AN IMPROVED TROUSER SUSPENDER
Year: 1884

page_text: JAMES ALLAN HAWKINS 80 Florence Road Upper Tollington Park North Tailors
Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED TROUSER
SUSPENDER to be as follows:-
"
An Improved Suspender for holding up the Trousers bracing and giving
support to the Shoulders the Brace consists of a web hanging over the shoulders
back and front the two webs crossing at the back and having at about 1 inchies
from and below where the webs cross two cords attached and dependent from the
ends of the webs these same cords passing under two wheels rollers or slides which
are fastened by loops to the two back brace buttons the cords are then carried on
over two other wheels rollers or slides dependent from the webs in front each cord
having a wheel roller or slide at the ends with a fastener for lengthening or
shortening the same over each of these last two wheels rollers or slides passes an
independent cord one on each side with four loops one at each end to fasten on the
four front brace buttons the cord is altered by two holes in front plate.
Dated this 31st day of March 1884-
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page_text: I JAMES ALLAN. HAWKINS of 80 Florence Road, Upper Tollington Park North,
Tailors' Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN
IMPROVED TROUSER SUSPENDER" 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 certain improvements in cord braces or suspenders with
metallic housings.
These improvements are directed to the construction of an improved suspender
for holding or bracing up the trousers and giving support to the shoulders, of the
wearer and also providing means for the lengthening or shortening of the braces or
Buspenders.
The brace consists of webs hanging over the shoulders back and front, the two
webs crossing at the back, where they are looped so as to hold the bar of the
housing of the wheels to which the running cords are attached or are passed
_over.
The running cord is then carried under and over the wheels of the fittings of
the braces or suspenders as may be, and is then carried to a fastener provided in
the upper part of a specially constructed metal housing and this housing carries an
independent cord, the ends of which are formed as loops for the side and front
brace buttons or a single loop for front button only.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig 1 shows the upper portion of a pair of trousers with these improved braces
or suspenders applied in position.
Fig 2 a like view, showing a modification of this improved construction of
braces.
Fig 3 a further modification of the same and Figs 4, 5, 5, 6 and 7 are details.
A, A are the webs or straps, with the wheel or pulley housings a, a¹ attached to
their back and front ends.
B are the running cords and 6 the wheel or pulley housings carrying the loops
for the back buttons.
C are the specially constructed wheel or pulley housings serving to carry the
independent looped cords for the front and side buttons (or for the front buttons
only) and also affording the improved means of securing and adjusting the free
end of the running cord or cords B which is the chief feature of this invention.
In the illustrated details of their construction Fig 4 shows on an enlarged scale
a plan view of one of these improved housing pieces C as stamped out; wherein
the holes d, d are for carrying the axis of the sheave or pulley cand e are holes for
interlucing and securing the free end of the running cord B.
Figs 5 and 5° are side and end views respectively of such housing piece when
bent up and duly provided with pulley sheave f and Figs 6 and 7 show the housing
piece with the running cord B and the loops therein contained and so more clearly
illustrate the improved manner in which the adjustment and the fastening of the
free end of the running cord is effected. The cord B being passed in at one end
of the eye or loop formed by the bend in the upper part of the said metal
housing piece C is threaded upwards through the first of the holes that presents
itself.
The cord is further carried over the space intervening between the said holes e
and is then threaded down through the other hole e from which it is passed out of
the eye or loop of the housing piece at the end opposite to that at which it was

page_text: entered. The free end of the running cord B so threaded into the upper part of
the housing piece O on being pulled will be securely fastened and may further by
slightly loosening the bight B¹ so as to allow of the cord running freely through
the openings e be very readily adjusted and secured at any point of its length as
desired so that the brace may suit varying height of wearers or difference in depth
of bodies of trousers worn by individuals and so forth for adjustment.
In the arrangement shown in Fig 1 two running cords are employed which as
will be seen aro at their fast ends attached by loops to the pulley sheaves carried
in the housings a suspended from the back ends of the webs A. From these the
cords are carried down and pass under the pulleys in the housings b which serve
also to carry the loops or button holes for the back buttons and are led thence over
the pulleys al depending from the front ends of the webs to the specially con-
structed housing and fastening pieces C, which said fastening pieces serve likewise
to carry the loops or straps for attachment to the front and side buttons.
A modification of this arrangement is shown in Fig 2 wherein the running cords
B are by their looped ends attached to the back buttons, and passing freely over
the pulleys a suspended from the back ends of the webs A, are on either side
carried down to and beneath an independent pulley b' which carries likewise the
loop or strap for the side buttons and are then led over the pulleys a¹ depending
from the front ends of the webs to the improved housing piece and fastener C as
before described.
A further modification is shown in Fig 3 wherein a continous running cord, in
place of the two independent cords is employed. By this arrangement it will be
seen that though in all other respects carried in a manner similar to that described
and shown in Fig 1, the running cord in this instance, owing to its being continous
passes freely over the pulleys a suspended from the back ends of the webs A
instead of being attached thereto as in the other arrangement.
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 :-
Firstly. In braces or suspenders the housing piece C with the holes d, e the whole
formed up to receive the cord B exposing the bight B₁ serving to fasten or readily
release cord B constructed and operating as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shown by the drawings.
Secondly. In braces or suspenders the housing piece C with the holes de the
whole formed up to receive the cord B serving to fasten or readily release cord B
the same combined and operating as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shown by the drawings.
Dated this 24th day of November 1884.