Improvements in Combined Skirt and Trousers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Skirt and Trousers.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23 Southampton Buildings in the
County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
(a communication to me from Bernard Zeller and Henry Crager both of New
York in the County and State of New York, in the United States of America,
Manufacturers and Merchants), and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of the invention is a combination garment for ladies' wear which
shall present the appearance of the ordinary skirt worn by ladies whilst at the
same time will have combined therewith a pair of trousers, adapting the garment
to be worn for bicycle and horseback riding as well as for general wear. The
garment is particularly well adapted for children and for street wear in inclement
weather. The garment can be made of any desired fabric and the skirt cut in the
prevailing mode, the trousers being of the same material and made integral with
the skirt.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of the Specification.
Figure 1 shows the skirt as worn, partly open at the top and raised at the
bottom so as to expose the trousers beneath.
Figure 2 is the pattern of a breadth of the front of the garment.
Figure 3 is a pattern of a breadth of the back of the garment.
Figure 4 is a diagram in the nature of a sectional plan showing where the parts
are sewn together.
The skirt of the combined garment is made up of as many breadths of goods as
is required by taste or style. In the drawings the skirt is illustrated as being
made up of four breadths, two for the front of the skirt and two for the back,
although if the goods were wide enough but one breadth need be used for the
front and one for the back. The trouser portion of the garment is also illustrated
as being made up of four breadths, two breadths being employed for the front
portion of the trousers and two for the back, although but a single breadth may
be used for each trouser leg. a. a, are the front breadths united, as shown in
Figure 4 by seam . a' a' are the rear breadths united by seam at 2. bb are
breadths which form one half of the trouser legs; are breadths which form
the other half.
The configuration of the breadths a and a' is shown in Figures
respectively.
and 3
The configuration of the breadth 6 is shown in Figure 2, and the configuration
of the breadth &', at Figure 3. Tho breadth a of the skirt and the breadth of
the trouser leg are united along the seam a³. The breadth is then arranged
relative to the breadth a as shown in Figure 4, a portion of it along the broken
line,, Figure 2, being folded back as shown in said figure in dotted lines and
also diagrammatically in Figure 4. The breadths a¹ and are united along the
seam and the breadth 61 is then arranged relative to the breadth a¹ as is the
breadth to the breadth a, a portion thereof being folded on the broken line 6, 20,
Figure 3, the folded position being shown in the same figure in dotted lines.
What are termed the folded portions of the breadths baud bare then united by
seams, shown at r', Figure 4, along the lines . The garment is then completed
by tacking or sewing the portions a. a and a' a', together along the lines ..
It will be observed that the breadths a. a, a' a constitute. the back and front
portion of the skirt, which resembles in many respects other forms of skirt now
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page_text: in use that the breadths b. b, b', ', when united together, as described, constitute
enveloping portions which are concealed by the skirt proper; and that the folded
portions of such breadths b. b, b, b', compose trouser leg portions, which in turn
are concealed by such enveloping portions.
These enveloping portions, in addition to concealing the trouser leg portions,
serve the purpose of the ordinary under-skirts which are now worn and which of
course could not be used with combined garments of this character.
By securing the trouser-leg portions to such enveloping portions at the inner
seam thereof, the movement of the trouser-leg portions while walking will not be
discernible from the outside of the skirt, as is now the case with many varieties of
combined garments. In practice it is preferred to make the waist band of the
trouser portion separate from the waist band of the skirt, whereby the bodice of
the garment may be buttoned or otherwise secured to the trousers portion and the
waist band of the skirt may then be secured around the waist of the wearer
so as to conceal the connection between the bodice and the waist band of the
trousers.
In Figure 1. a corde is shown which is run along the inner side of the skirt,
through rings, which may be used to lift the skirt, as shown in the said figure.
The description is confined to the main features of the garment, the details of
manufacture being well understood by those in the art.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A garment, comprising a skirt, two enveloping portions within the skirt and
secured to the same, and a trouser-leg portion sewed in each enveloping portion,
substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A garment comprising a skirt, two trouser-leg portions, the outer line of the
trouser-leg portions being entirely separated from the skirt, an enveloping portion
for each trouser-leg portion made integral with the skirt, the inner seams of said
enveloping portions forming the inner seams of said trouser-leg portions,
substantially as herein shown and described.
3. A garment, comprising a skirt composed of front and back portions and
trousers having a waist band separate from the waist band of the skirt, each
trouser-leg being connected with and concealed by an enveloping portion and each
enveloping portion being secured to and concealed by the front and back portions
of the skirt, substantially as herein shown and described.
4. A garment comprising front and back skirt portions, said skirt portions at
their opposite sides being folded inwardly and then outwardly whereby double
trouser-leg portions are formed, said trouser-leg portions being united at the inner
leg seams, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dad LOCAL 100
B. J. B. MILLS,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.