An Improved Sleeve-grip.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sleeve-grip.
I, GEORGE SHERLOCK, of 1 St. Albans Road, Dartford, in the County of Kent,
Clerk, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved sleeve-grip and is designed to provide more
efficient means than have heretofore been devised for enabling a person to hold
down the sleeves of an under-coat or bodice whilst putting on an overcoat or
jacket, without disarranging or damaging the inner sleeves.
It is well known that, when a lady wearing a bodice with wide or short sleeves
or with sleeves made of a certain class of material such as velvet or the like or
trimmed with lace or other material that is easily torn, puts on a coat or jacket,
the sleeves of the bodice are liable to become disarranged or to be drawn up the
arm with the coat or jacket sleeves, and in this manner, not only is great
inconvenience or discomfort caused to the wearer, but the sleeves of the bodice are
often considerably damaged.
Various devices have been suggested to avoid this difficulty but they have, so
far as 1 am aware, all been more or less ineffectual or objectionable, and, when
used with bodice-sleeves made of silk, satin or similar material, they have had
the defect amongst others of failing to get a secure hold or grip upon the material,
and frequently they entirely slip therefrom without effecting the desired end.
By my invention, however, I provide a device of the kind above referred to
which will not be liable to slip in any case, but will always securely hold the inner
sleeve to which it is applied and thus enable the user to assume an outer coat or
jacket with facility, and without loss of time, inconvenience, or risk of injury
to the material of which the inner sleeves are composed or with which the same
are trimmed.
In making a sleeve-grip according to my invention, I take a band or strip of
suitable non-elastic material and of sufficient length to nearly encircle the sleeve
of a bodice near the wrist of the wearer, and I provide this band or strip with a
facing of india-rubber on the inner side or on each side thereof for the purpose
hereinafter mentioned. To each end of said band or strip I attach a small loop or
ring. Through one of these lcops or rings I pass a cord, tape or ribbon, the ends
of which I attach to the other loop or ring, making the said cord, tape or ribbon
of such length that, when the device is applied to the bodice-sleeve, the said cord,
tape or ribbon can be held in the hand of the wearer. The band or strip together
with that part of the cord, tape or ribbon which is passed through one of the
loops or rings forms a runiig noose, which can be tightened or made smaller t
clasp or grip the bodice-sleeve, by pulling upon the said part of the cord, tape
or ribbon, and can be easily disengaged and withdrawn fron the slcove by pulling
upon that part of the cord, tape or ribbon which is firmly attached to the other
loop or ring.
By providing the non-elastic band or strip with the aforesaid facing of india-
rubber on its inner surface, that is, on the side which lies nearest to the
bodice-sleeve when the sleeve-grip is in use, I ensure a secure hold or grip
upon the inner sleeve, whatever may be the material of which the same is
composed.
I have found that a sleeve-grip of the kind above referred to, if made without
such facing of india-rubber, cannot be relied upon to securely hold down in place

page_text: the sleeves of the bodice, especially when the latter are made of silk, satin or
like material, but when the band or strip of the sleeve-grip is made with such
facing, as above described, a firm and secure hold can always be obtained without
unduly tightening the noose upon the sleeve.
My improved sleeve-grip can, therefore, be very easily applied and enables
the user to put on an outer coat or jacket without loss of time and without
damaging the material of which the bodice-sleeves are made or with which they
are trimmed; and consequently it possesses a great advantage over the sleeve-grips
heretofore devised.
I can, if desired, make my improved sleeve-grip entirely of cord or the like,
the part thereof corresponding to the aforesaid band or strip having a piece
of india-rubber tubing placed upon it to ensure its taking a secure hold of the
inner sleeve.
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 :-
The improved sleeve-grip made with the non-elastic band or strip having
the india-rubber facing, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore
described.
GEORGE SHERLOCK.