An Improved Padding for Garments.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Padding for Garments.
I JAMES TILLETT of 5 Castle Street, Falcon Square in the City of London Ware-
houseman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
Whereas the padding for the shoulders and other parts of coats and other garments,
is usually composed of jute, shoddy, or other inferior materials; and the object of my
invention is to effect improvements in the manufacture of such articles by the application
and use of improved material for padding the same wherever required.
In carrying out my invention I make use of felt for the padding of the shoulders
and other parts of coats and other garments requiring the same. The felt pads may
be used either with or without an outer covering of cloth, holland, or other fabric, for
preventing the same from spreading or becoming loose; the pads being secured in
position in the usual manner.
By the use of my invention the padding is made lighter and more comfortable iu
wear, and the padding is rendered softer and more pliable; and the contour of the
garment is greatly improved in appearance.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Padding for Garments.
I, JAMES TILLETT, of 5 Castle Street, Falcon Square, in the City of London, Ware-
houseman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
Whereas the padding for the shoulders, and other parts of coats and other garments
and appliances, has hitherto been built up with, and during the manufacture of the
garment or other article; and has usually consisted of materials which are deficient
in pliability, inconvenient, and uncomfortable in wear.
And whereas, in some localities, it is difficult to obtain workers sufficiently skilled
in the art of building up the padding.
Now the object of my invention is to provide ready-made pads of various shapes,
and to effect improvements in the manufacture of such articles, by the application and
use of improved materials in their manufacture.
In carrying out my invention, I make use of felt, felted wool, wool, vegetable wool,
or hair, felted or built up and stitched in layers, for the padding of shoulders, for
bosom pads, dress improvers, and other parts of coats and other garments and
appliances, wherever such padding is required.
The pads may be manufactured either with or without an outer skin or covering of
cloth, holland, or other fabric or material, adhesive, stitched, or otherwise secured, for
preventing the same from spreading or becoming loose.
By the use of my invention the padding is made lighter and more comfortable in
wear is also rendered softer and more pliable; and the contour of the garment or
other article to which it is adapted, is greatly improved in appearance.
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 :-
1. The manufacture and use of improved pads, consisting of felt or felted wool, wool

page_text: vegetable wool or hair, either with or without coverings (adhesive or otherwise) of
cloth, holland, or other fabric or material, substantially as and for the several purposes
hereinbefore described.
2. The arrangements and combinations of materials forming my invention of an
improved padding for garments, substantially as herein before described.
Dated 20th November 1800
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.