Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN WATSON, of Brookside, Clontarf, in the county of Dublin, Ireland India
Rubber Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of braces or trousers
suspenders and belts and the invention consists in giving the braces or suspenders
and belts the required elasticity by the employment of solid india rubber in the
formn of a cord, ring, strip or tube or elastic india rubber insertion strip or cord
instead of the india rubber being woven with the cloth or other fabric into a web
as hitherto which latter method of manufacture has been found to be inefficient in
consequence of the elasticity of the web decreasing after the braces or suspenders
and belts have been in use for some time. As a suitable means of carrying out
my invention I attach to the back part of a brace or suspender a ring of solid india
rubber of a suitable strength and thickness the said ring being doubled and passed
through the usual leather loop at the back of the braces and the brace ends are
then fastened over the two ends of the india rubber ring. Two similar india
rubber rings are also applied to the front ends of the braces or suspenders in a
similar manner to that herein before described.
For belts I attach an india rubber ring to each end of the belt which is
provided with leather loops to receive the same similar to those herein before
described for the braces.
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces or Trousers Suspenders and Belts.
I JOHN WATSON of Brookside Clontarf in the County of Dublin Ireland India
Rubber Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRACES OR TROUSER SUSPENDERS AND BELTS and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
The Invention consists, in giving the braces, or suspenders, and belts, the
required elasticity, by the employment of solid india rubber, in the form of a cord,
ring, strip, or tube or elastic india rubber, insertion strip, or cord, instead of the
india rubber being woven with the cloth, or other fabric, into a web as hitherto,
which latter method of manufacture has been found to be inefficient, in consequence
of the elasticity of the web decreasing, after the braces or suspenders, and belts,
have been in use for some time. As a suitable means of carrying out my
invention, I attach to the back part of a brace, or suspender, a ring of solid india
rubber of a suitable strength and thickness the said ring being doubled and passed
through the usual leather loop at the back of the brace and the brace ends are then
fastened, over the two ends of the india rubber ring.
Two similar india rubber rings, are also applied to the front ends of the braces,
or suspenders, in a similar manner to that herein before described.
For belts, I attach an india rubber ring, to the back part of the belt, which is
provided with leather loops to receive the same, similar to those hereinbefore
described for the braces.
In order that my invention may be more easily understood, and carried into
practice, I will proceed to describe the drawings, hereto annexed.
A is the nonelastic web of brace and belt.
B is the elastic solid india-rubber ring.
C is the brace ends.
Having now particularly described and acertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
To have invented, the attachment of elastic, solid India Rubber, (in any of the
forms hereinbefore described) to braces or suspenders and belts.