An Improved Method of and Means for Attaching the Bands of Skirts to Blouse or like Bands.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Attaching the Bands of Skirts
to Blouse or like Bands.
I, GEORGE ROBERT HALL, of St. Peters College, Cambridge, Student, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My invention relates to an improved method of and means for attaching the
bands of skirts to blouse or like bands and the object is to provide for attaching
the skirt band to the blouse or like band in such manner as will ensure a good
fit" and obviate the necessity for puncturing the outer band as is required
at present. My improved appliance which I propose to call a "holder" is cheap
and easy to make. It is durable, takes up little room, gives perfect rigidity, is
easy to affix and unfix, can be made to fit any sized waist, and is not readily put
out of order. In carrying my invention into practice I proceed in or in about the
following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which rig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 an edge view of the holder, Figs. 3, 4 and 5
showing various stages in the method of using the holder. I provide a number of
metal or other plates a (preferably three of them) each having a central opening b
and two end openings
c of smaller area. Those plates a are connected to one
another by the elastic or other portions d, the end pieces having a buckle or other
means for fastening the holder round the wearer's waist. The plates a are
curved somewhat in their longitudinal direction so as to more readily accommo-
date themselves to the curvature of the user's waist and may be arranged at any
required distance apart, but I prefer, when there are three of them, to so arrange
that one of them will be at the wearer's back and the others one on each side.
The holder is used as follows:-Attached in any suitable manner to the band
of the blouse I provide elastic or other tabs e corresponding in number and in
position to the plates a. These tabs are button-holed at f for attachment to the
band of the skirt g but buckles or any other mode of attachment may be employed
instead of buttons. The holder is fastened round the user's waist and the plates
turned in a downward direction so that their under or curved surfaces are out-
wards. While the plates are in this position the unattached ends of the tabs are
pushed through the central openings in the plates a from underneath outwards
(see Fig. 3). The skirt band is then attached (see Fig. 4) and the plates a turned
over and upwards so that their curved surfaces are underneath as when, first put
on, the appearance being now as shown in Fig. 5. This gives rigidity and fit and
the usual outer waist band can then be fastened over the holder.
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes, relative proportions or other
characteristics of the parts shown in the drawings as they may be varied without
departure from the essential features of the invention.
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:
1. The method of attaching the bands of skirts to the bands of blouses or like

page_text: articles of wearing apparel by tabs detachably connecting the two bands, the
said tabs being passed through openings in a series of plates forming part of a
holder intended to be fastened round the wearer's waist, the said plates, previous
to the passage of the tabs, having been turned over in a downward direction,
opposite to that to which they will be returned and which they will finally occupy
round the wearer's waist, the whole substantially as described in the above specifi-
cation and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. For use in putting into practice the method of attaching a skirt band to a
blouse or like band which is the subject matter of the above Claim 1, a holder
consisting essentially of a number of longitudinally curved plates, each having
an open centre and being connected together by intermediate portions of elastic
or other material and having means whereby the holder can be fastened round
the user's waist, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 3rd day of November 1899.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.