Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 29th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Sept., 1887.
I, RICHARD LEWIS, of 4 Victoria Villa, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex, Tea
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:
The object of my invention is to manufacture braces for suspending trousers, in an
improved manner; my improvements adding greatly to the comfort of the wearer.
My invention consists in the application of extensible metallic or other struts to the
loops, at about the points where they form junctions with the straps of the braces.
Each strut consists of 3 pieces of metal, united together by rivets, loops, studs, or
buttons, sliding in slots or clips, and extended by springs such springs being capable of
yielding to an inward draught of the loops, and of pressing the same outwards, to a limited
extent, when such draught is absent. In some cases the springs may be dispensed
with, and the extension and contraction of the plate otherwise provided for. The
struts counteract the tendency of the loops to draw the fabric together, and cause the
upward draught of the brace and its adjuncts to be direct and vertical or thereabouts.
At the back of the braces, where they suspend the back of the trousers, I fit one of
the plates, as above described; the length of the plate being arranged and adjusted
to the width apart of the two buttons attached to the upper part of the back of
the trousers.
The form of the struts may be made either plain or ornamental; and the loops may
be attached thereto by rivets, or, if preferred, their upper ends may be made to run
upon pulleys fitted to the ends of the struts, or otherwise, for affording greater
freedom of movement to the wearer.
I do not confine myself to any particular material, in manufacturing the struts or
plates, or to the method of forming the loops, or of attaching the loops to the plates,
as their construction may be very much varied (especially in reference to design or
pattern); the essential feature of my invention being the application of expansible or
extensible struts or plates for sustaining the trousers in a vertical direction, without
any tendency to draw the buttons towards each other.
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page_text: I, RICHARD LEWIS, of 4 Victoria Villas, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex, Tea
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—-
The object of my invention is to manufacture braces for suspending trousers, in an
improved manner, my improvements adding greatly to the comfort of the wearer.
My invention consists in the application of extensible metallic or other struts to
the loops, at about the points where they form junctions with the straps of the braces.
Each strut consists of 3 pieces of metal, united together by rivets, loops, studs, or
buttons, sliding in. slots or clips, and extended by springs such springs being
capable of yielding to an inward draught of the loops, and of pressing the same
outwards, to a limited extent, when such draught is absent. In some cases the
springs may be dispensed with, and the extension and contraction of the plate
otherwise provided for. The struts counteract the tendency of the loops to draw
the fabric together, and cause the upward draught of the brace and its adjuncts
to be direct and vertical or thereabouts.
At the back of the braces, where they suspend the back of the trousers, I fit one
of the plates, as above described the length of the plate being arranged and
adjusted to about the width apart of the two buttons attached to the upper part of
the back of the trousers.
The form of the struts may be made either plain or ornamental; and the loops
may be attached thereto by rivets, or, if preferred, their upper ends may be made to
run upon pulleys fitted to the ends of the struts, or otherwise, for affording greater
freedom of movement to the wearer. The struts may be covered with leather or any
other suitable material or they may be padded at the back.
I do not confine myself to any particular material, in manufacturing the struts or
plates, or to the method of forming the loops, or of attaching the loops to the plates,
as their construction may be very much varied, (especially in reference to design or
pattern) the essential feature of my invention being the application of expansible or
extensible struts or plates for sustaining the trousers in a vertical direction, without
any tendency to draw the buttons towards each other.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters
of reference indicate corresponding parts.
strut, as applied on each side of
Fig 2 shews the combined buckle
Fig. 1, to the brace; and Fig. 3
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved brace
the front of the trousers, to the right and left.
and hook for suspending the strut, shewn in
shews the form of my improved strut, as arranged for suspending the back part of
the trousers.

page_text: Referring to Fig. 1 a is the middle plate, in which eyelets bbb are formed. c c are
two ends, which are made to slide in suitable slots, clips, or other provisions formed
in the plate a.
These struts are fitted with a spring or springs d, to impart a pressure
outwards, and allow the ends to accommodate themselves to the distance apart of the
buttons upon the trousers, so that the strain may always be vertical or thereabouts.
ee are the loops to be attached to the buttons fixed to the trousers, two of such loops
are shewn on the drawings but a third may be added in the centre to ease the strain
if requisite. The springs may in some cases be dispensed with, and, instead
thereof ratchets may be formed in the plate a, into which hooks formed on the inner
ends of ce may be made to engage; or other analogous means may be adopted for the
same purpose. The object being to prevent the loops ee drawing the band of the
trousers together, or having a tendency to loop the same.
The buckle is attached to the plate a, by inserting the hook g into one of the
eyelet holes bbb. By shifting the hook g into one or other of the eyelets bb,
the trousers may be adjusted and the strain apportioned, as desired, to promote the
comfort of the wearer.
The construction of the back plate a¹, shewn in Fig. 3, is similar to that shewn in
Fig. 1, with the exception of the method of uniting the same to the buckle, which is
effected by the rivet h, upon which it is made to pivot.
in a
The two ends of the braces at the back are attached to the buckle ƒ".
The plates are made so as to bend to the form of the body,
direction.
horizontal
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 the manufacture of brace ends, the combination of the main plate a, sliding
struts cc, springs or equivalent adjusting devices d, and loops e e, suspended by the
hook 9: fitted in any one of the eyelet holes bbor b, substantially as herein before
described and shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
2. In the manufacture of brace ends, the combination of the back plate a', sliding
struts cc, and loops e e, constructed as aforesaid and united to the buckle by the
rivet h, substantially as herein before described and shewn in Fig. 3 of the drawings.
Dated 29th August 1887.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.