Improvements in and relating to Suspenders for Drawers, Stockings, and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Suspenders for Drawers, Stockings,
and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
We, GEORGE LOUIS SMITH, Gentleman, and ALZINA HONE JESTER, Widow of
the late Wesley Rodman Jester, residing respectively at No. 127, Peru Street,
and No. 616, Pleasant Street, Princeton, in the County of Bureau, and the State
of Illinois, of the United States of America, 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 adjustable drawer supporters for attachment to sus-
penders, and consists essentially of an outer jaw and an inner jaw
hinged to the former, the outer jaw having a tape or strap adjust-
ably attached to its upper end, and the other jaw provided with
slide having a headed stud adapted to be slid into the opening of the said outer
jaw to firmly fasten the engaged portion of a garment to both jaws.
The invention further consists of the construction and arrangement of the
several parts which will be described and claimed more fully hereinafter.
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The object of the invention is to provide means for firmly engaging drawers
and adjusting them independently of trousers held by suspenders to which the
supporter is attached, whereby an equitable position of each garment relatively
to the other may at all times be maintained without straining or tearing the
drawers or producing an uncomfortable feeling.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the suspender showing the improved
supporter applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supporter detached, shown enlarged.
Referring to the drawing wherein similar numerals are employed to indicate
corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates suspender
attaching ends of the usual or any preferred form.
Between the center thereof where attached to the suspender web, is secured the
upper end of a depending tape or strap 2 of suitable material and length, and
adjustably secured to a buckle 3. The said buckle is mounted on the upper
portion of the supporter 4 and comprises a movable frame 5 and a central. immov-
able tongue 6. The jaw 7 has an upper body 7. laterally extended equally on
opposite sides and a lower contracted end S. The said jaw is preferably con-
structed of a single-piece-of-stiff-wire-bent-into-the-shape-set-forth, and one_end_
is formed into an eye 9 at the central top portion of the body, through which the
opposite end is passed and extended upwardly to form the said tongue G.
The lower ends of the buckle frame 5 terminate in eyes 10 bearing
on the upper part of the body 7 on the opposite sides of the point of
engagement of the eye 9 with the base of the tongue 6, and also movably bearing
on the body between the eyes 10 and said point of engagement of the eve 9 and
base of the tongue, are opposite eyes 11 at the upper free ends of a movable jaw 12
also preferably formed of a single piece of stiff wire and slightly longer than
the stationary jaw. 7. On the movable jaw 12 is mounted a slide 13 having a

page_text: headed stud 14 which is slipped into the lower contracted end 8 of the said
stationary jaw when the garment is properly engaged thereby, and a firm secure-
ment of the latter attained.
The stationary jaw, 7, of the buckle, has its upper body portion of substantially
triangular form with the base uppermost, and the lower portion reduced and
provided with parallel sides spaced apart from each other equally, and terminating
in a lower curve continuous with each side. The movable jaw 5, of elongated
substantially rectangular form, has its upper ends hinged to inner portions of the
uppermost base of the upper laterally extended body of the stationary jaw, and
has its opposite sides of a width apart equal to the width of the lower reduced part
of the latter, the lower termination of the said movable jaw being closed and
extended below the smaller end of the stationary jaw.
To apply the supporter, the slide 13 is adjusted on the movable jaw 12 to
clear the headed stud 14 from the stationary jaw 7. The movable jaw is then
opened and the adjacent upper portion of the drawers placed between both jaws,
and the said headed stud completely covered thereby. The jaws are pressed
together, and the slide 13 moved downwardly until the headed stud and part of
the garment are firmly clamped in the lower contracted portion of the stationary
jaw. The lower ends of the two jaws materially assist in maintaining the engage-
ment of the supporter and the attached garment without producing a tearing or
straining tendency, and the binding instituted between the garment covered
headed stud and the stationary jaw is sustained and increased by the resistance
offered through the downward pull of the garment.
The greatest advantage gained by the use of the present device is the con-
venience of adjusting drawers independent of the adjustment of trousers and the
attached suspenders. The ordinary form of drawers supporters found in the
market is a frail and cheap clasp, and usually provided with sharp tearing teeth
or serrations, and adjustable only with the suspenders, and frequently a pair of
trousers with a long waist are used or worn with drawers having a short waist,
and consequently, by the use of the ordinary drawers supporter, it is impossible
to obtain an equitable adjustment of the two garments through the movement of
the suspended buckles alone. Conversely, short waist trousers and long waist
drawers are often combined, and by the old method of suspender movement to
compensate for either irregularity, the adjustment of one garment will not pro-
perly regulate the other without considerable injurious strain or inconvenience
to the wearer and unsightly external appearance. By having the tape or strap 2
adjustable independently of the suspenders, the numerous disadvantages heretofore
encountered and partially enunierated will be overcome, and comfort afforded the
wearer as well as injury to the garments prevented.
It is intended, as heretofore definitely stated, that the supporters be used for
application to drawers, but it may be generally employed if desired, and will
serve equally as well for hose and other wearing apparel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;
1. In combination with a pair of suspenders having fastening ends, of a tape
or strap secured to the suspender web between the fastening ends, and a drawers
supporter adjustably connected to said tape or strap, whereby the supporter may
be moved independently of the fastening ends of the suspenders.
2. A drawers supporter, comprising a stationary jaw, a movable jaw hinged
thereto, a slide carried by the movable jaw and having a headed stud adapted to
be moved into the lower portion of the stationary jaw, and a tape or strap adjust-
ably connected to the upper portion of the said stationary jaw.
3. A drawers supporter comprising a stationary jaw, having one end formed into
an upwardly projecting tongue, a buckle frame movable on said jaw adjacent said
tongue, a movable jaw hinged to said stationary jaw, a slide carried by the movable

page_text: jaw and having a headed stud adapted to be slipped into the lower portion of the
stationary jaw, and a tape or strap adjustably secured to said buckle frame and
tongue.
4. The combination with a pair of suspenders having fastening ends, of a tape
or strap secured to the lower end of the suspender web between the points of
attachment of the fastening ends, a stationary jaw having an upper body portion
laterally extended on opposite sides equally in substantial triangular form with
the base uppermost and the lower portion reduced and provided with parallel
sides spaced apart from each other equally and terminating in a lower curve
continuous with each side, a movable jaw of elongated substantial rectangular
form having the upper ends hinged to inner portions of the uppermost base of the
upper laterally extended body of the stationary jaw and the opposite sides of a
width apart equal to the width of the lower reduced part of the latter, the lower
termination of the said movable jaw being closed and extended below the similar
end of the stationary jaw, and a slide mounted on the movable jaw and having a
headed stud fixed thereto which is freely movable in the said lower reduced part
of the stationary jaw.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.