IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFF FASTENERS OR SUSPENDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROUTLEDGE junior of 10 Chiswick Street, Carlisle in the county
of Cumberland, clothier, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CUFF FASTENERS OR SUSPENDERS to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object, the adjustment of loose cuffs, to a proper length
independent of the length of either coat sleeve or shirt sleeve, and may be described
as follows. To one end of a piece, say 4 inches, of elastic or nonelastic webbing, or
other material, is fixed, a hook, pin, or other suitable fastener, the other end is
finished in two ways. 1st having thereon a stud, which stud is readily attached and
detached either wholly, or in part leaving other parts still attached. 2nd having a
buttonhole made in the end, for use with any existing stud or solitaire, the
suspender is used as follows.
Into a coat sleeve lining, at a suitable distance up, is fastened the end having
the pin fastener, the stud being detached it is buttoned into the cuff which is then
placed in position in the coat sleeve, and the end of the suspender brought down
the inside of the cuff and fastened to the stud, this is best done with the coat off
the body.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cuff Fasteners or Suspenders.
I WILLIAM ROUTLEDGE junior of 10 Chiswick Street, Carlisle, in the County
of Cumberland, Clothier do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CUEF FASTENERS OR SUSPENDERS and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention has for its object the adjustment of loose cuffs to a proper length or
position, independently of the length of either ccat-sleeve or shirt-sleeve which
adjustment is accomplished in the following manner. To one end of a piece of
elastic or non-elastic webbing or other suitable material, about four inches long, a
hook, pin, or other suitable fastener is secured. Or instead of being secured to the
extreme end; the hook pin or fastener may be so formed as to be secured in a loop
made by turning the end of the piece of webbing, or other material, back upon the
said webbing or material and securing the end by a sliding buckle or in any other
suitable way. The other end of the said webbing or other material is finished to
carry a stud which may either be sewn or otherwise fixed to the said webbing in
any suitable way, or may be wholly or partially detachable either by means of a
button-hole formed in the said end of the webbing or other material, or by a hook
or pin upon the base of the stud, or in any other suitable way.
The improved cuff fastener or suspender is used as follows:-The end of the
suspender which is furnished with a book, pin, or other suitable fastener, is secured
thereby to the lining or inner surface of the sleeve of the coat or other garment in
which the cuff is to be worn, or to the outer surface of the sleeve of the shirt or
other under garment. The stud, or that portion of it which is detachable from the
other end of the suspender is inserted in the loose cuff, which is then placed in the
proper position in the sleeve. The loose end of the suspender is then brought down
inside the loose cuff and is secured to the stud either by means of the aforesaid
button-hole, or by means of the hook or pin on the base of the stud, or by
attaching the loose part of the stud which has been placed in position in the
loose cuff to that part of the stud which is permanently fixed to the suspender,
or in any other suitable way. Instead of attaching the loose end of the suspender
to the cuff in the way just described, a spring clip such as that known as Hoven's,
or a fastener of any other suitable form may be attached to the loose end of the
suspender for the purpose of securing the said loose end to the cuff. If the stud is
not wholly or partially detachable from the loose end of the suspender, the cuff
must be placed in position, and when the suspender is inside the cuff, the latter can
be readily secured to the stud attached to the loose end of the suspender. The cuff
is best fixed when the garment is off the body.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.

page_text: to the sliding buckle d. In the figs. the loose end of suspender is shown with a
stud e. sewn to it, to which stud the cuff f. is shown secured.
Figs. 3 & 4 Show the loose end of a suspender furnished with a button hole g.
into which an ordinary solitaire h. can be put and the cuff ƒ can be secured to the
same solitaire as shown.
Figs. 5 & 6 Show a suspender to one end of which a safety pin is sewn; while
to the other or loose end, a portion of a stud, e. is sewn. The other portion of
the stud, e, is placed in the button holes of the cuff f, and the two parts of the
stud are then put together, thus securing the stud in the required position. The
safety pin and stud might be soldered to a strip of metal instead of being sewn to
a piece of webbing as shown; or the pin, and stud shank might be formed at
opposite ends of the same piece of metal.
Figs. 7 & 8 Show a cuff f. secured to the loose end of one of these improved
suspenders by means of a clip fastener of the kind known as Hoven's.
Fig. 9. Shows a stud secured to the loose end of one of these improved
suspenders, by means of a hook upon the base of the said stud & a loop or eye
upon the suspender.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1stly Forming cuff fasteners or suspenders in such way that one end thereof can
be readily attached to the sleeve to which the cuff is to be secured, and that the
suspender can be brought inside the cuff and secured thereto substantially as
herein before described.
2ndly Forming cuff fasteners or suspenders in such way that one end thereof can
be readily attached to the lining or inner surface of the sleeve in which the cuff is
to be secured, and with a means of securing the cuff to the other end thereof,
substantially as herein-before described.
3rd Using a sliding buckle on these improved suspenders substantially as
herein-before described, for the purpose of altering their length.