Improvements in Trousers Rests or Protectors.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trousers Rests or Protectors.
I, STRATFORD GIBBS, of No. 136 Soho Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Egg and Butter Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements on a prior invention
of mine for which I have made an application for Letters Patent No. 9811 dated
May 24th 1892.
In the Specification of my prior application I have described small hook like
trousers rests or protectors adapted to be fixed to the back of the boot heels for
the trousers to rest upon and thus prevent the trousers from being soiled or the
bottom worn by touching the ground.
My present invention comprises improvements in the construction of and means
of fixing the said trousers rests or protectors to render them more secure and to
enable them to be more readily removed from the boot heels when the latter are
required to be cleaned or at other times and readily refixed thereto. My present
invention also comprises a form of trousers rest or protector which can in part be
fixed to the trousers and my invention comprises means whereby the height of the
trousers rest on the boot can be adjusted to suit the trousers.
According to one method of carrying out my present invention I make the
trousers rest or protector of two parts namely firstly a hook or loop upon and
in which the bottom of the trousers rests, and secondly a box or socket in
which the base part of the hook or loop fits and which box or socket is adapted
for fixing to the boot heel. The said hook or loop part may be made of wire or
of sheet metal or other suitable substance. When made of wire the hook or loop.
part consists of a piece of wire which is bent so as to form a double hook or loop
that is to say the hook or loop has the appearance of two hooks or loops side by
side a short distance apart joined together at the top the end portions of the wire
forming a divided base of a size to fit in the socket or box which latter is by
preference made vertical and can readily be made from sheet metal and provided
with side holes through which two fixing nails or screws pass to fix the box or
socket to the boot heel. To attach the hook or loop above described to the socket
or box the two end portions of the wire hook or loop are squeezed together between
the thumb and finger so that the said end portions can be inserted in the box or
socket and when the said hook is released the two end portions spring apart and
engage with the box or socket by the extreme ends of the wire being bent out-
wardly for this purpose.
When made of sheet metal the hook or loop part is
made with a downwardly projecting base to fit in the socket or box and there is a
spring tongue formed on the base which engages with the socket or box to hold the
hook or loop therein and which spring tongue has to be pressed back before the
hook or loop can be removed from the socket or box.
In another arrangement of my present invention I dispense with the said box or
socket and instead thereof I drive two small headed pins into the back of the boot
heel so as to leave a small space between the heel and the heads or I may use two
headed rivets fixed on a plate which is secured on to the boot heel by screws or
other means. The base of the hook or loop part has bayonet slots or other slots
or notches so arranged that by a sliding or turning movement or by a combined
sliding and turning movement of the hook or loop part in one direction the slots or
notches in the base of the hook or loop part will engage with the pins between
their heads and the boot heel and thus hold the hook or loop fast in position; and

page_text: then by a sliding or turning movement of the hook or loop part in the other
direction the slots or notches in the base will be free of the pins and the hook or
loop part can be removed.
Or instead of the two pins fixed in the boot heel I may have two small metal
eyes fixed thereto in which the base of the hook or loop part fits or otherwise
engages so as to be readily removed when required. .
Or I may use the said box or socket part of the trouser rest on the boot heels in
combination with a downwardly projecting metal tongue which is sewn or other-
wise fixed to the back of the bottom of the trousers and engages in the box or
socket part on the boot heel and thus forms the trousers rest or support to keep the
bottom of the trousers off the ground.
1. Or the said hook or loop part of the trousers rest or protector may be removably
attached to the boot heel by means of a metal clip to which the loop or hook part
is fixed and which is made of a shape to fit around and clip the boot heel the ends
of the clip, being bent inwardly towards each other so as to grip the heel more
securely. Or instead of a metal clip a leather or other strap may be used to which
the loop or hook part is fixed the said strap being adapted for strapping round the
wearer's ankle.
...Or the said hook or loop part may be made with or attached to a wire or other
clip or band which passes round the wearer's boot heel and to this clip or band
there may be fixed a hook which is carried up the back of the wearer's boot and
hooks on to the top of the same the length of this upwardly projecting part being
adjustable in length by a spring so as to suit boots of various sizes. The said hook
or loop part on which the trousers rest may either be fixed to the bottom or other
part of this vertical part or made adjustable thereon so as to suit the 'exact height
of the bottom of the trousers from the ground.
Dated this 16th day of February 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trousers Rests or Protectors.
I, STRATFORD GIBBS, of No. 136 Soho Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Egg and Butter Importer, 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 on a prior invention
of mine for which I have made an application for Letters Patent No. 9811 dated
May 24th 1892.
In the Specification of my prior application I have described small hook like
trousers rests or protectors adapted to be fixed to the back of the boot heels for the
trousers to rest upon and thus prevent the trousers from being soiled or the 'bottom'
worn by touching the ground.
I
مرادی
My present invention comprises. improvements in the construction of and means
of fixing the said trousers rests or protectors to render them more secure and' to
enable them to be more readily removed from the boot heels, when the latter are
required to be cleaned or at other times and readily, refixed thereto. My present
invention also.comprises a form of trousers rest or protector which can in part'be
fixed to the trousers.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
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Fig. 1 represents part of a man's boot with the lower part of one of his trousers
legs and with one form of my trousers, rest or protector constructed according to
this invention fixed to his boot heel and supporting the back of the trousers;

page_text: Fig. 2 shews the two parts of the trousers rest separately and
Fig. 3 is a front view of the box or socket part of the trousers rest shewn
by Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another form of trousers rest made of wire in
accordance with this invention suitable for fixing to the box part of the trousers
rest shewn by Figs. 2 and 3;
Fig. 5 represents in back elevation sectional side elevation and in sectional
plan the hooked part of the trousers rest shewn by Fig. 4 complete with its box
part;
Fig. 6 is a back view of a boot heel with two small headed pins driven into it
for the purpose of fixing the form of my improved trousers rest which is shewn
separately by Fig. 7;
Fig. 8 is a back elevation of the boot heel shewing the trousers rest or supporter
in section and fixed thereto;
Fig. 9 shews a form of plate with two studs which I sometimes use with the
trousers rest or supporter shewn by Fig. 7;
Fig. 10 is a plan of part of a boot heel with two small metal eyes fixed in it for
the purpose of attaching one of my improved trousers rests or protectors of the
kind shewn by Fig. 11 which illustrates the said trousers rest or protector attached
to the said two eyes shewn in Fig. 10;
Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate a further modification of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
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According to one method of carrying out my present invention I make the
trousers rest or protector of two parts namely firstly a hook A or loop upon and in
which the bottom of the trousers G rests as shewn in Fig. 1 and secondly a box or
socket 13 in which the base part a' of the hook or loop A fits and which box or
socket is adapted for fixing to the boot heel C as by two pins driven through the
holes in the box or socket. The box or socket B is made with a vertical
hole for the base a' of the hook or loop to fit in and this box or socket can as
shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 12 be readily made by bending a narrow strip. of sheet
metal about centrally as shewn and curving the same to suit the boot heel and
bulging out the front central portion (see Fig. 2) to form the socket proper b'.
The hook or
loop part A may be made of sheet metal (Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 8) or be
made of wire (Figs. 4, 5 and 11) or of other suitable substance. When the hook
or loop part A is made of wire the said hook or loop consists of a piece of wire
see (Figs. 4 and 5) which is bent so as to form a double hook or loop that is to
say the hook or loop A has the appearance of two hooks or loops marked
respectively a a³ side by side a short distance apart joined together at the top a¹
the end portions a a of the wire forming a divided base of a size to fit in the
socket or box as shewn in Fig. 5 so that to attach the wire book or loop A to
the socket or box B the two end portions a aª of the wire hook or loop are
squeezed together by holding and squeezing the wire hook or loop A between the
thumb and finger so that the end portions as a can be inserted in the box or
socket and when the said hook A is released by the thumb and finger the two end
portions as a spring apart and engage with the bottom edge of the box or socket B
by the extreme ends a' of the wire having been bent outwardly as shewn in Figs. 4
and 5 for this purpose.
When the hook or loop part A is made of sheet metal
the said hook or loop part A is made with a downwardly projecting base a³ as
shewn in Fig. 2 to fit in a socket or box 63 and there is a small spring tongue a³
see Figs. 1 and 2 formed on the base a which as shewn in Fig. 1 engages with the
bottom edge of the socket or box and holds the hook or loop A therein. This
spring tongue a has to be pressed back towards the boot heel C to be free of the
bottom edge of the box or socket 3 before the hook or loop A can be removed
therefrom.
In another arrangement of my present invention which is illustrated by
Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 1 dispense with the box or socket B and instead thereof I drive

page_text: the two small headed pins d'into the back of the boot heel C as shewn in
Figs. 6 and 8 so as to leave a small space between the heel and the underside of
the heads; or as shewn in Fig. 9 I may use two headed rivets d' d' which are fixed
on a plate D which is rounded to suit the back of the boot heel and is secured
thereto by screws or pins passing through the holes d therein or the said plate D
may be fixed to the boot heel C by other means. The base as of the hook or loop
part A has bayonet slots such as a 10 or other slots or notches similarly arranged so
that by a sliding movement of the hook or loop part the slots or notches in the
base a will as shewn by Fig. 8 engage with the pins d¹d between their heads and
the boot heel C and thus hold the hook or loop fast in position and then by an
upward and sliding movement of the hook or loop part A the slots or notches a¹0
in the base a will be free of the pins and the hook or loop part A
removed.
Or as shewn by Figs. 10 and 11 instead of the two pins d' d' being fixed to the
boot, heel I may have two small metal eyes e efixed thereto in which as shewn in
Fig. 11 the base of the hook or loop part A fits and engages so as to be readily
removed when required. This example of my invention shewn by Fig. 11 is a
wire hook similar to that shewn by Fig. 4 except that the parts as a are made
much shorter the extreme ends a' being as in Figs. 4 and 5 bent outwardly to
engage with the underside of the eyes e' e².
Or as shewn by Figs. 12 and 13 I may use the box part B or socket of the
trousers rest on the boot heels as above described but in combination with a down-
wardly projecting metal tongue F (shewn separately by Fig. 13) which is sewn or
otherwise fixed to the back of the bottom of the underside of the trousers G as
shewn in Fig. 12 the said tongue F projecting outwardly and engaging in the box
or socket B on the boot heel C and thus forming the trousers rest or support to
keep the bottom of the trousers off the ground.
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 :-
1. Making the hooked or looped parts of trousers rests or protectors of the kind
herein referred to so as to be attached to and detachable from boot heels in any of
the several ways substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. A trousers rest or protector of the kind herein referred to consisting
essentially of a box or socket adapted for fixing to the boot heel and a hook or
loop constructed to support the bottom of the trousers at the back and adapted, to
fit into the said socket so as to be readily removable therefrom substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. A trousers rest or protector of the kind herein referred to consisting
essentially of a plate adapted for fixing to the back of the boot heel and made
with projecting headed pins (or two projecting headed pins without the plate) in
.combination with a hook or loop constructed to support the bottom of the trousers
at the back and made with a slotted base adapted to fit on to and engage with the
said headed pins so as to be readily removable therefrom substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying
drawing.
4. A trousers rest or protector of the kind herein referred to consisting
essentially of a hook or loop constructed to support the bottom of the trousers at
the back and made to engage with two eyes fixed to the back of the boot heel so as
to be readily removable from the said eyes substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by Figs. 10 and 11 of the accompanying drawing.
5. A trousers rest or protector of the kind herein referred to consisting
essentially of a box or socket adapted for fixing to the boot heel and a metal
tongue adapted for sewing or otherwise fixing to the back of the bottom of the
trousers and inside the same so as to engage in the said socket and thus support

page_text: the bottom of the trousers at the back substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by Figs. 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawing.
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6. Detachable trousers rests or protectors constructed in any of the several ways
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing for attachment to a boot heel and at the proper distance therefrom to
support the bottom of the trousers at the back as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 16th day of December 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.