Improvements in and Appertaining to Braces or Suspenders for Trousers or the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Appertaining to Braces or Suspenders for
Trousers or the like.
I, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON of Church Street, Keighley in the County of
York, Woollen Merchant, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in and appertaining to braces or suspenders for trousers
or the like and consists of forming and constructing the tags and other parts for
attaching said braces or suspenders to the article to be suspended as well as the parts
for regulating the length of these braces, in such a manner that said parts may
respectively be more readily attached or detached and be more comfortable for the user
than those heretofore employed.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood I have hereunto
appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, to which by figures and letters
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating suspenders made in accordance with this
invention. Fig. 2 is a detail drawing shewing the formation of the tag or attachment
for connection with the button fixed to the article to be suspended. Fig. 3 is a
sectional view of the tag shewn by fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are front and side views of
supplementary means for attaching additional articles of dress to the suspenders.
Fig. 6 is a detail drawing illustrating the means for regulating the lengths of said
suspenders.
All the drawings except fig. 1 shew the full sizes of the several parts.
Respecting the tag or ordinary attachment a for attaching the braces 6 to the
article of dress desired to be suspended, the object of this invention is attained by the
employment of a tag of leather a as is usual with the exception that the button hole or
opening in this tag a for the reception of the button fixed to the article to be
suspended, is formed somewhat double or in two parts, one part al being formed large
enough for the button to pass through easily as is shewn in broken lines fig. 2, and
the other parts all only large enough to allow the thread or other fastening that
secures the button to the article of dress, to pass through; the part of the tag between
these openings a¹ and all being severed or cut so that when the button has passed
through the opening a' the thread or other fastening of said button may pass through
the slit into the opening all, the material (leather) forming the tag a readily yielding
to allow said passage while when it has passed therethrough the button is held with a
considerable degree of firmness.
Respecting the attachment for suspending additional articles of dress, and which is
illustrated in detail by figs. 4 and 5, this invention consists of arranging the braces in
such a manner that the outer loose end 61 is free for the attachment c to be fixed
thereto. This attachment c consists of the body part having the jaw c¹ formed at its
lower end by said lower end c¹ being bent as shewn, and the bifurcated sliding piece c"
arranged to slide within the attaching pieces c¹¹. The piece c¹¹ is constructed of
springy material, such as steel wire, and is formed by its bifurcations being made
always to tend to meet each other so that whether it is in its opened position shewn
by fig. 4 or in its closed position shewn by fig. 5 this tendency of the bifurcations to
meet keeps said piece with the desired degree of firmness in these said positions, the
open position enabling the user readily to insert between the pointed ends of said
piece e and the jaw c¹ the article of dress desired to be suspended, while the closed
position after said dress has been inserted, enables said pointed ends and the jaw c¹ to
firmly hold same as is desired.
The method of regulating the length of the braces or suspenders 6 in accordance
with this invention is accomplished by making use of the well known supplementary

page_text: strap attachment 6" fastened to the webbing b forming the shoulder part of the braces
in the well known manner, however instead of the common buckle attachment being
employed for regulating the length thereof as is well understood, the hook attach-
ment d (see fig. 6) having a cross bit d¹ is employed and suitable openings e are
formed as shewn by fig. 6 in the strap 6" for the insertion of this hook with its cross
piece d', so that though same may be readily moved into such relative positions that
attachment or detachment may easily be effected, yet when same are in the positions
as illustrated, which are the positions when in use, the one cannot become detached
from the other, and this attachment by its lying flat against the brace and not forming
such a bulky mass as does a common buckle, it contributes considerably to the
comfort of the wearer.
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. The tag a having its opening a¹ all formed as specified, in combination with
suspenders or braces and means for attaching same to the articles to he suspended
substantially as herein set forth and described.
2. The attachment c consisting of the part e having a jaw c¹ and attachment
loops formed thereon, and the bifurcated sliding piece c" constructed as described,
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
3. The hook d formed as described, the strap 6 having openings e formed as shewn,
the tags a formed as described, and the attaching pieces c in combination all of said
parts being constructed and arranged substantially as specified.
Dated this 30th day of July 1889.
A. K. BUCKTON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.