Year: 1890

page_text: Suspenders have been heretofore permanently applied to smirts and vests in
YUTIOUD
ways, and my present invention consists in certain improvements in this line, as
hereinafter set forth and particularly indicated in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and rear views shewing my invention applied">
to a shirt on a human figure.
Figure 3 is a rear view of a modification.
Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7, are rear and front views of other modifications:*
Figures 8, 9, and 10 shew a vest having suspenders applied in substantially the
same way as to a shirt.
Figure 11 is a plan view of suspenders constructed as in Figure 3.
Figures 12 to 22 inclusive shew devices for connecting the suspenders with**
trousers:
As shewn in Figures 1 and 2, the suspenders or reinforce strips 1 are made of any
suitable material, either double or single ply; and stitched to the shirt throughout
their length save at their extremities. (The stitches are indicated by a dotted line.
near and parallel to each edge of the suspenders.) On the front of the shirt the
suspenders are attached at points intermediate of the bosom 2 and sleeves so that they
do not draw upon the bosom or neck-band when in use. On the back of the shirt; the
suspenders are arranged as shewn in Figure 2; that is to say they extend down the
shirt back in nearly parallel position but somewhat widely separated.
The lower portions of the suspenders 1 are provided with one or two rows of slits
or stitched openings 3 to receive catches which form portions of the slides 4 through.
which a cord 5 runs, as shewn. These slides 4 are in the nature of tubes formed of
thin sheet metal and connected either rigidly, as shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 12; or
flexibly, i.e. by a hinge or loose joint, as shewn in Figure 13, with a metal plate 6"
having on its inner side one or two hooks or buttons 7 which are adapted to enter the
aforesaid slits 3 in suspenders 1.
.
Figure 21 shews a sheave for a cord 5 which is provided with a loop for attaching
it to a hook shewn in face and side view in Figures 17 'and 18:
The device shewn in Figure 22 is made of wire and provided with a head 7 that
serves as a button adapted to be inserted in one of the suspender slits 3. It has a
slot at the lower end to receive a button hole strap.
In connection with the suspenders arranged in parallel, as shewn in Figure 2?
I employ two cords 5. Hooks 8 are attached to the front ends (Figure 1)" of "
said cords 5 and hooks or button-holed tabs 9 are attached to their rear ends
(Figure 2) for connection with buttons secured to the trousers in front and rear.
Slides 10 are applied to the cords 5 on the sides of the trousers, at points inter-
mediate of the suspender ends. Said slides 10 are provided with hooks or tab's-
(shewn in detached view in Figure 15) which adapt them. for attachment to
buttons on the side portions of the waist-band of the trousers.
The front ends of the cords 5 are attached to a device 11, shewn in Figures, 11.
and 16, which for convenience I term a clamp buckle. It consists of two jaws
pivoted together and each formed of a sheet metal disc bent, so as to have a
or tooth the

page_text: lower end. Such toothed ends are held normally together by means of a spring 12
and thus caused to bite the cord, as shewn in Figure 16. A button loop 13 is
loosely attached to the lower end of the clamp-buckle. The function of the latter
is to take up or let out the cord 5 as required for different trousers. The required
adjustment may be made more quickly and easily by aid of the buckle than by
placing the slides 4 higher or lower in the slits 3 of the suspenders 1. Besides
this when the slides 4 have been once adjusted in the position most conducive to
ease of movement of the cord 5 through them, the buckle 11 enables the tension
of the cord to be changed at will, without disturbing the slides.
In the modification shewn in Figures 3 and 11 the following changes are made.
The suspenders 11 converge and unite on the back of the shirt and an elastic
piece 14, not attached to the shirt, forms their extension or continuation from that
point downward. An adjustable buckle 15, such as shewn detached in Figures 19
and 20, is applied to such extension 14 and a slide 4 is attached to the buckle
for the purpose of connecting it with the single cord 5.
In Figures 4 to 7 inclusive, the suspenders 1 are arranged in pockets formed
by stitching to the body of the shirt some pieces which I term reinforcements,
since they serve to strengthen the body of the shirt as well as cover and protect the
suspenders.
As shown in Figure 5, the front reinforcements 16 consist of pieces of fabric
(preferably cloth of the same kind as the body of the garment) which are arranged
one on each side of the bosom 2 and extend laterally from the latter to the arm
hole and vertically from the top of the shoulder to a point nearly in horizontal
alignment with the bottom of the bosom. Each reinforcing piece 16 is stitched
to the bosom of the shirt along the inner side edge of the latter and to the body
of the shirt along the outer edge of the reinforcements, on a slightly curved line.
A short row of stitches extends from each arm-hole inward and upward toward
the neck-band at a slight angle, for the purpose hereinafter stated. Thus the
reinforcements 16 are left free or unattached to the shirt proper at all other points
save where stitched on the lines above described.
The reinforcement 16 applied to the back of the shirt is in the nature of and
may be appropriately designated a yoke. It extends entirely across the shoulders
from arm-hole to arm-hole and narrows downward on curved lines to its termi-
nation, which is usually about the middle of the length of the shirt. It is stitched
along said curved lines and also to the top edge of the front reinforcements 16 but it
is unattached at all other points. The passages or pockets beneath the front
reinforcements 16 are continuous with those beneath the yoke 17 and in these the
suspenders 1 are free to slide. The passages are inclined at the lower ends, as
shewn, allowing free lateral movement of the lower portion of the suspenders, as
required for the comfort of the wearer.
The attachments for connecting the suspenders to trousers may be varied. For
example I propose to employ the elastic piece 14 or cords slides and buckles, as
in Figures 5, 6, and 7.
In Figure 7 a spring bar 18 is shewn provided with slides + for separate cords.
The front reinforcements 16 are provided at their lower ends with button-holes to
receive buttons 19 sewed to the body of the shirt. The suspender straps or cords
connect with the suspenders proper at points above such buttons 19, so that the
shirt bosom is held down by said suspenders when in use.
In Figures 8, 9, and 10, I shew a vest having suspenders stitched to it and
arranged in pockets inside or outside and also provided with attachments (buckles,
slides, cords, etc.,) as before described. .
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. The combination of an under garment and suspenders attached thereto at each
side of its front portion and also to the shoulder and back nortions a series of slides

page_text: which are adapted for attachment to said suspenders, a cord passing through the said
slides, and devices for connecting the cord with trousers, the same consisting of slides
applied to the cord and hooks or their equivalents attached to the ends of said cords, as
shewn and described.
2. The combination, with the cord and slides applied thereto for connection
respectively with the trousers and suspenders attached to a shirt, of a clamp buckle
which serves to take up or lengthen said cord, as shewn and described for the purpose
specified.
3. The combination of the clamp buckle formed of two toothed spring-actuated jaws
having button loops attached with the cord 5, slides through which the latter passes,
suspenders 1, 1 and an under garment to which the suspenders are secured, the buckle
being applied to the ends of the cord, as and for the purpose specified.
4. The combination, with an under-garment and suspenders attached thereto,
slides 4 connected with the suspenders, and the cord 5 and slides 10, of the elastic
tabs connected with said slides 10, as shewn and described.
5. The combination, with an under-garment and suspenders attached thereto and
converging on the back, of the elastic extension 14, slides 4 attached to part 14, a
cord 5 and slides and hooks for connection with trousers, as shewn and described.
6. The combination, with an under-garment, suspenders attached thereto and
converging at the back, the extension slides 4, cords 5 and slides and hooks of the
elastic suspending device, consisting of an elastic bar and slides attached to its ends, as
shewn and described.
7. An under garment having a reinforcement extending from the shoulder down
both sides of the front, the same consisting of a piece of fabric stitched along its side
edges to the said under-garment and left free at all other points, thereby forming a
passage for suspenders, as shewn and described.
8. An under-garment having a reinforce extending from the shoulder down both
sides of the front, the same consisting of a piece of fabric stitched along its side-edges
on lines diverging downwards, as shewn and described, for the purpose specified.
9. The combination, with a shirt, of a reinforcement applied to its front on both
sides of the bosom, and each consisting of a piece of fabric which is stitched to the side
edges of said bosom, and extending laterally to the arm-holes, and stitched along its
outer edge from the shoulder to its lower end (near the bottom of the bosom) as shewn.
and described.
10. The combination, with an under garment, of reinforcements applied to the front
on each side and the yoke hereinbefore described, which is applied to the back of said
shirt and extends across the shoulders, narrowing thence downward to its termination
near the middle of the back of the shirt, the said reinforcements and yoke being
stitched along their side edges and left free or unattached to the body of the garment
at other points, as shewn and described.
11. The combination, with a dress-shirt, of the front reinforcements and the yoke
applied to the back, the same consisting of pieces of fabric which are united at the
shoulder and stitched to the body of the shirt along lines converging from the bottom
outward, thereby forming passages for the suspenders which are narrowest on the
shoulder and gradually widen from thence downward, as shewn and described.
12. The combination, with an under garment having reinforcements applied on
each side of its front and stitched to the body of the garment along their side edges.
only, of suspenders which extend through and are thus concealed in passages thus
formed and suitable attachments on the ends of said suspenders for connecting them
with trousers, as specified.
13. The combination, with an under garment having reinforcements consisting of
pieces of fabric stitched to the same along both their side edges, of buttons and button.
holes arranged at the lower ends of the reinforcements, as shewn and described.
14. The combination, with an under-garment having reinforcements consisting of
pieces of fabric stitched to the same along their side edges and provided with button-
holes, of buttons attached to the body of the under-garment and suspenders arranged

page_text: n the passages formed between the said reinforcements and body of the garment, and
the diverging straps or cord attachments of said suspenders between' which the buttons
serve to secure the reinforcements, as and for the purpose specified."
Dated this 20th day of May 1890...