Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1887.
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Specification Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
I HENRY WILLIAM EVERARD of Brownsfield Mills, Great Ancoats Street, Man-
chester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is an improved manufacture of brace whereby a neater
appearance is obtained than heretofore and the use of pulleys guides or other metallic
sliding parts are dispensed with in connecting the ends to the buckles or loops in
front and to the shoulder straps at the back of braces.
In performing my invention I employ elastic cord composed of a single cord or of
several strands of india rubber, lapped on the outside with cotton, silk or other fibrous
material, or non-elastic cord may be employed for forming the front and back ends of
braces. These ends may terininate in the usual leather or other tab forming the
button hole, or loops may be formed at each extremity of such ends to form the button
holes in the ordinary manner, or such cords are, in accordance with this invention,
doubled and twisted together several times, as illustrated in Fig. 1. of the accompany-
ing drawing, so as to form a loop b. at each extremity to constitute the button hole-
the twisted portion in this case being secured and prevented untwisting again by
These improved
being stitched lapped or clamped together by a metallic clamp c.
ends are secured in a novel manner to the braces as illustrated in Fig. 2. which re-
presents the front or buckle extremity of a pair of braces embracing my improvements.
Instead of passing over pulleys or other guides and being capable of sliding sideways
through the casing" d. I pass the cord e through the double fabric or material
constituting the casing d. and then stitch or otherwise fasten such double fabric
together close up to the said cord e. for instance as indicated by the stitches f. and
whereby the same is secured in position and effectually prevented slipping.
Although only illustrated as applied to the buckle or front extremity of a brace, it
will be apparent that this improved method of attachment is equally applicable to the
loops and also to the back extremities of braces.

page_text: In some cases instead of employing "casings" composed of a double fabric I
employ sheet metal clamped upon the improved brace ends as a means of attaching
them to the extremities of the shoulder straps or to the buckles or loops thereof.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. The improvements in Braces substantially as hereinbefore described.
2nd. The improved manufacture of brace ends with the button holes formed by
twisting the cords employed, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
3rd. The improved mode of connecting the brace ends to the buckles or loops and
to the shoulder straps of braces substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.