Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 18th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th Sept., 1887.
We, FREDERICK MCTIER (trading as Sampson & Co.) Shirt Maker of 268, 270
Oxford Street W. and JOHN CALVIN LINES Shirt Cutter of 268, 270 Oxford Street"
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has for its object improvements in shirts.
As shirts are at present made the set of the front is much interfered with by the
braces which bind down and hold closely to the body a portion of the shirt so
immediately connected with the front that any movement of the wearer causes the
front to be more or less drawn out of place.
Now according to this invention sufficient freedom is allowed between the front of
the shirt and part held by the braces to permit movement of the body without causing
the front to be displaced. This is done by providing bellows like folds between the
sides of the front and the adjacent parts of the garment.
These folds, one on either side underlie the front and allow of the front if need be
overlapping and covering the braces.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, FREDERICK MOTIER (trading as Sampson & Co.) Shirt Maker of 268-270
Oxford Street W. and JOHN CALVIN LINES Shirt Cutter of 268-270 Oxford Street
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:-
This invention has for its object improvements in shirts.
As shirts are at present made the set of the front is much interfered with by the
braces which bind down and hold closely to the body a portion of the shirt so
immediately connected with the front that any movement of the wearer causes the
front to be more or less drawn out of place.
Now according to this invention sufficient freedom is allowed between the front of
the shirt and part held by the braces to permit movement of the body without causing
the front to be displaced. This is done by providing bellows like folds between the
sides of the front and the adjacent parts of the garment.
These folds, one on either side underlie the front and allow of the front if need be
overlapping and covering the braces.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The drawing represents a shirt constructed according to my invention.
a is the shirt front, this part when the shirt is got up for wear is stiffened with
starch. bb are the soft and pliable parts of the garment adjacent on the front. On
the two sides of the front a the parts bb are attached to it along its edges and in
making these attachments bellows like folds are provided extending as far as the
dotted lines c d. These folds extend beneath the front so that at any point between
the line c d and the adjacent edge of the front there are three separate thicknesses of
'fabric one over the other; there is the front itself and the two thicknesses of the part b
constituting the connecting fold.
The upper corners of the front on either side are marked e e and these are free so
that the braces can pass beneath them if necessary as far as the points marked c c.

page_text: The bellows like folds allow movement of the body, and of the shoulders approaching
and receding the braces being carried with them without deranging the shirt front,
the bellows like folds opening and closing to a certain extent as required.
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 claim is :-
My improved shirt substantially as described with bellows like folds connecting the
sides of the front and the adjacent parts of the garment as herein set forth.
Dated this 18th day of August 1887
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.