A Belt for Supporting Dress Skirts.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 16th June. 1899-Accepted. 5th Aug 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Belt for Supporting Dress Skirts.
I, JANE REYNOLDS, of Whatcroft Hall, near Northwich, in the County of
Chester, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in belts for supporting dress skirts and
the object of my improvements is to prevent the skirt dropping at the back.
In carrying my invention into effect I take a band or belt of metal, celluloid
or other suitable material, but preferably metal, of convenient length, to one
end of which I secure a stud and in the other end a long slot so that when the stud
is placed in the slot, the belt can be drawn to any required length. In the belt
I punch out any suitable number of holes or slots, partly for lightness and also to
receive ordinary hooks, which are secured to the band of the dress or skirt.
In applying my improved belt the wearer first puts the metal band round the
waist and then hooks the skirt over it the hooks being passed into any convenient
holes in the belt.
Dated this 10th day of Sant 190e
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
A Belt for Supporting Dress Skirts.
I, JANE REYNOLDS, of Whatcroft Hall, near Northwich, in the County of
Chester, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
imanner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
My invention relates to improvements in belts for supporting dress skirts
and the object of my improvements is to prevent the skirt dropping at the back.
In carrying my invention into effect I take a band or belt of metal, celluloid
or other suitable material, but preferably metal, of convenient length, to one end
of which I secure a stud and in the other end I form a long slot so that when the
stud is placed in the slot, the belt can be drawn to any required length. In
the belt I punch out any suitable number of holes or slots, partly for lightness
and also to receive ordinary hooks, which are secured to the band of the dress
or skirt,
In the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of a belt made according to my invention,
Fig. 2 is an edge and Fig. 3 an end view of the belt.

page_text: In these views, a designates a thin band preferably of spring metal, but other
suitable material might be employed; near one end of the belt is secured a stud b
and near the other end is formed a long slot e, with an enlarged opening d at the
end; near the upper edge of the belt are formed a number of openings e to
receive ordinary hooks secured to the band of the dress or skirt, and the metal
below each opening is preferably pressed or forced outward see Fig. 3, in order
to allow the looks to catch more readily into the openings and also to prevent the
hooks from pressing against the body of the wearer. A number of slots f are
preferably made in the lower part of the belt to receive tapes on the skirt or
dress, and there is a row of holes g along each edge to which a binding of any
suitable material is sewn to protect the dress from the edges of the belt. A
number of holes i are also preferably formed in the belt in order to provide for
ventilation.
To apply the belt the wearer first puts the metal band round the waist and
passes the opening over the stud b to connect the ends of the belt, then hooks
the skirt into such of the holes e as are conveniently placed, and if there are any
tapes these are passed through the slots f, after which the belt is held in position
by the waistband of the dress.
In this manner a dress skirt is securely held and prevented from dropping at
the back.
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 combination, a thin band of spring metal or other suitable material, a
fastening consisting of a stud and a long slot in the band, and suitable openings to
receive hooks on the dress skirt and preferably also slots for dress tapes and holes
for ventilation substantially as herein set forth.
2. In combination the band a, stud b, slot e, openings e, either with or
without the slots f and holes g all substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
Dated this 14th day of June 1899
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.