ing stockings and the like in Position when in Wear.
Year: 1885

page_text: ing stockings
and the like in Position when in Wear.
I, ELIZA BEALEY of Osborn Terrace, Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
METHOD OF ADJUSTING OR HOLDING STOCKINGS AND THE LIKE IN POSITION WHEN
IN WEAR to be as follows that is to say :-
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This Invention relates to the adjusting or holding of stockings and the like in
position, when in wear and it has for its object such adjusting or holding of them
in a new or improved manner whereby garters, as at present used, are dispensed
with and the comfort and health of the wearer ensured.
In carrying out the Invention there is passed or threaded through the stockings
or other similar article at a part near the top of the leg part of such stockings, a
short length of cord, plaited worsted threads or other suitable material. The
stockings may be formed with suitable small holes round the top of the leg or
round only a part at the front to receive the aforesaid length of material herein-
after for brevity called a cord, or the cord may be simply threaded through the
stockings. The ends of the cord are preferably formed with bunches or tassles to
prevent the cord being accidentally withdrawn from the stocking. The stocking
is secured in position on the wearer by taking the ends of the cord and tying them
together in a bow, this action drawing up or puckering the part of the stocking
leg through which the cord passes and drawing the other part tighter round the
leg of the wearer.

page_text: A New or improved method of Adjusting or
' and the like in Position when in Wear.
I, ELIZA BEALEY, of Osborn Terrace, Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
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 the adjusting or holding of stockings and the like in
position when in wear, and it has for its object such adjusting or holding of them
in a new or improved manner whereby garters as at present used are dispensed
with, and the comfort and health of the wearer insured.
In carrying out the Invention there is passed or threaded through, or otherwise
connected to the stockings or other similar article at a part where garters are
usually applied, that is near the upper.end of the leg part of such article, a short
length of cord, plaited worsted threads, ribbon or other suitable material. And in
order that my said Invention may be properly understood I proceed to describe
what I consider to be the best ways amongst others of carrying out the Invention.
One way of applying the Invention consists in attaching by stitching or in any
other suitable manner, one end of a short suitable piece of ribbon or other similar
material to one side of the stocking or other article and threading or passing the
free end of this ribbon in and out through the stocking leg from the side where it
is stitched to the front of the leg. A second similar short length of ribbon or other
material is likewise attached by stitching or otherwise to the opposite side of the
leg its free end being similarly threaded through the stocking to the point at the
front where the free end of the opposite ribbon is. The ribbons may be passed
through suitable holes made in the fabric by the well known method of "dropping
a stitch," the holes in such case may be more or less close together as found con-
venient or desirable. It is obvious that if the stocking or other article be loosely
or widely knitted the ribbons may be pushed between the meshes of the fabric and
threaded in and out therein, without holes having been first made. To fasten or
secure the stocking when in wear in position to the leg or other part, the free ends
of the two ribbons, which hang down at the front of the leg and are sufficiently
long to admit of their being tied into a bow, are pulled together thus slightly
puckering or gathering in the stocking at the front between their fixed ends,
and when sufficiently tight enough the free ends are tied into a bow in a well
known manner. Although the front of the stocking is mentioned it is plain that
the ribbon may be applied at the side or other part of the article when most con-
venient. Another way in which the ribbon may be applied is by attaching one
end to one side of the stocking and threading its free end in and out through the
stocking round the front of the leg to the opposite side, the other ribbon in this
case being attached a little below the first at this side by one end and its free end
likewise threaded in and out through holes in the stocking round the front of the
leg under the first ribbon to the side where the first ribbon is attached. Instead of
placing one ribbon under the other both ribbons may be passed in and out through

page_text: the saine series of holes in the stocking. The free ends of these ribbons are also
long enough to tie into a bow, and for fastening the stocking the free ends are
pulled apart thus gathering in the front of the stocking, which having been done
sufficiently, the ribbons are tied together.
An obvious and extremely simple plan of using the Invention is to thread in and
out round the front of the stocking leg from a point at one side to a point at the
other side a short length of ribbon, cord or the like, having tassels at its outer end
to prevent its being accidentally withdrawn from the stocking. By taking the two
ends and drawing them together, the stocking is gathered together in the front and
held in position the ends being tied together as in the other methods.
In some cases it may be found desirable instead of forming holes in the stocking
or other article itself to form such holes in a short band of knitted or other suitable
material, such as ribbon and threading the tying up ribbons or cords through this.
The band is then stitched or attached suitably to the part of the stocking or article,
and the operation of fastening may be performed as in any of the other ways herein-
before described. By this means the Invention may be applied to existing stockings
and similar articles requiring to be fastened or adjusted in a certain position.
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
(1.) The method of fastening or securing in position, on the wearer, of stockings
and the like by means of a length or lengths of cord, ribbon, or other suitable
material, arranged so as to pucker up or gather in a part of the stocking or other
article substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
(2.) The attaching of a short band having threaded through it a ribbon, length or
lengths of other similar material, as herein before described to a stocking or other
like article substantially as herein set forth.