed is preferably made with a shoulder
against which the end of the other pait engages when the two parts are screwed
together.
The said studs can be made of any suitable material and of any desired colour,
or one fastener can be made in two coloms or shades of colour so as to correspond
to the different sides of the material; they can be also made in different lengths so
as to suit tho different thicknesses or substances of material, thus enabling the
leggings, gaiters or the like to fasten properly.
I am aware that reversible gaiters, leggings and the like have been made with
fasteners adapted for use with either side of the gaiter, legging or the like
outward; but such fasteners have been made in one solid piece thus necessitating
the use of the ordinary long button-holes or of elastic button-holes in both edges of
the gaiter, legging or the like, and the consequent liability to loss of such fastenings
by their becoming accidentally detached. Whereas with my improved fastenings
made in two parts, it is only necessary to make the ordinary long button-holes in
one edge of the gaiter, legging or the like and a round hole in the other edge
thereof of slightly larger diameter than the stem of the fastener; and when the
fastener is inserted in the round hole and the two parts of the said fastener are
rigidly united as above described, the fastener cannot become detached from the
gaiter, legging or the like. Moreover I can make my fasteners with larger heads
without the necessity for enlarging the holes in which the said fasteners are
secured.
It is obvious that reversible leggings manufactured without the intermediate
layer or thickness of waterproofed calico or other fabric, can be provided with my
improved fasteners secured therein as above described. In some instances I make
such reversible gaiters with one thickness consisting of a hide fleshor and the other
thickness of tho flesh side of a split sheep-skin, or of American cloth or other
suitable material.
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 :-
First. The manufacture of gaiters, leggings and the like with a thickness or
layer of waterproofed calico or other textile fabric interposed between and
cemented to two thicknesses or layers of leather or other suitable material or
materials, substantially as herein before described.
Second. Reversible gaitere, leggings and the like provided with my improved
fasteners, substantially as herein before described.
Dated the 21st day of October 1895.
Dated the 21st day 01 October 1.
F. G. SCHUIZE
D. Young & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, Loudon, W.C.,
Ageute for the Applicant.