IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUSER SUSPENDERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I GEORGE WALKER of Victor Works, Tenby Street North, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TROUSER SUSPENDERS" communicated to me
from abroad by Walter Greensbields of Auckland, New Zealand and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement as follows that is to say:-
This invention has for its object improvements in trouser suspenders which
allow the most perfect ease to all parts of the body in almost every conceivable
position. These suspenders I have called the "Diamond Suspenders."
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and carried into
practice with greater ease I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon
which:
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Figure. 1. is a back elevation of part of a pair of trousers suspended by my
Diamond" suspender having a continious compensating cord to which all the
buttons or other attachments are connected.
Figure. 2. is a back clevation of a part of a pair of trousers suspended by my
"Diamond" suspender which has only attachment through a compensating cord
to the back and side buttons or attachments, and
Figure. 3. is a front view of Figure. 2. showing the front attachments when the
shorter cord is used.
Though the illustrations are made showing the back and front straps composed
of four pieces they may be made from only two long straps caused in any
convenient manner.
I do not claim any novelty in the construction of the loop or pulleys as regards
this particular Patent but generally use those previously Patented by me though
other kinds may be attached.
It will be noticed that in Figure. 1. the cord d is continious all round and that
the two front buttons are connected to the two ends e and f shown by dotted
lines. The two side buttons are connected by the loops and which work easily
upon suitable pulleys which run upon the cord d while the two back buttons m
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page_text: and n are connected to the cord d by the two looped ends of the single cord p
which carries the pulley r working upon the continious cord d. It will thus be
seen that the most perfect flexibility of all the parts is obtained the strain upon
one part being compensated by another most beautifully.
The only difference in the one shown by Figures 2 & 3. is that the contiuous
cord d terminates by a loop at each end upon the two side buttons, 8 and t shown
by dotted lines and the front buttons have loops u and v to which the front
buttons or attachments are secured. In the latter case it is well to fasten on
the two side buttons about an inch past the side seam of the trousers nearer
the back.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saiḍ
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed (as communicated
to me from abroad by Walter Greenshields of Auckland New Zealand) I declare
that what I claim is
The improvements in trouser suspenders of the continious cord & passing round
the back and carrying the looped cord pp whether in conjunction with the side
loops and as shown by Figure. 1. or in conjunction with the loops v and u as
shown by Figures 2 and 3 and substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
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JOHN KENDRICK,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,