Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar.. 1897
I, WILLIAM JAMES Fox of Ryefield Villas Marple in the County of Cheshire
Buyer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved dress suspender which obviates
the necessity of ladies holding their dresses up from the ground whilst it is easily,
manipulated and could be carried in the pocket when not in use.
In appearance my suspender is like an ordinary buckle but has one or two pins
bars or their equivalents at each end and having their points projecting inwards,
the mode of attaching being as follows, the front part of the dress is attached to
the pin or pins upen the front part of the buckle, and the back part is then brought
round and securely hooked to the other pin or pins upon the back portion of the
buckle.
In another form I place two bars which would be perforated with a slot or holes
inside the buckle frame & made to move backwards & forwards so that when the
dress material was hooked on to the pins the bars would be slid along and receive
the points of the pins and so doubly secure the material.
In some cases I pivot the pins or bars and form their ends with an eccentric so
that they may be lifted up to allow the dress material to be placed underneath and
then pressed down so clipping the same tightly, or these pins or bar may be
actuated by a spring. It will be understood that this form as well as the others
could he varied considerably without departing from the spirit of my invention for
instance the pins may be hinged in different places, the one set of pins upon the a
bar with their points resting upon the front end of the buckle and the others upon
the back end of the buckle with points resting upon a bar.
Dated th
1900
WILLIAM JAMES FOX.
I WILLIAM JAMES Fox of Ryefield Villas Marple in the County of Chester
Buyer 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 :-
My invention has for its object a new or improved dress suspender which obviates
the necessity of ladies holding their dresses up from the ground and which
suspender is self contained and easily carried in the pocket whilst not in use.
In outward appearance my suspender is like an ordinary buckle, but has two or
more pins, bars, or their equivalents at each end and having their points projecting
inwards; the mode of attaching being as follows; the front of the dress is

page_text: attached to the pin or pins upon the front part and the back part of the dress is
then brought round and securely hooked to the other pin or pins upon the back
portion of the buckle.
In another form, I place two bars which would be perforated with a slot, or
holes, inside the buckle frame and made to move backwards and forwards so that
when the dress material was hooked on to the pius the bars would be slid along and
receive the points of the pins & so doubly secure the material.
In some cases 1 pivot the pins or bars and form their pivoted ends with an
eccentric so that they may be lifted up to allow the dress material to be placed
underneath and then pressed down so clipping the same tightly, or these pins or
bars may be actuated by a spring. It will be understood that this form as well as
the others could be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of my
invention for instance the pins may be hinged in different places the one set of pins
upon a bar with their points resting upon the front end and others upon the back
of the buckle frame with their points resting upon a bar.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practice I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan of the top of one of my improved dress suspenders.
Figure 2 is an inverted plan of same and Figure 3 is a longitudinal section
through line 1-2.
Figure 4 is a plan of a modification of my dress suspender.
Figure 5 is an inverted plan.
Figure 6 is a cross section on line 3-4 and Figure 7 is a horizontal section on
line 5-6 of same. Figure 8 is an inverted plan of another modification, Figure 9
being a side view of same & Figure 10 a section on line 7-8.
Figures 13 & 14 are views of a suspender made entirely of metal wire.
The body or frame A of the dress suspender as shown in Figure 1 is stamped in
one piece with the bars a' and a or may be made of metal wire or any such
material such for instance as celluloid vulcanite xylonite or such like compositions
over which in all or in part or to which I attach an ornament of any suitable shape
or device, pins or bars and 62 are then secured to it by soldering rivetting or in
any suitable manner or they may be made in one with the frame A and these pins
or bars can either be made in one as shown or each pin be separate so that more
than two may be used if necessary.
The frame A of the dress suspender as shown in Figure 4 is made in a similar
manner to the one seen at Figure 1 with pins or hars attached in the same way but
in this case I mount two sliding bars c and c which have holes c and c drilled in
their sides as seen in the section Figure 6 for the purpose of receiving the points
of the pins or bars 61 and 62; and having an ornament d fastened to the bars c¹
and e².
The frame A in Figure 8 is made in a similar manner to the before mentioned
examples but has one centre bar d only and the pins or bars & and are hinged
or pivoted instead of being rigid and these pins are formed with a kind of
eccentric e at their pivoted ends as seen in the section Figure 10 for the purpose of
easily lifting yet when flat down resting upon the middle bar would be sufficiently
tight to keep the dress material between them.
The frame A in Figure 11 is made in a similar manner to the others but having
two cross bars d' and d' upon which the ends or points of the bars or pins b¹ and b²
rest these pins or bars & and bare pivoted in a like manner as Figure 8 but in
this case I coil a spring round the pivot rod of the pins or bars which would have
the tendency to keep these pins always ebut.
Figure 12 has a centre bar d' and pins or bars 6' hinged or pivoted to the front
of the frame A and the pin or bar & hinged to the centre bar a these pins could
either be operated by the eccentric end as described for Figure 8 or by coiled or
other springs as the one last described and as will be understood that either b' or 62
may be fixed pins or bars and either one or the other either operated by the
eccentric or spring.

page_text: Figures 13 & 14 show an example of the frame A and pins or bars b' or b³ made
in one piece say of metal wire or other suitable material.
The frame of these suspenders may be made out of metal or other material or
metal covered by other material such for example as, celluloid, vulcanite, xylonite
or other compositions and the ornamental part d could be either attached to the
frame or to the bars of the frame or to the covering of the frame; or in some
cases to the pins or bars 61 and 62 may be attached to or moulded in the celluloid,
xylonite, or other compositions which in this case would form the frame A and
frames made of any or either of such compositious could have any design impressed,
stamped, worked, printed or added to them.
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 :-
1st. A new or improved dress suspender the frame of which is made in one
piece with the pins or bars secured to it forming the whole in one piece as
described by Figures 1, 2, 3, 8 to 12, substantially as and for the purpose herein
set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawings.
2nd. A new or improved dress suspender the frame of which is made in one
piece and having sliding bars in connection with the pins or bars for securing
the dress material on to or between the pins or bars as and for the purpose
herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawings.
3rd. A new or improved dress suspender having the frame in one piece and
pins or bars for securing the dress hinged either at both or at one end, operated
at both or one end by means of coiled or other springs or equivalents, substantially
as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the drawings.
4th. A new or improved dress suspender having the frame and pins or bars
made in one with one another substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth
and shown upon the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of December 1896.
WILLIAM JAMES FOX.