Year: 1898

page_text: I, WILLIAM CURRIE HARRISON, 7, Foulser Road, Upper Tooting, London,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an apparatus for pressing the legs of trousers in order
to keep them in shape, to give them the appearance of newness & to remove
what is termed "baggyness at the knees.
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It consists of a frame 20 inches by 14 open at both ends made preferably of hard
wood, wide enough & long enough to take a pair of trousers folded in two folds.
The long sides of the frame are grooved inside at distances say of half an inch
apart the first groove commencing about one inch from the bottom of the box.
The object of these grooves is to hold & keep in their places two long bars or
buttons which are attached to the lid of the frame.
I further provide a false bottom to the frame resting upon springs strong enough
to give sufficient resistance when the lid is forced down upon the trousers which
are placed one, two, or three pairs at a time between the lid & the false bottom,
the seats being left to be turned over at the ends. The lid is then pressed down
upon the trouser legs & kept in its place by means of the cross bars or buttons
fixing themselves in the grooves.
Drawings explaining the invention are attached.
I, WILLIAM CURRIE HARRISON, of 7, Foulser Road, Upper Tooting, London,
Accountant, 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 an apparatus for pressing the legs of trousers in order
to keep them in shape, to give them the appearance of newness and to remove
what is termed "baggyness at the knees.
For the purpose of my invention I provide a frame No. 3 20 inches by 14 inches,
open at both ends made preferably of hard wood, wide enough & long enough
to take one or more pairs of trousers.
The long sides of the frame are grooved inside at distances say of half an inch
apart the first groove commencing about one inch from the bottom
The object of these grooves is to hold & keep in their places two long bars or
buttons which are attached to the lid of the frame.

page_text: I further provide a false bottom No. 1 to the frame, resting upon springs
strong enough to give sufficient resistance when the lid is forced down upon the
trousers which are placed one, two, or three pairs at a time between the lid &
the false bottom-the seats being left to be turned over at the ends.
The lid No. 2 is then pressed down upon the trouser legs & kept in its place
by means of the cross-bars or buttons being fixed in the grooves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. That the necessary pressure is obtained by means of the springs attached to
& placed beneath the false bottom.
2. That the lid with the cross-bars or buttons attached effectually keeps the
trousers in their proper place.
3. That by means of the grooved inner sides the pressure can be easily
regulated.
Dated this Eighteenth day of May 1899.
WILLIAM CURRIE HARRISON.