IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CLAUDE
FRANCOIS JULES PETIT, of Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-third day of January, in the seventh year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Claude Francois Jules Petit, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Claude Francois Jules Petit, my exors, admors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Claude Francois Jules Petit, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Claude Francois Jules Petit, shall cause a particular descrip-
tion of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Claude Francois Jules Petit, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following description and the Drawings hereunto
annexed, with the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The Invention consists of a mode of combining apparatus for fastening gloves,
and consists in combining a chain and studs and a suitable holder in such
manner that the drag on the chain upon the holder will retain it fast in any
required position; and in order that the Invention may be fully understood, I
will proceed to explain the Drawing hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 shews part of a glove, having the Invention applied thereto; and
Figure 2 shews the section of a glove, shewing the Invention applied on a
magnified scale; Figure 3 a plan of the apparatus; Figures 4, 5, 6, are
different views of the forked holder on a magnified scale. A is a stud, to which
is fastened one end of a chain B by any convenient means; C is another stud
carrying the holder D for the chain, through which holder a hole E is formed; the
upper part of this holder is forked at F, as will be seen in the Drawings. The
links of the chain entering between the forked part, the chain is retained and
held in any position. In order to connect these studs to fasten the gloves; the
chain attached to the stud A is to be drawn through the hole E of the stud C;
the end of the chain is to have a knob or other stop G fixed thereon, to prevent
its passing through the hole. It will be understood that the glove has two
button holes, into which the studs A and C are placed, the stud C being
placed in the button hole on the part of the hand above the thumb, and the stud
A in the other button hole. The fastening being in that position, the chain B
must be drawn through the hole E and passed down into the forked piece or
holder, which will retain it securely, and thus fasten the wrist of the glove:
To unfasten the glove, it will only be necessary to pull and raise the chain out
of the holder, when it will be relieved from the forked piece or holder, and pass
through the hole; I would, in conclusion, remark that although I have been par-
ticular in describing the exact shapes of the various parts, I do not confine
myself thereto, so long as the peculiar character of the Invention be retained;
and would have it understood that I do not claim the separate parts of the
apparatus.
In witness whereof, I, the said Claude Francois Jules Petit, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-four
C. F. JULES PETIT. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighteenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1844, the aforesaid Claude Francois Jules Petit came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Speci-
fication aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in
form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped accord-
ing to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-four.