Year: 1886

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by Rateliff Hicks of 913 F Street, Washington, United States of
America, Manufacturer, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to an improvement in dress shields.
The object is to provide a shield which shall present a soft surface to the body,
effectually prevent the transmission of moisture from the body to the dress, and
retain its shape.
With these ends in view the invention consists in a shield composed of two or
more layers the outer layer, or layer which lies next the body being composed of
stockinet or other soft fabric, and the layer next thereto being composed of
waterproof material.
The invention further consists in certain features of construction and com-
binations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
Figs 1 and 2 represent one construction of the shield in elevation and cross
section.
Figs 3 and 4 represent a modification.
Figs 5 and 6 represent a second modification.
Figs 7 and 8 a third.
Fig 9 and 10 a fourth and
Figs 11 and 12 a fifth modification.
A, Figs 1 and 2, represents a seamless outer layer composed of stockinet or other
soft fabric, preferably of stockinet on account of its absorbent qualities and
adaptability to be stretched into shape. The layer A is provided with a coating a

page_text: of rubber or other water-proof substance on the side toward the apparel, and an
inner layer B of stockinet or other suitable fabric in one or more pieces is placed
in contact with the water-proof layer a.
The layers A and B with the water-proof face a may either be first put together
and then formed into the crescent shape fold by heat sufficient to vulcanize the
water proof layer, or the layer A with its water proof facing may be first shaped
and the layer B then shaped and applied thereto.
The two layers are preferably secured by one or more rows of stitches along their
convex edges.
In Figs 3 and 4, the water proof layer a¹ is applied to the inner fold B¹, which
is formed of stockinet or other suitable fabric, and in one or more pieces, and the
outer layer A¹ is formed of a single piece of soft material, preferably stockinet, and
secured thereto as in the former construction.
In Fig 5 and 6 the outer layer A' is composed of a seamless piece of soft
material, stockinet preferred, and either water proof faced or not, while the inner
layer B is composed of two or more pieces united by a flat seam b along the fold,
and coated with rubber or other water proof material a³ on the side toward the
layer A. The layers are shaped and united in a manner similar to that herein-
before described. This construction of the inner layer admits of the use of small
pieces of stock in the inner layer, and the seam will not be seriously felt.
In Figs 7 and 8, the outer layer A³ consists of a seamless piece of stockinet, or
other suitable material, or it might consist of two. pieces united by a flat seam c
extending transversely to the fold, and the inner layer B³ consists of two or more
pieces of suitable fabric united by a seam 61 extending transversely to the fold.
The inner layer is provided with a gummed surface a³.
The seam or seams c and b¹ do not cross the blood vessels and hence are not
seriously felt. This construction also admits of economy in the use of material.
In Figs 9 and 10 the outer layer A is formed of two crescent shaped pieces of
soft material, stockinet preferred, united by a seam c¹ along the ridge or side of the
fold, or it might be formed of a single seamless piece of fabric, and the inner
layer B consists of a seamless piece, or two crescent shaped pieces of prepared
rubber. If the inner layer is formed of two pieces they are united by a seam b³
along the fold.
The prepared sheet rubber is soft and impervious to moisture and
will not stick to the outer fold nor to the garment. The layers are united by one
or more rows of stitches along their convex edges.
In Fig 11 and 12 the shield is formed by cutting from blank stock, a circular
piece D, slitting one of its edges as at d and inserting a wedge-shaped gore E.
This causes the shield when folded to retain its shape and produces no annoying
seams. The stock preferably consists of an outor layer A³ and inner layer B
of soft fabric, preferably stockinet, and an intermediate layer of water-proof
material a'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I. declare that what
I claim is.
1. A. dress shield consisting of an outer seamless piece of rubber coated fabric
and an inner seamless piece of non-coated fabric united at their edges, substantially
as set forth,
2. A dress shield consisting of an inner layer of rubber coated fabric, and an
outer layer of non-coated fabric, the two layers being separated excepting at the
edge, substantially as set forth.
3. A dress shield consisting of an outer layer of seamless fabric, and an inner
layer of pieced fabric, the inner layer being provided with a coating of water-proof
material on its side toward the outer layer, substantially as set forth.
4. A dress shield consisting of an outer and inner layer of suitable fabric, and a
layer of water-proof material between said outer and inner layers, the outer and
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page_text: inuer layers, one or both being provided with a seam running transversely to the
fold, substantially as set forth.
5. A dress shield consisting of an outer layer of fabric and an inner layer of
unfaced prepared rubber, the layers being united only at their edges, substantially
as set forth.
6. A dress shield having a gore inserted in one of its flaps or folds, substantially
as set forth.