IMPROVEMENTS IN COATS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sydney Pitt, of Sutton, in the County of Surrey, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COATS." A communication from abroad by
John Paret, of the City, County, and State of New York, United States of
America.
the 11th December 1877, and dated the 18th October 1877.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Sydney Pitt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th October 1877.
SYDNEY PITT, of Sutton, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COATS."
A communication from abroad by John Paret, of the City, County, and State of
New York, United States of America.
This Invention more especially relates to overcoats, but may be applied to other
coats or to jackets. The object is to render such coats more comfortable than here-
tofore by affording additional protection from the weather.
The improvements consist in the attachment or use of a supplementary or addi-
tional collar inside of the neck or ordinary collar of a coat in such manner that
the supplementary collar may be used to protect the neck or neck and face of the
wearer.
They also consist in the employment, in connection with the ordinary collar, of a
supplementary collar attached to the coat in such manner that it may when not in
use be folded out of the way, and concealed and held in place upon the inside of the
coat without. destroying the set of the garment.
They also consist in the employment, in connection with the ordinary collar, of a
supplementary collar attached to the coat in such manner that it may when not in
use either be folded out of the way and concealed within the coat, or be folded
down on the outside over the ordinary collar, thus forming an outer collar or short
cape.

page_text: They also consist in a coat constructed with inside openings or receptacles for the
ends of the supplementary collar when folded.
They also consist in the attachment to the sleeve of a coat of a mitten or hand
covering connected with or forming an extension of the sleeve.
They also consist in the attachment to the sleeve of the coat of a mitten or glove,
and also of a cuff, providing a space or pocket to receive the said mitten or glove
when out of use.
They also consist of the employment, in connection with the coat sleeves, of
folding mittens or gloves forming extensions of or connected to the sleeves, and
which when not in use may be folded up out of the way.
And, finally, the improvements consist of a coat provided with a supplementary
or storm collar for affording additional protection to the neck or neck and face, and
with mittens secured to and forming extensions of the sleeves.
Figure 1 is an inside view of the coat opened, and having all the improvements
applied.
Figure 2, a front view of the coat closed, with the additional supplementary or
storm collar adjusted for use as upon the wearer, with one of the hand coverings
opened or extended for use, and the other folded.
Figure 3 is a view of a detachable supplementary collar.
Figure 1 is an inside view of a coat provided with a wide supplementary
collar.
Figure 2ª represents the coat closed, with the supplementary collar adjusted for
use.
Figure 3 also represents the coat closed, but with the supplementary collar folded
down on the outside over the ordinary collar.
Figure 4 is a view of the outer side of one of the sleeves, with its mitten or hand
covering opened or extended out.
Figure 5, a similar view of the inner side of the same, or that side next the
wearer.
Figure 6, a view of the outer side of a sleeve, with the hand covering folded.
And Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 illustrate modifications, and in some respects
preferable ways of forming the sleeve ends and the mittens or gloves, and attaching
and folding the latter, Figure 7 showing the sleeve cuff partly broken away and
turned out, with a thumb mitten attached to the sleeve, Figure 8 showing the
mitten folded out of sight in a pocket, receptacle, or opening between the cuff and
sleeve, and Figure 9 a.section on the line 1, 1, of Figure 8, showing the formation of
the cuff.
Figures 10 and 11 show in connection with a sleeve and mitten a sleeve cuff
capable of being buttoned and unbuttoned to receive more conveniently the mitten
or hand covering when out of use.
In Figure 10 the cuff is unbuttoned, and the mitten in position for wear.
In Figure 11 the mitten is folded back, and the cuff buttoned over it.
A coat A is provided with the usual collar B, and a supplementary or inside
collar C, which is made to conform to the neck and face or a portion of the face,
when in use, and may be lined with fur or other suitable lining. The supplementary
collar is attached to the inside and under the collar B. When not in use the addi-
tional collar may be folded in the inside of the garment. Inside slits or openings
b,.b, in the coat serve to receive and secure this collar in place by inserting its ends
therein when folded out of the way.
Button holes and buttons c, c, or other suitable devices are by preference employed
to hold the collar ends in the slits, but if desired the slits may be used alone or be
dispensed with, and the buttons or other fastenings alone be used to hold the collar
ends.
The supplementary collar may be made wide, and capable of folding over the
ordinary collar to serve as a collar or short cape, as represented in Figures 1ª, 2ª,
and 3

page_text: If required the collar C may be made detachable, as shown by Figure 3 of the
Drawings, and when desired for use be secured to the coat with buttons or other
suitable appliances, instead of being permanently attached.
A hand covering or nitten D (one for each sleeve) is connected to or forms an
extension of the sleeve E of the coat. The end of the sleeve may be made in the
form of the common mitten, without the thumb, and has an opening e for the
admission of the hand.
When not in use the mittens may be folded from the openings e,on the wrist of
the sleeve, and thus when folded outside forming cuffs F.
If, while wearing the garment without the use of the above-described appendages,
their use should be required, the collar B is slightly thrown back, and the collar C
drawn up, and secured around the neck and face, as shown in Figure 2. The cuffs
formed by the mittens are then detached at the ends from the sleeves, and removed
from the pockets or unfolded or turned down, when the hands are entered through
the openings e into the mitteus, which efficiently protect the hands and wrists
from the cold. Thus by this Invention there is provided neat, simple, and con-
venient protections from the inclemency of the weather as substitutes for the
ordinary cumbersome appendages used for that purpose.
The collar, it will be seen, may be snugly folded on the inside of the coat, and
thus worn without destroying the set of the garment (its ends being inserted in the
openings when they are provided), and, when required, readily unfolded and
secured around the neck and face, and when the mittens are not in use they may
forin ornamental cuffs to the sleeves.
The cuff D', Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, makes a handsome sleeve end and neat
finish, and adinits of a "thumb" mitten, or even of a complete glove being employed
and folded out of the way and concealed from view when not in use. The cuff
encircles the end of the sleeve, overlapping or extending slightly beyond its end, by
preference in order entirely to conceal the mitten when folded. The cuffs are each
attached to the sleeve by rows of stitching a, a, which run about half way round it
near the top and bottom of the cuff, and by vertical rows a¹. The cuff is thus
securely fastened to the sleeve, and a receptacle or opening for the mitten inter-
mediate the cuff and sleeve and between the rows a' of stitching is provided.
An elastic loop d and button d' serve to hold up the mitten when folded in the
pocket, or any other retaining device or devices may be employed.
I prefer to make the hand coverings of thin, warm, and strong inaterial, which
shall not occupy much room when folded, and not bulge out or disfigure the cuff.
I claim,―
First. A coat having a supplementary collar inside of the neck, or ordinary collar,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Second. The inside openings for the reception of the supplementary collar ends,
substantially as set forth.
Third. A coat constructed substantially as herein-before set forth, with inside
openings, the ordinary collar, and a supplementary or inner folding collar, the ends
of which when not in use are secured in said openings.
Fourth. A coat constructed substantially as herein-before set forth, with the
ordinary collar and a supplementary collar folding when out of use either inside, so
as to remain concealed, or outside, so as to appear as an outer collar or short cape,
substantially as set forth.
Fifth. A coat sleeve constructed as herein-before set forth, with a mitten or hand
covering connected with or forming an extension thereof.
Sixth. A coat sleeve constructed with a mitten or hand covering connected with
or forming an extension thereof, and with a cuff, providing a space or pocket to
receive the mitten or hand coverings, substantially as set forth.
Seventh. A coat constructed substantially as herein-before set forth, with sleeves
provided with folding mittens or hand coverings connected with or forming parts of
said sleeves.

page_text: Eighth. A coat constructed as herein-before set forth, with a supplementary collar
upon the inside of the ordinary collar, and mittens or hand coverings connected to
or forming extensions of the sleeves.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sydney Pitt, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
SYDNEY PITT. (L.S.)