Improvements in Suspenders or Braces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders or Braces.
We, WALTER HUBBARD, of 15 Claremont, Hastings, Gentleman, and RAYMOND
WILMOT BRETT, of 4 St. Margaret's Road, St. Leonards', Gentleman, both in the
County of Sussex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the suspenders or braces worn by men and boys for
sustaining trousers in position. The braces are made and arranged as follows.
A piece of elastic webbing is made to pass over each shoulder from the front or
chest side of the wearer to his back, the lower portion, which passes beneath the
arm pit, being fastened in the usual manner to the nearest button on the back of
the trousers. The other extremity, or upper portion, passes over the top of the
shoulder across the wearer's back and side (opposite to the shoulder) and is
fastened in the usual manner to the two front buttons by a double looped cord
playing over a pulley attached in the well known manner to the webbing.
In this manner, the two pieces of webbing, passed over the shoulders, cross each
other at three points on the back; once, high up in the centre of the back, where
the upper portions cross, and once upon each side, lower down and nearly under the
arm, where the upper portion of one of the pieces of webbing crosses the lower
portion of the opposite piece of webbing a little above its fastening to the button
of the trousers. Thus, there is no direct support from the top of the shoulder
straight down the front, to the front buttons of the trousers; the loop passing
around in front of the shoulders and under the arms, and the attachments coming
from behind round the sides to the front, being all that is visible on the front side.
Consequently the strains are all directed to keep the wearer erect, to draw the
shoulders back, and to expand the chest, while any sideway movement is provided
for by the pulley and cord of each front attachment.
In order to keep the braces in the proper form, so that they may be readily put
on, loops or double pieces are provided at each of the three crossing places at the
back, so that they intersect each other and the parts are kept in their proper
relative position. Suitable means are likewise provided for adjusting the length of
the braces by adjusting buckles in any well known manner.
Dated this 30th day of December 1890.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders or Braces.
We,
WALTER HUBBARD, of 15, Claremont, Hastings, Gentleman, and RAYMOND
WILMOT BRETT, of 4, St. Margaret's Road, St. Leonards, Gentleman, both in the
County of Sussex, 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 :-
This invention relates to the suspenders or braces worn by men and boys for
sustaining trousers in position.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a pair of braces laid flat, and ready to be attached to the
trousers.
Fig. 2 represents the braces thrown-over the shoulders of a man, the back ends
of the braces being fastened upon the two back buttons.
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page_text: Fig. 3 represents the braces at the back after the front ends have been drawn to
the front and buttoned.
Fig. 4 represents the appearance of the braces in front when buttoned.
The braces are made and arranged as follows: A piece of elastic webbing a is
made long enough to pass over each shoulder of the wearer from the chest to his
back, the two ends b, b passing beneath the arms and fastened to the buttons c, c,
on the back of the trousers d. The other or front ends e, e, pass across the back in
a diagonal direction round each side to the front, and they are each fastened in the
usual manner to the two front buttons ff, by a double looped cord attachment g
over a pulley, in a well known manner.
By this arrangement, the two pieces of webbing a, a passed over the shoulders,
cross each other at three places on the back, (as is shown in Fig. 3); the highest
being in the centre of the back at h; the other two at i, i, lower down, and nearly
under the arm.
The several parts of the braces are kept in their relative positions by loops or
double pieces at the three crossing points already mentioned. At the upper one h
the loop need not be a very wide one, as there is not so much range of motion in
the centre. But at the other two-i, i,-may extend a considerable length with a
loose end made to button at j, j. This allows of the front parts e, e, to be passed
between the doubled parts, as shown at i, i, in Figs. 3 and 4. When thus placed in
position, the parts a to e of the webbing is approximately parallel on the back to
that portion from a to c, as is shown in Fig. 3. Thus there is no direct support
from the top of the shoulder straight down the front to the buttons f of the
trousers, the loop passing around the front of each shoulder, under the arm to the
back, and the attachments g, g, coming from behind to the front (as shown in
Fig. 4) being all that is visible on the front side. Consequently the strains are all
directed to keep the wearer erect, to draw the shoulders back and expand the
chest, while any side movement is provided for by the pulley and cord of each front
attachment g.
At the upper crossing point h, at the back, it is preferred to make the loop with
a roller shackle at each end thereof to enclose the two pieces of webbing a a, as
indicated in Fig. 1, but in the said figure, the crossing piece is shown close to the
front attachments g, g. The loop his therefore readily adjustable along the clear
length of each piece of webbing a (independently of the other piece) so that in
putting on the braces the loop h adjusts itself from the part of the back indicated
in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3 (its normal position) and it also adjusts itself
slightly to side movements of the wearer.
It will be understood that the loose ends made to button at j, j, may be sewn in
the looped positions i, i, (to dispense with the button and button hole) when the
braces are made up and arranged ready for putting on, in the manner indicated in
Fig. 3; or be made adjustable in any known manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Suspenders or braces each side extending from the front beneath each arm across
the back, intersecting by a loop at h and over opposite shoulders to the front,
intersecting approximately beneath the arms at i, i, with the opposite front portion,
the said intersections at i, i and being within loops, substantially in the manner
herein shown and described.
Dated this 17th day of September 1891
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicants.