Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1888
. Complete Left, 16th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
:-
My invention relates to the formation & construction of Leather Waist Belts for
Ladies and has for its object a ready means of fitting to the waist & also allowing free
ventilation.
I construct or form my invention in the following manner :
I take a strip of leather the two ends of which I divide, longitudinally with its
length, into two (or more) strands or strips a distance down, then I leave a portion,
(the full width of the strip,) undivided & then again dividing, longitudinally with its
length, a portion into strands or strips, and so on repeating, leaving as many portions
undivided according to the lengths of the series of strands or strips. I connect the
extreme ends of these several strips together by ordinary buckles, or other preferred
fastenings. Thus if the centre strands are drawn tighter than the outer strands, the
transverse (or width) line of the belt will show an arc & so give a perfect fitting to
the waist and the division into strands admits a free current, of air to the centre of
the belt.
In some cases I take two (or more) narrow strips or strands the entire length of
the belt and build or connect them together or a distance apart, by securing strips or
pieces of leather (transversely with their length) the desired distances apart, or
runners, or other suitable affixment for keeping the strands in position.
Dated this 8th day of Mov 1888

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I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of 24 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer, 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 the formation and construction of Leather Waist Belts for 5
Ladies & has for its object a ready means of fitting to the Waist and also allowing
free ventilation I construct or form my invention in the following manner, I take a
strip of leather the two ends of which I divide longitudinally with its length into two
(or more) strands or strips a distance down, then I leave a portion (the full width of
the strip) undivided, and then again dividing (longitudinally with its length) a portion
into strands or strips & so on repeating, leaving as many portions undivided according
to the lengths of the series of strands or strips, I connect the extreme ends of these
several strips together by ordinary buckles, or other preferred fastenings. Thus if
the centre strands are drawn tighter than the outer strands, the transverse (or width)
line of the belt will show an arc, and so give a perfect fitting to the Waist, and the 1
division into strands admits a free current of air to the centre of the belt. In some
cases I take two (or more) narrow strips or strands the entire length of the belt and
build or connect them together or a distance apart by securing strips, pieces of
leather (transversely with their length) the desired distances apart, or runners or any
other suitable affixment for keeping the strands in position. To further illustrate my 2
invention I will now refer to the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figs. 1 and 2 show a front & edge view of a Ladies leather belt complete, built up
of the strands or strips marked a which are held a distance apart (for the purpose of
ventilation) by the pieces marked 6 the several ends of the belt show ordinary buckle
connections each of which can be drawn to different tensions and so enable the entire 2
belt to find a perfect fitting to the form of the waist. Figs. 3 and 4 and 5 and 6
show modifications of my invention, the parts marked a are the strands or strips
and the connecting pieces, a number of the desired shape of which may be secured
in any desired position for the purposes herein specified.
Having now particularly ascertained and described the nature of my said 3
invention what I claim is:-
The building together of strips and pieces of leather for the purpose of forming a
ventilating and perfect fitting Ladies Leather Waist Belt as herein substantially
specified and described.
Dated this 15th day of June 1888