Means for Preventing the Bulging of Shirt Fronts for Evening Dress.
Year: 1899

page_text: Means for Preventing the Bulging of Shirt Fronts for Evening Dress.
I, HENRY EDGAR Chinese Custom Service at present residing at St. Ermin's
Mansions, Westminster, S. W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
It consists of two flat and thin metal plates (one set for the right breast of
shirt and one set for the left breast). The plates are five inches in length; at
the ends they are inch in width; midway between the ends their width
is 1 inches, where they may be connected by a spring hinge; or the plates
may consist of one piece of thin flat metal bent round in the centre like sugar
tongs; the inside edges of the plates have a saw grip, and are slightly curved
to conform to the contour of the shirt front, while the outer edge tapers off
from the extreme width of 1 inches to inch at the end. Midway in the
lower plate and about inch from its edge is attached a screw about an inch
in length which passes through the upper plate where it is furnished with a
turn-button which passes through a button hole underneath the lapel of the
dress waistcoat. This turn button acts as a nut and three or four turns will
bring the inside edges of the plates firmly together upon the extreme edges of
the shirt front; the ends of the plates may also be firmly closed upon the shirt
front by a small clamp attached to either plate by a pivot.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Preventing the Bulging of Shirt Fronts for Evening Dress.
I, HENRY EDGAR, of the Chinese Customs Service, at present residing at St.
Ermin's Mansions, Westminster, London, S.W., do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
This invention relates to means for preventing shirt fronts from bulging and
for preventing the edge of the front projecting beyond the waistcoat.
To clearly explain the invention reference is made to the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the side of the clip intended to go next the
waistcoat.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same in its open position.

page_text: Fig. is a plan view showing the clip applied to the edge of a shirt and
Fig. shows the clips upon both sides of a shit a portion of the waistcoat
being broken away.
In said drawings the clip consists of two flat and thin metal plates one set for
the right breast of shirt and one set for the left breast. The plates as shown
are about five inches in length and are made of one piece of thin flat metal
bent over in the centre B which forms a spring hinge; the inside edges of the
plates have a saw or grip edge a and are slightly curved to conform to the
contour of the edge of the shirt front. About midway in the outer plate is
attached a screw or rivet which passes through a slot c in the outer plate
where it is furnished with a button intended to pass through a button hole
underneath the lapel of the waistcoat. This button if attached to the lower
plate may act as a nut and three or four turns would bring the inside edges a a
of the plates firmly together upon the extreme edges of the shirt front but as
shown the edges of the plates are caused to be firmly closed upon the shirt
front by a small clamp d provided with a cam f and attached to an arm e pro-
jecting from the outer through the inner plate.
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:
The means for preventing the bulging of shirt fronts substantially as
described.
Dated this 92nd love of a 1980
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.