An Improvement in or pertaining to Pellerines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or pertaining to Pellerines.
I MARY WEDLAKE of 8 Berkeley Road Regent's Park in the County of Middlesex
Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is so to fit and with such appliances and devices what
are cailed pellerines or that is to say those fur and other collars or capes for women's
wear that are prolonged downwards in front that the same can quickly and easily
when desired be arranged for use as muffs for the hands without removal from their
position round the neck.
To carry out this object I preferably so fit the same with hooks and eyes or other
appliances if they are not already so fitted that the two parts thereof that are.
prolonged downwards in front can be connected together for a certain desired
distance. On the inside of each part of the pellerine I attach corresponding pieces
of some rather stiff material as for example cardboard or thin sheet metal or it may
be wire or other frames duly covered or treated as may be desired and these corre-
sponding stiffening pieces are of about the same breadth as the pellerine and of
any desired length and they are attached in such wise as when not in use to remain
flat against the inside of the pellerine the points of attachment being not only along
their lower edges transversely to the pellerine but also transversely at a certain
desired distance along their lengths and above their lower edges and these points of
attachment are so placed that when the pellerine is in position these pieces are at or a
little above the waist of the wearer at the level where a muff would be desired. At
another desired position on each part of the pellerine below these stiffening pieces I
attach corresponding hooks or other usual and suitable connecting appliances the
other complementary parts whereof are attached to the inside of each stiffening piece
that is to say when the stiffening pieces are in position aforesaid flat against the inside
of the pellerine between these two parts.
When therefore the pellerine is to be arranged for use as a muff these stiffening
pieces are bent downwards away from their respective parts of the pellerine and the
hooks or other appliances on the pellerine below are lifted up and the connections
duly made with these stiffening pieces whereby a muff is created and the effect of the
aforesaid attachment of parts of the lengths of the stiffening pieces is that in this
position the muff is duly constituted and rounded off on the outside of the pellerine
while the remainders of their lengths duly constitute and round off the muff on the
inside which effect can be further assisted if desired by fitting one or more strips of a
stiffening material in the lengths of the parts of the pellerine between the two parts..
or places of attachment aforesaid.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or pertaining to Pellerines.
I MARY WEDLAKE of 8 Berkeley Road Regent's Park in the County of Middlesex
Gentlewoman 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 certain articles of wearing apparel called pellerines or that
is to say those collars or capes whether made of fur or of other material for the use
chiefly of women that are prolonged downwards in front and my object in this
juvention is so to fit these pellerines and with such appliances and devices that they

page_text: can quickly and easily when it is desired so to do be arranged for use as muffs for the
hands of the wearer without removal from their position round her neck.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I have shewn in the accompanying drawing an ordinary fur
pellerine as fitted for and with this my invention and Figure 1 is a front elevation of
the pellerine when and as arranged for the additional and supplementary use as a
muff. Figure 2 is an elevation of the inner surface of the pellerine in its ordinary
arrangement and Figure 3 shews the details of one forin and style of the necessary
connecting appliances.
The pellerine if not already so fitted is provided with hooks and eyes A or other
usual and suitable appliances by which the two parts thereof that are prolonged
downwards in front can be connected together it may be for the entirety of their
lengths but at all events preferably for a certain part of such lengths where the
muff is to be created. On the inner surface of each part of the pellerine I attach
corresponding pieces B and B¹ of some rather stiff material as for example cardboard
or thin sheet metal or it may be wire or other frames all duly covered or otherwise
treated in any usual or convenient manner as may be desired and these corresponding
stiffening pieces B and B are of about the same breadth as the pellerine and of any
desired length such as may be necessary or suitable for the purpose hereinafter
mentioned and they are so attached in such manner as when not in use to be and
remain flat against the inner surface of the pellerine the points of attachment being
as is shewn at C and C in Figure 2 not only along their lower edges transversely
to the pellerine but also transversely at a certain desired distance along their lengths
whereby a certain proportion it may be about a third part or more of the lengths
of these stiffening pieces B and B are so attached to the two parts of the pellerine
and the points of attachment are so situated that when the pellerine is placed in
position round the neck of the wearer these stiffening pieces B and B are at or a
little above her waist at the level where a muff would be desired. At another desired
position on the inner surface of each part of the pellerine below these stiffening
pieces B and B¹ and at such a distance therefrom as is necessary to form the
periphery or circumference of the muff I attach corresponding eyes D and D¹ or any
other usual and suitable connecting appliances the hooks E and E' or other comple-
mentary parts and appliances whereof are attached on and to the insides of the
stiffening pieces B and B' or that is to say when these stiffening pieces B and B¹
are in positions shewn in Figure 2 their normal positions as is aforesaid flat against
the inner surface of the pellerine the hooks E and E' or other complementary parts
and appliances are between the stiffening pieces B and B and the inner surface of
the pellerine Between the stiffening pieces B and B¹ and the eyes or other
appliances D and D₁ it is most convenient to attach on and to one of the parts of
the pellerine a flap F made of silk or other material it may be corresponding to the
lining of the pellerine and lined or otherwise treated as may be desired which flap F
can be caused as shewn in Figure 2 to cover the line of junction of the two parts
of the pellerine and thus prevent to a great extent if not entirely the passage of wind
and cold through the same to the hands of the wearer.
When therefore the pellerine is to be arranged for the additional and supple-
mentary use as a muff the upper edges of the stiffening pieces B and B₁ are bent
or moved downwards away from their respective parts of the pellerine and the eyes
or other appliances D and D¹ on the pellerine below are lifted up and the connections
duly made with the hooks or other appliances E and E' on these stiffening pieces B
and B' as is shewn in Figure 3 whereby the desired muff is created and the effect
and operation and consequence of these stiffening pieces B and B¹ and of the
attachment of parts of their lengths to the pellerine is that the muff is duly
expanded and rounded off on its upper part as is shewn in Figures 1 and 3 instead
of hanging in a collapsed and flattened condition as would otherwise be the case
whereby its utility and convenience are greatly enhanced and its appearance and
ornamentality are vastly improved which effect can be further assisted if desired by
fitting one or more strips of a stiffening material in the lengths of the parts of the

page_text: pellerine between the pieces B and B and the eyes or other appliances D and DI
and thus and in this manner as hereinbefore described a proper true and sightly
muff is constituted and created in and by the pellerine as is desired.
I would have it clearly understood that I do in no wise limit myself to the
hooks E and E¹ and the eyes D and D¹ as shewn in the drawing for I can fit and
use in the same positions and in the same manner any suitable and ordinary or other
connecting appliances that will fulfil the governing and necessary conditions that is
to say they must be capable of being quickly and easily connected together of being
securely held and retained in position while thus connected and of being quickly and
easily disconnected from each other.
When desired I can conveniently attach a small purse or create and fit a small
pocket or other receptacle inside the muff so constituted and created as hereinbefore
described or that is to say to one or both of the parts of the pellerine between the
stiffening pieces B and B and the eyes or other appliances D and D¹.
It is sufficiently obvious also that when the pellerine is made of only the ordinary
length in front and it has been arranged for the additional and supplementary use as
a muff in the manner hereinbefore described the ends thereof will not extend so far
downwards as aforetime and if and when this a necessary consequence is not
appreciated and is disliked that I can easily make the pellerine longer and so fit the
ends thereof in any usual manner that while when the muff is created they will
extend as far downwards as may be desired they may be turned in or hooked up or
otherwise treated that they will not be too long when the muff is not created.
I have shewn my invention as applied to a fur pellerine and it is obvious that I
should proceed in the same manner when the pellerine is made of any other
material.
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
1. In a pellerine the combination with the stiffening pieces B and B¹ parts of
whose lengths are attached to the pellerine of the connecting appliances D and D¹
and E and E' substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
declared.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts and appliances whereby a muff is
created in a pellerine substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.
Dated this 26th day of November 1890.
HART & Co.