provements in Garment Supporters
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application 30th Apr, 1895
Complete Specification Left 21st Oct 1595-Accepted, 30th Nov, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Garment Supporters
I GEORGE HENRY PHELPS, of Newton County of Middlesex State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Manufacture do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to De as follows
This invention has for its object the production of a novel catch for use with
gatment or stocking supporters wherein the stud support by its inherent
characteristics tends to muntain the stud in the lower end of a rigid loop,
whether strain is put upon the catch or not preventing the tendency of the stud
to work up in the loop and loosen its bold upon the fabric when the upward
strain upon the catch is relaxed the catch being particularly well adapted for use
with fine fabrics
The tud support is connected to the sustaining web in a simple and effective
manner which obviates the use of stitching or other fastening through the
support
In order to avoid cutting the fabric of the garment held by the catch, the stud
is sometimes made of india-rubber or a metallic centred study provided with a
non-metallic friction and yielding surface, holding the fabric firmly in the loop
The shape of the loop is as usual in stocking or garment supporters of this
class and its upper end is slotted to received the upturned put or bight of
suitable web, usually of textile material
The stud may be of metal or other suitable material, or it may have a non-
metallic yielding surface, stiffened and strengthened by a metallic central post or
vet, by which it is attached to the support
The metallic stud is secured to the support by a rivet duiven through the support
and upset in the metallic head of the stud
The stud may be formed entirely of picferably vulcanised rubber, preferably
by moulding it to form an integral part of the resilient support
The resilient support is made of preferably stiffer india-rubber than the stud,
or it may be of some other material which will yield or can be bent in the
duection of its length, but which has the inherent tendency to straighten out and
remain extended longitudinally when freed from pressure
Such tendency to straighten out, of itself, keeps the stud at the bottom of the
slot in the loop where it belongs and it resists the ordinary upward push of the
material when the strain upon the web is relaxed, while the support may readily
be bent to render easy the insertion of the stud in the loop, or its withdrawal
therefrom
Some fine fabrics, such as silk, arc apt to creep when the strain on the loop is
relaxed, and the stud as apt to be thereby moved into the wide part of the slot
and released, but by making the support somewhat stiff longitudinally as described,
the creeping is completely obviated
It the stud is made entirely of rubber, its shank is preferably made quite thick,
to give sufficient body to hold the fabric firmly in the loop, and the friction of the
soft rubber takes such firm hold on the fabric of the garment that it will
not slip
The pinching of the material between the rigid loop and the yielding surface
of the stud prevents cutting of the most delicate fabric
Corrugating or ribbing the support longitudinally, increases its tendency to
remain extended

page_text: Preferably the inner end of the support is re-enforced adjacent its point of
attachment to the web in various ways to prevent accidental rupture thereat
Alternatively a piece of sheet n etal is moulded in the support, and a transverse
slot is made in the support through the metal re-enforce, the bight of the web
being passed therethrough and secured to the main portion of the web in suitable
manner, as by stitches
The support is re enforced by widening it literally, the slot being made in the
widened portion, increasing the amount of material between the ends of the slot
and the edges of the support, strengthening the latter
Or the support, is 10-enforced by thickening at about the slot of the support to
strengthen the inner erd of the support and the slot is made in the thickened
portion or the support may be both thickenel and inci cased in width combining
the constructions referred to
The bight of the web is pissed through the slot of the loop, the latter resting
on the support as it were, and one is entirely free to be moved independently of
the other, facilitating the insertion or withdrawal of the stud from the loop
Dated the 25th day of April 1895
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Aents for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Garment Supporters
I GгORGE HENRY PHILIPS, of Newton County of Middlesex, State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, 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 for its object the pro luction of a novel catch for use with
gat ment
or stockin supporters wherein the stud support by its inherent
characteristics tends to maintain the stud in the lower end of a rigid loop, whether
stram is put upon the catch or not, preventing the tendency of the stud to work
up in the loop and loosen its hold upon the fabric when the upward strain upon
the catch is relaxed the catch being particularly well adapted for use with fine
fabrics
The stud support is connected to the sustaining web in a simple and effective
manner which obviates the use of stitching or other fa tenin, through the support
In order to avoid cutting the fabric of the garment llu by the catch, the
stud is sometine In id of india-rubber o1 a netille centered stud is provided
with a non-mictallic fiction and yielding start, holding the fabric firmly in
the loop
Fig 1 in elevation illustrates a stocking or garment supporter with one form
of the improved catch applied theicto
Fig 2 is a section thereof on the broken linear, Fig 1
Figs 3 and 4 illustrate in elevation and suction respectively modified forms of
the stud support
Fig 5 is a central longitudinal section of a supporter and catch, with a metallic
centered stud having a non-metallic yielding surface, and
Fig 6 is like view sbewing a form of metallic stud applied to the improved
support
In Figs 1, 2, 5, and 6, the rigid loop a, composed of stiff wire, sheet metal, or
other sufficiently igid material, has therein a slot enlarged at its upper or inner
end as at a', shown most clearly in Fig 1, to the more conveniently receive the
fabric lying on and about the stud, the slot being narrowed at its outer end at a²,
to pinch the fabric between its sides and the stud
The shape of the loop a is as usual in tocking or garment supporters of tais

page_text: cla and its upper end is slotted at a³ to receive the upturned part or hight b
of a suitable web usually of textile material
The stud may be of metal or other suitable material as at 6, in Fig 6 or it
may have a non-metallic vielding surface c', illu trated in Fig stiffened and
strengthened by metallic central post or rivet 2 by which it is attached to
the support d
In Fig 6, the metallic stud is secured to the support d by a rivet ³ driven
through the support and an et in the metallic head of the stud
The stud may be formed entirely of preferably vulcanized rubber preferably by
molding it to form an integral part of the resilient support d, is illustrated at d*,
ins 1 to 4
The resilient upport d is made of preferably stiffer india-lubber thin the
stud d*, or it may be of some other material which will yield or can be bent in
the direction of its length, but which his the inherent tendency to strughten out
and remain extended longitudinally when freed from pressure as illustrated in all
the fig
Such tendency to straighten out of itself, keeps the stud at the bottom of
the slot in the loop a where it belongs, and it resists the ordinary upward push
of the material when the strain upon the web is relaxed, while the support may
readily be bent to render easy the insert on of the stud in the loop or its withdrawl
the from
Some fine fabrics, such a silk, are apt to creep when the strun on the loop 15
relaxed, and the stud is apt to be thereby moved into the wide part of the slot ind
rele el, but by makin, the support somewhat stiff longi udinally, as described, the
creeping is completely obviated
If the stud is made entirely of rubber its shank is preferably made quite thick
to give sufficient body to hold the fabric firmly in the loop, and the friction of
the soft rubber takes such firm hold on the fabric of the garment that it will
not slip
I he pinching of the material between the rigid loop and the yielding surface of
the stud prevents cutting of the most delicate fabric
Corrugating on bbing the support longitudinally, as shown in Fig 1 increases
its tendency to remain extended
Preferably the inner end of the support d is re-enforced adjacent its point of
attachment to the web b in various ways to prevent accidental rupture thereat
In Figs 2, 5 and 6, a piece of sheet metal e 18 molded in the support, and a
transveise slot d' is made in the support through the metal re-enforce, the bight /¹
of the web being passed therethrough and secured to the main portion of the web
in suitable manner, as by stitches b*
In Fig 3, the support d is re-enforced by widening it laterally at d², the slot d³
being made in the widened portion, increasing the amount of material between the
ends of the slot and the edges of the support, strengthening the latter
The support d in Fig 4, 1s re-enforced by thickening itd, to strengthen the
inner end of the support and the slot d³ is made in the thickened portion, or the
support may be both thickened and increased in width, combining the construction
in Figs 3 and 4
The bight of the web is passed through the slot a³ of the loop a, Figs 1, 2, 5,
and 6, the latter resting on the support d, as it were, and one is entirely free to be
moved independently of the other, facilitating the insertion or withdrawal or the
stud from the loop
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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The use, in a garment supporting catch, of a rigid stud receiving loop a stud,
and a resilient support for and to maintain the stud in the outer end of the loop,

page_text: 2 The use, in a garment supporting catch, of a rigid stud receiving loop, a
re ilient support having a stud thereon, to normally maintain the stud in the outer
end of the loop, and a web connecting the upper ends of the loop and support,
substantially as described
3 The use, in a garment supporting catch, of a resilient support provided with
a stud at one end and re-enforced and transversely slotted at the other end, to
receive sustaining web, and a rigid loop to embrace the stud, substantially as
descubed
4 The use, in a garment supporting catch, of a resilient support of india-rubber,
and an integral stud, and a rigid loop to embrace the stud, substantially as
described
The use, in a garment supporting catch, of a metallic loop having a contracted
or conveiging opening toward its lower end, a non-metallic friction and yielding
surfaced metallic centered stud, and a normally extended resilient support therefor,
substantially as described
6 The use, in a garment supporting catch, of an indiarubber metallic centered
stud, a resilient support to the outer end of which the stud is attached, and a rigid
stud receiving loop, substantially as described
Dated the 1005
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant