IMPROVED HOLDERS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR RETAINING THE BOTTOMS OF TROUSERS AND SLEEVES OF OTHER GARMENTS WHEN TURNED UP TO PREVENT SOILING
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an Invention of "IMPROVED HOLDERS
OR ATTACHMENTS FOR RETAINING THE BOTTOMS OF TROUSERS AND SLEEVES
OF OTHER GARMENTS WHEN TURNED UP TO PREVENT SOILING." A com-
munication from abroad by Ferdinand de Sandoval, of Biarritz (Basses
Pyrénées), France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1880.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent. "IMPROVED HOLDERS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR RETAINING THE
BOTTOMS OF TROUSERS AND SLEEVES OF OTHER GARMENTS WHEN TURNED UP
TO PREVENT SOILING." [A communication from abroad by Ferdinand de Sandoval,
of Biarritz (Basses Pyrénées), France.]
This Invention relates to a holder or attachment chiefly designed for retaining.
trousers when turned up at the heel to prevent their becoming soiled with mud, &c.
The Invention consists of a spring clip and of a band or strip of stiff but flexible
material, attached together or not, and used together or separately.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 shows the clip, which may be made of
steel, whalebone, bent wood, vulcanite, or other material, provided with inclined
teeth or notches which penetrate the fabric and prevent the clip becoming
accidentally detached.
Figure 2 shows the band or strip, which may be of leather, metal, cardboard,
india-rubber, wood, or other material, which may be attached inside the bottom of
the trousers by stitching, in which case it is provided with perforations or by an
adhesive material. The band being flexible readily adapts itself to the shape of the
trouser leg, and on turning up the bottom inwards it will effectually retain it in
this position. The bottom of the leg may also be turned up outwards, but in this
case the band would be visible, and thus be unsightly.
Figure 3 shows the leather strip and clip combined, the advantage of which is
that the holder may be applied or removed at will, as in the case of the simple
clip, Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows the holder in position, a portion only of the clip being visible,
but by turning the bottom of the leg up inwardly, as shown in Figure 5, the
holder will be entirely concealed.
Figure 6 shows the clip applied without the band or strip.
This attachment may also be employed for retaining the cuffs or sleeves of
garments when turned up.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th June 1881.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR RETAINING
THE BOTTOMS OF TROUSERS AND SLEEVES OF OTHER GARMENTS WHEN TURNED
UP TO PREVENT SOILING." A communication from abroad by Ferdinand de
Sandoval, of Biarritz (Basses Pyrénées), France.
This Invention relates to a holder or attachment chiefly designed for retaining
trousers when turned up at the bottom to prevent their becoming soiled with
mud, &c. The Invention consists of a spring clip and of a band or strip of stiff
but flexible material, attached together or not, and used together or separately.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 shows the clip, which may be made of
steel, whalebone, bent wood, vulcanite, or other material, provided with inclined
teeth or notches which penetrate the fabric, and prevent the clip becoming
accidentally detached.
Figure 2 shows the band or strip, which may be of leather, metal, cardboard,
india-rubber, wood, or other material, which may be attached inside the bottom of
the trouser by stitching (in which case it is provided with perforations) or by an
adhesive material. The band being flexible readily adapts itself to the shape of
the trouser leg, and on turning up the bottom inwards it will effectually retain it
in this position. The bottom of the leg may also be turned up outwards, but in
this case the band would be visible and unsightly.
Figure 3 shows the leather strip and clip combined, the advantage of which is
that the holder may be applied or removed at will, as in the case of the simple
clip, Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows the holder in position, a portion only of the clip being visible,
but by turning up the bottom of the trouser leg inwardly, as shown in Figure 5,
the holder will be entirely concealed, and the turned up end of the trouser will
appear to be retained without any such assistance.
Figure 6 shows the clip applied without the band or strip.
To prevent wear of the trouser through contact with the boot and holder I
employ the following arrangement, as shown in
Figure 7, which is a front elevation of the trouser holder or attachment;
Figure 8, a plan; and Figure 9, a section, on line 1, 2, Figure 7 :-
a is the leather strip or holder, which is in this case provided with a beaded
edge b, terminating at the two ends with leather buttons c, by which means the
trouser is prevented from chafing or cutting against the edge of the leather strip.
The leather holder is made of the curved form shown, so that once in position it is
not liable to bulge out the trouser.
This curved form causes the holder to be retained more securely in place, and
prevents it falling out in consequence of the lateral pressure of the fabric of the
trouser. To prevent contact of the trouser with the boot I affix to the clip d at
the front thereof, within the trouser, a thin plate e, of metal, wood, horn, or other
suitable material, having the same curvature as the leather holder a, and it is
this plate which comes in contact with the boot and prevents the trouser from
becoming soiled or chafed.
The trouser holder may also be made double, so that the fabric of the trouser
instead of being held between the band a and the clip d is clipped between two
thicknesses of leather.
The arrangement of the trouser holder may however be otherwise varied.

page_text: The attachment may also be employed for retaining the sleeves or cuffs of
garments when turned back.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st. A spring clip for retaining the turned up ends of trousers and other garments,
substantially as shown and described.
2nd. The application of a flexible strip or plate to the turned up end of a trouser
to retain it, substantially as shown and described.
3rd. The combination of the spring clip and the flexible strip or plate applied
to the turned up end of a trouser, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4th. The flexible strip or plate provided with a beaded edge, substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
5th. The combination with the spring clip of a thin plate at the front thereof so
as to protect the trouser from contact with the boot, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
A M CITAD
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A. M. C CL
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(L.S.)