Improvements in Suspenders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar,, 1898-Accepted, 14th May,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders.
I, Arthur JAMES JACKSON, of 51, Yonge Street, in the City of Toronto, in the
County of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Manager of Loan Company,
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 relates to improvements in suspenders and the object of the inven-
tion is to devise a durable, simple and cheap connection for the cross portion of
the back of the suspenders by which they may be readily thrown from the shoulders
without injuriously injuring the connection at the cross portion and it consists
essentially of a double plate having pivotally connected thereto preferably by two
rivets upwardly extending swing plates, the upper ends of the swing plates being.
provided with slots for the connection of the looped ends of the upper portion of
the suspenders and the lower portion of the double plate being also provided with
a cross slot for the connection of the looped end of the lower tabs of the suspenders,
the parts being arranged and constructed in detail as hereinafter more particularly.
explained.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a pair of suspenders showing my improved form
of connection at the cross portion of the back of the suspenders.
Fig. 2, is an enlarged detail of the connecting plates."
Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each.
figure.
Heretofore it has been common in the construction of suspenders to have the
cross portion sewn and connected to a leather connecting strap in cross form, or.
substantially so. In the ordinary use of suspenders especially in stout gentlemen,
the connection between the web portion of the suspender and the leather is fre-
quently greatly strained when the suspenders are thrown over the shoulders down
to the thighs when it is desired to remove the trousers. Frequently also in people
of medium or ordinary size the too rapid removal of the two sides of the suspenders
from the shoulders also resulted in ripping the sewn connection between the web
portion and the leather portion forming solely the connection between the upper
web portions of the suspenders and the lower tabs.
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It was with the object of providing such a connection that the suspenders may
be thrown off the shoulders easily under any strain and the above objections
5 enumerated avoided, that my invention is chiefly designed.
A is the central plate preferably substantially circular and of a double form
folded at the bottom to which the connections are attached. B is a slot extending
through both portions of the plate A near the folded portion, and C is a leather
loop, which passes through the slot B and is connected at its lower ends cc by
0 sewing or otherwise to the tabs DD, which are connected to the buttons at the top
of the back of the trousers.
Eare the swing plates, which are preferably pivoted on two eye-rivets e e situated

page_text: one at each side of the centre of the plate A. The inner plates, of course, extend
between the two portions of the double plate A, which forms a guide so as to provide
for the easy parallel swing of the plates EE on their pivots. The inner ends of the
plates EE are of course sufficiently stiffly held on their pivot points in order to
permit of them swinging readily, but not too easily.
The upper ends of the plates EE are provided with cross slots e¹, which are
connected by the leather loops FF extending through them to the bottom of the
side webs or straps G G. of the suspenders.
The manner of connection is by sewing through the loop and web but any other
suitable form of connection may be employed.
In such a form of connection as I describe. for the cross back portion of the
suspenders it will be readily seen that the shoulder portion of the suspenders may
be readily thrown off without any deterious effect upon the cross portion and easily
swung down into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus avoiding the
inconvenience and uncomfortableness heretofore experienced by gentlemen using
the common class of suspender at present in use.
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 what I claim is:-
1. In suspenders for personal wear, the combination with the lower tabs for the
back, of a central connecting plate provided with a lower slot and a connection
extending through such slots to the tops of the lower tabs and the side shoulder
portions of the suspenders pivotally and Hatly connected at the bottom to the central
plate as and for the purpose specified.
2. In suspenders for personal wear, the combination with the side shoulder
portions and lower tabs for the back, of a central connecting plate provided with a
lower slot and leather loop connection extending through such slot suitably con-
nected to the tops of the bottom tabs, upwardly extending swing arms pivotally
connected to the plate and provided with upper slots and loops extending through
such slots and suitably connected to the side shoulder portions of the suspenders
as and for the purpose specified.
3. In suspenders for personal wear, the combination with the side shoulder por-
tions and lower tabs for the back, of a central connecting double folded plate
provided with a lower slot and leather loop connection extending through such
slot suitably connected to the tops of the bottom tabs, upwardly extending swing
plates having cross slots at their upper ends, and the lower ends located between the
two portions of the double plate forming a guide therefor, and eye-rivets extending
through the double plate and the bottom ends of the swing plates, and the loop
connections extending through the slots and suitably connected to the lower ends
of the side shoulder portions of the suspenders as and for the purpose specified.
Dated the 31st day of March 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.