Improvements in the Fastenings, Fittings, and Accessary Parts of Belts.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fastenings, Fittings, and Accessary Parts of
Belts.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of Granville Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the fastenings, fittings, and accessary parts of waist
belts, and consists in the first part, in the construction of the clasp, and frame
thereof, in the second part in the dispositions of branches of them, in the third part,
in passing the belt band over the primary frame stems of the same, while leaving
the branched or foliated part to overhang the edges of the same; in the fourth
part, in making the frames of the said clasps, buckles or framings open sided, or
open upon their outer sides, and between the return ends of them, or the return
ends of the upper sides, pendent ornaments are or may be suspended; in the fifth
part, in chatelaine fastenings; in the sixth part, in chatelaine connections; in the
seventh part, in "chape" frame connections.
In carrying out the first, second, third and fourth parts of my invention in con-
nection with a clasp, I proceed as follows:-
I take two framings, suitably fastened to each other by ball, loop, hook or other
like connections, and each having a middle stem or back bone part, having directed
from the two ends of the same, branches or ramified parts, terminated by leaves or
other ornaments.
The said ramified parts bend inwardly, alike unto an ornamental head of a
letter T, and which said parts are slightly brought forward out of the plane of
the back bone or middle framing part.
Thus we have a clasp composed of two sides or two framing parts, arranged
alike unto the figure of a double headed T, and with the said heads made branched
or ramified, while the sides of the said frames are open.
The band of the belt is connected by tongues, jointed or freely connected to
piercings passing through the two opposite and outer edges of the back bone
part of the frames, so that the band is connected to the frames respectively, by
the tongues or like connections, and comes in front of, and across the insides of
the backs of the said frames up to the inside boundary edges of the ramified or
branched ends.
The fast end of the belt, is attached to one frame, whilst the other and adjustable
end is connected to the prongs of the other framing.
The fastening means of the frames are taken from the adjacent branches of the
inner members of the tops as aforesaid, and are made to preferably link one within
the other, so that disconnection is made by a slight upward movement of the
frames.
In carrying out another form of my invention, I make the frames rectangular
in figure, and with the outer sides left open or partially so, and from the depending
member, and between the side spaces, pendent articles, such as hearts, anchors and
other ornaments, are suspended.
The frames have directed down their middles longitudinal bars, upon which
prongs or like connections are mounted, and from these bars, the fast and loose
ends proceed and are adjusted.
The ends of the branches, next to the open sides, are brought slightly forward
for the bands to pass thereunder, or at the back, whilst the frames are fastened
together by ball ended or other connections.

page_text: The pendent articles swing or hang over the front of the band, which gives a
novel and pleasing effect to the same.
As a further form of my invention I may make one or each frame of a closed
sided figure, with a bar down the middle, and with the said sides made up of com-
bined balls and tennis racquet frames, the holes in which latter forms links or
means from which chatelaines or other articles may, or can be suspended.
The middle bar carries the prong, whilst the outer bars are elevated or brought
forward to a different plane to the middle bar.
The said frame may be employed alone, or in double order as a clasp or connec-
tion, or the framings may be made in the form of a letter C, with the backs
presented to each other, and connected by a fastening, whilst the top branches on
the opposite open sides, have hearts, diamonds or other ornaments, loosely hung
from them, and with the said branches and ends preferably brought forward out of
the plane of the other part, or of the plane of middle bars, to which the fast and
loose ends of the band are connected.
As a still further form, I make the buckle or clasp frame with parallel or like
parts terminated by horse shoes, and with the ends of the same presented to each
other, and with the said horse shoes connected together by ball, hook or other
connections.
In carrying out still another form, I make the framing of the figure of a double
headed stockless anchor, with pendent articles loosely connected to the returned
branches of the upper head.
The division, middle frame or backbone is provided with a "chape "-loop or eye,
to which a "chape" or tab connection of a band is secured.
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This chapeloop is directed upon one side of the middle member, whilst the
tongues or prongs are jointedly connected to the other side, and which branches or
heads of the frame, may be terminated by foliage, flower or other representations.
It may be observed that the heads of the frames may be varied in shape, in
order to conform with the various patterns of the said frames.
In carrying out the fifth and sixth parts, the chatelaine body part or carrier for
the trinkets, keys or the like, is made in the form of a buckle with prong, which
is adjustably connected to a "chape," tab or other depending piece connected to
the outside of the band, and with the tongue of the said part hanging below the
lower edge of the band.
The connection is made by the one part being buckled to the other.
In the seventh part, branches, ramified parts or the like of the parts as aforesaid,
have suspended or hung from them, trinkets, ornaments or useful articles.
Dated this 1st day of December 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fastenings, Fittings, and Accessary Parts of
Belts.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of Granville Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer 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 improvements in the construction, and arrangement of
the fittings and accessory parts of the furniture of waist belts or bands.
In carrying out one form of iny improvements in connection with a single part
fitting, the same is made up of a frame, consisting of top and bottom ramified parts,
united together by a set back bar or strap, to which securing prongs of an adjustable
band are connected.

page_text: The said ramified parts in most cases, bend inwardly, and form a figure alike
unto a double headed ornamental T.
Thus the heads or top and bottom parts are brought forward from the bar or
strap part, which latter forms, as it were, a backbone to the frame of the
fitting.
By this construction, a clasp is composed, having two sides or two framing parts,
arranged alike unto the figure of a double headed T, and with the said heads made
branched or ramified, while the sides of the said frames are open. One end of the
band of the belt is connected by a tongue, jointed or freely connected to a long
piercing, made through the middle of the back-bone part of the frame, while the
other and adjustable end is connected and affixed by tongues, or by prongs, jointedly
connected to one side of the said back-bone part of the frame.
When in use, the band of the belt crosses the back-bone part of the frame, and
with the outer edges of the said band, coming up to the inside edges of the T ends,
so that the inwardly directed ramified parts of the said ends inwardly overlap the
band.
In another form of my improvements, in connection with a two part frame fitting,
two frames alike as described, are arranged side by side, and united together by
hooks, headed and cranked stems, ball headed loops, or other fastenings.
In a still further form of my invention, in connection with a two part fastening,
the inner sides of the said frames are closed or ungapped, and from the middles of
which, the fastening or connection means are directed or come. In use, the band
of the belt passes under the said closed inner sides, over the prong bar, and again
under the returned branched outer sides.
Pendent articles, such as hearts, anchors or ornaments may hang from, or be
connected to, the ends of the upper branches of the said ramified and overhanging
parts.
As still another form, I make the buckle or clasp frame with parallel or like
bars, terminated by horse shoes, and with the ends of the same presented to each
other, and with the said horse shoes connected together by ball, hook or other
connections.
In carrying out still another form, I make the framing of the figure of a double
headed stockless anchor, with pendent articles loosely connected to the returned
branches of the upper head.
The division, middle frame or back-bone, is provided with ቢ "chape" loop or
eye, to which a "chape or tab connection of a band is secured.
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This "chape" loop is directed upon one side of the middle member, whilst the
tongues or prongs are jointedly connected to the other side, and which branches or
heads of the frame, may be terminated by foliage, flower or other representation.
It may be observed that the heads of the frames may be varied in shape, in
order to conform with the various patterns of the said frames.
In carrying out my invention in connection with an accessory part viz. :—a
chatelaine, the body part or runner carrier for the trinkets, keys or the like is
made in the form of a buckle with prong or prongs, which is or are adjustably
connected to a "chape," tab or other depending piece of the runner band.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in front elevation, a waist
belt, provided with furniture or fittings and accessory part or parts, constructed,
arranged and provided according to one form of my invention.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the clasp fitting or frame part of the same,
showing the "chape" connection with an elongated piercing in the set-back bar
or backbone of the framing of the fitting, and also the prong connections of the
same, and how the band of the belt comes at the back of the ramified or foliated
top and bottom sides.
Figure 3 represents a longitudinal cross section upon the dotted lines A. B.
Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section upon the dotted lines C. D Figure 1,
whilst Figure 5 represents the clasp fitting or frame separately.

page_text: In Figures 1 to 5, a, a are upper and lower branched or foliated parts, united or
connected together by a centrally disposed and set back upright bar or back
bone b, having an elongated piercing or "chape" loop 2, and approached by a
sunken part ³, so as to admit of the top side of the "chape" or tab, lying flush
with the bar.
The heads or top and bottom sides a, a, have inwardly directed branched parts a³,
separated by an intervening space or gap a³, hence an open sided frame. The
adjustable part 2, of the band, whose ends c³, are connected to the loop 2, by a
chape" or tab connection or the like, is retained in its adjusted position by
tongues d, jointed to loops, formed within the bar b, and with the tips of the
said tongues resting upon the inwardly overlapping head ends of the frame.
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By thus constructing, arranging and providing the frames of clasp fittings,
fastenings, connections and the like as described, the whole or nearly the whole of
the pattern or design of the front of the fitting is displayed.
In the chatelaine part, e is a runner band, and e¹, e², are extended ends, to which
a buckle is connected by a tongue and bar g, h. From the said buckle or frame f,
useful articles or pendent ornaments are suspended.
Figure 6 represents a clasp or fitting, constructed and provided according to a
further form of my invention.
a, a, are heads or top and bottom sides, united together by a set back bar or back
bone b, having a "chape" loop 62, and connection prongs d, and with overhanging
branched ends a², separated by gaps a³, and from loops or eyes a', of the upper
branches a, pendent ornaments i, are suspended.
c, e, is the band of the belt.
Figure 7 represents a two part fitting of a clasp or other fastener, connection, or
the like, constructed according to my invention.
In this arrangement, the frames are united together by ball ended crank-stemed
connections.
Each of the fittings consist of top and bottom parts a, a, separated by gaps a³,
and with the said top and bottom parts united by upright bars b, carrying band
connection tongues d, and to the outsides of the inner branches of the said frames,
ball ended fastening means j, come.
cc, are the ends of the band of the belt, both of which are adjustable, and
overlap each other when the band is contracted. Thus, one end of the band is
adjustably connected to one part of the fitting, and the other end is adjustably.
connected to the other part of the fitting, by the tongues of each part fitting taking
respectively through the holes made in the end of the band.
Figure 8 represents a still further form of my invention. In this arrangement
the inner sides of the frame are closed, and the connection of the two parts of the
fitting made from them.
a, a, are top and bottom parts, with outwardly branched parts a², separated by
gaps or intervening spaces a³. The other or inner sides are closed and are marked a²,
and by which the hook and eye fasteners j, j are carried. bare upright tongue
bars, with tongues d, turning upon them. ², 3, are the adjustable ends of the
band c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
:―
First In waist belt furniture or fittings, making up the frame or the framings
of top and bottom branched ramified parts, with open or gapped sides, and with
the said top and bottom parts united by a set back cross bar, which when in use;
lies at the back of the band, or at the back of the ends of the band, and with the
terminations of the said top and bottom or ramified parts overhanging the edges of
the front of the band, or the edges of the front end of the band, as set forth in
Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Secondly-In waist belt furniture or fittings, connecting one end of the band

page_text: a belt, by a chape," or by a tongue, tab, or its equivalent, taking within an
elongated slot or piercing, made within a set back bar, of a clasp, frame or fitting
as set forth in Figures 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Thirdly-In the framings of waist belt furniture, making the outer sides open
or gapped, and the inner sides, closed, and with the ends of the band of the belt
coming under the branched parts of the gapped sides, and under the bars of the
closed sides, and between set back prong bars, substantially as described and set
forth in Figure 8.
Fourthly-The improvements in the construction and arrangement of the
framing parts of waist belt furniture or fittings, as described and set forth.
Fifthly In the chatelaine fittings of waist belts buckling the trinket or like
carrier or connector, to an extension or extensions, or an extended end or ends of
a runner or fixed loop, or its equivalent, as set forth in Figures 1 and 4.
Dated this 1st day of September 1892.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.