Improvements in Fastenings for Trousers Straps.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 30th Sept.. 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Trousers Straps.
I, WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT, Junior, of 4, High Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, India Rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to fastenings for those elastic or other straps or bands
which are used by cyclists and others for holding down the trousers in place around
the boots the said strap passing under the wearer's foot and being connected to the
bottom of the trousers by a spring clip or other fastening.
The object of this invention is to facilitate the lengthening or shortening of the
elastic or other strap part which I effect as follows:-That limb or part of the clips
or fastenings, which is connected to the elastic or other strap part is formed or
provided with two or more cross slots through which the elastic strap part is
threaded. The bar or bars dividing these slots or the sides or edges of these slots,
is or are formed with projecting teeth or are otherwise roughened to prevent
the elastic or other strap part slipping through the slots when the clip or fastening
has been moved along the strap part to the position desired.
Or the said projecting teeth may be formed underneath the clip or fastening
where the strap or band can engage with them. A metal or other loop is or may
be provided on the clip or other fastening for the loose end of the strap to pass
through.
The said part of the fastening which has the cross slots and is furnished with teeth
or otherwise roughened to engage with the strap can be fixed to one end of the strap
and used as a slide thereon to regulate the length of the strap separately from the
fastening above described.
Instead of making one of the links or parts of the clip or other fastening with
cross slots as above described the said link or part may be made as a buckle or
other fastening for holding the said strap and adjusting the position of the clip
or fastening thereon.
Danambon 1900
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Trousers Straps.
I, WILLIAM RADCLIFF BIRT, Junior, of 4, High Street, Birmingham'
Warwickshire, India Rubber 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 :-
This invention has reference to fastenings for those elastic or other straps or bands
which are used by cyclists and others for holding down the trousers in place around
the boots the said strap passing under the wearer's foot and being connected to the
bottom of the trousers by a spring clip or other fastening.
The object of this invention is to facilitate the lengthening or shortening of the
said elastic or other strap part which I effect as I will describe by referring to
the accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 represents in plan and Fig. 2 in sectional side elevation a trousers strap with
one of its fastenings constructed according to this invention;
Fig. 3 shews the said fastening separately and Fig. 4 is a modified form of the
same.

page_text: The remaining figures illustrate various modifications of my invention as herein-
after fully described.
In all the figures the said elastic or other strap is marked A and the two fastenings
are marked respectively B and C.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in carrying out my
invention that part of the limb or part c¹ of the clip or fastening C which is
connected to the elastic or other strap part A,
form with cross slots in this case
two in number marked through which the elastic strap part A is threaded as
shewn. The bar e dividing these slots d' d' (Fig. 3) or the sides or edges of these
slots (Fig. 4) are formed with projecting teeth for are otherwise roughened to
prevent the elastic or other strap part A slipping through the slots when the
clip or fastening C has been moved along the strap part A to the position desired:
thus enabling the distance between the two fastenings B and C to be readily
adjusted. Instead of the two slots d d there may be three slots through which the
elastic or other strap part A is threaded as in the example shewn by Fig. 5 or there
may be more than three slots but I find that two slots as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4
are sufficient.
Instead of the teeth f being formed on the edges of the bar e or sides of the
slots d² as in the examples shewn by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the teeth may as shewn
in Fig. 6 be formed underneath the clip or fastening where the strap A or band can
engage with them.
In a further modification of my invention the said part of the fastening which has
the cross slots and is furnished with teeth or otherwise roughened to engage with the
strap A, as shewn by Fig. 7 and by Fig. 8 where this part of the fastening is
marked ', is fixed to one end of the strap A and used as a slide thereon to regulate
the length of the strap separately from the fastener C. In this case both of the
fastenings B and C are of the usual kind.
In a further modification of my invention instead of one of the parts of the clip
or fastening C being made with cross slots as above described, the said clip or part
is made as a buckle for holding the strap A and adjusting the position of the clip or
fastening C thercon. This buckle may either be made separate from the clip or
fastening C as shewn in Fig. 9 and marked h or the buckle may be made as part of
the fastening as shewn in Fig. 10, and marked i.
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 :-
1. In a trousers strap of the kind herein referred to, making one or both of the
end spring clips or fastenings each with two or more cross slots through which the
strap or band passes adapted to engage with the strap or band and secure the end
fastenings thereof at different distances apart substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
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2. In combination with a trousers strap of the kind herein referred to the end
fastenings B and C and the slide (Figs. 7 and 8) or the buckle (Fig. 9) the
whole forming an adjustable trousers strap in the manner substantially as set forth
and illustrated.
3. In a trousers strap of the kind herein referred to, making one or both of the
end spring clips or fastenings each with a buckle such as i adapted to engage with
the strap or band and secure the end fastenings thereof at different distances apart,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 10 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of September 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.