Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
I, THOMAS RUSSELL COSII, of 150 and 152, Trongate, and 265 and 267, Sauchie-
hall Street, in the City of Glasgow, Hatter, Hosier, Glover, and Shirtmaker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to dress shirts and it has for its object to obviate the
inconvenience of securing buttons or studs in both shirt and collar and the liability
of creasing the front and damaging the stud or button holes involved in the use
of the ordinary dress shirt opening down the centre of the front and the diffi-
culty of securing both shirt and collar in shirts which open down the back.
To that end the improved shirt is made to open at one side of the dressed or
stiffened front, the said front which is made up as usual of several thicknesses
of linen or like material being in a single piece sewn to the collar band and to the
soft cotton or other body material of the shirt along one side only, the opening
for passing the shirt over the wearer's head being formed between the opposite
vertical ede of the shirt front and the shirt body which however may be partially
overlapped by the stiff front. The shirt is secured at the neckband over the
shoulder of the wearer and also if desired at one side of the breast by a button
or stud; and suitable stud holes are formed at front and back of the collar band
for attachment of a collar, whilst stud holes are formed in the front as in an
ordinary detached shirt front.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant
I, THOMAS RUSSELL COSH, of 150 and 152, Trongate, and 265 and 267, Sauchie-
hall Street, in the City of Glasgow, Hatter, Hosier, Glover, and Shirtmaker, 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:-
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This invention relates to starched front shirts, coloured and white, and it has
for its object to obviate the inconvenience of securing buttons or studs in both
shirt and collar and the liability of creasing the front and damaging the stud or
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page_text: button holes involved in the use of the ordinary dress shirt opening down the
centre of the front and the difficulty of securing both shirt and collar in shirts
which open down the back.
As illustrated by the accompanying drawing, the improved shirt is made to
open at one side A¹ of the dressed or stiffened front A, the said front which is
made up as usual of several thicknesses of linen or like material being in a single
piece sewn to the collar band B and to the soft cotton or other body material C
of the shirt along one side A³ only, the opening D for passing the shirt over the
wearer's head being formed between the opposite vertical edge of the shirt front A
and the shirt body C which however may be partially overlapped by the stiff front.
The shirt is secured at the neckband B over the shoulder of the wearer and also
if desired at one side of the breast by a button or stud; and suitable stud holes
are formed at front and back of the collar band for attachment of a collar, whilst
stud holes are formed in the front as in an ordinary detached shirt front.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is—
A shirt arranged to open at the side of its starched or stiffened front, sub-
stantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of October 1899.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.