Improvements in or connected with Leg-guards for Use in the Games of Cricket and Football.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Leg-guards for Use in the
Games of Cricket and Football.
We, ALPHEUS WALKER and GEORGE BASS, both of Sneyd Villas, Silverdale,
Staffordshire Gentlemen, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with leg-guards for use
in such games as cricket, football and the like and refers more particularly to
improved means for attaching or securing same in position.
According to this invention we provide means whereby the leg-guard can be
firmly and securely attached in position in a far shorter space of time than where
the ordinary straps and buckles now in general use, are employed, and in carrying
our invention into practical effect the top of the leg-guard is furnished with a
buckle and strap in the usual manner, while about midway between the top and
the bottom of the guard a second buckle is provided through which passes a short
length of strap carrying or having at its free end a double or forked strap the
ends of which are furnished with rings or hooks designed to engage with rings,
hooks, buttons or the like, arranged on the opposite side of the leg-guard, the said
forked strap being adjusted in length according to the size of the user of the
guard, by the aforementioned second buckle, so that when once adjusted to the
required size it is always ready for use and can be hooked on in a few seconds.
We further provide near the bottom of the guard a strap secured at one end to
same, the free end passing through or under a loop formed on the guard, said end
being then attached to a short length of elastic terminating in a ring, hook or the
like designed to engage with a suitable attaching device upon the other side of
the guard and by this arrangement of elastic it can be easily adjusted to any
sized ankle.
As our improvements are capable of some modifications, without departing from
the principle thereof, we do not restrict ourselves to materials, dimensions or to
the precise form or placement of the several parts thereof.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in or connected with Leg-guards for Use in the
Games of Cricket and Football.
We, ALPHEUS WALKER and GEORGE BASS both of Sneyd Villas, Silverdale,
Staffordshire, Gentlemen, 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 improvements in or connected with leg-guards for use

page_text: in such games as cricket, football and the like and refers more particularly to
improved means for attaching or securing same in position.
According to this invention we provide means whereby the leg-guard can be
firmly and securely attached in position in a far shorter space of time than where
the ordinary straps and buckles, now in general use, are employed, and in carrying
our invention into practical effect the top of the leg-guard is furnished with a
buckle and strap in the usual manner, while about midway between the top and
the bottom of the guard a second buckle is provided through which passes a short
length of strap carrying or having at its free end a double or forked strap the ends
of which are furnished with rings or hooks designed to engage with rings, hooks,
buttons or the like, arranged on the opposite side of the leg-guard, the said forked
strap being adjusted in length according to the size of the leg of the user of the
guard, by the aforementioned second buckle, so that when once adjusted to the
required size it is always ready for use and can be hooked on in a few seconds.
We further provide near the bottom of the guard a strap secured at one end to
same, the free end passing through or under a loop formed on the guard, said end
being then attached to a short length of elastic terminating in a ring, hook or the
like designed to engage with a suitable attaching device upon the other side of
the guard and by this arrangement of elastic it can be easily adjusted to any
sized ankle.
In order that this invention may be more fully understood we will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is
a front elevation of a leg-guard particularly suitable for use in connection with
the game of cricket, furnished with our improved means of attachment and Fig. 2
is a similar view of a leg-guard more particularly intended for use when playing
football or the like.
Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, the leg-guard is furnished with straps s, s,
one of them carrying the buckle b, said straps being designed to pass round the leg
´ of the user and be adjusted in the ordinary manner, while about midway between
the top and bottom of the guard we provide a second buckle b' attached or secured
in any suitable manner to short connecting straps a, a' and through the said buckle b₁
passes a short connecting strap s¹ the free end being furnished with forked or
double straps f,f the ends of which carry rings r, designed to be passed over or
secured upon the studs or buttons 1, t, the adjusting straps being regulated so as
to allow of it and the straps f, f' comfortably passing around the leg of the user.
We further provide an extension a² of the strap a¹ to which is secured a short
length e of elastic or elastic material which said portion of the strap or the elastic
passes through a loop 7 near the bottom of the leg-guard, while the free end of
the elastic is furnished with a ring designed to pass over or engage with the stud
or button t, the elastic e readily adjusting itself to any sized ankle.
The method of attachment employed in connection with the leg-guard shown in
Fig. 2 is but slightly different to that described in connection with Fig. 1. In this
case it will be seen that the straps s, s and buckle (Fig. 1) are dispensed with
while the forked straps f, f' and adjusting strap s are retained, the buckle b¹ in this
case being secured by a short strap to a portion of the cord c which is secured to
the top of the leg-guard and passes through holes or perforations h, h and h², the
said straps being secured to the upper loop c¹ of the said cord, while the free end
of the cord which is brought out near the bottom of the leg-guard through the
perforation, is designed to be passed around the ankle and secured by means of
the ring to the stud t2, the rings 7, being designed to engage with the studs or
buttons t, tas hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. The improved method of securing leg-guards consisting of the combination
and arrangement of the various straps, buckles, rings, and studs or buttons,

page_text: substantially as herein described and shown with reference to Fig. 1 of the accom-
panying drawings and for the purposes specified.
2. The modified method of attachment substantially as herein described and
shown with reference to Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings and for the purposes.
specified.
Deted this 22nd of Januar 1906
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.