Improvements in Trouser-supports or Hangers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1837-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trouser-supports or Hangers.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM MEACOCK, of 14, Water Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant and Forwarding Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to means or devices for supporting or hanging
trousers; and also to some extent to means for retaining the desired shape or form.
According to the present invention, the means or device which I employ, consists
of a spring suspender device, consisting preferably of a simple bent spring or steel
bar of wire, of suitable strength and thickness, shaped and adapted to fit in the
bottoms of the legs of the trousers, and to press in opposite directions so as to press
upon the material and form frictional grip therewith; this frame being also carried
up in the form of a loop, eye, or the like, by which the devices and the trousers are
or can be hung up or suspended upon a hook or peg or other similar support.
The parts which fit in the bottom of the trouser legs will be substantially straight
bars, nearly parallel with each other, and normally standing apart a distance
greater than the width of the trousers, at the bottom of the leg. These bars above
are carried inwards towards one another, and then upwards and round in the form
of a loop forming a handle which can be gripped by the hand, and by which the
prongs or bars which fit inside the trouser legs, can be brought together by nipping
the handle, and so introduced into the trouser leg. They thus serve the combined
purposes of readily placing the device in position in the trousers, lifting the devices
and trousers held by them, and as a means of suspending them.
The outward spring of the prongs or bars, fitting inside the trouser leg, serves
the further purpose of keeping the trousers in shape at this part, and stretching
them slightly so as to keep them in form. In the case of the trousers being wet,
this feature is of great utility, as it prevents the trouser legs drying out of shape;
on the contrary, it gives them and keeps them in the required form while they are
suspended and drying. Moreover, generally, the suspending or hanging up of
trousers by the bottoms of the legs in the manner described, is the best for the
general keeping of their shape, and as a mode also of hanging them.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trouser-supports or Hangers.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM MEACOCK, of 14, Water Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant and Forwarding Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: 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 has reference to means or devices for supporting or hanging
trousers; and also, to some extent, to means for retaining the desired shape or form.
According to the present invention, the means or device which I employ, con-
sists of a spring suspender device, consisting preferably of a simple bent string or
steel bar of wire, of suitable strength and thickness, shaped and adapted to fit in
the bottom of the legs of the trousers, and to press in opposite directions so as to
press upon the material and form frictional grip therewith; this frame also being
carried up in the form of a loop, eye, or the like, by which the devices, and the
trousers, are or can be hung up or supported upon a hook or peg or other similar
support.
My invention, the nature of which is above described, is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shews the support attached, and
Figure 2 shews it in position, in the leg of the trouser, in the suspended position.
Referring to the drawings, the parts, namely, the bars a, which fit in the bottom
of the trouser legs, are substantially straight, and at their lower parts they stand
further apart than at their basis; while the lips a¹ are bent inwards slightly, as
shewn, to avoid catching or injuring the cloth of the trousers. These bars are bent
inwards at their basis, and for the portion designated b, approach each other; and
then are extended up for the portion c, and bent round at d; the portions c and d
constituting a handle and also an edge or loop by which they can be suspended.
By grasping the parts c by the hand, and pressing them together, the bars a will
be brought together, and can then be introduced into the bottom of the leg; and
when the pressure on the handle part c is removed, the bars a will spring out,
and press upon the inside of the trousers, as shewn in Figure 2. The pressure and
grip of these bars with the trouser is such, that when the trousers are placed upside
down on these devices, the frictional contact will be sufficient to support the
trousers; and while it does this, the outward spring, at the same time, serves
the further purpose of keeping the trousers in shape at this part, stretching them
slightly, to the desired form.
In the case of the trousers being wet, and being dried while upside down on these
devices, this feature of stretching is of utility, as it not only prevents the trouser
legs from drying out of shape, but gives them, and keeps them in, the required
form, as they are suspended and dried. And generally, the hanging of trousers by
the bottoms is the best method for keeping them in shape, and as a mode of hanging.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The trouser support consisting of a metal bar or wire in a single piece, shaped
and bent to the forms shewn, and comprising the parts a, b, and c, as set forth and
shewn.