An Improved Belt and Skirt Attachment.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Belt and Skirt Attachment.
I, MAX FREUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at the City, County
and State of New York, U:S.A., Manufacturer, and doing business at Four
hundred and four Broadway in said City, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a belt and skirt attachment by which
belt fabrics of different kinds and of varying dimensions can be employed and
by means of which the belt will be kept in smooth or sightly condition while in
use; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in
the following specification and claim and illustrated in the annexed drawings,
in which-
Figure 1 shows an embodiment of my invention attached to a belt.
Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the attachment.
Figure 3 is a section along line x, x, Fig. 2.
Figure 4 is a section along line y, y, Fig. 2.
Figure 5 is a detail view of part of the attachment.
Figure 6 is a detail view of another part of the attachment.
The belt 1 is adapted to be clasped or secured in place on the person in any
suitable way.
On the belt is a slide or buckle comprising the plates or members 2
and 3, adapted to clasp or surround the belt or to rest on opposite sides of the
belt. The slide or attachment 28 is shown with a cross-bar 4, having a fastening 5,
such as a safety-pin, for holding up a skirt or article of apparel, but which safety-
pin or other form of fastening may be secured to the plate or member 3, so as to
be hidden by the belt.
The part 3 has a loose or opening end or portion as the spring-hook 6, which
when released from the similarly formed catch or shoulder 7 on plate or member:2
will allow the slide to bo readily dismounted from the belt or slipped onto a belt
without taking the belt off or without it being necessary to free one end of the belt
from the clasp or fastening by which the belt is held closed.
In order to provide for the employment of light belt fabrics, the plates 2 and 3
are corrugated or provided with corrugations 9 and 10, and when said plates.receive
between then a belt, such corrugations will engage the belt and prevent the latter
from wrinkling or puckering. The corrugations need only in general be.applied so
as to engage the lower edge portion of the belt, ne such partial engagement by the
corrugations has been fonnil sufficient to keep the bolt seated smooth or sightly
on the person, but of course the corrugations are not limited to such position, as
they can be arranged to grip or engage other portions of the bolt or to engage the
belt neross its entire width. The corrugations 9 and 10 are arranged alternately,
80 that the ridges of one set of corrugations engage between the ridges of the
other set of corrugations to secure firm engagement of the belt.
By having the corrugations 9 not formed directly on or in tho plate or base 2,
but on a carrier or carrying plate 12 secured to plate 2, said plate 2 will not be
exteriorly disfigured by the corrugations, and the exposed face or portion of said
plate 2 can be left plain or ornamented by embossing or otherwise, as found suitable
or desirable.
The carrier 12 is shown as supporting or formed with catch or shoulder 7 for
engagement with the hook.

page_text: To provide for ready separation of the members 2 & 3, the plate 3 is shown
connected or jointed at 13 to the carrier 12, but 1 do not limit myself to providing
this separation by means of a hinged joint, as the same result can be accomplished
in other ways, without departing from my invention.
By forming the plate 3 with a bead or rib 14, running along said plate, and
having the corrugations 10 located at each side of said rib or indentation, the
plate 3, even when of light metal or material, will possess a certain degree of
rigidity and will at the same time be sufficiently elastic or springy to allow of the
hook 6 to be forced into engagement with catch 7 even when belts of varying
thicknesses are placed between the parts 2 and 3.
The fastening 5, having been secured as desired to a skirt or apparel, can be
left thus secured even when undressing, as the disengagement or opening of plate 3
will free the attachment from the belt.
The attachment is suitable for belts of various kinds-as, for example, leather,
cloth, tinsel, rubber, or other material.
In order to prevent lateral displacement of the member 3, when in use, I have
provided the hook 7 with a projection 16, which passes through a hole 17 formed
in the member 3 near the hook 6, thus preserving the parts 2 and 3 in alignment
while in use.
Of course the invention is not limited to the exact construction shown, as
modifications can be made which are within the scope of the invention-as, for
example, the carrier 12 need not be in form of a plate, since a bar or rod secured
to plate 2 can be corrugated and formed with a catch 7. Modifications of such
character are manifestly within the scope of the invention.
The operation of opening the plate 3 can be facilitated by a knob or finger-
piece 5, adapted to be grasped or engaged by a nail or finger.
The base-plate 2 can be made in one piece or unbroken or, if seen fit, can be
made of open-work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, a rear plato movably secured to the
front plate, means for detachably securing the top of the rear plate to tho front
plate, combined with device for detachably securing the slide to an article of wear,
substantially as described.
2. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, a rear plate movably secured to
front plate, a catch for detachably uniting the front and rear plate, and a fastening
device secured to the lower portion of the front plate, substantially as described.
3. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, a rear plate movably secured to the
front plate, a catch for detachably uniting the rear and front plates, a stop on
the front plate engaging the rear plate, and a fastening device, substantially as
described.
4. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, a rear plate liinged to the front plate
at the lower portion thereof, a catch for detachably uniting the two plates located
at the upper end of the front plate, and a transversely located fastening device,
substantially as described.
5. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, a rear plate binged to the front plate
at the lower portion thereof, a catch for detachably uniting the two plates located
at the upper end of the front plate, and a fastening device secured to the front
plate adjacent the said hinge, substantially as described.
6. A belt slide, consisting of the plate 2, 3, hinged together at their lower end
portions, a catch ou the upper portion of the plate 2 adapted to recoive and hold
the plate 3, a projecting stop at or near said catch to restrain the plate 3 from
transverse movement, and a lastening device secured to the lower portion of the
front plate, substantially as described.
7. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, and a rear plate hinged or joined a

page_text: one end to the base plate and having at its opposite end a catch or hook which
springs into or out of engagement with a part of the front plate, said plates being
arranged relatively to each other to receive a belt between them, said rear plate
being adapted to be freed from the front plate by disengaging the catch, substantially
as described.
8. A belt slide, consisting of a front plate, and a rear plate hinged or joined at
one end to the front plate and provided at its opposite eud with a catch or hook con-
structed, substantially as set forth, to spring into and out of engagement with the
front plate, said plates being relatively arranged to receive a belt between them,
the rear plate being adapted to be freed when its catch is disengaged from the
base plate, and a transversely disposed fastening device secured to the slide,
substantially as described.
9. As an improved article of manufacture, a belt-slide, comprising the front
plate 2 provided with projections or the liko on its inner side and a catch at its
upper end, and a rear plate 3 movably secured to the front plate at the opposito
end and having projections or the like to engage the like parts on the front plate,
substantially as described.
10. As an improved article of manufacture, a belt elide comprising the front
plate 2 provided with projections or the like on its inner side and a catch at ite
upper end, and a rear plate 3 movably secured to the front plate at the opposite
end having a longitudinal strengthening rib, and projections or the like adapted to
engage the like parts on the front plate, substantially as described.
11. As an improved article of manufacture, a belt slide, comprising n front
plate 2 provided with transverse corrugations on its inner side, and a catch 7 at one
end, and a rear plate 3 hinged at one end to the front plate and formed integral
with the continuous, longitudinal strengthening rib 14, the corrugations 10 on
each side of said rib, and a hook 6 to engage said catch, substantially as
described.
12. As an improved article of manufacture, a belt slide, comprising a front
plate 2 provided with projections or the like on its inner side, a catch 7 at ite upper
end, and a projection 16 from the catch, and a rear plate 3 movably secured to the
front plate at the opposite end, having a hole to engage said projections and
projections or the like to engage those on the front plate, substantially as
described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.