An Improved Method of Fastening Coats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar.,
1898
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1898--Accepted, 4th June, 1898
An Improved Method of Fastening Coats.
I, JOHN JAMES COULTON, of King Street, King's Lynn, and Pentney, near
Swaffham, both in the County of Norfolk, (either address sufficient), Solicitor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The lowest (or only) front button of the coat is replaced by a buttonhole corre-
sponding with the opposite button hole of the coat.
The uppermost front button of the trowsers is set on so as to give it room to take
first its own button hole and then the pair of coat button holes above described.
11th March 1808
An Improved Method of Fastening Coats.
I, JOHN JAMES COULTON, of King Street, King's Lynn, and Pentney, near
Swaffham, both in the County of Norfolk, Solicitor, 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 consists in a new or improved method of fastening coats by
an arrangement and combination of buttons and button holes whereby a coat and
trousers or like garment are connected so as to virtually form a single outer garment
with which a waistcoat may or may not be worn according to the pleasure of the
wearer.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed
aided by the accompanying drawings fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Figure 1 is a front view representing parts of a pair of trousers and coat and
shirt or waistcoat in the position they would assume when being worn but showing
the coat unbuttoned.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the coat buttoned, but broken away to
show the relative position of the trousers band.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section of part of Figure 1 showing more particularly
the button with elongated neck or shank ready to receive the coat.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 but representing a button formed with
a different kind of shank.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of
reference, Figures 3 and 4 are drawn to an increased scale with respect to
Figures 1 and 2.

page_text: Referring to Figures 1 to 3 a represents the trousers or like garment which
are supported by means of braces in the usual way, 6 represents the coat, and c
represents the shirt or waistcoat as the case may be.
In place of the lowermost (or only) front button of the coat 6 the coat is pro-
vided with a button hole b¹ corresponding with that on the opposite side of the 5
coat, and the coat will thus be provided with two such button holes b¹.
The uppermost front button a³ of the trousers a is fastened thereto by means of
an elongated neck or shank a³ in this example formed by means of the thread
employed to fasten the button to the trousers and this neck or shank a³ is of such
length as to project the button as a sufficient distance from the trousers a to
enable it not only to pass through the ordinary button hole a' of the trousers but
also to pass through the two button holes 6¹ of the coat b as shown at Figure 2.
The two sides of the coat b at the front are thus fastened to the trousers a instead
of to each other.
In the example given at Figure 4 the button aª is provided with a metal neck 1
or shank a³ which is fastened to the trousers a by rivetting instead of sewing and
it will be obvious that the method of constructing the long neck of the button a³
may be otherwise modified as circumstances may require.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 2
I claim is :-
The herein described method of fastening coats comprising two button holes
in the opposite sides of the coat at the front and a co-acting button attached
to the waistband of the trousers or like garment by a long neck or shank of thread
or other suitable material substantially as herein shown and described and for 2
the purpose stated.
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