An Improvement in Celluloid or Waterproof Collars and Cuffs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Celluloid or Waterproof Collars and Cuffs.
I, WILLIAM OLIVER CHISHOLM of 76 Wilson Street, Glasgow, Warehouseman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At present celluloid collars and cuffs are quickly rendered unwearable or useless
by the tearing or breaking away of the button, stud, or link holes. This invention
has for its object to overcome this drawback by securing or attaching to the
collars or cuffs metal button, stud, or link holes.
In carrying out the invention for collars I attach or secure, by means of a rivet
or eyelet or by sewing or in other well known manner to each end of the collar one
or more thin metal tags having eyes or holes in them through which the collar
stud or button can be passed. The tags are preferably made of flexible white
metal.
Instead of being secured by an eyelet the metal may be secured by mere
indenting.
Cuffs in the same manner are provided with metal strips or tags which can be
employed either alone for holding the links or may be used to strengthen the usual
link holes.
Dated this 11th day of December 1895
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
An Improvement in Celluloid or Waterproof Collars and Cuffs.
I, WILLIAM OLIVER CHISHOLM of 76 Wilson Street, Glasgow, Warehouseman,
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 :-
At present celluloid collars and cuffs are quickly rendered unwearable or useless
by the tearing or breaking away of the button, stud, or link holes.
This invention has for its object to overcome this drawback by securing or
attaching to the collars or cuffs metal tags or strips having button, stud, or link
holes in them, by means of rivets or eyelets.
The annexed drawings show, by way of example, two forms of a celluloid collar
and a cuff fitted with my invention.
Fig. 1 is a view of a collar opened ont.
Fig. 2 is a front view of a boy's collar.
Fig. 3 shows the same collar opened out.
Fig. 4 is a front view of a celluloid cuff.
Fig. 5 shows the same cuff opened out.
Fig. 6 is a view of a tag blank.
Fig. 7 is plan view of the same folded over into a V shape.
Fig. 8 is a side view of the folded tag.

page_text: In carrying out the invention for collars, as at Fig. 1,'I attach or secure by
means of metal eyelets b, or rivets, to each end of the collar, at the inside, a flat
metal tag or strip a having an eye or hole c in it for the reception of the button of
the shirt or the stud. The tags or strips a are preferably made of flexible white
metal or brass.
In the collar shown at Figs. 2 and 3 a metal tag, such as shown at Figs. 6, 7,
and 8, is fitted on either one or both ends of the band k of the collar. In the
drawing the tag is shown as secured only to one end of the band of the collar.
This tag is formed out of a metal plate d, Fig. 6, made with eyes or holes f and
which is folded over into a V shape as shown at Figs. 7 and 8, one leg d' of the
tag is fitted at the inside of the collar band k as shown at Fig. 3 whilst the other d
is fitted on the outside of the band k as shown at Fig. 2, the two ends or legs d', d
are secured to the collar band by an eyelet or rivet e as shown clearly at Figs. 7
and 8. Instead of using doubled or folded tags plain tags may be used.
The cuff is provided with two plain metal tags h which are secured to its
inside surface by means of eyelets or rivets i. These tags have eyes or holes j,j,
for the reception of the links.
I prefer to use the form of metal button hole arrangement shown at Fig. 1 as it
is on the inside of the band of the collar and is never noticed the only parts visible
being the two small eyelets.
I also prefer to use metal strips, such as shown at Fig. 1, for strengthening the
link holes of cuffs.
The form of strip or tag can be modified without departing from the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I consider novel and desire to claim is :-
A celluloid collar or cuff provided with metal tags or strips adapted to form or
to strengthen the button, stud, or link holes, such tags or strips being secured to
the collar by rivets or eyelets, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1896.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.