Year: 1887

page_text: I, EDWARD ANGELO HERBERT of Beeleigh Lodge Erith in the county of Kent
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A new or improved Brace which does not require Buckles and other such fastenings
on the shoulder straps.
The object of my invention is to produce a Brace which shall yield in almost any
position without the use of elastic webbing over the shoulders.
I will proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the way in
which the same is performed.
A in Fig. 1 is the shoulder strap which is made of cotton webbing or any other
suitable material, B is a piece of leather which is stitched on to A and in which there
is a hole through which an indiarubber cord or other elastic material C is passed
and in order to prevent the cord C pulling through B I place a small indiarubber
band nearly at the end of the cord and round the indiarubber band I fix a small piece
of metal D Fig. 2.
E in Fig. 1 is a piece of leather through which the cord Calso passes and is stitched
on each side of the cord in order to prevent it slipping when the tabs F are fastened
on the trousers, and it is further secured by one or more pieces of metal G G.
H in Fig. 1 is a tassel or other ornament which it is only necessary to pull in order
to stretch the cord and so allow E to be moved up and down with ease as in Fig. 3.
Fig. 2 shows the way in which the metal G G gripps the cord and prevents E from
slipping unless the cord C is stretched as in Fig. 3.
The leather E may be prevented from slipping on the cord by stitches each side
of the cord only or by one or more pieces of metal without the stitching but I use
both stitching and metal in order to get extra strength.

page_text: I use the word cord as I prefer a round substance but other shapes will answer
the same purpose.
I prefer the indiarubber or other elastic material covered with Silk Cotton or Wool
in order to protect it from wear.
One or more pieces of cord may be used in the manufacture of these braces and
may be applied with great advantage to the back part as well as the fore part of
the Braco.
The advantages of Braces made in the manner stated are very great as they are
less cumbersome than the ordinary Brace and look altogether neater.
Dated this 1st day of February 1887.

page_text: other such Fastenings on the Shoulder Straps.
I, EDWARD ANGELO HERBERT of Beeleigh Lodge, Erith, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman 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:-
The object of my invention is to produce a Brace which shall yield in any position
without the use of elastic webbing over the shoulders, and which can be rapidly and
casily adjusted without the use of buckles and other such fastenings on the
shoulder straps.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will proceed to describe the
same by reference to the accompanying drawings.
In Fig. 1. A is the shoulder strap which is made of cotton webbing or other suitable
material, B is a piece of leather which is stitched on to A, and in which there is a
hole, through which an indiarubber cord or other elastic material C is passed, there
are many ways of preventing the cord C from pulling through B but I prefer to place
a small indiarubber band nearly at the end of the cord, and round the indiarubber
band I fix a small piece of metal D Fig. 2, the indiarubber cord C is fixed into the
leather E Fig. 8 in the same way.
E Fig. 1 is a piece of leather through which the cord C also passes and is stitched
on each side of the cord in order to prevent it from slipping when the tabs F are
fastened on to the trousers, it is also further secured by one or more pieces of
metal G G.
H Fig. 1 is a metal ornament which it is only necessary to pull in order to stretch
the cord C, and so allow E to be moved up and down with ease and so lengthen or
shorten the Brace as desired, as shewn in Fig. 3.
Buckles can of course be used with this description of Brace but they are not
necessary, as the brace can be regulated by stretching the cord C as previously
stated and which will answer all requirements.
Fig. 2 shews the way in which the pieces of metal G G grip the cord C, and so
prevent E from slipping unless the cord C is stretched as in Fig. 3.
The leather E may be prevented from slipping on the cord C by stitches each
side of the cord only, or by one or more pieces of metal without the stitching,
but I use both stitching and metal in order to get extra strength.
One or more pieces of cord can be used in the manufacture of these braces as
in Fig. 4, and can be applied with great advantage to the back part as well as the
fore part of the Brace as in fig. 8.
These Braces can also be manufactured by using metal fittings for B & E instead
of leather as shewn in Fig. 5; metal fittings can also be used for the back pari
of the brace as shewn in Fig. 6 and marked E.

page_text: When metal fittings are used instead of leather, it is only necessary to tightly
close the metal B & E Figs. 5 & 6 round the cord in order to make it perfectly
fast but of course the metal E Fig. 5 is not closed so tightly.
J in Fig. 6 shews the join where the metal meets after being pressed round the
cord C.
Figs. 7 & 8 are portions of a Brace made with leather fittings.
I use the word cord as I prefer a round substance, but there are other shapes
which will answer the same purpose.
I prefer the indiarubber cord, or other elastic material, covered with silk, cotton, or
wool, in order to protect it from wear.
The advantages of Braces made in the way stated in my specification are very
great, as they are less cumbersome, more pliable, and look altogether neater than
the ordinary Brace, & they can be more easily adjusted.
Having described the nature of my invention what I claim is.
An improved Brace which is made of indiarubber cord or any other suitable
elastic material in conjunction with metal, leather etc., and which can be regulated
without the use of Buckles and other such fastenings on the shoulder straps, as
stated in my specification and shewn on the drawings.
Dated: th 14th day at Lul, 1887