MENTS IN GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES',WEAR
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Vogl; of. Sambrook. Court, Basinghall Street,
in the City of London,. for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GAR
Sealed the 6th June 1862, and dated the 10th December 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Vogl at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
December 1861.
I, DAVID VOGL,. of Sambrook Court, Basinghall Street, in. the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature, of the said. Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES',WEAR," to be as follows:-
This Invention, consists in making garments for gentlemen and ladies' wear
in imitation of waistcoats and vests in such a manner that they shall bes
fastened behind. instead of in front by means of rigid or elastic straps or
bands, buckles, or other suitable fastenings,, the waistcoat being furnished.in
front. with buttons or studs, so as to appear similar to an ordinary waistcoat;-
and the straps or bands may be so arranged as to combine a belt with the

page_text: waistcoat for the use of riflemen and others. Also in combining with the
garment a cravat or stock, or a collar or shirt front, or attaching the same
to the garment in any desired combination, so that the compound garment
shall present the appearance of separate and distinct articles of wearing
apparel. These garments may also be arranged so as to suit ladies' wear by
the combination of the proper collars and fronts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions, of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said David Vogl in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
June 1862..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
VOGL, of Sambrook Court, Basinghall Street, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent-Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said David Vogl, Her special licence that I, the said .David Vogl,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said David
Vogl, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GARMENTS
FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES' WEAR," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said David Vogl, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should parti-
cularly describe-and-ascertain-the-nature of the said Invention;-and-in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said David Vogl, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and_in_what_manner_the_same_is_to-be-per-
formed, to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
:

page_text: This Invention consists in manufacturing garments for gentlemen and ladies'
wear in imitation of waistcoats or vests, and fronts of jackets for ladies in
such a manner that they shall be fastened behind, instead of,in front by means
of rigid or elastic straps, or bands, buckles, or other suitable-fastenings, the
waistcoat or vest or jacket front being furnished in front. with buttons or
studs, and with or without button-holes, so as to appear similar to an ordinary
waistcoat or other front, dispensing entirely with the back thereof; but in cold
weather a flap forming the back may be attached by means of buttons, shewn
in the Drawing hereafter referred to, or otherwise; and the straps or bands
may be so arranged as to combine a belt with the waistcoat or vest for the
use of riflemen and others..
.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same
into práctical effect, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and
the letters of reference marked thereon..
The Drawing represents a front view of a waistcoat a with the straps b
extended. It consists of a front only, which is kept in position by means of
the straps b. The space c indicates that there is no back to the vest; d, d,
are buttons, which may be sewn on to the edges of the vest when it is desired
to attach thereto a back. It is advisable to work a button-hole for the top
button, in order that the garment may be opened so as to be placed over the
head and on the neck and chest, the straps are then to be fastened behind the
back by means of the buckle. Two pairs of straps with buckles or other
fastenings may be attached to the garment, if desired. The waistcoat, vest,
r jacket front may be made of double cloth, and provided with buttons or
studs on each side, so as to be a reversible garment. I also combine with
these garments a cravat or stock, or a collar or shirt front, and attach the
same to the garment in any desired combination, so that the compound gar-
ment shall present the appearance of separate and distinct articles of wearing
apparel. These compound garments may also be arranged so as to suit ladies'
wear by the combination of the proper collars and fronts.
or
"
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark, in conclusion, that I do
not limit myself to the precise details herein expressed, as the same may be
varied or modified in various ways: without departing from the principle of the
Invention; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein
in part recited Letters Patent, are the "Improvements in Garments for

page_text: Gentlemen and Ladies' Wear," substantially in the manner herein specified, and
illustrated by the Drawing hereunto, annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Vogl, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of June, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two..
Witness,
L. J. WETHERELL,.
Clerk to Messrs. Prince & Co.,
Agents for Patents,.
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross..
DAVID VOGL. (L.B.)