Improvements in Fittings and Attachments for Coats, Jackets, Military Tunics, and the like, and in Belts for use therewith.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings and Attachments for Coats, Jackets,
Military Tunics, and the like, and in Belts for use therewith.
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We, JOHN WALTER OTFLRY, C,I.E., Colonel late Royal Engineers, of 53,
Cromwell Houses, London, and HENRY VERO BIGGS, D.SO., Major Royal
Engineers, of Wrington, Somerset, do hereby declare the nature of tliis invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to fittings and attachments for coats, jackets,
military tunics and the like garments, the object being to so dispose and arrange
the fittings and attachments on the garments that they may be capable of support-
ing the oelt, revolver, pistol, sword and accoutrements or articles required to be
carried by the wearer, in a manner which will admit of an even distribution of
the weight and a total support of the same from the shoulders, thus enabling the
jacket or tunic to be worn loosely, while the articles can be retained in position
thereon with comfort to the wearer.
In carrying our invention into effect when applying our fitments to a jacket
such as would be worn by troops or those engaged in operations in hot climates
we provide within the body of the garment a number of straps or strips
of material which we stitch or otherwise secure to the material form-
ing the garment, the straps or bands being arranged upon the interior of the
jacket so as to pass over the shoulders, forming as it were interior shoulder
straps, which are intact or one with the body of the garment itself, on to the
interior straps we provide hooks and eyes or other ordinary fittings which we
cause to project and pass through suitable openings provided within the body
of the jacket so that the hooks or like projections appear on the outside of the
garment while their supporting foundation is arranged within and the pull or
tension given to the foundation or the strips is carried upon the shoulders of the
wearer instead of upon the particular portion of the garment where the hooks
or attachments appear. Thus when providing upon our garment for a belt to
be carried thereon, we make the projecting hooks or carriers which are attached
to the inner foundation strips to project upon the outer portion of the jacket and
we pass the belt through or on to the hooks or carriers which have been arranged
so as to support the belt in the usual position required for the particular service
for which the jacket is intended.
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In like manner when providing a hook or attachment for carrying a revolver
we arrange the inner foundation straps or carriers within the interior of the
garment in such a position that the projecting hook or support for the revolver
case shall be in correct position for convenience in manipulation by the wearer.
We may provide loops instead of hooks to project from the inner strips or
carrying straps, or we may arrange eyes or staple like projections carried from
the inner straps which project on to the front of the garment and on to these
eyes or staple like attachments we connect bands or loops of any desired material
to suit the size and nature of the article to be carried within or upon them.

page_text: We arrange within the interior of the jacket distance pieces or stretchers
running from one shoulder loop or strap to the other so as to distribute the load
on to each shoulder when in use."
We provide any desired number of straps or foundations or supporting straps
or bands within the garment: to suit the position; number and form of the
article which is to be carried upon the garment, causing in each case the load
hanging upon such strap to be thrown on to the shoulders of the wearer so as
to give the most convenient means of support.
and
Wo modify the form and arrangement of our straps and the fittings
supporting attachments which we secure to the same to suit the type and style
and the purpose of the garment to which they are to be applied.
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When employing belts of the ordinary kind for carrying a sword or for the
like purpose upon our improved tunic we find it inconvenient to have a perma-
nent attachment made at permanent points of support upon the belt as the
variation in the buckling or increase or decrease of girth of the wearer necessarily
involves a movement out of centre of the buckle or clasp. To remedy this incon-
venience we form links, loops or long eyes within or upon the fabric of the belt
on to which we attach our hooks or supporting links which carry the load to
the shoulders of the wearer. The links or long eyes. which are suitably shaped
'to conform to the curvature of the belt when in use admit of a range of movement
while the buckle or clasp remains in a central position.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
18, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
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Improvements in Fittings and Attachments for Coats, Jackets,
Military Tunics, and the like, and in Belts for use therewith..
We; JoHN WALTER OFTLEY, C.I.E., Colonel late Royal Engineers, late of 53,
Cromwell Houses, London, England, of Cooper's Hill, Englefield, Surrey, and
HENRY VERO BIGGS, D.S.O., Major Royal Engineers, of Wrington, in the County.
of Somerset, England; 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:-
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This invention has reference to fittings and attachments for coats, jackets,
military tunics and the like garments, the object being to so dispose and arrange
the fittings and attachments on the garments that they may be capable of support-
ing the belt, revolver, pistol, sword and accoutrements.or articles required to be
carried by the wearer, in a manner which will admit of. an even distribution of
the weight and a total support of the same from the shoulders, thus enabling the
jacket or tunic to be worn loosely, while the articles can be retained in position
thereon with comfort fo the wearer..
In the accompanying, sheet of explanatory drawings
Figure 1 is an elevation of the inside of the improved tunic, as adapted to, an
officer's equipment, and
Figure 2 is an elevation of the exterior of the same tunic.
Figure. 3 is a detail view of one form of the hook, attachment, and -
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Figures 4 and 5 are views of two different patterns of our belt attachment

page_text: when constructed for use upon our improved tunic or jacket, although the ordinary
"Sam Browne" belt can also be worn if preferred.
In carrying our invention into effect when applying our fitments to a jacket
as shewn in Figures 1 and 2, we provide within the body of the garment a number
of atraps or strips of webbing, cloth or other suitable material A, B, C, D, which
we stitch or otherwise secure to the material E forming the garment, the straps
or bands being arranged upon the interior of the jacket so as to pass over the
shoulders, forming as it were interior shoulder straps A, B, which are for the
most part intact or one with the body of the garment itself. On the interior
straps we provide hooks and eyes F, F, or other ordinary fittings which we
cause to project and pass through suitable openings G, provided within the body
of the jacket so that the hooks or like projections appear on the outside of the
garment while their supporting foundation A, B, is arranged within and the pull
or tension given to the foundation or strips is carried upon the shoulders of the
wearer instead of upon the particular portion of the garment where the hooks or
attachments appear. We prefer that these foundations or strips should be wider
over the shoulders to form a bearer, and thus to distribute the weight more
equally, but this is not essential to our invention. Thus when providing upon
our garment for a belt to be carried thereon; we attach a stiffening or supporting
band or strip D within the garment and we make the projecting hooks
carriers F, F, which are attached to the inner foundation strips to project upon
the outer portion of the jacket and we pass the belt through or on to the hooks
or carriers which have been arranged so as to support the belt in the usual
position required for the particular service for which the jacket is intended.
In like manner when providing a hook or attachment for carrying a revolver
we arrange the inner foundation straps or carriers within the interior of the
garment in such a position that the projecting hook or support F for the revolver
case shall be in correct position for convenience in manipulation by the wearer.
We may provide loops instead, of hooks to project from the inner strips or
carrying straps, or we may arrange eyes or staple like projections_carried from
the inner straps which project on to the front of the garment and on to these
eyes or staple-like attachments we connect bands or loops of any desired material
to suit the size and nature of the article to be carried within or upon them.
or
We arrange within the interior of the jacket webbing, cloth or the like textile
material distance pieces or stretchers C, C¹ running from one shoulder loop or
strap to the other so as to distribute the load on to each shoulder when in use.
We provide any desired number of straps or foundations or supporting straps:
or bands within the garment to suit the position, number and form of the article
which is to be carried upon the garment, causing in each case the load hanging
upon such strap to be thrown on to the shoulders of the wearer so as to give the
most convenient means of support.
As previously stated the ordinary "Sam Browne" belt can be worn, but we
find it inconvenient to have a permanent attachment made at permanent points
of support upon the belt as any variation in the buckling or increase or decrease
of girth of the wearer necessarily involves a movement out of centre of the
buckle or clasp.
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To remedy this inconvenience we prefer links H, loops or long eyes H¹ or
openings within or upon the fabric of the belt on to which we attach our hooks
or supporting links which carry the load to the shoulders of the wearer.
links or long eyes H¹ which are suitably shaped to conform to the curvature
of the belt, when in use, admit of a range of movement while the buckle or clasp
remains in a central position.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular kind or type
of tunic or jacket or to any special arrangement of supporting bands foundations
or carrying straps or fittings for use upon the same, but we modify the shape
and arrangement of our straps and their fittings and attachments to suit the
shape of the garment and the purposes for which it is intended.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner. the: same is to be performed, we declare that what
i we claim is:-
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1. The improved fittings and attachments for coats jackets tunics and the like
garments whereby the load or weight of any article required to be carried upon
the garment is transmitted to the shoulder, or shoulders of the wearer substantially
as hereinbefore described, and as, illustrated in the accompanying.drawing.
2. 'The construction and arrangement of coats, jackets tunics, and the like
garments with interior supporting straps, bands, strips, or carriers for trans-
mitting the load or weight of any article suspended upon the garment to the
shoulder or shoulders of the wearer substantially as hereinbefore described and
as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a belt for use upon a tunic, coat, jacket, or garment of the kind described
in the preceding claims, the construction and arrangement of one or more long
links, loops or openings for receiving the supporting hooks or carriers substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.