Improvements in Riding Habits.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Riding Habits.
I ETHEL DUMARESQ BATT of Cao Kenfy Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Spinster,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in ladies' riding skirts and has for its object
to provide a safety skirt the lower portion of which will be opened and give way
whenever and wherever the weight of the body may fall in cases of accidents.
Hitherto either aprons were provided for a similar purpose but they were very
inconvenient and formed an obstacle when dismounting or openings were formed
in one part of the skirt only and merely answered the purpose when the weight
fell on the ring at or near the said opening while in the latter cases the lace
which tightened or closed the opening oftentimes failed to yield at the right
moment.
Now according to my invention 1 form a rectangular opening in the lower part of
a riding skirt and I attach to the edges thereof by means of ball sockets buttons
the edges of the material removed in the formation of such opening. The ball and
socket buttons are fixed inside the skirt so as not to show outside and they are
easily disconnected so that in case of a fall they would give way either at
the lower corners of the rectangular opening or failing this the whole rectangle
would come off.
Dated this
day of March 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Riding Habits.
I, ETHEL DUMARESQ BATT of Cae Kenfy Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Spinster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to bo particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improvements in ladies' riding skirts and has for its object
to provide a safety skirt the lower portion of which will be opened and give way
whenever and wherever the weight of the body may fall in cases of accidents.
Hitherto aprons have been provided for a similar purpose but were inconvenient
and formed an obstacle when dismounting; or as an alternative have openings been
formed in one part of the skirt only and merely answered the purpose when the
weight fell on the ring at or near the said opening while in the latter cases the lace
which tightened or closed the opening oftentimes failed to yield at the right
moment.
According to my invention I form an opening in the lower part of a riding skirt
and I attach to the edges thereof by means of ball and sockets buttons the edges of
the material removed in the formation of such opening. The ball and socket buttons
are fixed inside the skirt so as not to show outside and they are easily disconnected so
that in case of a fall they would give way either at the lower corners of the opening
or failing this the whole detachable portion would come off.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in outline a riding habit made
according to my invention the full line a and the dotted line a¹ indicating the extent
and position of the detachable portion A which is attached to the rest of the skirt B
by means of the ball and socket buttons or studs B' which in order to conceal the

page_text: junction or seam are attached to two leather strips C fixed to or near the selvedges of
the parts of the skirt as shown in Fig. 2.
A section of the stud is shown in Fig. 3 from-which it will be seen that owing to
the head of the stud being split the necessary amount of spring is provided to allow
of its being readily pressed into or drawn out of the socket which is of the usual
description. Of course it will be readily understood that the size shape or position of
the detachable portion represented by the lines.A.A' may be varied as experience may
suggest or prove desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
In a riding habit the insertion of a detachable portion or section temporarily secured
by means of studs formed on the ball and socket principle substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of July 1890
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.