Improvements in Shirts.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shirts.
I, JOHN HENRY GIBBS, of 13, King Square, Bristol, Shirt and Collar
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in shirts, and has for its object to provide
means whereby when the shirts are dressed, they can be readily put on without
disarranging or crumpling the fronts, as is frequently the case with shirts made
according to the present usual practice, viz., by putting both sides of the front
into a band or the like, making them to lap in the centre, and then fixing them in
a position which prevents the opening of the front at the bottom.
By my invention, the front is arranged to open freely at the bottom, so that
there is no liability to creasing or tumbling when putting on, and when on, by a
simple contrivance, hereinafter described, the whole front is held firmly together
and attached by the tab to the pants button in the usual manner.
According to my invention, the slit or opening of the front is continued a
convenient distance down the body or apron to give room for the two halves of the
front to be opened, and each half is attached to the apron with a suitable distance
intervening between the edges which have to be overlapped; to the band of the
under half I attach a pants tab (with the usual button hole), and in position to
lie directly over the hinge of this tab, 1 provide a slit in the upper half, so that
when the shirt is put on, the tab (stiffened by dressing) is readily put through the
slit in the upper half, and by this means the two halves are drawn to their proper
position, and when buttoned to the pants or trousers, the whole front is held in
place by the tab, this result being attained without any disarrangement of the
front.
Dated this 2nd dow of Walion 1906
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shirts.
I, JOHN HENRY GIBBS, of 13, King Square, Bristol, Shirt and Collar
Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in shirts with front openings, and has for
its object to provide means whereby the shirts, when dressed, can be put on or
taken off readily, without disarranging the fronts, which is somewhat difficult
when the shirts are made with the sides of the front lapping and held in position
by a band or binder at the bottom of the opening, according to the present general
practice.

page_text: My invention consists in making the front to open freely at the bottom, so that
there shall be no liability to crumpling or creasing when putting on and taking
off the shirt, and providing or using a simple contrivance, hereinafter described,
for holding the two sides of the front in their proper position.
Shirts made with the improvements herein described are called and known as
the "Coronet."
The nature of my invention and the method employed for putting the same into
operation, will be particularly described by reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawings, in which
Figure represents a shirt with the two halves of the front open, ready for
putting on, and
Fig. 2 is a view of a shirt with the halves lapping and fastened by the.usual
studs and the tab specially arranged for the purpose.
The invention is applicable either to ordinary or dress shirts, the figures showing
one of each kind.
The opening A between the two halves of the front is continued through the
band or binder into the body of the shirt, as indicated at B, the extension being
firmly stayed and secured, as shown by dotted lines, thus ensuring durability, while
the additional space will permit the shirt to be put on or taken off without the
slightest disarrangement of the front.
A tab D is attached to the under half of front as shown, and a stud hole or
slit C cut and worked in the upper half to correspond, and when the upper half F
ie brought over into position on the under half E, the tab.D, which has been
stiffened in dressing, is passed through the slit C, and is ready for attachment to
the pants, thus dispensing with any other fastening at the bottom of the front,
holding the two halves firmly in position, while providing a support for the
pants.
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 :-
In the manufacture of open fronted shirts, continuing the opening into the apron
as shown, attaching a tab, and providing a slit through which the tab is to be
passed, to keep the two halves of the front in position, substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1896
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.