Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments, Dispensing with: Buttons
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug. 192
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments, Dispensing with:
Buttons:
We HENRY ROBSON of 18 Ingrave Street, Clapham Junction, Art Metall.
Worker & AARON WISE of 36 Lavender Road Battersea Tailor in the County
of Surrey do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-.
Our invention relates to an improvement in braces for supporting trousers or
other garments & we carry this into effect without the use of buttons by means of
a double spring clasp, constructed of any suitable metal. On the ends of the said
spring clasp discs are formed to grip the trousers or other garment the said discs
being stamped in one piece with the stem and have on their edge a raised bead of
metal. Inside the stem of the clasp a piece of steel is placed of any suitable
section forming a support to the stem of the clasp, the said clasp being secured by
means of a loose collar to slide up & down for releasing or connecting the same to-
the trousers or other garment as described in Patent granted to us No. 633º¹.
Deted this 15th day of September 1891.
HENRY ROBSON.
AARON WISE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments, Dispensing with
Buttons.
We HENRY ROBSON of 18 Ingrave Street, Clapham Junction, London, Art.
Metal Worker and AARON WISE of 36 Lavender Road, Battersea, London,.
Tailor, 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improvement in braces, or suspenders for trousers
and like garments, and has for its object a method of supporting such garments
without the aid of buttons.
In order that our invention may be the better understood we have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front view shewing the general arrangement of our improved
device.
Figure 2 is a side view of same, and
Figure 3 is a section of the clip to be hereinafter more fully described.
In carrying our invention into practice we construct a double spring clasp A of
any suitable metal and having at the lower ends suitably shaped discs B to grip.
the trousers upon said springs being compressed or closed by means of the sliding
collar or ring of metal E as shewn Figs. 1 and 2. In order to impart a greater
amount of elasticity to the spring clasp or clip A I enclose in the stem of said clip
a piece of steel or similar hard metal a shewn in Fig. 3. For the purpose of
attaching the clip to the buckle of the suspender o I provide a second clip D of
any suitable shape, and made of thin sheet metal, having at its lower end a small
wheel or pulley b, over which is passed a piece of gut, leather or a small chain
having at either end rings or equivalents by which the spring clips may be attached.
thereto. The upper end of the clip D is furnished with a spring hook or like
contrivance by means of which the whole device is secured to the buckle c above
mentioned. In making the second clip, I punch, stamp or otherwise form a small

page_text: projection or pin d, immediately above the pulley 6 the object of said pin being to
keep the gut or leather in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is ;--
In an improved spring brace attachment for dispensing with buttons the employ-
ment and construction of a clip with a spring steel or other metal core in tension,
in combination with clip ends, and retaining ring substantially as herein described
⚫ and shewn by the appended drawings.
Dated this 19th dev of July 1800
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.