Improvements in or Additions to Brace and Suspender Ends or Tab Connections.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to Brace and Suspender Ends or
Tab Connections.
I JOHN BOULTREE BROOKS of Great Charles Street in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to brace or suspender ends, and in particular, to the button
hole or connection parts of the same.
By my invention, the said button-hole or connection parts are connected to, or
disconnected from, a button, stud or the like attached to a garment in a simpler
and more efficient manner, than has heretofore been accomplished, and further, the
act of fastening or unfastening is performed without any opening out or bulging
of the boundary edging of the said button-hole, or fastening or fastenings, as has
heretofore been the case with ordinary button-holes.
I will now describe my invention in connection with a brace end or tab.
The button-hole part consists of a circular or other shaped piercing having
leading from it, a downwardly directed narrow passage or slit, and disposed in the
longer direction of the article.
Thus, the first named piercing is of the size, or a little larger than the stud or
button with which the button-hole is to be used, whilst the slit or narrow passage
leading from it, is of about the breadth of the shank of the stud or button, so that
on connecting the said tab to a button, the enlarged opening is passed over it, when
by an upward movement of the tab end, the said enlargement is removed from in
front of the button, and the slit or narrow passage leading from it, is drawn over
the shank, with the opposite sides of the button overhanging or. coming in front
of the material disposed in the two opposite sides of the said passage, hence the
connection.
I make the entrance to the passage choked or contracted, and the enlargement
or primary piercing may be provided with a closure or tongue depending from the
top side of it, so that after the primary part of the button hole has passed over the
button head, and the same slid into a position as aforesaid with the shank in
the passage, then the closure or tongue is pressed or falls into the said enlargement,
filling up the same, and preventing the return, rising or disengagement of the
button, until the said closure or tongue has been again displaced, either by the action
of taking hold of the end of the tab, and pulling forwardly and upwardly the same,
or by of it by hand.
The button hole part connection is applicable to both the fronts and backs of
braces or suspenders.
The connection may be extended to a loop for the carrying of the tab middle
part or tab cord of a pair of tab ends.
Thus the connection consists of a flap with the button upon its inner side, which
passes around the middle of a pair of tab ends, and in making the connection, the
button passes through the larger part of the piercing, and its shank is drawn into
the narrow part, and which piercing resembles in form, the figure of a pear,
constructed at the junction with the head part to the lower part.
The button hole piercing may be formed in shape alike to the head end of a
hockey stick or to an inverted retort, the extended part forming the primary
piercing, while the narrow part forming the slit, is directed and curved downwardly
and inwardly from the underside of the said primary piercing, so that the primary
piercing is longer than it is broad, so that the button first has to pass through a
portion of it, then by a lateral movement, the shank is brought opposite the

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narrow passage on the side, when by pulling the article upwards, the connection
is made.
As a further modification, the extreme tab ends carrying the button hole parts
may be loose, and jointedly connected to a tab cord or other part supported by a
Ioop, through which the cord or part has previously been passed.
The tab or terminal ends, instead of being provided with a pierced button hole,
may have pocketed ones, which are disposed at the backs of the said tabs, and take
upon the buttons, in manner that the shanks of them lie within loop gaps or middle
passages.
Thus the button pockets consists of elongated semi-circular shaped cases, with
passages having leads to them, where down the shank of the button passes, when
the button itself is within the pocket.
The said button hole pockets, which have open tops, closed bottoms, and middle
piecing, may be made in imetal, and may if necessary, be fitted with a pull off.
As a further modification, I provide the tab with an elastic connection, and
arrange the same to slide behind a fore part, while the extreme tab end itself,
carries the button hole part as aforesaid.
Dated this 28th day of November 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to Brace and Suspender Ends or
Tab Connections.
1, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles 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 brace or suspender ends, and in particular, to the
button hole or connection parts of the same.
By ny invention, the said button hole or connection parts are connected to
or disconnected from a button, stud or the like attached to a garment in a simple
and efficient manner.
I will now describe my invention in connection with a brace end or tab.
The button hole part consists of a primary piercing having leading from it a
downwardly directed and narrow passage or slit.
The first named piercing is a little larger than the stud or button, with which
the button hole is to be used, whilst the slit or narrow passage leading from it, is
of about the breadth of the shank of the said stud or button.
In one form of my invention, the larger or primary piercing is provided with a
closure or tongue depending from the top inner side of it, and which when closed
acts as a stop, against the accidental detachment of the tab from the button.
Thus, the closure tongue fills up the primary piercing, and prevents the return,
rising, or disengagement of the button, until the said closure or tongue has been
again displaced, either by the action of taking hold of the end of the tab, and
pulling forwardly and upwardly the same, or by the removal of it by hand.
The button hole part connection, is applicable to both the backs and fronts of
braces or like suspenders.
In making the connection, in a further form of my invention, the button passes
through the larger part of a piercing, and with its shank drawn into the narrow
part, and which piercing resembles in shape the figure of a pear, contracted at the
junction with the head part to the lower part.
.Otherwise the button hole piercing may be formed alike in shape to the head.

page_text: end of a hockey stick. The extended part forms the primary piercing, while the
narrow part forms the slit, and which latter is directed and curved downwardly
and inwardly from the underside of the said primary piercing.
As a further modification, the extreme tab emis carrying the button hole parts
may be loose, and jointedly connected to a tab cord or the like.
The tab or terminal ends, instead of being provided with a pierced button hole,
may have pocketed ones, which are disposed at the backs of the said tabs, and
take проп the buttons, in manner that the shanks of them lie within loop gaps,
or middle passages.
Thus, these button pockets consist of elongated semi-circular shaped cases, with
passages having leads to them, wheredown the shank of a button passes, when the
pocket itself is drawn over a button.
The said button hole pockets, which have open tops, closed bottoms, and middle
piercings, may be made in leather, metal or other materials and may, if necessary,
be fitted with a pull-off extension.
As a further modification, I provide the tab with an elastic or yielding connection,
and arrange a part of the same to slide, while the extreme end of the same, carries
the button hole part.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in front elevation, a dress
brace, with tabs having button-hole parts made according to one form of my
invention.
The right hand tab, or the button hole part of the same, is shown connected to
a button attached to a garment, and with the primary piercing of the button hole
part, closed.
The left hand tab is shown in the act of being passed over a button, or in other
words, the primary piercing is shown open, and with the same being passed over a
button, whose sbank is subsequently taken into the narrow passage by an upward
movement of the said tab end.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the right hand tab end upon the dotted
lines A. B.
a, a, are tab ends, united by a runner connection a². Each of the body parts
of the said ends have primary piercings b, with downwardly directed and narrow
passages The first named piercings are of a size a little larger than the studs
or buttons c, with which the same are to be used, whilst the narrow passages
leading from the said primary piercings are of about the breadth of the shank of
a button.
The first named piercing has also within it, a closure tongue d, depending from
the top inner side of it, and normally closing the said piercing, and preventing the
rising or otherwise detachment of the button, until the said closure tongue has been
inclined outwardly, or removed from the plane of the tab.
e is the garment to which the buttons are attached, and is the back end of a
brace.
Figure 3 represents the back end of a dress brace, with the tabs having button
hole parts made according to a further form of my invention.
Figure 4 is a cross section upon the dotted lines C. D.
The right hand side tab is shown connected with a button attached to a garment,
while the left hand tab is shown with the button hole part taking over a
button.
a, a, are the tabs, connected together by a runner a³, and with primary
piercings, having leading from them, narrow passages 62, within which latter,
the shanks of buttons c, pass, on the said tabs being drawn upwards, as represented
by the right hand tab.
The configuration of the button hole piercing comprehends in figure alike unto
the head end of a hockey stick.
e is the garment, to which the buttons are attached, and f is the back end of a
brace.
In making the connection of the said tab ends with the button, pass the primary

page_text: piercing, over the edge of the button as shown in the left hand tab, and then by
an upward movement, draw the shank of the button into the narrow passage, leading
and directed downwardly from the primary piercing.
Figure 5 represents a still further form of my invention, in which the tab ends
are loosely or jointedly connected to the ends of the tab cord, whilst the said tab
ends have button hole parts, made essentially as described.
Figure 6 is a cross section upon the dotted lines G. H. Figure 5.
a, a, are tab ends, connected together by a tab cord a³, having looped ends a³,
wherethrough pins or pivots a', pass, and thereby connect in a jointed manner, the
upper ends a, of the tabs a, to the said tab cord a². The tab itself has a primary
piercing b, and a narrow passage &, directed downwardly from it.
.
Figure 7 represents in front elevation, a brace end, or a pair of tab cords,
having button hole parts made according to a further form of my invention, and
which parts consist of pockets, which take upon the shanks of the buttons.
Figure 8 represents a front elevation of the said brace end, or pair of tab ends,
showing the pocketed connections, and with buttons shown within the pockets, and
the garment to which they are attached assunied to be cut away.
Figure 9 represents a section upon the dotted lines E. F. Figure 8, but showing
portion of the garment to which the button is attached.
a,.a, are unpierced tab ends, united together by a runner length a; dare pockets
with open ends d², sloping into middle cut away parts d³, wherein the shanks of the
buttons pass, whilst the buttons themselves rest within the insides of the pockets.
Figure 10 represents a section of a tab end, or brace end button hole connection,
arranged and made according to a still further form of my invention.
The said Figure 10 represents the parts in the positions which they normally
assume, and Figure 11 represents the parts in the positions they take when the
movable portion is withdrawn.
a is the tab end, with a button hole passage 12, directed from the middle of the
top edge of the said tab, which has connected to it, rods or stalks 63, upon the two
opposite sides, and terminated by heads or shoulders . These rods or stalks,
with their ends, work telescopically within tubes c², carried by, or formed integral
with a framing e', of a brace end c. The said tubes c², have shoulders c, at their
lower ends, and are open at their upper ends; and enclosed within the said tubes,
and surrounding the rods or stalks, are coiled springs e, with their ends abutting
against the shoulders of the heads e, and the shoulders of the tubes respectively.
When pull is upon the yielding button hole connection, the positions of the
parts are as in Figure 11, but immediately pull is relieved then the lower end of
the part c, approaches the top of the part a, and embraces a button, or the shank
of a button between them.
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 :-
:
First In the button hole parts of braces and like dress suspenders, providing
the primary piercing of button holes, having shank passages as described, with
closure tongues, depending or hanging from the top inner side of the same, for the
purpose as described and set forth in Figures 1 and 2.
:
Secondly In the button hole parts of braces and like dress suspenders,
directing the shank passages of the said button holes parts from one side, or
essentially from one side of the primary piercings substantially as described and
set forth in Figure 3 and 4.
Thirdly-In the tab ends of braces and like dress suspenders, jointing the same
to the tab cord or other carrier, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 5 and 6.
Fourthly In the tabs or the tab ends of braces, and like dress suspenders,
making the button hole parts in the form of pockets, with shank passages and leads,
as set forth in Figures 7, 8 and 9.

page_text: Fifthly In the ends, tabs or tab ends of braces and like dress suspenders,
making the same up of two sliding and yielding parts, having spring connections,
and with the lower or outer part provided with a button shank passage or opening,
substantially as set forth in Figures 10 and 11.
Dated this 20th day of Aus 180
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.