Improvement connected with Trousers.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov. 1891
Complete Specification Left 10th Nov 1001 Acceptail 10th Doc, 1204
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement connected with Trousers.
I, HUGH DARCY HILL, of 62 Knowle Road Brixton, London, S.W.,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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According to this invention the end of the trousers leg is not turned up with a
hem sewn to the trousers, but is left raw and placed between a double band of thin
leather, india rubber web, or other suitable material and sewn in. The top edge
of the inner piece of the band being preferred to be slightly below that of the other
piece. Attaching the bottom of trousers to a band of stiff material in this way
enables the bottom to be turned up inside and retained without sewing. The inside
attached material also being a mud protector.
Dated this 9th day of November 1891.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement connected with Trousers.
I, HUGH DARCY HILL, of 62 Knowle Road, Brixton, London S.W.
Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to attaching the bottom of the legs of trousers to band of
stiff material instead of turning up a hem on same and sewing it to the trousers to
retain it.
To enable my invention to be properly understood I will proceed to fully describe
the same with aid of the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the band of stiff material to which the ends of
trouser legs are to be attached.
Fig. 2, view of Fig. 1 attached to the bottom of trouser legs.
Fig. 3, partial view of same as turned up inside legs of trousers.
The band shown at Figure I is preferred to be made of a part A and either a
division or a second attached part B; between these two parts the raw ends of the
trouser legs C is inserted and sewn in at D the band being then turned inside the
leg of trousers as at Fig. 3 and so acting as a mud protector to the trouser at this
part. Or the band can be left down or turned up on the outside.
A. great
advantage by securing the ends of legs of trousers in this way is that when the
trousers are made up the ends of the legs are left with a raw edge.
As the sewing on of the band is but a slight operation with a machine, ready
made clothiers need not keep anything like so large a stock by them as they can
readily cut the length of the legs to suit customers and then attach the band. By
the band being of a reasonably stiff material, such as leather or india rubber web,
on being turned up inside the trousers legs it does not require to be sewn to the
trousers to retain it, and so is beneficial to the fit of the trousers over the boot.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what !
claim is.
The mode of securing the ends of legs of trousers by sewing the same to or
between a band or bands of suitable stiff material which will admit of being turned

page_text: up inside the trousers legs, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of November 1891.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.