Improvements in Suspenders
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1899-Accepted, 30th Sept.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders,
I, CHARLES JANTON, of 279, South Fifth Street, in the City and County of
Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Apprentice, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
To accom-
The object of my invention is to so construct a suspender that it will be impos-
sible for the straps or the several parts making up the suspender to become
twisted or turned so as to lie in a defective manner upon the wearer.
plish this result I provide the suspender straps at each end where they connect
with the back button straps and the front button straps with pivot joints so that
the several parts may rotate freely. In this manner the straps may be completely
reversed without necessitating the loosening of the button strap or straps.
My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which;
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved suspender complete;
Fig. 2 is a full sized elevation with part in section of the pivot connections
adjacent to the back button strap; and
Fig. 3 is an elevation with part in section showing the construction adjacent
to one of the front button straps.
A, A, are the two shoulder straps and may be adjusted as to their length by any
of the usual adjusting devices. At one end these straps are pivoted to the union
piece B by pivot joints C and said union piece B is itself pivoted, if desired, to
the loop strap E by a pivot joint F, the said loop holding the rear or back
button strap E, which may be of leather, cord or elastic material as desired. The
front ends of the straps A, A, are looped upon the links which are pivoted
at J to the loop straps M to which the front button straps I are attached in any
suitable manner, preferably so as to be removable in any of the well known
ways. The said button straps I may be constructed similar to the rear button
strap E.
The various pivots are similarly made and comprise a flattened head piece K, a
shank or pin L extending through the hub of a flattened bearing M in which it
is secured by a rivet head m, all of which is clearly shown in the various figures.
The head K is received between the bend of an attaching strap A¹ sewn to the
ends of the shoulder straps A, A, and the shank L passes through a hole imme-
diately at the bend thereof. The bearing plate M is placed between the layers
of the union piece B and is thereby held in place. The same construction is
carried out in joining the pieces Band D, only in this case the loop strap D
corresponds to the attaching strap A¹.
With respect to the connection between the front ends of the straps A and the
front loop. strap H, a similar shank L and bearing plate M is employed, but in
this case the bearing is placed within the loop strap and the shank L is formed into
a loop K¹ at its top through which the suspender strap A is free to pass for
adiustment and connection.

page_text: It is evident that, if desired, the pivot connection between the parts B and D
may be omitted as the essential part of the invention is to provide means for
reversing either or both of the shoulder straps A, A, on the rear button strap. I
have shown a suitable construction of jointed connection for the several parts
which I have found exceedingly adapted to the purpose, but I do not confine
myself to any particular character of pivot or rotatable connection except that
they must be rotatable on longitudinal axes, as these may be varied in any
suitable manner so long as they accomplish the function herein set out. It is
also evident that while the said plates may be retained in a suitable supporting
strap portion simply by being clamped therein, nevertheless they may be pro-
vided with holes as shown at M in Fig. 2, through which stitches may pass to
hold them firmly in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A suspender in which the button straps either at the back front or both are
connected with the ends of the shoulder straps by a pivoted or rotatable connec-
tion, substantially as described.
2. The special means for forming the pivotal connection between the shoulder
straps and button straps consisting of the metallic pins and bearings substantially
as described and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
3. The union piece B pivotally connected with the back button strap and the
shoulder straps.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1899.
CHARLES JANTON,
Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.