An Improvement in Attaching Gaiters to Breeches (either Riding or Walking) and Holding them in Position.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Attaching Gaiters to Breeches (either Riding or
Walking) and Holding them in Position.
I, RICHARD HARRIS, of Number 7 (Seven), Victoria Terrace, in the City of
Limerick, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I propose to make a gaiter with two button holes one at each top corner in
such a position that when the gaiter is in use the holes will overlap; and at
such height on the breeches as it is wished to have the gaiter I place a button
sewn to the breeches with a shank long enough to reach first through the button
hole in the breeches and then through the two button holes in the gaiter, fasten-
ing all together, and keeping the gaiter firmly fixed to the breeches. This
arrangement does away with the necessity of fastening the gaiter to the breeches
by means of a strap or in any other way, with the top button now used in gaiters
and also holds the gaiter more firmly in position than is possible with any
arrangement heretofore in use.
Dated this 8th day of April 1899.
An Improvement in Attaching Gaiters to Breeches (either Riding or
Walking) and Holding them in Position.
I, RICHARD HARRIS, of No. 7, Victoria Terrace, in the City of Limerick, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
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The object of my invention is to effect an improvement in the method of
attaching gaiters to breeches (for either riding or walking) and retaining them
in position.
According to my invention I make the gaiter with two button holes, one at
each top corner, in such a position that, when the gaiter is in use, the holes
overlap and at such height on the breeches as it is required to have the gaiter.
I place a button or stud, sewn or otherwise attached to the breeches, having
shank long enough to reach through the double thickness of the breeches and
also through the two button holes in the gaiter, thus fastening all together, and
keeping the gaiter firmly fixed to the breeches. This arrangement obviates the
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page_text: .necessity of fastening the gaiter to the breeches by means of a strap, or in any
other way, with the top button, now used in gaiters, and also holds the gaiter
more firmly in position than is possible with any arrangement heretofore in use.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation illustrating the application of my invention.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the lower part of one leg of the breeches.
Fig. 3 is a front view of one of the gaiters opened out.
Fig. 4 is a section illustrating one method of fitting the stud or button.
a a are the gaiters and the breeches to which the upper part of the gaiter
is attached. C is a button or stud formed with an elongated shank c. The
position of the stud c may be varied to suit the length and position of the gaiter.
dd are two button holes formed in the upper part of the gaiter, one on each
side, for the reception of the outer end of the stud, and whereby the gaiter is
fastened to the breeches. ee are the usual buttons.
It is obvious that the form of the button or stud and the method of attaching
the same to the garment may be varied, as it may be sewn to the front portion
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of the breeches, or passed through a hole and secured at the back by
disc sewn
to the garment; or two discs may be screwed or otherwise attached to the inner
end of the shank, one on each side of the material, and the outer disc riveted to
the shank, such devices being equivalent methods of attachment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improved method of attaching gaiters to breeches substantially as
described.
2. The improved construction of gaiters formed with two button holes dd,
one at each upper corner, and the combination therewith of a stud or button c,
or equivalent device, having an elongated shank c', for passing through the
button hole in the breeches and the two button holes dd in the gaiter, substan-
tially as described.
Dated this 24th day of May 1899.