Improvements in Dress Holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application. 18th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress Holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton-on-Thames in the County of
Middlesex. Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention refers to that class of dress holders having a hooked back part
and a hinged front tongue, which latter folds onto and enters the said hooked
part, such dress holders being known in the trade as the so-called Eureka or
Unique.
According to my present invention I hinge or joint the upper end of the back
hooked part (which latter may be formed of bent wire) to a plate. The plate
may, at its upper part above the said hinge, form or carry a ring or loop for the
suspension cord of the dress holder, while to the lower part of the plate below the
hinge is jointed the front tongue, which latter may be formed of bent wire;
the lower part or extension of the plate, to which the tongue is jointed, is less in
width than the middle part to which the back hook is jointed. The back hooked
part is so constructed and jointed to the plate as to be capable of being sprung
open, that is to say, that the legs of the said hooked part may be opened or
distanced slightly one from the other by the passage therethrough of the lower
extension of the plate. This plate, when rocked in one direction, draws up and
releases the tongue from the hooked part, but when rocked or pressed in the
contrary direction, it forces the tongue into the hooked portion, and the said tongue
is there retained by the plate until the latter (the plate) is pressed back through
the legs of the hooked part. By these means I produce a dress holder having, as it
were, a double jointing of the parts combined with a spring action, whereby
effectiveness and simplicity of action are obtained, while the cost of manufacture is
materially reduced.
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Dated this 18th day of May 1892
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dress Holders.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton on Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 refers to that class of dress holders having a hooked back part
and a hinged front tongue, which latter folds onto and enters the said hooked
part, such dress holders being known in the trade as the so called Eureka or
Unique; and the invention will be understood by describing same with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a front elevation shewing a dress holder
constructed according to my said invention when in its closed position.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the part, hereinafter termed the plate, which forms
a connection, about which the front tongue and back hooked part turn.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the dress holder shewn at Fig. 2, and illustrates the
position the legs of the back hooked part assume, when the lower extension of the
aforesaid plate is passing between same.

page_text: Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the dress holder, shewing the same in its opened
position; the dotted lines shew the tongue turned up to allow of the insertion of
the material to be held.
A is the back hooked part and B is the tongue. According to my present
invention, I hinge or joint the upper end A' of the back hooked part A, (which
latter may be formed of bent wire) to a plate C. This plate C may, at its upper
part above the said hinge, form or carry a ring or loop D for the suspension cord E
of the dress-holder, while to the lower part of the plate C below the hinge at B' is
jointed the front tongue B, which latter may be formed of bent wire; the lower
part or extension of the plate C to which the tongue is jointed is less in width than
the middle part to which the back hook A is jointed. This back hooked part A is
so constructed and jointed to the plate C as to be capable of being sprung open,
that is to say, that the legs of the said hooked part may be opened or distanced
slightly one from the other. Fig. 2 shews the normal position of the back hooked
part A and Fig. 4 shews the hooked part when expanded by the passage there-
through of the lower extension of the plate C. This plate C, when rocked in one
direction, draws up and releases the tongue B from the hooked part A as shewn at
Fig. 5, but when rocked or pressed in the contrary direction it forces the tongue B
into the hooked portion A and the said tongue is there retained by the plate C as
best seen at Figs. 1 and 2, until the latter (the plate C) is pressed back through the
legs of the hooked part A into the position shewn at Fig. 5. By these means I
produce a dress-holder having as it were a double jointing of the parts combined
with a spring action, whereby effectiveness and simplicity of action are obtained,
while the cost of manufacture is materially reduced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a dress holder having a back hooked part A and tongue B, the combination
therewith of a rocking plate C, which when rocked in one direction passes between
and through the legs A, draws up and releases the tongue B from the hooked
part A, and when rocked in the contrary direction, again passes between and
through the legs A and forces the tongue B into the hooked portion A, and the
tongue is retained by the plate C, thereby holding and retaining its grip on the
article to be held, all substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. In dress holders of the so called Eureka or Unique class, the plate C constructed
and acting substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In dress holders, a front tongue B hinged to a plate C, and a back part A,
the legs of which are also hinged to the plate C so as to be capable of expansion
in the direction of the axis of the hinge, the grip of the dress holder being fixed
or released by forcing the plate C between the legs of part A and retained in
position by the contraction of the said legs, all substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
Dated this 17th day of September 1892.