IMPROVEMENTS IN TROWSERS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Edwards, of Dalston, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TROWSERS
OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL."
Sealed the 15th October 1858, and dated the 19th April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION-left by the said Henry Edwards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th April 1858.
-I, HENRY EDWARDS, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TROWSERS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," to be as follows:-
These improvements apply principally to the construction of trowsers or
breeches for railway or other travelling purposes, and consists in constructing
such articles of wearing apparel with an opening at the back or seat, which
aperture is made self-closing by means of elastic bands or other similar self
acting contrivance, and can readily be opened and closed when required
without the trouble and delay ordinarily caused by buttons or other usual
means of fastening.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Edwards in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
EDWARDS, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, Gentlemau, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henry Edwards, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Edwards, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Edwards, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agres
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TROWSERS OR
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Henry Edwards, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar mouths nextand
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Edwards, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Drawings, that is
to say:-
These improvements apply principally to the construction or make of
trowsers, breeches, or drawers for railway travelling and other purposes where
simplicity and expedition of adjustment are required, and consist in con-
structing such articles of wearing apparel with an horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal opening in the back or seat, which aperture is made self-closing, or
partially so, by means of elastic bands, gores, or gussets, or other similar
contrivance, and can consequently be readily and expeditiously opened and
closed when required without the trouble and delay caused by unfastening and
refastening several buttons or other contrivances ordinarily employed, and
avoiding the necessity for unbuttoning the braces, waistband, or waistcoat

page_text: In order more particularly to describe the practical application of my said
Invention, I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative of the
same,and have marked thereon figures and letters of reference corresponding
with those in the following explanation thereof:-
Figure 1 represents a back view of a pair of trowsers constructed according
to my Invention, with an horizontal aperture in the back or seat,closed, as it
ordinarily appears when in wear; and Figure 2 a similar view with the
aperture opened, as when required for use.
The back of the trowsers is made in two parts A, A, and B, B; the upper
or waistband part A, A, is made as usual, and the lower part or seat B, B, is
furnished at the side seams with elastic gores or gussets C, C, so as to enable
it to be drawn down, as shown in Figure 2, when required for use. It will be
seen that when in ordinary wear the upper part folds over the lower part, and
it is preferred to-have one button or other fastening as at D in the centre, to
keep the parts in place.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"Improvements in Trowsers or other similar Articles of Wearing Apparel,"
together with the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I would
remark that it will be evident that this same idea is capable of being carried
out in a variety of forms; for instance, the opening may be made vertical or
diagonally across the back part, and bands or straps instead of gores or gussets
of elastic material may be employed. I wish it therefore to be distinctly
understood that what I claim as my Invention is the constructing or making
trowsers, breeches, or drawers with an opening in the seat or back part
thereof with self-adjusting action, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes above particularly set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Edwards, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
BRISTOW HUNT, Sol & Patent Agent,
1, Serle St., Lincoln's Inn.
HENRY EDWARDS. (L.S.)