Improvements in Clips for Stocking Suspenders.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Clips for Stocking Suspenders.
I GEORGE TWIGG of Moseley road Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN CLIPS FOR STOCKING SUSPENDERS to be as follows:-
These clips consist of a flat plate of metal with the ordinary toothed piece
pivotted to one end for attaching it to the webbing or suspender and a turned up
lip to form one of the clipping portions at the other end. A portion of the centre
of this flat plate is cut away to allow of another piece of metal passing through
it; this second piece of metal being pivotted to the first piece at or near its cèntre,
thereby forming a pivotted clip. One end of this second piece-(which end is to
form the clipping portion) is turned up so as to fit into the turned up clipping
portion of the other piece or plate, and the other end is formed into a finger piece
for manipulating the clip. A metal band is placed over the two parts above the
point at which they are pivotted together so that by sliding it up over the finger
piece the clipping ends are brought together and securely hold the stocking
between them. The finger piece is made of a slightly curved form so that the
metal band when slid up will remain in position unless pressure is brought to bear
to remove it.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, GEORGE TWIGO of Moseley road Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN CLIPS FOR STOCKING SUSPENDERS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon:-
These clips consist of a flat plate of metal with the ordinary toothed piece
pivotted to one end for attaching it to the webbing or suspender and a turned up
lip to form one of the clipping portions at the other end.
A portion of the centre of this flat plate is cut away to allow of another piece
of metal passing through it, this second piece of metal being pivotted to the first
piece at or near its centre, thereby forming a pivotted clip of a nipper form. One
end of this second piece which end is to form the clipping or nipping portions is
turned up so as to fit into the turned up clipping portion of the other piece or
plate and the other end is formed into a finger piece for manipulating the clip.
A metal band is placed over the two parts above the point at which they are
pivotted together so that by sliding it up over the finger piece the clipping ends
are brought together and securly hold the stocking between them. The finger
piece is made of a slightly curved form so that the metal band when slid up will
remain in position unless pressure is brought to bear to remove it.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of a clip closed
Fig. 2. a side view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side view of a clip when open and Fig. 4
shews another form of one of the nipper arms.
(a) is the piece of metal with the ordinary toothed piece (b) for attaching it to
the webbing at one end and the turned up lip (c) to form one of the nipper or
clipping portions.
This plate (a) is cut out at (d) so as to allow of the other plate (e) passing
through it the plate (e) being pivotted at (f) to the plate (a) so that when open as
at Fig. 3. pressure upon the finger piece (g) will close it down so that the turned
in lip (h) presses into the turned up lip (c) the band (i) being then slid up as at
Figs. 1 and 2. holds the parts tightly together.
A very firm grip may also be obtained by forming the lip (h) turned the reverse
way as at (h) Fig. 4. so as to fit into the lip (c).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of a clip for stocking suspenders consisting of two pieces of
metal pivotted together so as to form a nipper joint substantially as herein set
forth and specified.
Deted this 20th day of Tuly 1984