AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BRACES FOR SUPPORTING TROUSERS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Imray, of No. 20, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
OF BRACES FOR SUPPORTING TROUSERS." A communication from abroad by
Joseph Constant Rousseau, of 113, Boulevard Sebastopol, Paris, France.
Sealed the 3rd June 1879, and dated the 21st December 1878.
Sealed the 3rd June 1879, and dated the 21st December 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Imray at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1878.
JOHN IMRAY, of No. 20, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex.
"AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BRACES FOR SUPPORTING TROUSERS." [A com-
munication from abroad by Joseph Constant Rousseau, of 113, Boulevard
Sebastopol, Paris, France.]
This Invention relates to an improved construction of braces for supporting
trousers, the principal feature of the improvement consisting in the combination of
three main branches of straps, whereby the pressure is evenly distributed and the
parts are made to accommodate themselves to the body and movements of the
wearer. For this purpose two curved shoulder straps which may be of soft leather
or of soft strong fabric are attached at the back to one ring, from which an elastic
back strap with a buckle extends downwards to another ring. Through the latter
ring is passed a strap having button holes at its ends, the said strap being free to
move through the ring, so that when its two ends are buttoned to the trousers at
the back there is freedom for lateral movement. Each of the two shoulder straps
has attached to it an elastic strap, which extends down the front of the wearer and
terminates in a buckle and ring; and through each of those two rings is passed a
strap having a button hole at each end to button on the front of the trousers, these
straps being free to move in their respective rings, and thereby giving the required
freedom for lateral motion. Thus the set of braces consists of three main branches,
the one back strap and the two shoulder straps with their front straps all meeting
in one ring at the back, and each of those branches subdivides itself into two which
are attached to their respective buttons, two buttons at the back, two at the right
front, and two at the left front of the trousers.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Imray in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th June
1879.
JOHN IMRAY, of No. 20, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex.
"AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BRACES FOR SUPPORTING TROUSERS." A com-
munication from abroad by Joseph Constant Rousseau, of 113, Boulevard
Sebastopol, Paris, France.
This Invention relates to an improved construction of braces for supporting
trousers, the principal feature of the improvement consisting in the combination of
three main branches of straps, whereby the pressure is evenly distributed and the
parts are made to accommodate themselves to the body and movements of the
wearer. For this purpose two curved shoulder straps which may be of soft leather
or of soft strong fabric are attached at the back to one ring, from which an elastic
back strap with a buckle extends downwards to another ring. Through the latter
ring is passed a strap having button holes at its ends, the said strap being free to
move through the ring, so that when its two ends are buttoned to the trousers at
the back there is freedom for lateral movement. Each of the two shoulder straps
has attached to it an elastic strap, which extends down the front of the wearer and
terminates in a buckle and ring; and through each of those two rings is passed a
strap having a button hole at each end to button on the front of the trousers, these
straps being free to move in their respective rings, and thereby giving the required
freedom for lateral motion. Thus the set of braces consists of three main branches,
the one back strap and the two shoulder straps with their front straps all meeting
in one ring at the back, and each of those branches subdivides itself into two which
are attached to their respective buttons, two buttons at the back, two at the right
front, and two at the left front of the trousers.
The figures on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings shew the construction above
described; Fig. 1 is a front view of the ring A which connects the three branches;
Fig. 2 shews the two shoulder straps B, B', separately; Fig. 3 shews the back
strap E, and Fig. 4 shews the complete pair of braces. The back strap E and each
of the front straps C and C' has a buckle for adjusting length, and takes in a loop
of a ring F similar to A. In the other loop of each of the rings F freely works the
double ended button strap; of these D and D' are for the front buttons, and G is for
the back buttons.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent,
I claim,―
The hereindescribed construction of braces for supporting trousers, the said braces
presenting three main branches, namely, two shoulder straps with their front straps
and one back strap, the three connected in one ring at the back of the wearer in
which they have freedom to play.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Imray, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.