Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 189
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
1, ALFRED ERNEST GOSNELL of 13 Charterhouse Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
This invention relates to that class of braces or suspenders in which cords are
employed passing through pulleys but differs from those hitherto employed in
various ways.
In carrying out this invention I prefer to employ a single cord chain gut or the
like and elastic or non-elastic having only two terminal loops or button-holes. The
arrangement of this cord may vary according to the disposition of the pulleys and
fastenings connected with it and if desired may be divided, but I prefer to employ
the single cord only and will describe the construction in that form.
Commencing with one of the front buttons the terminal loop of the cord is fixed
on to this and passes over the pulley at the front end of one of the brace straps
then through a pulley carrying a loop which fastens on to the next button of the
trousers at the side; from here the cord passes through the pulley at the back end
of one of the brace straps, then through a central pulley at the back connected in
any suitable manner with the two back buttons of the trousers. From here the
cord passes in the reverse order through the same set of pulleys as on the first side
ending in the terminal loop which fastens on to the other front button.
The front arrangement would generally be such as above described but the back
may be varied considerably. For example the brace straps may be carried over
the shoulders and connected by horizontal cross band or strap each strap carrying
at its end a pulley between which would be the central back pulley already spoken
of which would be carried upon a rigid or approximately rigid horizontal bar loops
upon which would be secured upon the back buttons of the trousers.
In another form the shoulder straps would simply be crossed and the pulley and
the rigid bar arrangement would be as before.
In another form the shoulder straps would be connected and terminated at the
back in a single pulley the rigid bar previously described carrying two pulleys
through which and the single pulley the cord would pass.
The rigid bar above described may be dispensed with and for it may be sub-
stituted two loops adapted to be attached to the back buttons of the trousers and
carrying pulleys through which the cord would pass.
Modifications in the disposition of the various parts may be made without
departing from the spirit of the invention and although pulleys are mentioned here
as being the preferred form of connection between the cords and the straps any
suitable form of slide may be employed.
Dated this 17th day of July 1890
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ALFRED ERNEST GOSNELL of 13 Charterhouse Street, in the City of London,
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 relates to that class of braces or suspenders in which cords are
employed passing through pulleys but differs from those hitherto employed in
various ways.
In particular where cords have hitherto been used they have been
separate one for each side connecting only the front and back ends of the same
shoulder strap or the front end of one shoulder strap and the back end of the next
but never extending continuously around the body of the wearer so that, as in my
invention, the two ends of the cord are both in front and the same cord connects
the four ends of the shoulder straps and carries not only the two terminal loops but
the whole of the intermediate loops as well.
In carrying out this invention I prefer to employ a single cord, chain, gut or
the like and elastic or non-elastic having only two terminal loops or button holes.
The arrangement of this cord may vary according to the disposition of the pulleys
and fastenings connected with it and if desired it may be divided, but I prefer to
employ the single cord only and will describe the construction in that form.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawing which shows a complete brace with cords and pulleys as they would be
when applied to the garment but projected on the flat.
Commencing with one of the front buttons of the trousers the terminal loop A
of the cord B is fixed on to this button and passes over the pulley C at the front end
of one of the brace straps D then through a pulley E carrying a loop F which
fastens on to the next button of the trousers at the side. From here the cord B
passes through the pulley G at the back end of the brace strap D then through a
central pulley H at the back connected in any suitable manner with the two back
buttons of the trousers. From here the cord D passes in the reverse order through
a similar set of pulleys as on the first side ending in the terminal loop A which
fastens on to the other front button.
The exact construction of the plate I which carries the two back loops J K
may be varied but the form shown in the drawing is found to give satisfactory
results.
The front arrangement would generally be such as above described but the
back may be varied considerably. For example the brace straps D may be carried
over the shoulders and connected by a horizontal cross band or strap each strap D
carrying at its end a pulley between which would be the central back pulley H
already spoken of which would carry upon a rigid or approximately rigid
horizontal bar loops which would be secured upon the back buttons of the
trousers.
In another form the shoulder straps would simply be crossed and the pulley and
the rigid bar arrangement would be as before.
In another form the shoulder straps would be connected and terminated at the
back in a single pulley the rigid bar previously described carrying two pulleys
through which and the single pulley the cord would pass.
The rigid bar above described may be dispensed with and for it may be sub-
stituted two loops adapted to be attached to the back buttons of the trousers and
carrying pulleys through which the cord would pass.
Modifications in the disposition of the various parts may be made without

page_text: departing from the spirit of the invention and although pulleys are mentioned here
as being the preferred form of connection between the cords and the straps any
suitable form of slide may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. In a brace or suspender connecting the shoulder straps with the garment by
means of one continuous cord.
2. In a brace or suspender the employment of a continuous cord carrying or
supporting all the loops."
3. In a brace or suspender the employment of a single cord such as B carrying
the terminal loops A having intermediate loops such as FJ K slung upon it or
movably connected with it and itself movably connected with the ends of the
shoulder straps substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dead this 19hS1001
ALFRED E. GOSNELL.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.
ALFRED E. GOSNELL.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant."