Means for Preventing Trousers Bagging at the Knees
Year: 1891

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* Date of Application, 10th June; 1891
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Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means for Preventing Trousers Bagging at the Knees.""
I, JOHN HENRY SKINNER, trading as J. H. Skinner & Co. of East Dereham,
Norfolk, Manufacturers of Photographic Materials; do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows
The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing trousers bagging
at the knees.
According to this: invention.. ...provide a thin sheet of rubber or other elastic
material of any suitable shape and perforated if desired, and attach this to the
knees of the trousers inside, preferably by means of a rubber solution. With
trousers fitted with this my invention when the knee is bent the cloth and rubber
or other elastic material are stretched together, and when the knee is straightened
the rubber contracts to its original shape and draws the cloth back with it.
Dated this 10th day of L 1901
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Preventing Trousers Bagging at the Knees.
I, JOHN HENRY SKINNER, trading as J. H. Skinner & Co. of East Dereham,
Norfolk, Manufacturers of Photographic Materials, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing trousers bagging
at the knees.
According to this invention I provide a thin sheet of rubber or other elastic
material of any suitable shape and perforated if desired, and attach this to the
knees of the trousers inside, preferably by means of a rubber solution. With
trousers fitted with this my invention, when the knee is bent the cloth and rubber
or other elastic material are stretched together, and when the knee is straightened
the rubber contracts to its original shape and draws the cloth back with it.
My invention may be attached to new trousers or to old and baggy ones, but in
the latter case the knees should be shrunk into shape before the attachments are
fixed thereto. The method of fixing is as follows:-First turn the trousers inside
out, and stretch them out perfectly flat, weighting or fastening down each end to
keep them from moving. Mark on the trousers with a piece of chalk the position
where the centre of the knee comes when they are on the leg, and lay the sheet of
rubber flat down on the trousers with its centre coinciding with the mark just made,
to indicate the centre of the knee. Mark round the edges or periphery of the
rubber so as to shew on the trousers the position in which the rubber is to be fixed.
Remove the sheet of rubber and coat one side with a rubber solution. Lay it
down in the position marked out for it and smooth it out with a flat piece of wood.
Then take a cold flat iron or a box iron or other suitable heavy weight and pass
it several times over the rubber, pressing meanwhile as hard as possible so as to
cause the rubber and cloth to adhere together closely. Then hang the trousers up
to allow the solution to set.
I prefer to attach the caps of sheet rubber by means of a rubber solution, but
they may be otherwise attached if found desirable.

page_text: 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 :-
To prevent trousers bagging at the knees the use of caps of sheet rubber or
other suitable elastic material attached to the inside of the knees of the trousers
by a rubber solution or by other suitable means substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of March 1892.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.