Improvements in or relating to Suspensory Attachments for Waist Belts and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1900-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Suspensory Attachments for Waist
Belts and the like.
I, NELLIE LEE, of 66, Wellgate, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, Draper's
Saleswoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in suspensory attachments for waist
belts and the like, as used for supporting skirts and similar articles of wearing
apparel, or for concealing the junction of these with a blouse or like garment;
the object being to provide for the temporary attachment of the belt to the
article or garment in a more perfect, simple, and unobtrusive manner than
hitherto, and to enhance its supporting power.
In carrying my invention into effect or practice I employ a brooch or safety
pin specially designed and formed for ready and secure attachment to the
inside of the belt; and which when so attached will accommodate itself readily
to the shape of the wearer; which will occupy little space between the belt
and the garment and will not cause unseemly bulging of the former, and which
will at the same time have great rigidity and transverse strength. For these
purposes I form the backbone or stiffening plate from thin sheet metal, and of
considerable depth relative to its thickness. Eyelets or their equivalent are
pierced or otherwise formed in such plate for the purpose of more or less per-
manently attaching it to the belt by sewing or the like,-the distribution of
such being preferably arranged near the outer edges, so as to render such
attachment more perfect. To this plate I attach a pin somewhat after the
manner of a brooch. pin, one end of the plate being formed into a turning
socket or hinge for such pin, and the other forming a hook or sheath to receive
and retain its free end or point, and preferably also to protect it. In its simplest
form my complete suspensory device consists of only the said plate with the
hinge socket and sheath formed in or from it, and the pin bent at the end so as to
conveniently engage with and turn in such socket, but I may separately attach
such socket and sheath and secure the pin therein in any other known way,
such as by soldering or rivetting.
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In using or applying my invention as above described the complete device
having been permanently attached by sewing or the like to the inside surface
of the belt, and preferably although not necessarily about the middle of its
length; the wearer passes the pin,(which lies between its plate and the gar-
ment) through such garment and engages the point with the sheath, so as
to secure the dependent belt and garment the one to the other. On the belt
being fastened round the figure in the known way, the brooch or suspensory
device is covered or concealed. The thinness and flexibility of the stiffening
plate meanwhile permits of its being pressed against the figure by the tightened
belt, so as to prevent discomfort to the wearer or undue bulging to the outside;
while such pressure also causes the downward pull of the skirt or like article
to be directed principally in the direction of the depth, and thus of the greatest

page_text: transverse strength of the plate, so preventing dragging and perfecting the
character of the support.
Dated this 18th day
of October 1899.
NELLIE LEE,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Suspensory Attachments for Waist
Belts and the like.
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I, NELLIE LEE, sometime of 66, Wellgate, and now of 24, Garland Place,
Constitution Road, both of Dundee, inther County of Forfar, Draper's Sales-
woman,, 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:"
1...
This invention relates to improvements in suspensory attachments for waist
belts and the like, as used for supporting skirts. and similar articles of wearing
apparel, or for concealing the junction of these with a blouse or like garment;
the object being to provide for the temporary attachment of the belt to the
article or garment in a more perfect, simple, and unobtrusive manner than
hitherto, and to enhance its supporting power.
In order that my said invention may be the better understood I have here-
unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, in which the same reference
numerals are employed to denote the same or like parts where shown.
L.
Fig. 1, of these drawings is an elevation of the inside or body face of my
improved device, while Figs. 2, 3, and 4, are plan, left hand end elevation, and
vertical section at A, A, respectively, all projected from the said Fig. 1.
Fig. 5, is a view corresponding with Fig. 1, but showing the application;
of my improved device when attached to a waist belt fastened round the person,
and engaging with a garment.
Fig. 6, is a plan, Fig. 7, a left hand end elevation, and Fig. 8, a vertical sec-
tion at B, B, all in projection from Fig. 5.
In carrying my invention into effect or practice, I employ a brooch or safety
pin 10, specially designed and formed substantially as shown, for ready and
secure attachment to the belt 11; and which when so attached will accom-
modate itself readily to the shape of the wearer as indicated more particularly
by Fig. 6; which will occupy little space between the belt 11, and garment 12,
and will not cause unseemly bulging of the former; and which will at the
saine time have great rigidity and transverse strength.
For these purposes I form the backbone or stiffening plate 13, from thin sheet
metal, or equivalent stiff but thin material, and of considerable depth relative
to its thickness. Eyelets 14, or their equivalent are pierced or otherwise
formed in such plate for the purpose of more or less permanently attaching
it to the belt 11, by sewing 15, or the like. The distribution of such eyelets
is preferably arranged near the outer edges 16, and 27, so as to render such
attachment more perfect, or otherwise to prevent the device under stress, bend-
ing over and away from the belt, or other undesirable relative movement.
To this plate 13, I attach a pin 18, somewhat after the manner of a brooch pin,
one end of the plate being formed into a turning socket or hinge 19, for such
pin, and the other forming a hook or sheath 20, to receive its free end or point 21,
and preferably also to protect it. In its simplest form my complete suspensory
device 10, consists only of the said plate 13, with the hinge socket 19, and

page_text: sheath 20, formed in or from the material of such plate, and the pin 18, bent
at the end 22, so as to conveniently engage with and turn in such socket; the
whole thus consisting of two essential portions, formed for fitting together and
mutual use by simple manipulation of their material. But I may if desired
attach such socket and sheath and secure the pin therein in any other known
way, such as for instance by soldering on the socket or rivetting over the plunt
end of the pin.
In using or applying my invention as above described and illustrated,-the
complete device 10, having been permanently attached by sewing 15, or the
like to the inside surface 11ª, of the belt 11, and preferably although not neces-
sarily about the middle of its length, the wearer passes the pin 18,-which
lies between its plate and the garment 12,-through such garment, and engages
the point 21, with the sheath 20, so as to secure the dependent belt and
garment the one to the other and substantially as shown by Figs. 5, and 6, of
the drawings. On the belt being fastened round the wearer in the known way,
the brooch or suspensory device 10, is covered or concealed, or otherwise lies
completely between the inside face 11, of the belt, and the figure; and does
not appear on its outer face 11b. The thinness and flexibility of the stiffening
plate 13. meantime permits of its being pressed against the figure by the
tightened belt, easily following its curve as shown more particularly by Fig. 6,
so as to prevent discomfort to the wearer or undue and unseemly bulging to
the outside 11b. Such pressure also causes the downward pull of the skirt or
like article 12, to be directed principally in the direction of the depth of the
plate, and thus, having regard to its special design and mode of attachment,-
of its greatest transverse strength and resistance to deformation or buckling ;
so preventing dragging, and perfecting the character of the support.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be
clearly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details of form or
construction of my improved suspensory device herein before described and illus-
trated, but that I hold myself free to make such modifications thereof as con-
form with the spirit and scope of my said invention. I wish it also to be
understood that I am aware that safety pins and like articles have been used
for functions similar to that for which my device is specially designed, and that
I lay no claim at large to such, but I declare that what I claim is:-
A suspensory attachment for waist belts and the like, formed for simple and
practically invisible attachment thereto, for facility of incorporation with a
garment and ready conformity to the figure when braced thereupon, together
with great transverse strength and resistance to deformation in the direction
of the stress to which such device is normally subjected; substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the appended sheet of drawings.
Dated this 21st day of June 1900.