Certain Improvements in or connected with Trousers and Breeches, and Braces or Suspenders therefor.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
Certain Improvements in or connected with Trousers and Breeches,
and Braces or Suspenders therefor.
I, JOSEPH COLEMAN, of 220, 221 and 222, Great Lister Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Tailor and Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in or connected
with trousers and breeches and in brace or suspenders therefor. By my invention
I am enabled to dispense with the usual trousers buttons which as is well known
often come unsewn from the trousers.
In carrying out this invention I dispense with the trousers buttons and the
usual tabs or ends which connect on to the said buttons and instead thereof I
sew or otherwise permanently fix on to the top of the trousers three tabs one of
which is situated at the back of the trousers and the other two at the sides of the
front of the same respectively. Each of these tabs has a wide base where it is
sewn or otherwise permanently fixed to the trousers and stands up for some dis-
tance above the top of the trousers and terminates in a ring or loop or hook or like
attachment to connect on to the brace buckle or fastening, that is to say, at the
back of the braces there is provided a hook which connects on to a loop or ring
OL to the back tab of the trousers and on each of the brace buckles at the front
ther is provided a hook to hook respectively on to the loops or rings at the top
of the front tabs of the trousers so that when it is desired to unfasten thetro users
it is cniy necessary to unhook the braces from the said trouser tabs.
My invention is similarly applicable to breeches.
It will be evident that instead of making the braces with hooks to engage with
loops or rings formed on the tops of the tabs any other equivalent connection
may be employed such for instance as hooks on the tops of the tabs which hook
on to the ings or loops on the braces.
The said tabs which are sewn on the trousers may be made of any suitable tex-
tile or other material and at the top where they are fixed to the metal ring or loop
or hook they are by preference strengthened by a band or strap of metal or
leather inside the same.
In a modification of my said invention I make the back of the trousers with
two of the said tabs arranged to take on two hooks or rings or other connections
at the back of the braces.
Dated this 6th day of May 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Certain Improvements in or connected with Trousers and Breeches,
and Braces or Suspenders therefor.
"
L JOSEPH COLEMAN, of 220, 221 and 222, Great Lister Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Tailor and Outfitter, 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 consists of the herein described improvements in or connected
with trousers and breeches and in braces, or suspenders therefor. By my inven-
tion I am enabled to dispense with the usual trousers buttons which as is well
known often come unsewn from the trousers.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 shews my invention applied to one side of the front of the trousers
or breeches and Fig. 2 shews how my invention is applied to the back of the same;
Fig. 3 shews separately one of my improved tabs for sewing to the trousers;
Fig. 4 shews a modified form of metal loop for the top of the same; Fig. 5 shews
another form of brace front end for use with my invention and Fig. 6 illustrates
a modification of my invention applied to the back of the trousers.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
In carrying out this invention I dispense with the trousers buttons and the
usual brace tabs or brace ends which connect on to the said buttons and instead
thereof sew or otherwise permanently fix to the top of the trousers three tabs
one of which is marked A and is situated at the back of the trousers and the
other two are respectively fixed at the sides of the front of the trousers. One of
these front tabs is shewn in Fig. I and in Fig. 3 and is marked B. Each of the
tabs has a wide base where it is sewn or otherwise permanently fixed to the
trousers C and stands up for some distance above the top of the trousers and
terminates in a ring or loop 1 (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) or may terminate in a hook E.
(Fig. 6) or like attachment to connect on to the brace buckle or fastening, that is
to say, at the back of the braces there is provided a hook G (see Fig. 2)
which connects on to the loop or ring D on the back tab A of the trousers, and on
each of the brace buckles H at the front there is provided a hook I (see Fig. 1)
to hook respectively on to the loops or rings at the top of the front tabs B of
the trousers so that when it is desired to unfasten the trousers it is only necessary
to unhook the braces from the trousers tabs. The said hooks on the braces are
by preference spring hooks to make the attachment to the loops or rings D more
secure..
Instead of each of the hooks I at the front end of the braces being formed in
a piece with the brace buckle as in Fig. 1, the hook I may if desired be made as
is well known with a loop at its upper end (see Fig. 5) and through this loop
may be carried the front end of the brace and connected to a slide such as J on
the brace for adjusting the length of the same.
My invention is similarly applicable to breeches.
It will be evident that instead of making the braces with the hooks I or G to
engage with the loops or rings D formed on the tops of the said tabs which are
sewn or otherwise fixed to the top of the trousers or breeches any other equivalent
connection may be employed such for instance as shewn in Fig. 6 where the hook
is fixed to the top of the tab and arranged to hook into a ring or loop fixed to the
braces.
Each of the front tabs B is by preference divided into two parts marked b¹ ¿ª

page_text: as shewn in Figs. 1 and 3 but if desired each of the front tabs may be a solid tab
such as shewn in Fig. 2; also if desired the back tab instead of being solid as
shewn in Fig. 2 may be a divided tab such as shewn in Figs. 1 and 3. The rings
or loops D at the tops of the tabs are by preference bent with a small recess at
the top for the hooks of the braces to engage with so as to ensure the rings or
loops D hanging centrally on the hooks.
The said tabs A and B which are sewn on the trousers may be made of any suit-
able textile or other material and at the top where they are connected to the metal
ring or loop or hook they are or may be strengthened by a band or strap of metai
or leather inside the same as in the tabs of ordinary braces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In trousers or breeches the employment of three tabs sewn or otherwise per-
manently fixed to the top part of the trousers or breeches so as to stand up above
the same one of the said tabs being located at the back of the trousers or breeches
and the other two tabs at the sides of the front of the same each of the said taba
being made with a metal ring loop hook or other like attachment at the top to
connect on to the braces substantially as herein described.
2. The combination with a pair of breeches or trousers having tabs permanently
fixed thereto and arranged as denoted under Claim 1, of a pair of braces made
with hooks or loops at the back and at the front ends to connect on to the rings
loops or hooks of the said tabs which are fixed on the trousers or breeches sub-
stantially as hereinbefore set forth.
3. The combination of a pair of braces made with hooks or loops at the ends
and three tabs A and B each made with a metal ring loop hook or like attachment
at the top to connect on to the braces the bottom ends of the tabs being adapted
to be sewn and permanently fixed to the top of the trousers or breeches substan-
tially as hereinbefore set forth.