An Improved Blanket or Wrapper for Military and other Purposes, capable of being also used as a Cape or Cloak, Horsecloth, Tent Cover, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
An Improved Blanket or Wrapper for Military and other Purposes,
capable of being also used as a Cape or Cloak, Horsecloth, Tent
Cover, and the like.
We, FRANCIS JOSEPH STOHWASSER and GEORGE BIRTCINELL WINTER, both of
39, Conduit Street, Regent Street, London, Merchants, 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, and
accompanying drawings, that is to say
1
Our invention relates to an improved cape or cloak, more especially adapted for
military purposes, and for inders on horseback, and it has for its object a novel
method of forming such cape or cloak so that it is of extreme simplicity both in
ats formation and in the method of using it, whilst it is of great efficiency and
cheapness, and can be applied if required to a variety of other purposes, such,
for instance, as a blanket or hoise-cloth, or the cover of a temporary tent, or the
like.
The improved cape or cloak consists simply of a square, or nearly square, piece
of cloth or other suitable woven fabric, (a, Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings,
which are in illustration of our invention), which may be waterproof if preferred,
and may be provided with any desired ornamental or other pattern on one or
both sides The edges are preferably bound or otherwise protected to preserve
them from wear, and at or near two of the adjoining corners b, b, we form or
attach eyelets, 01 rings, c, c, 01 buckles, or the like suitable fastenings, by which
these two corners can be connected together by a cord, chain, strap, or band d,
(Figures 2, 3, and 4), preferably made adjustable in length.
Assuming that the improved cape or cloak 18 to be used by a soldier, (as illus-
tiated upon a larger scale in Figures 5, 6, and 7), he first passes the cold (or
strap) d, connecting the two corners b, b of the cloth, behind his back (see Figures 2
and 5), the two upper connected ends of the cloth 6, b being in front and the cloth
hanging loosely down, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 5, and the corners b, b, of
the cloth to which the cord d is attached being held in his hands
He then changes the parts which he holds in his hands, so as to cross these two
corners (see Figures 3 and 6), holding the upper edge of the cloth in his hands,
which he holds apart sufficiently to stretch the cord and keep it tight round his
body, as shown in Figure 6, the vertical edges of the parts to which the cord is
attached hanging down in front at e, e, and the remainder of the cloth hanging
loosely down in folds in front at f
He finally throws this loose part completely over his head, so that it hangs
down behind (see Figures 4 and 7), the edges of the cloth hanging down in front
and at the sides and forming a cape, as shown in Figure 7, the sides of which
curve in to the back.
The operation of putting in the square cloth to form a cape or cloak 18 very
quickly and easily performed as illustrated.
By making the fastenings at the upper corners of the square cloth at some

page_text: distance down from the upper horizontal edge (as shown at c', c, Figure 1) and
turning the upper part over, along the line y, a fold is formed which, when
the cloth has been thrown over the head to form the cape, as described and shown
in l'igures 4 and 7, may be turned up over the head to serve as a hood.
It is obvious that the square cloth a is adaptable to various purposes, such as a
blanket, wrapper, horse-cloth, or the like By using two of the cloths folded
along the line y (Figure 1), they may be used as a temporary tent-like shelter
(as illustrated in Figure 8), the fold in one being thrown over that of the
other, to form a ridge which is supported by a line or pole carried by supports such
as that shown by dotted lines at g Any number of these may, of course, be
arranged end to end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A blanket or wrapper for military or other purposes, consisting of a square
cloth a, eyelets or fastenings c, c, at the corners b, b, to which is fastened a coid or
strap d, in such manner that the blanket or wrapper can be readily used as a
cloak or cape, substantially in the manner described and illustrated.
2. In combination with the square cloth a described in Claim 1, the additional
eyelets or fastenings c¹, c¹, fixed at a sufhcient distance below the corners b, b, and
having fastened to them the cord or strap d, for the purpose of forming a hood
by folding over the cloth on the line -y, Figure 1, when the cloth is used as a
cape or cloak, substantially in the manner described.
pared on day of June 1998
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.