4 being Applicable for Life Saving and Swimming or Floating Purposes in Water.
Year: 1885

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being Applicable for Life Saving and Swimming or Floating
Purposes in Water.
I DANIEL HENRY SISSON of 12 East Parade Goole in the County of York,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF CLOTHING, SUCH CLOTHING BEING APPLICABLE FOR LIFE
SAVING AND SWIMMING OR FLOATING PURPOSES IN WATER "
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct clothing of waterproof or other
material so as to be capable of great buoyancy, applicable as a life saving dress or
for swimming or floating purposes, to dispense with the cumbersome cork life
saving jackets now generally in use. This clothing is applicable generally for
sailors in place of their ordinary waterproof clothing, and for others to assist them
in floating and swimming.
The coat may be of any convenient form or shape and is made double thickness
round the waist, the two thicknesses of material are sewn together by vertical
lines of stitches of say one inch or more apart. Between the rows of stitches, and
in the hollow space between the two thicknesses of material I fill with pulverized
cork; by so doing ribs are formed all round, resembling those on a cricketer's
leggings. When each of these spaces have been filled with the pulverized cork the
ends are sewn up to prevent the cork dropping out. The coat formed in this way
may be used in place of the ordinary sailors waterproof coat and without any
inconvenience, being exceedingly pliable in any direction. The waistcoat or belt
may be formed or constructed in the same way and may be used for life saving,
floating or swimming with or without the coat.
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page_text: Fig. 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 a back elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional
plan on A. B. Fig. 1, shewing coat, waistcoat or belt constructed in accordance
with my invention.
The coat may be of any convenient form or shape and is made double thickness
at the part a shewn in full lines. The other part of the coat shewn in dotted lines
may be of any convenient shape or form.
At the part a the two thicknesses are sewn together by vertical lines of
stitches b of say an inch or more apart.
Between the rows of stitches b and in the hollow spaces a between the two
thicknesses of material, I fill with pulverized cork, by so doing ribs d are formed
all round and resemble those on a cricketers legging.
When each of these spaces c forming the ribs d has been filled with pulverized
cork the ends are sewn up to prevent it coming out.
The coat formed in this way may be used in place of the sailors ordinary water-
proof coat and without any inconvenience, being exceedingly pliable in any
direction.
When a waistcoat or belt is preferred the parts shewn in dotted lines, and used
for making up the coat, are dispensed with, leaving the ribbed part, thus forming
thereby a waistcoat or belt only.
The coat, waistcoat or belt is divided at the front at e as an ordinary coat or
waistcoat, and laced together as shewn at f, or otherwise secured.
When used as a waistcoat or belt the straps g are employed whereby it is
suspended on the shoulders.
Although I have stated that I use pulverized cork in the hollow spaces c forming
the ribs d, and prefer doing so on account of its pliability, I would have it under-
stood that sections, cuttings or shavings of cork may when desired be used.
The ribs & may when preferred be placed horizontally instead of in a vertical
position.

page_text: 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 arrangement, construction and application of clothing shewn at Figs. 1, 2
and 3 for life saving and swimming or floating purposes in water, substantially as
herein set forth.