US1216366A - Puttee. - Google Patents

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H. ROTTENBURG.

PUTTEE.

APPLICATION FILED ov. 10. 1916.

1 ,21 6,366. Patented Feb.'20, 1917.

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HENRY ROTTENBURG, OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Ro'r'rENBURe, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at 5 Adams road, Cambridge, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puttees, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object to provide a puttee which will be easier to put on and will fit better than puttees as usually made, while it will also allow for a certain amount of expansion or accommodation in case the leg swells or the material of which the puttee is made shrinks. The puttee is composed of a number of overlapping strips of material sewn or otherwise secured together along a middle line, and adapted to be lapped around the leg alternately from one side and the other in such a way as to give an overlapping efiect similar to that obtained with a straight puttee which is crossed at each turn. As each end of a strip is lapped over the preceding ends in turn the result is that all of the overlap ping ends are held in position, and they may hold sufficiently without any other means of securing them. A lace passing around hooks on the strips of material, or any other convenient device may be used for holding the flaps in their proper positions more securely if desired.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows a puttee laid out flat.

Fig. 2 shows a section on the line Al3 of Fig. 1 indicating in dotted lines a portion of the leg to which the puttee is to be applied.

Fig. 3 is a corresponding view to Fig. 1, but showing the initial stages of applying the puttee to the leg.

Fig. shows the puttee as finally applied.

The puttee shown in Fig. 1 is made up of five strips, lettered CD, Fr-F, G-H, JK and LM. Each succeeding strip partially overlaps the preceding one as is shown, and the middle portions of the strips are connected together where they overlap, preferably along the line A-B in Fig. 1, by sewing the strips one to another, or by sewing them all to a tape or the like extending along the said line, or in any other convenient way, leaving the ends of the strips free. At the middle of the strip L--M on the inside thereof, a tab N may be attached, formed with a buttonhole to Serial No. 130,605.

engage with a button secured to the breeches, as is usual when leggings are worn, or a tape B may be used for tying the puttee at the top upon the calf of the leg. For fas toning the puttee at the top a tape 0 may be secured to one end of the topmost strip for use in the well known way, or any other means of securely fastening the uppermost strip L-M of the puttee may be provided.

In applying the puttee to the leg, its middle line is laid along the calf at the back, while the ends of the separate strips are lapped around the front alternately. For

example, in Fig. 3 the end C of the loose strip has been wrapped around the ankle, and then the other end D of the same strip has been lapped over the end C. Next, the end E of the succeeding strip will be lapped over, then the end F, and so on for each succeeding strip up to the top. The tape 0 may then be wrapped around the top strip as indicated in Fig. 4:, in a manner analogous to that in which the tape is used on a straight or spiral puttee.

The puttee applied in the manner above described will hold quite well and the overlapping flaps or ends of the strips will not pull out with ordinary use, but if the puttee were caught by anything the flaps might be opened out somewhat; in order to make this impossible the overlapping flaps may be laced as indicated, if they are provided with eyelets or with hooks P such as are used on boots, and if a lace Q is passed around the hooks, and tied in any suitable way, for instance by passing it from the bottom over the succeeding hooks upwardly and then back again to the bottom book. A single lace might also be used fastened for 111- stance to the end C of the first strip, carried over the hooks on. the succeeding strips, and then. carried fromthe hook on the last flap M around the top of the leg, and tucked in with the tape 0, or otherwise fastened. In order to facilitate the putting on of the puttee, if no button is provided on the breeches the tape B may be used this tape being tied around the top of the calf of the leg before beginning to lap the ends of the strips around the front of the leg. Both the tab N and tape It may be provided as shown so that either can be used as is most con venient.

In the case of puttees which are to be worn for riding, the part of the puttee which comes in contact with the horse or the saddle can be faced with leather o'rother made up.

harcLwearing material if required.

The topmost strip L-M may be straight like the others, but it is preferably shaped as shown so that its upper edge may lie approximatelv horizontally, or straight around the leg whenv applied thereto. The ends of .the strips may be rectangular or their corners may be rounded as shown. It will be obvious however thatthe strips might be made of any other desired shape, and they are not necessarily of equal width nor are their upper and lower edges necessarily parallel. Although a puttee with five or six strips has been found convenient, yet it will be apparent that a puttee could be made on the same principle with any desired number of strips secured together for, use in the manner hereinbefore described.

The tapes 1B for use in holding the puttees in position while the ends of the strips are lapped over, may be colored differently for, the right and for the left legs so as to facilitate distinguishing between the putsively to overlap one another along their edges, means securing said strips together in the middle parts thereof where they overlap, in such a manner as to leave the ends of the strips free to be lapped around the sle successively in overlaovin )ositions strips each with its end overlapped by the last is held closed around the leg.

3. A puttee consisting of'a number of strips of fievible material arranged successively to overlap one another along their edges, means securing said strips together in the middle parts thereof where they overlap, in such a manner as to leave the ends of the strips free to be lapped around the leg successively in overlapping positions, a plurality of hooks applied to the respective strips on their outer faces near to the ends thereof, and means for lacing the strips together around the said hooks.

a. A puttee consisting of a number of strips of flexible material arranged successively to overlap one another along their edges, means securing said strips together in the middle parts thereof where they overlap, in such a manner as to leave the ends of the strips free to be lapped around the leg successively in overlapping positions, -a tape adapted to bind the uppermost overlapped strip around the leg, and means for lacing together the overlapped ends of the strips when applied to the leg.

HENRY ROTTENBURG.

Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, i Washington, D. G.

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