Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders and Buckles therefor.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1891.
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1892-Accepted, 11th June, 1882
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders and
Buckles therefor.
We, FRED TAYLOR, and Smith TAYLOR trading as Abraham 'S. Taylor and
Sons, of 77 Spear Street, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Brace and
Belt Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The invention is designed with the object of doing away with the eyeleting or
Bewing of the tabs of leather braid or other woven or plaited material and securing
them by lacing them into a metallic or other suitable clip or catch affixed either
to the buckle of the brace at the front or to the strap or end of the brace at the
back.
This metallic clip consists of a preferably rectangular piece stamped or formed
with two or more bars across the centre leaving two, three or more openings through
which the ends of the tab or end can be laced. These bars to receive the end are
preferably set up to one side or the other so that the material as it passes round
them may remain straight or approximately so.
The clip or lacing device may be formed as part of the buckle stamped in one
piece therewith or be attached thereto by being hooked or with a spring, hook or
in any suitable way and at the back of the brace the clip may be attached to a
leather or other strap or fixing.
Although we prefer the clip to be made of sheet metal it may be made of wire
or of stiff leather or other similar material if found practical.
The end of the tab is laced up through the holes formed by the bars, in the clip
and then turned over the top bar and laced back again in the reverse direction
through the same holes. Instead of merely turning over the top bar the end may
turn over the hook which secures the clip to the buckle thus forming a stiff lining
between the tab and the buckle. In this case the book may be elongated or the
clip may be made double for the whole or a part of its length.
Dated thin 00th day of August 1901
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders and
Buckles therefor.
We, FRED TAYLOR, and SMITH TAYLOR, trading as Abraham S. Taylor and
Sons, of 77 Spear Street, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Brace and Belt
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manuer
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the connecting or securing of brace ends to the buckles
or clasps of braces and is designed with the object of dispensing with the necessity
for forming holes in, eyeleting or stitching of the tabs of leather, elastic or rigid
web or cord or other material which form the brace ends; and of securing the
brace ends to the buckles by interlacing them into a metallic clasp or clip affixed
either to the buckle of the brace at the front or to the strap or end of the brace
at the back.
It consists essentially of a metallic clasp or clip attached to the brace fittings

page_text: formed with two or more transverse bars through which the ends of the leather or
other tabs are laced without any peg or projection to pass through or engage with
the tab and without any eyelet or hole in the tab to receive or engage with such
a projection.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which several examples of the invention as applied to the front buckles of braces
are shown.
The figs. of each modification are a front elevation of the buckle and clasp and
a sectional elevation of same with the tab or brace end in position.
In each case the metallic clasp or clip A is preferably made in rectangular form
with a side piece or frame a with two or more plain transverse bars B across from
side to side with two, three, or more openings b between them through which the
⚫ ends of the tab or brace end C are laced or interwoven from one side to the other
the end being turned over at the top and laced down again between the bars and is
thereby secured or held firmly in position.
The bars B are preferably set up alternately to one side or the other to receive
the ends so that the material may be easily laced therethrough and when in position
the bars are pressed or flattened down again.
Referring more particularly to the drawings-.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the clasp A is shown with three cross bars B and three spaces
or openings through which the end or tab C is laced. The end of the tab C is
laced in front of the lower cross bar B and in front of and over the top cross bar
and then down between the middle bar and the lower bar.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the clasp A is made with four transverse bars B and four
intermediate spaces 6 through which the end or tab C is laced. In Fig. 3 tho
clasp A is shown as it is stamped and after being stamped out, the lower cross bar
is turned up to the back as in Figs. 4, and 11. The end of the tab C is laced in
front of the cross bar B left lowest after the other is turned up and behind the
middle one and then in front of and over the top one passing down between the
back of the lower bar and the one which is turned up at the back.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the clasp A is made with three transverse bars B the middle
bar being set out to the back to allow the ends of the tab C to pass in front. The
end of the tab C is laced behind the lower bar in front of the middle bar and in
front of and over the top bar and then down in front of the middle bar and between
it and the bottom one.
In these figs. the clasps A which hold the tabs or ends C are formed with the
two stamped together in one piece and hinged to the bar d of the buckle D.
Instead of being stamped in one piece each clasp A may be stamped or formed
separately and be hinged independently one of the other to the bar d of the
buckle D.
In Figs. 7 and 8 the clasps A are shown formed and hinged at a separately to
the bar d of the buckle. The clasp A in this case is similar to that shown in Fig. 1
and the end of the tab C laced therein in the same way.
In Figs. 9 and 10 the clasps are also hinged at a separately to the buckle bar d
the clasp A being similar to that shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the end of the tab Chow-
ever in addition to being interlaced with the transverse bars B is carried up over
the part a¹ of the clasp that forms the hinge.
Fig. 11, perspective view of clasp A similar to that described with reference to
Figs. 3 and 4, but the two clasps will be hinged or attached separately to the
buckle.
It will be evident that the tabs or ends C may be interlaced in any suitable way
with the cross bars of the clasps A and the same will be held securely in position
without the necessity for any holes being cut in the tabs or any projections being
formed on the clasps. When the tabs are laced into position the bars B are pressed
down thereon to give additional grip to them.
The buckle D may be of any suitable shape or form and the clasp or lacing
device A may be formed as part of the buckle stamped in one piece therewith or

page_text: be attached thereto by being hooked or with a spring hook or in any suitable way
and at the back of the brace the clip may be attached to a leather or other strap
or fixing.
Although we prefer the clasp A to be made of sheet metal it may be made of
wire or of stiff leather or other suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we olaim is :—
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1. Buckles or fittings for braces or suspenders having the tabs or ends:attached
thereto by a clasp formed with a number of transverse bars and the ends of the
tabs interlaced therewith without any projections on the one or holes cut in the
other substantially, as described.
2. The combination with the buckles or fittings of braces of a clasp formed with
a number of transverse bars without any projections and theitab or end of leather
or other material interlaced therewith without any hole therein to secure same
substantially as described and shown.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.