INPROVEMENT IN COATS AND WAISTCOATS
Year: 1885

page_text: ROBERT JAMES SPINKS Tailor Rose Cottage Oswestry Salop do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for INPROVEMENT IN COATS AND WAISTCOATS to be
as follows
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Coats to be made in the usual way with an attachable or detachable sleeve to be
made in the following manner
Inner sleeve to be made from Silk Italian cloth or
other material lined with Anti Rhumatic flannel or other material top of sleeve to
be turned in and double stitched eyelet holes worked or inserted half inch apart
round the top of same, a band two inches in width made to fit the top of inner
sleeve with eyelet holes around the band half inch apart, sleeve to be laced to the
band, and top of hand to be inserted in the sye or arm hole of the coat, bottom of
inner sleeve to fit tight at wrist with either button holes or laced, or any other.
fastening, sleeve can be removed from coat by uplacing at the top.
Waistcoats to be made in the usual way with eyelet holes worked or inserted
around the arm hole sleeve to be made in the usual way except, with eyelets
around the top of sleeve which can then be laced to the arm hole of waistcoat.
Waistcoat can be worn with or without the sleeve.
ROBERT JAMES SPINK,
Rose Cottage, Oswestry, Salop.

page_text: Inprovements in Coats and Waistcoats.
ROBERT JAMES SPINK Tailor Rose Cottage Oswestry Shropshire do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for INPROVEMENTS IN COATS AND WAISTCOATS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Coats to be made in the usual way but to have an attachable or detachable
inner sleeve to be made in the following manner inner sleeve to be made same
shape as outer sleeve but smaller at the wrist fastening with holes and buttons or
lacing or any other fastening and made from Silk Italian Cloth or any other
material, lined with Anti Rheumatic flaunel or any other material, top of sleeve to
be turned in and double stiched and eyelet holes worked or inserted around the
same as represented in drawing No 1. A band two or moore inches in width
made to shape and size of top of sleeve as drawing No 2, and inserted in arm hole
or sye of coat between the body lining of coat and the lining of the outer sleeve
the band to remain there permanently, eyelet holes worked or inserted around the
same, sleeve can then be laced to band as drawing No 3.
Coat can then be worn with or without the inner sleeve at the pleasure of the
wearer.
Waistcoat to be made in the usual way but to have an attachable or detachable
sleeve arm hole of waistcoat to be turned in and eyelet holes worked or inserted
round same, sleeve to be turned in round the top and eyelet holes worked or
inserted round same, sleeve can then be attached to waistcoat by lacing to the.
arm hole.
Waistcoat may be worn with or without the sleeve at the pleasure of the wearer
as shown in drawing N° 4.
Having now particularly described an ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner, the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
An attachable or detachable inner sleeve, to be attached to the band inserted in
the arm hole of coat by lacing so that the wearer may detach at his will and
pléasure to enable him to wear the coat with or without the inner sleeve.
And in the waistcoat I claim an attachable or detachable sleeve by lacing.
Dated this 15th day of August. 1885.