Improved Means for Connecting a Lady's Blouse or Shirt to the Skirt.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1897--Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
Improved Means for Connecting a Lady's Blouse or Shirt to
the Skirt.
I, MARY ANN SARAH JACKSON of 35 Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh, County
of Midlothian, N.B., Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for connecting a lady's blouse or shirt
to the skirt.
I employ a metal or other plate, say 3 inches long, with say three hooks upon it.
The said plate is attached to the back of the blouse. or shirt at that part where it
meets the band of the skirt. On the inside of the said band of the skirt, eyes, say
three in number, are sewa. By this means the back of the skirt band can be
readily attached or detached from the blouse or shirt and at the same time a
strong attachment is effected so as to prevent any separation of the blouse from the
skirt.
The plate is attached to the blouse by running it under or through a casing
made of say strong wide tape which is sewn to the back of the blouse. Brass or
other metal eyelet holes are provided in the said casing through which the hooks
of the plate are passed: the plate being thus kept securely in position.
In the case of a washing shirt, the casing is made, say double the length, so that
when the back of the shirt is drawn up in pleats by tapes in the ordinary way, the
casing is similarly contracted to suit the length of the plate: but when the plate is
drawn out, the said contracted casing allows the back of the shirt to be opened out
so that the shirt can be washed. It will thus be seen by this ready means of fixing
in and taking out of the plate, the one plate can be made to do duty for other
blouses or shirts, no sewing being required. Once the eyes are sewn on to the back
of the skirt, the skirt is ready for attachment as soon as the hook plate is slipped
into the casing on the blouse or shirt. By my said invention, all pins or clips are
dispensed with, thereby obviating any destruction of the material. Also in
accordance with my said invention, the means of attachment is not visible.
21 das of March 1896.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
Improved Means for Connecting a Lady's Blouse or Shirt to
the Skirt.
I, MARY ANN SARAH JACKSON of 173 Bruntsfield Place formerly of
35 Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh, County of Midlothian, N.B., Gentlewoman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improved means for connecting a lady's blouse or shirt
to the skirt.
In carrying out my invention I employ, as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings, a metal or other plate A, say 3 inches long, with say
three hooks a secured upon it, the said hooks being provided with knobs a' to
prevent their tearing or damaging the dress. The said plate is attached to the
back of the blouse or, shirt at that part where it meets the band B of the skirt.
On the inside of the said band B eyes, ó say three in number, are sewn; the said
eyes being secured to the lower edge of the band, in order that when fastened, the
band conceals the attachment and also prevents any possibility of the hooks
becoming unfastened. By this means the back of the skirt band can be readily
attached or detached from the blouse or shirt and at the same time a strong
attachment is effected so as to prevent any separation of the blouse from the
skirt..
The plate A is attached to the blouse, as shewn more particularly in Fig. 2,.by
running it under or through a short casing C made of say strong wide tape which
is sewn to the back of the blouse. Brass or other metal eyelet holes c are provided
in the said casing through which the hooks a of the plate. A are passed; the plate
being thus kept securely in position.
It
In the case of a washing or cased shirt I proceed as shewn in Figure 3 of the
drawings, that is to say I make the casing C about double, the length of that used
for a plain bodice or shirt, so that when the back of the shirt is drawn up in pleats
by the tapes D in the ordinary way, the casing is similarly contracted. to suit the
length of the plate; but when the plate.is drawn out, the said..contracted casing
allows the back of the shirt to be opened out so that the shirt can be washed.
will thus be seen by this ready means of fixing in and taking out of the plate, the
one plate can be made to do duty for other blouses or shirts, no sewing being
required. Once the eyes are sewn on to the back of the skirt, the skirt is ready
for attachment as soon as the hook plate is slipped into the casing on the blouse or
shirt. By my said invention, all pins or clips are dispensed with, thereby obviating
any destruction of the material. Also in accordance with my said invention, the
ancans of attachment is, not visible.
The advantages I claim for the foregoing are
1. Can be instantly removed for washing purposes and replaced without
re-sewing.
2. Can be used for cased shirts and blouses, as well as for plain fitting bodices..
3. No plate. attached to skirt band, which method becomes complicated by the
varying positions of the placket, for example:-If the skirt fastens exactly in the
centre of the back, it is obviously impossible to sew a plate across opening-
whereas by hawing only eyes sewed to lower edge of skirt band-the utility of the
attachment is not affected by any variety of skirt fastening, and also permits the
fingers to be inserted to hook the band, with which there is difficulty when a plate
is fixed on skirt band.
4. There is no tearing or destruction of material caused by frequent sewing or
by the use of pins or clips.
5. There is no necessity to attach belt to skirt, the skirt and bodice being
attached and kept in position-the. belt.cannot become displaced.
6. One plate can. be used for any number of bodices provided they have the
prepared casing with other attachments one has to be purchased for each skirt
or blouse, to avoid the trouble of taking off and resewing whenever a change is
made and the extra skirt portions are usually of no use-one skirt sufficing for
several blouses...
7. Can be used when the bodice is worn above the skirt.

page_text: 8. When used for cased shirts or blouses, the fulness is retained into a desirable
space, and there is an equal and even pull from the shoulders.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The skirt and blouse attachment, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 31st day of December 1896.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.