Improvements in Gaiters or Coverings for the Legs.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gaiters or Coverings for the Legs.
I, JOHN PULLMAN, of 17, Greek Street, Soho Square, in the County of Middle-
sex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My present invention relates to gaiters or coverings for the legs, as ordinarily
used by sportsmen, soldiers, travellers, and others.
Such gaiters, made of leather, cloth, or other suitable material, are fitted
round the lower part of the leg, and it is very important that they should be
capable of being very easily put on and taken off when required, quickly and
securely fastened and unfastened, and adjusted and held firmly and securely
in the proper position, and not liable to slip down from such position on one
side or the other, whilst they should be light, simple and inexpensive, and neat
and effective in appearance; and my invention has for its object a novel method
of fitting, adjusting, and securing, the gaiters upon the legs, by which these
requirements are attained.
In order to put my invention in operation, I make the gaiter (which may be
made in one or more pieces) of leather, cloth, or other suitable material, of such
shape and size that it can be fitted round the leg of the wearer, the two vertical
edges being preferably in front or at one side, and the material being of such
size that one of such edges can overlap the other for a sufficient width from top
to bottom. The back of the gaiter is preferably shaped to fit approximately
the calf of the leg.
Close to the top of the gaiter, I fix, by stitching or other means, at a short
distance from that edge over which the other edge overlaps, a buckle which
receives a corresponding short strap stitched or fastened in a corresponding
position at a sufficient distance from the edge of the part which overlaps the
other which carries the buckle as just described. Near the bottom of the gaiter,
at the ankle, I fix a similar buckle and short strap to its corresponding edges,
but I stitch or fasten them so that the strap inclines diagonally upward and
about the middle of the height of the gaiter I fix a third similar buckle and
short strap, also stitched or fastened to the gaiter so that the strap inclines
diagonally upward, but preferably with a somewhat greater inclination than the
lower one.
By thus arranging the middle and lower straps in an inclined position, their
fastening, or buckling, and unfastening, is rendered much easier for the wearer,
and the edges of the gaiter are effectively retained at their proper relative
position and height.
In the improved gaiter I entirely do away with any long strap encircling the
leg, and use three small buckles and short straps, and it is very light and simple,
and easily used, and is particularly neat and effective in appearance when being
worn, there being no loops at the back.
The details may be altered more or less. For instance instead of one buckle

page_text: wearer, and the edges b and c of the gaiter a are effectively retained at their
proper relative position and height.
In the improved gaiter I entirely do away with any long strap encircling
the leg in the manner sometimes adopted, and I only use three small buckles d, g,
and i, and short straps e, h, and j, and the gaiter and its fastenings are very
light and simple, and easily used, and are particularly neat and effective in
appearance when being worn, there being no loops at the back.
The details may be altered more or less. For instance, instead of one buckle
and short strap only, between the top and bottom ones, two or more may be
used at equal or at convenient distances apart.
The short straps described may be on either side of the flap, and may be made
to incline down instead of up. Their fixed ends may be stitched or sewn inside
the overlapping edge of the gaiter, instead of outside. Instead of buckles, other
equivalent fastenings may be used.
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:-
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1. The combination of the gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, with a buckle and short strap e, near the top of the gaiter, a buckle g
and short strap h in an inclined position, near the bottom of the gaiter, and a
buckle i and short strap in an inclined position, at or near the middle of the
gaiter, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The combination of the gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, with a buckle d and short strap e, near the top of the gaiter, a buckle g
and short strap h in an inclined position near the bottom of the gaiter, and two
or more buckles and short straps in inclined positions, between the top and
bottom of the gaiter, substantially as described.
3. In combination with a gaiter a, one vertical edge of which overlaps the
other, and the buckles d, i, and g, and short straps e, h, and j, the loops 1, sub-
stantially as illustrated and for the purpose described.
1000.
EDWARDS AND CO.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.