An Improvement in Shirts.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Shirts.
HENRY READE Clerk 52 Wally Street Higher Broughton Salford Lancaster.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Across the shoulders of any shirt ordinary or otherwise, under the armpits upon
the breasts thereof, down the middle of the back, I place a number of perforations
air inlets and outlets, worked or bound by thread or any other suitable materials
this improvement so ventilates the body by permitting the free inlet and outlet
of air or foul gases, thereby protecting the skin from undue liability to chills
and colds.
2ɔth day of March 1890.
HENRY READE.
An Improvement in Shirts.
I HENRY READE Clerk 52 Wally Street Higher Broughton Salford in the
County of Lancaster 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 consists of an improvement in and relating to the manufacture
of shirts, and refers to the making of perforated holes worked or bound by silk,
cotton, thread, or any other suitable material in conjunction with shirts made of
calico, flannel, regatta, flannella or wool, for men, women, or children for the
purpose hereinafter referred to.
That my invention be well understood reference is made to the drawings
accompanying this Specification in which
Fig. 1 represents the manner in which the holes may be placed in the front of
the shirts, and Fig. 2 represents the back of the shirts, although I do not limit
myself to this particular design, as the holes may be placed in a variety of positions
according to choice.
It is acknowledged that all clothing which prevents the escape of the perspiration
of the skin is unhealthy, and as the ordinary calico, oxford, regatta, flannel, flannella
or wool shirts are made of closely woven fabrics which do not allow the perspiration
from the body to escape, but saturating it with moisture acts as cold giving surfaces
and thus chills the body.
To remedy this I place across the shoulders of any shirt ordinary or otherwise,
under the armpits, upon the breasts thereof, down the middle of the back I place
a number of perforation air inlets and outlets worked or bound by thread or any
other suitable materials, this improvement so ventilates the body by permitting
the free inlet and outlet of air or foul gases, thereby protecting the skin from undue
liability to chills and colds.
The perforated holes may be made in various ways and can be bound or worked
with silk, cotton, thread, or any other suitable materials, by hand sewn or by
button-hole machine, and may be placed in a variety of ways and to any number
desirable, as the object of this invention is the application of worked holes in
ordinary or otherwise shirts for the purpose of ventilation.
The holes may be made in the manner specified wherever it is found desirable
in cricket, bicycle or athletic shirts.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
In the manufacture of ordinary or otherwise shirts made of calico, oxford,
regatta, flannel, wool or flannella claim an addition of perforations or air inlets
and outlets arranged and for the purpose substantially as hereinbefore described
and set forth.
Dated this 20th day of December 1900
HENRY READE.