IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR TROUSER SUSPENDERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR TROUSER SUSPENDERS to be as follows:-
This invention consists of combining a sliding runner, to the back parts or
ends of braces or trouser suspenders. The sliding runner is made with concave
surfaces to fit the back parts or ends of the braces, it is also made in halves, the
halves being joined together on a suitable pivot pin.
The advantages of this combination are, that a person wearing a pair of braces,
fitted with my improved sliding runner can use them in comfort with trousers
which have the back buttons sewn thereon at various and different distances apart.
A further advantage is obtained by the wearer of my improved combination when
in the act. of moving or bending the body, for at such times the halves of the
sliding runner will oscillate on the pivot pin, thus allowing the braces to adapt
themselves to the various positions of the wearer. I can where preferable provide
a roller on the centre pin of sliding runner or one roller in each half of the sliding
runner.

page_text: Improvements in Braces or Trouser Suspenders.
I PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of 24 Great Charles Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR TROUSERS SUSPENDERS” 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 braces or suspenders for trousers and other garments,
in which two cords or bands are required to be coupled together and at the same
time are allowed independent action, on the change of posture of the wearer.
The said coupling arrangement consists essentially of a sliding runner, made up
or composed of two curved pieces of tubing placed back to back, with their open
ends presented outwardly; that is, it consists of two curved conducting races or
guides through which the tab cords pass, and are capable of independent to and
fro motion.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents the back end of a brace or suspender provided with
improvements made according to my invention. Figure 2 is a section of the
sliding runner which couples the tab cords together, and through which the said
tab cords pass, thus admitting of their independent action which is unattainable
where the tab cords or the back ends of braces are connected together. Figure 3
is a back portion of one of the connector ends of the brace. Figure 4 is a longi-
tudinal vertical section of figure 1, and figure 5 is a vertical section through the
dotted lines A B of the brace end. Figure 6 is an elevation of the sliding
runner.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
a is a sliding runner or tab cord or band coupler and guide, consisting of two
channels curved outwardly and through the pipes or passages of which, the tab
cords bb of a brace, pass and are coupled, and 62 are the tab ends.
By coupling together the cords of brace ends by means of a sliding runner as
described and represented, the brace ends or cords are allowed independent action
on the change of posture of the wearer, thus admitting of that universal freedom
of motion that is unattainable in braces of the ordinary construction.
Although I have represented that the sliding runner is made tubular, yet the
said coupler and runner may be made flat to suit the cross section of the brace
ends; and although I have described my invention as applied to the back of a
brace, yet my invention may be applied to the front of a brace, or side suspender,
and in every case, where a double cord is employed.
Although I have represented that the coupler a consists of two short lengths of
tubing bent outwardly and joined together at their backs, yet the said coupler
may be made out of one piece of metal, either by stamping or by other means.

page_text: 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,―
First. Connecting or coupling together the cords or the ends of brace and other
suspenders, by means of a double curved sliding runner, whose ends are directed
outwardly, and through the passages or guides of which, the brace or suspender
ends or cords pass, and which said cords when so coupled, are allowed an universal
motion, by being able to move and to act independently of each other, on the
change of posture of the wearer, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this Sixteenth day of April 1886.