Improved Braces or Suspenders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Braces or Suspenders.
I RAYMOND WILMOT BRETT of 36 London Road Tunbridge Wells in the
County of Kent Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improved expanding braces or suspenders.
According to this invention the two webbings cross each other at back or front
by means of an adjustable loop and to one end of each webbing I connect a roller
and a short piece of webbing at right angles or nearly so to the main webbings to
the opposite end of this latter and at the under edge I connect another roller and
also a spring clip or other suitable fastening device to the upper edge in order to.
fasten it to the end of the other webbing.
Over the rollers I pass a cord having a loop at either end and I also have a
third roller running on aforesaid cord (with loop attached) between the two afore-
said rollers thus both ends of the braces or suspenders are similar.
Dated this 7th day of Jnne 1892.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Braces or Suspenders.
I RAYMOND WILMOT BRETT of 36 London Road, Tunbridge Wells 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 he particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improved expanding braces or suspenders.
According to this invention the two webbings cross each other at back or front
by means of an adjustable loop and to one end of each webbing I connect a roller
and a short piece of webbing at right angles or nearly so to the main webbings to
the opposite end of this latter and at the under edge I connect another roller and
also a spring clip or other suitable fastening device to the upper edge in order to
fasten it to the end of the other webbing.
Over the rollers I pass a cord having a loop at either end and I also have a third
roller running on aforesaid cord (with loops attached) between the two aforesaid
rollers thus both ends of the braces or suspenders are similar.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will describe the
same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
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Fig. 1 shews view of brace or suspender spread out so as to shew all parts.
Fig. 2 is a detail hereafter referred to.
Fig. 3 is plan partly in section of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the views.
a b c d e f shew the loops a and c and d and of being connected together by the
cords g and respectively the loops 6 and e being attached to rollers i running on
the cords g.
between the links o. o. p. p. to these links are connected the rollers l. l.
and k. k. and to the links o o are connected short pieces of webbing m m to which
are connected other pieces of webbing - at one end the other end of these pieces
being connected to the main webbings n n one of these main webbings n passes
through an adjustable loop (shewn more clearly) detached and drawn to an
enlarged scale at Fig. 2 & 3.

page_text: The two main webbings n n are each provided with a buckles for adjusting the
length of the braces and one of the webbings n. passes through links t. t. and
the piece u. which forms the aforesaid adjustable loop.
The two loops d. e. button on to two of the front buttons on the trousers and the
loop f. on to one of the back buttons likewise the loops a. b. and 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 I
claim is
In braces or suspenders the combination of webbings n. n. piece u. links t. t.
pieces m. m. and cords g. h. loops a. b. c. d. e. f. pulleys . k. l. all arranged
substantially as described and shewn on the drawing.
Dated this 7th dow of Moral 1202
BROWNE & Co., -
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
BROWNE & Co., .
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.