IMPROVEMENTS IN PANTALOON SUSPENDERS
Year: 1880

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LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN PANTALOON SUSPENDERS."
A communication from abroad by Henry Turner and William Turner, both of
the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1880.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PANTALOON SUSPENDERS." A communication from abroad by Henry
Turner and William Turner, both of the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec,
Dominion of Canada.
This Invention has reference to improvements on pantaloon suspenders for the
purpose of arranging them in such a manner that, as nearly as possible, an equal
strain may fall upon each of the buttons by which the suspenders are attached to
the pantaloons, no matter if the shoulders of the wearer are alternately raised the
one above the other in the movements of the body, and at the same time form such
suspenders in a manner enabling the user to get freely in and out of them when
desired, or to, with ease, connect and disconnect them with the pantaloons during
the day when necessity requires. In the Drawings hereunto annexed similar
letters of reference indicate like parts, and Fig. 1 represents the suspenders as--
having been removed from the person of the wearer and laid flat upon a table, &c. &c.
Fig. 2 is a modification of Figure 1. Letters A are the shoulder straps. In Fig. I the
front terminations of these straps are not shown, being similar to the terminations
E in Fig. 2, although not shown in the Drawing in this case, the ordinary means of
lengthening and shortening the shoulder straps A, A, will be provided similar to
those in ordinary use. The shoulder straps A are towards their rear extremity
simply crossed and stitched down, or otherwise secured the one to the other.
G, H, are the side and rear loops. In Fig. 2 the same general configuration of
crossing the shoulder straps A, A, is carried out, but the straps are cut apart, and to
one is secured a pulley I, and to the other a pulley I', while to the fork pieces formed

page_text: by the juncture of the straps a pulley L is secured. The remainder or back
extremity of the brace is exactly similar to that shown in Fig. 1, having loops
G and H agreeing therewith and with what is shown. Through the pulleys I, I',
and La cord M is rigged in the manner clearly indicated, having its two extremities
secured at N in any desired manner. By the above arrangement the raising of
one shoulder and lowering of the other is compensated for by the running or
working of the cord M through the pulleys, giving an equal strain upon the buttons
on the pantaloons.
CLAIMS.
1. The combination of the two straps A, A, crossed and secured together as
described with loops G and H, substantially in the manner shown or described.
2. The combination of the straps A, A, pulleys I, I, and L, and cord M, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth. 3. The combination of the straps A, A, pulleys
I, I, and L, cord M, and loops G, H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of March, A.D. 1880.