A New or Improved Mud-guard and Protector for Trousers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mud-guard and Protector for Trousers.
I, JAMES ELLISON MOORHOUSE, of 17, Bradford Road, Shipley, in the County
of York, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:
The object of this invention is the production of a device to prevent the bottom
inner portions of trousers becoming soiled with blacking from the boots, or mud
and water in wet weather, and also to prevent the fraying out or wearing of the
material, at these parts, caused by the rubbing action against the boots or shoes
of the wearer.
The device consists of a disc or stud of sheet metal or other suitable substance,
preferably of an oval, oblong, or similar shape, provided with a central pin, tongue,
or shank, of some easily bendable metallic material, terminating in a point.
the device may be provided, instead of the pin, tongue, or shank, with eyelets on
each of its ends.
Or
The article may be stamped out of sheet metal in one piece, or otherwise
formed, it being necessary for the purposes of my invention that the disc or stud
should bulge out slightly or be so made as to include a certain thickness or depth.
The device is applied by passing the point of the pin, tongue, or shank through
the inner turned up portion of the bottom part of the trousers, but not through
the front or outer material, for a very short distance, and then through it again
so as to cause the pointed end to protrude. This end is then bent over, to make
the pin, tongue, or shank fast, and the disc or stud part finally bent over so as to
hide the fastening.
In the case of the modified form of device having the eyelets it is only necessary
to sew the articles on to the material of the trousers in the desired positions.
Any number of these articles may be attached at suitable distances apart on the
inner extremities of trousers' legs in a short time and with very little trouble.
By the adoption of my invention, through the medium of the articles projecting,
trousers will not wear or fray at the lower extremities, the boots of the wearer
will be kept clean and the trousers dry at the lower portions in wet weather,
while mud will not accumulate on the inside.
Dated this 19th day of August 1892.
CROSSLEY & Co.,
72, New Market Street, Bradford, Yorks., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mud-guard and Protector for Trousers.
I, JAMES ELLISON MOORHOUSE, of 17, Bradford Road, Shipley, in the County
of York, Merchant, 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 :-
The main object of this invention is the production of a device to prevent the
bottom inner portions of trousers becoming soiled with blacking from the boots, or
mud and water in wet weather, and also to prevent the fraying out or wearing of
the material, at these parts, caused by the rubbing action against the boots or shoes
of the wearer.
The device consists of a disc or stud of sheet metal or other suitable substance,

page_text: preferably of an oval, oblong, or similar shape, provided with a central pin, tongue,
or shank of some easily bendable metallic material, terminating in a point. Or the
device may be provided, instead of the pin, tongue, or shank, with eyelets on each
of its ends. The article may be stamped out of sheet metal in one piece, or
otherwise formed, it being necessary for the purposes of my invention that the disc
or stud should bulge out slightly or be so made as to include a certain thickness or
depth.
In order that my invention may be better understood I will now refer to the
accompanying drawings in which,
Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of the device constructed according to my
invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, and Fig. 3 an underside view.
Fig. 4 is an underside view of another form of the device.
Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are front views of other forms of the invention.
Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are diagrams illustrating the manner of fixing the articles
shown in Figs. 1 to 6.
Fig. 13 shows a few of the devices indicated in Figs. 7 and 8 applied to the
trousers.
Referring firstly to Figs. 1 to 6, A is the disc or stud of sheet metal or other
suitable substance, which may be round, as represented in Figs. 1 to 4, or oval, as
delineated in Figs. 5 and 6, or of any other convenient shape. B is the central
pin, tongue, or shank, made of strong but easily bendable material. This pin,
tongue, or shank, instead of emerging from the centre of the disc or stud A, may
proceed from the side, as shown in Fig. 4. I may also employ two such pins,
tongues, or shanks, as represented in Fig. 6 at B and B. The style of pin,
tongue, or shank shown on the drawings may be modified, if desired, for instance it
may take the form of a pointed wire. The modifications of the device delineated
in Figs. 7 and 8 are provided with the eyelets C and C', instead of the pins,
tongues, or shanks. In Fig. 9 I have shown another modification of the invention
having two pairs of short side pins or shanks D and D' of bendable material. The
bulged disc or stud portion A is best made by means of a die, and the whole article
may conveniently be manufactured of stamped out sheet metal; or the disc or stud
part may in some cases be cast solid.
I will now describe the mode of applying the articles as illustrated in Figs. 10,
11, 12, and 13. The point of the pin, tongue, or shank B is passed through the
inner turned up portion a, Fig. 10, of the bottom part of the trousers, but not
through the front or outer material b, for a very short distance, and through it
again, so as to cause the pointed end to protrude, as represented in Fig. 11. This
end is then bent over, to make the pin, tongue or shank B fast, and the disc or stud
part A finally bent over the point so as to hide the fastening, as shown by Fig. 12.
In the modified form of device, delineated in Figs. 7 and 8, having the eyelets C
and C, it is only necessary to sew the articles on to the material of the trousers
with thread or wire, in the desired positions, as represented by Fig. 13. Or these
latter forms of the article may be attached by rivets passed through the eyelets C
and C. In the case of Fig. 9, the two pairs of pins or shanks D and D' are first
bent downwards, then forced through the inner fold of the cloth, and afterwards
turned over inwards. Any number of these articles may be attached at suitable
distances apart on the inner extremities of trousers' legs in a short time and with
very little trouble.
By the adoption of my invention, through the medium of the articles projecting,
trousers will not wear or fray at the lower extremities, the boots of the wearer will
be kept clean and the trousers dry at the lower portions in wet weather, while mud
will not accumulate on the inside.
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 :-
The construction of the improved mud-guard and protector for trousers in the

page_text: various forms shown on the drawings or any mere modification of such forms
when applied for the purposes specified and substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of May 1893.
JAMES ELLISON MOORHOUSE,
17, Bradford Road, Shipley, Yorks.