IMPROVEMENTS SUSPENDERS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for
Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
IN BRACES OB
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
SUSPENDERS." A communication from abroad by A. H. Jacobs, of
the Firm of A. H. Jacobs and Company, of the City and State of
New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 28th October 1868, and dated the 13th May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward
Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition on the 13th May 1868.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OB-
SUSPENDERS," to be as follows:-
This improved suspender or brace consists of a single piece of
webbing, leather, cloth, or other equivalent material passed through and
sliding freely in two button strap loops which may be buttoned on to

page_text: the trowsers in the ordinary manner. The two ends of the single piece
of webbing or other material are connected by a buckle or equivalent
means so that the length of the brace can be adjusted at pleasure. The
suspender or brace is crossed at the back of the wearer and is passed
through an accommodating slide or other equivalent device in which the
webbing where it crosses can slide freely.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 9th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Edward Newton, Her
special licence that I, the said William Edward Newton, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR SUSPENDERS,"
being a communication to me from A. H. Jacobs, of the Firm of A. H.
Jacobs and Company, of the City and State of New York, United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the William
Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon
(that is to say) :-
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The improved suspender or brace which forms the subject of the
present Invention consists of a single piece of webbing, leather, cloth, or
other suitable material passed through and sliding freely in two button
strap loops which may be buttoned on to the trousers in the ordinary
manner. The two ends of the single piece of webbing or other material
are connected by a buckle or equivalent means so that the length of
the brace can be adjusted at pleasure. The suspender or brace is
crossed at the back of the wearer and is passed through an accommoda-
ting slide or other equivalent device in which the webbing where it
crosses can slide freely.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents one of the suspenders
or braces ready to be placed on the back of the wearer. A, is a straight
piece of webbing which being passed through the loops B, B, and joined
at the ends by the appliance of a slide buckle or other device, as
shown at C, forms an adjustable suspender or pair of braces which can
be crossed in putting them on at the pleasure of the wearer; Fig. 2
shews the suspender crossed and held in proper adjustment by the
back slide D the object of which is to secure an adjustable crossing
in its proper place at the pleasure of the wearer, and which can be
taken off or worn as may be preferred; Fig. 3 is an enlarged view
of the accommodation slide D which can be formed of metal, leather,
cloth, or any suitable material; Fig. 3* is an edge view or section of
the slide taken in the line F, G, of Fig. 3. It is provided with four
slots E, E, E, E, for the purpose of passing the webbing through
after which the webbing is held in place by the four raised slips
E', E, E, E; Fig. 4 is a view of another form of slide which
differs from that shewn at Fig. 3 inasmuch as by its use the ordinary
slide or buckle C, Fig. 1, for adjusting the length of the brace may be
dispensed with, as the compound slide shown at Fig. 4 serves the double
purpose of holding the crossed web in place and also firmly holding the.
ends C, B, Fig. 4 of the webbing; Fig. 5 is a front view of another
form of the accommodation double slide composed of two loops of metal

page_text: or any proper substance as shown in the edge view Fig. 6. These loops
of metal are connected at F by a pin, pivot, or other device which allows
them to move freely from the common centre F and thus conform to
any angle the using of the suspender or brace may require, as will be
understood by referring to Fig. 7, which represents one of the improved
suspenders in use; Figures 8 and 9 are front and edge views of
modifications of the above slide formed of two loops joined together at
their lower ends by a pin or pivot.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the improved suspender or
brace presents the following advantages, viz*.-
First. The making of suspenders or braces of a single piece of
webbing, leather, cloth, or other material (as shown at Figures 1 and 2),
which can be crossed at the discretion of the wearer, and which not
being confined at any point, but passing freely through the button
strap loops B, B, at each side will conform itself to any shape or angle
that convenience may require.
Second. That the suspender or brace by passing freely through the
loops B, B, as above described is self-adjusting, as the length can be
regulated on both sides at one and the same time by drawing one end
only of the suspender or brace through a slide buckle or other device
as shown at C, C, in Figs. 1 and 2.
Third. That by reason of the accommodation slide as shown at
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9, or any other equivalent device, the two
parts of the web where they cross each other at the back can slide
freely for self-adjustment, whilst at the same time they are held
together.
Having now described the Invention which has been communicated
to me as aforesaid, and having explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters
Patent as aforesaid, forming suspenders or braces of a single piece of
webbing, leather, cloth, or other suitable material which passes through
and slides freely in two button strap loops; the two ends of the
webbing or other material being connected by a buckle as above set
forth, or equivalent means, so the length of the brace or suspender can
be adjusted at pleasure as above described.

page_text: And I also claim combining with the suspender or brace an
accommodating slide or other equivalent device in which the webbing
where it crosses can slide freely, as and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Second day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)