Improvements in Trouser Suspenders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
CONTLEID SIEMOITTORIO
Improvements in Trouser Suspenders.
I, HERMANN FRIED, of Cannstatt, in the Empire of Germany, 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 trouser suspenders or braces in which the shoulder
straps are connected together by means of an adjustable back-band or strap, and
in which the front pieces, which are each formed with two button holed branches
are held hy being loosely passed through or looped into triangular frames furnished.
with hooks and arranged to be hung on the shoulder straps.
Trouser suspenders constructed in accordance with my invention can be adjusted
to suit the length of the back and the stretching of the back strap, whilst the
arrangement of the branches of the front pieces affords couvenience and comfort to
the wearer and permits of the free movement of his body.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Figure shows a pair of trouser suspenders made in accordance with my
invention,
Figure 2 shows a modification of the back strap adapted to be adjusted
lengthwise, and a side view of a button or stud for the same,
Figures 3 and 4 are front and side views respectively of one of the holders with
the triangular frame for receiving the front piece and
Figure 5 is a back view showing the front piece passed through or looped into
the said triangular frame.
The two similar shoulder straps a a, which are made as usual of more or less
elastic material, are provided at the parts which hang over the back with a
number of eyelet or button holes bb, arranged in pairs opposite one another
lengthwise of the shoulder straps. To these holes is fastened the elastic strap c
for connecting together laterally the shoulder straps a a, the connection being
effected by means of spring buttons or studs d placed at the ends of the strap c.
These spring buttons or studs can be snapped into the eyelets or button-holes like
the well known spring glove fasteners. The connection thus produced of the cross
strap c with the shoulder straps a a, can easily be fastened or unfastened and it
allows of an adjustment being made to suit the comfort and figure of the person
using the suspenders. Besides this the up and down movement of each of the
shoulder straps to the required extent is fully provided for by the hinge-like
arrangement produced by the button or stud connections. In many cases it is
convenient to make the cross strap c so that its length can be varied; this can be
effected in the manner shown, by way of example, in Figure 2, in which the said
strap is shown made in two pieces connected together by a button or stud s on one
piece passing through one of the holes t in the other piece. A suitable form of the
button or stud, made elastic by slits made in it, like the well known glove fastener,
is shown at d in Figure 2.
The front ends of the shoulder straps a a, carry the usual adjustable clamps or
buckles, Figure 1, but these are provided with rings r for hanging to them the
holders or frames 9 of the front pieces ee. Each front piece is introduced into the
triangular holder frame 7 (Figures 3 & 4) by being loosely passed through or
louped into it as shown in front view in Figure 1, aud in back view in Figure 5, so
that the relative lengths of the two branches of the frout pieces can be altered by

page_text: drawing the said front piece more or less in one direction or the other through
the opening of the holder, and the triangular frame itself may be adjusted by
moving the clamp or buckle to which it is attached up or down on the shoulder
straps at pleasure.
The triangular holder frame q with its point directed upwards is provided as
shown in Figures 1, 3 4 and 5, with a hook gl' intended to engage with a ring r
on the clamp or buckle p and it may be made of wire or of sheet metal, and it may
be stamped, bent or otherwise suitably shaped. As the hook q' is simply hung by
springing it into gear with the ring r, see Figure 1, it forms a connection between
the shoulder strap and holder q which is flexible in all directions, and which can be
easily unfastened when it is desired to change the front piece e.
The above described improvements in trouser suspenders cause the latter to sit
in a yielding manner on the shoulders, whilst slipping off from the shoulders is
prevented by the cross back strap c which fulfils this object better than the usual
crossing or fixed connection of the rear ends of the shoulder straps.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
First. In trouser suspenders the use of a triangularly shaped holder frame q secured
to the shoulder strap by means of a hook taking into the clamp or buckle, and
adapted to receive and carry the front piece e, substantially as described.
Second. In trouser suspenders, the connection of the shoulder straps a a, by means
of a cross back strap c the ends of which are adapted to be fixed higher or lower on
the shoulder straps by means of buttons or studs taking into holes in the said
shoulder straps substantially as described.
Third. In trouser suspenders made with a back strap c for connecting the two
shoulder straps a a, together, making the said back strap in two pieces connected
together by means of buttous or studs so that the length of the said back strap may
be varied at pleasure, substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of June 1896.