Improvements in Waist Belts, and in their Fittings.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Waist Belts, and in their Fittings.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, a Director of Martins-Birmingham, Limited, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to waist belts, principally for ladies wear, and also to the
fittings of waist belts, and has for one of its objects, to provide a reversible band or belt,
both sides of which shall have a such a similarity that either side can be worn
outermost, and for another object, a new construction of clasp or fastener the parts of
which can be connected up from either the back or front.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I fit each end of the belt with a four-
barred slide, so arranged as to form three long loops of about the same length inside
as the breadth of the band. An inner part of the said band is made to pass in and
out through the two outer loops and over the second outer bar and its terminal end
passes through the third loop and around the innermost and fourth bar and comes
upon the inside of, and is connected by top and bottom stitching or otherwise to the
body of the band, hence a concealed connection which lies within the running loop
of the belt, the length of which may be adjusted, in the usual way, by moving the
slide along.
The clasp or end fastener fitting is made in two identical parts, respectively
attached to the opposite ends of the band by being threaded onto the running
adjustment loop and consisting of an elongated frame of such a length as to admit of
the band passing therethrough, and with the outward bar provided with two, three,
four or other number of hooks, which may lie in the same plane as the carrier loop, or
the shanks may be cranked if necessary. In the one fitting, the points of the hooks
turn upwards, whilst the other fitting is so connected that the points of the hooks
turn downwards, so that the one set of hooks are engaged with the other set by
hooking the former into the latter from the back.
Instead of the extreme end of the band being secured by being passed around the
inner or fourth bar of the side and then connected to its own side of the running loop
of the band, it may be stitched or otherwise secured to the material at the other side
of the said loop.
By thus arranging the belt and its fittings, both sides have practically the same
appearance, and the belt is thus reversible, so that when the one side becomes dirty
by use, the belt may be turned round so as to present the other and cleaner side
outermost.
As a modification of the fastener part of my invention, for adaptation to reversible
belts, I may provide both edges of a frame with a series of hooks, and which is attached
to one end of a belt or band, preferably by passing the material of the band around a
middle bar, so that the fitting is, as it were, jointedly attached and when the belt is
reversed, the fastener is simply rolled over from the one side of the web to the other
so as to present a suitable series of hooks to be engaged by the hooks at the other end
of the band.

page_text: In like manner, the opposite sides of the two halves of a stamped metal clasp are
provided respectively with one or more hooks and one or more corresponding eyes, and
they are attached to the opposite ends of a band by threading the webbing around a
middle bar as before described.
Thated this 90th day of Santambar 1000
Improvements in Waist Belts, and in their Fittings.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, a Director of Martins-Birmingham, Limited, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manuer the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to waist belts, principally for ladies wear, and also to the
fittings of waist belts, and has for one of its objects, to provide a reversible band
or belt, the two sides of which have such a similarity of appearance that either
of them may be worn outermost, and for another object, a new construction of
clasp or fastener the parts of which can be connected up from either the back or
front.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a ladies
reversible waist belt provided with fittings according to one form of the first part
of my invention. This view shows the belt fastened.
Figure 2 is another front elevation of the said belt, but with a portion of the band
broken away, and showing the two parts of the clasp or fastener fitting
disconnected.
Figure 3 represents a longitudinal section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line .c,
showing how the ends of the band length are threaded through and connected with
the slides or runners.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of one of the said runners separately, and
Figure 5 is an end edge view thereof.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3.
In carrying out this form of my invention, I fit each end of the band a, of a belt
with a four-barred slide, so arranged as to form three long loops b', b², b³, of
about the same length inside as the breadth of the band and with the bar 4,
between the outermost loops 62, 63, slightly set back from the plane of the others.
An inner part of the said band is made to pass in and out through the said two
outer loops and over the said set-down bar and is continued through the loop ³,
of the part c¹ of the fastener c, and then returned back to the runner, where its
terminal end 2, is passed through the third loop 6 around the innermost and
fourth or additional bar 5, and comes upon the inside of, and is connected by top
and bottom stitchings a³, or otherwise to the body of the hand, hence a concealed
connection which lies within the running loop of the belt, the length of which
may be adjusted in the usual way, by moving the runner or slide along.
The clap or end fastener fitting c, is made in two identical parts c¹, c²,
respectively attached to the opposite ends of the band by being threaded onto the
running a ijustment loop a', and each consisting of an elongated frame, of such a
length as to admit of the band passing therethrough, and with the outward bar c³,
provided with two, three, four or other number of hooks C which may either lie
,

page_text: in the same plane as the carrier loop, as shown in the drawings, or their shanks
may be cranked. In the one half c¹, of the fitting, the points of the hooks turn
upwards, whilst the other half is so connected to the band that the points of the
hooks turn downwards, so that the one set of hooks may be engaged with the other
set by hooking the former into the latter from either the back or the front.
Instead of securing the extreme end of the band by passing it around the inner
or fourth bar of the side and then connected to its own side of the running loop
of the band, it may be stitched or otherwise secured to the material at the other
side of the said loop, but in that case, no alteration or adjustment of the length
of the loops by sliding the runners would be obtainable.
By thus arranging the belt and its fittings, both sides have practically the same
appearance and the belt is thus reversible, so that when the one side becomes
dirty by use, the belt may be turned round so as to present the other and cleaner
side outermost.
Figure 6 represents a front elevation of a ladies waist belt provided with fittings
constructed according to another form of my invention.
Figure 7 is an edge view of the same.
Figure 8 represents an elevation and an edge view of one half of the fastener and
Figure 9 represents like views of the other half.
Figure 10 shows an elevation and an edge view of the runner fittings, which, in this
form of reversible belt, has no function other than as an ornament.
In this form, both the ends a¹, of a band are provided with fastener fittings c¹,
of the same construction and each consisting of a frame c³, provided on each side
with a series of hooks 3, and attached to the end of a belt or band either by
passing prongs c", on the bar c', through the material of the band, as shown in
the drawings or by passing the said end around the said middle bar and securing
it by stitching, in such a manner that the fitting is, as it were, jointedly
attached and when the belt is reversed, the fastener is simply rolled over from
the one side of the web to the other so as to present a suitable series of hooks to
be engaged by the reversed hooks at the other end of the band. Or instead of
providing both edges of each fitting with hooks, one edge of each may have eyes
or other fasteners adapted to be engaged by the hooks or other fasteners on the
opposite edge of the other fitting.
In like manner, the opposite sides of a stamped or other metal clasp secured to
one end of a band may be provided respectively with a pair of hooks adapted to
engage with one or other of a pair of eyes in the opposite sides of a loop or
frame at the other end of the band, according to which side of the belt is presented
outermost.
Figure 10 represents a front elevation of one side of a reversible belt provided
with a clasp and fastener fittings constructed according to this form of my
invention.
Figure 11 is an elevation of the inner side and Figure 12 represents an edge view
showing the connections of the fittings to the band of the belt.
Figure 13 is an elevation of the inside of the clasp and Figure 14 an edge view,
showing the disposition of the two hooks.
Figure 15 represents an elevation and an edge view of the double eyed
fitting.
a is the band, the end a¹, of which is attached to a middle bar, secured to one
side of a clasp c¹, which is provided with a pair of hooks c, c. The other end a²,
is provided with a frame c², having on the opposite edges loops or eyes c¹, c. In
use, the hook c³, may be engaged with the eye c with the one side of the belt
outermost, or the outer side of the belt may be turned outermost and the other eye c'
engaged with the hook c, on the opposite side of the clasp, whose position in thus
unchanged.
By this arrangement, the opposite sides of a belt may be made of different colors,
either of which may be worn outermost according to the taste of the wearer, or to
suit any particular costume or dress,

page_text: In like manner the opposite halves of a two part metal clasp may be provided
respectively with one or more hooks and one or more corresponding eyes, and be
attached to the opposite ends of a band by threading the webbing around a middle
bar as before described.
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 In waist belts, providing each end of the band with an identical hooked
fastener fitting, the hooks of which are straight or arranged in the same general
plane as the fitting, but with the hooks of the one fitting being disposed in the
opposite direction to those of the other whereby they admit of being engaged with
one another from either side and the belt is made reversible, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Secondly-In waist belts, providing each end of the band with a fitting having
sets of hooks or fasteners upon both edges and being so connected to the said band as
to admit of either set of hooks or fasteners of the one fitting being engaged with a
corresponding set of hooks or fasteners of the other fitting, whereby the belt is made
reversible or may be worn with either side outermost, substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 6 to 10.
Thirdly: In waist belts, providing on one end of the band, a clasp fitting having
a pair of hooks in combination with a double eyed fitting on the other end of the belt,
with the infibulation of either set of fasteners being effected to obtain reversibility in
the belt substantially as herein described and set forth in Figures 10 to 15.
Fourthly-In waist belts, the employment of a four-barred runner or slide through
which the band is threaded whilst the terminal end is connected after being passed
around the fourth or additional bar, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 5.
Fifthly: In waist belts, the employment of a double-eyed hook-on fitting,
substantially as herein described and set forth in Figure 15.
Dated this 17th day of June TOU9.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.