Improvements in the Manufacture of Braces, Belts, Garters, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Braces, Belts, Garters,
and the like.
I, GEORGE PRINCE LEE, of 45 Oak Street Southport, Lancashire, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to the manufacture of braces, belts, garters and the like,.
and have for object greater durability of such articles in wear, as well as the
necessary elasticity, and increased hygienic properties.
To accomplish this, and to effect my improvements, I provide threads of horse-
hair, which horsehair I braid or plait into a band or bands, either by means of
plaiting or braiding machinery, or by hand, as will be well understood.
To this band or bands I attach, in any convenient manner, the buckles, loops, or
other appurtenances, for securing the finished article in position on the body, and,
in the case of a pair of braces, the two bands composing the same may be either
braided separately, or intertwined together. at the point of junction, and to which
bands I attach the loops, adjusting buckles, or other connections; or I may other-
wise complete the bands for the support of garments.
By preference, I braid or plait the band or bands in tubular form, somewhat
after the manner of hosiery, by which means I obtain a band or bands of great
strength, and without selvedges: but 1 may also employ a flat band or bands where
such tubular form is not convenient, and two or more bands may be placed together,
or folded one over the other, to form an article, if required.
By virtue of the braided form of the horsehair, articles made according to my
improvements possess the necessary elasticity, and considerable strength, and are,
in addition, more healthy to wear than similar articles at present for the most part
manufactured.
Variations in detail may be made, such as in the number and length of the threads
of horsehair, according to the dimensions of the article required, and in the nature
and manner of the attachment of the buckles or other connections, to finish the
article, without departing from the peculiar character of the invention.
Dated this 20th day of December 1892.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Braces, Belts, Garters,
and the like.
I, GEORGE PRINCE LEE, of 45 Oak Street, Southport, Lancashire, Manufacturer,
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 :-
The improvements relate to the manufacture of braces, belts, garters, and the like,
and have for object greater durability of such articles in wear, as well as the
necessary elasticity, and increased hygeianic properties.
To accomplish this, and to effect my improvements, I provide threads of horse-
hair, which horse-hair I braid or plait into a band or bands, either by means of
plaiting or braiding machinery, or by hand, as will be well understood.
To this band or bands I attach, in any convenient manner, the buckles, loops, or
other appurtenances, for securing the finished article in position on the body, and,

page_text: in the case of a pair of braces, the two bands composing the same may be either
braided separately, or intertwined together at the point of junction, and to which
bands I attach the loops, adjusting buckles, or other connections; or I may other-
wise complete the bands for the support of garments.
By preference, I braid or plait the band or bands in tubular form, somewhat after
the manner of hosiery, by which means I obtain a band or bands of great strength,
and without selvages: but I may also employ a flat band or bands where such
tubular form is not convenient, and two or more bands may be placed together, or
folded one over the other, to form an article, if required.
By virtue of the braided form of the horse-hair, articles made according to my
improvements possess the necessary elasticity, and considerable strength, and are,
in addition, more healthy to wear than similar articles at present for the most
part manufactured.
The threads of horse-hair forming the braces or like articles may be dyed or not
to any suitable colour, or to a number of colours in combination; or such articles
may be embroidered, or otherwise ornamented.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
Braces, belts, garters, and the like, formed, either wholly or partly, by braiding
or plaiting strands of horse-hair, and whether in tubular formation or in flat bands,
which bands so manufactured are formed with or have attached thereto buckles,
loops, or other appurtenances, in manner substantially as herein described.
Dated this 18th day of September 1893.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.