Improvements in Cuff Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cuff Holders.
1, NEWTON LEANDER REYNOLDS, of 909 Windsor Avenue, Bristol, in the
County of Sullivan, and State of Tennessee, United States of America, Civil
Engineer, 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 relates to certain new and useful improvements in cuff holders
designed for holding a cuff to the lining of the sleeves of a coat. It has for its
object among others to provide a simple and cheap device for this purpose which
can be readily applied, which will effectually hold the cuff without danger of injury
thereto, or to the sleeve of the coat, and which can be as easily detached, when
desired.
The construction is such that it allows the cuff to be readily adjusted to any
desired position in the sleeve, or to be readily concealed and protected entirely
within the sleeve when the wearer is at work or wishes it protected from rain, etc.
Its form permits of a certain amount of play of the sleeves, so that it does not hold
the cuff with ungraceful rigidity against it.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the
novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with
the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in
which-
Figure 1, is a perspective view, showing my improved cuff holder in position
in a sleeve, a portion of the latter being broken away to better show the
construction;
Figure 2, is a perspective view of the holder;
Figure 3, is a substantially central longitudinal section through the same;
Figure 4, is a similar view to Figure 2, showing a slightly modified form ;
Figure 5, is a substantially central longitudinal section through Figure 4, and
Figure 6, a modification adapting my improvement to a link cuff button.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter,-A, designates the body
portion of the holder, which may be of any suitable material and of the required
dimensions. One end is provided with the pins B, which may be held thereupon
in any suitable manner, in this instance being shown as held in the turned over
edges a, of the said body portion. These pins are curved toward the center of the
body portion. From the other end of the body portion extends the spring plate C,
the free end of which is adapted to engage the ends of the pins, and it is preferably
provided with the indentations D, into which the ends of the pins may fit and thus
be out of the way and thus all danger of their catching into the clothing is avoided.
This retains the cloth more securely upon the pins and obviates all danger of their
accidentally engaging the cloth when placing the cuff in the sleeve or removing it
therefrom.
Depending from the inner face of the body portion is the lug E, which extends
nearly to the spring plate, as shown. Upon the end of the body portion is a
button G, which may be attached thereto in any suitable manner.
The operation is as follows:
Pass the button through the back holes of the cuff from the outside, so that the

page_text: body portion or the holder rests on the cutt projecting toward the back edge.
Then after inserting the cuff in the position desired within the sleeve and while
holding it with the thumb, run the finger over the outside of the sleeve until the
holder is located, then press upon it directly over the pin points, at the same time
giving the finger a slight backward push which presses the lining into the pins, the
pressure being then removed and a slight tug or pull given the cuff. As the hand
is withdrawn the lining is drawn beyond the end of the retaining spring, in which
position it is quite impossible to accidentally dislodge it, and in removing the coat
or replacing it on the wearer, it is impossible to draw the cuff off, such an act
serving merely to secure its hold more firmly.
In removing or releasing the holder, the hand occupies the same position as in
fastening it, but when pressure is exerted over the pin points, the finger is drawn
outward, which draws the cloth or lining off the pins.
The purpose of the lug is to prevent the retaining spring from being compressed
far enough to allow the pins to pass through more than the lining of the coat sleeve
to which the holder fastens the cuff.
Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of
the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.
In Figures 4 and 5, I have illustrated one of such modifications. In this form
the retaining spring C, is held to the body portion by the overturned edges a, thereof,
and the end of said retaining spring or plate is bent at substantially a right angle,
as seen best in Figure 5, to form the lug E, which in its purpose and operation is
similar to the lug E, in the form heretofore described. In adapting my improve-
ment for use in connection with link buttons, as shown in Fig. 6, the parts A, C, G,
and a, are similar in all respects to those above described, and with the body
portion A, is formed an extension F, to which the link J, is hinged at H, and this
link is provided with a button K, of any design which fancy may elect, so that
when the button G, is secured within one of the button-holes of the cuff L, the
button K, is secured in the opposite button-hole thereof, the edges of the cuff will
be held at a slight distance apart, so that the ordinary cuff may be used as a link
cuff, permitting the application of the link button to the front button-hole thereof.
And when my improvement is thus constructed and used, it will be seen that the
cuff will be held always in the same relative position to the sleeve, and will not
change the amount of surface exposed below the edge of said sleeve by any
movements of the arm, as would otherwise be the case were the cuff fastened to
the shirt sleeve, in accordance with the usual practice.
This last described construction has many advantages, in that the ordinary cuff
may be used as a link cuff, which has not heretofore been possible, and as this style
of cuff is more generally used than any other at this day, persons having a number
of pairs of the ordinary cuff may utilize the same instead of having to discard
them.
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 :-
1. The combination of the body portion having at one end a fastening device
extended upon one side thereof and at the other end an integral under-turned
portion, pins held in said under-turned portion, a spring retaining plate extending
from the opposite end of the body portion and bent to extend toward said pins,
and its free end adapted to engage therewith, substantially as shown and
described.
2. The combination of the body portion having at one end a fastening device
extended upon one side thereof and at the other end an integral under-turned
portion, pins held in said under-turned portion, a spring retaining plate extending
from the opposite end of the body portion and bent to extend towards said pins
and its free end adapted to engage therewith, and having depressions upon its under
side to receive the roints of said pins, and a lug located between the said retaining

page_text: plate and the adjacent side of the body portion, substantially as shown and
described.
3. The cuff holder herein described, comprising a body portion of spring material
bent upon itself at opposite ends, the under-turned portion at one end forming a spring
retaining plate having depressions at its free end and the other forming a grooved
portion with bendable flanges, pins held in said flanges at the sides and end of the
body portion and bent back under the body portion to engage the depressions of
the retaining plate, a fastening device extending from the body portion at the
opposite end from and oppositely disposed to said pins, and a lug extending at
right angles to the body portion and arranged between the retaining plate and the
adjacent face of the said body portion, substantially as shown and described.
4. In combination with fastening devices as described, a link hinged to an
extension of the body portion of said fastening devices, and a button carried by the
outer end of said link whereby both the inner button-holes of a cuff may be engaged,
so as to hold the edges of said cuff at a distance from each other, substantially as
shown and for the purpose set forth.
100th dow of Man 1906
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for Applicant.