Improvements in Suspenders for Curtains and like purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders for Curtains and like purposes.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM BROUGHTON, of 45 and 46, High Park Street, Nechells, in
the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with suspenders for use
on curtain poles, portiere rods and other like supporting bars, the object being
to provide in connection with the suspender means of turning the ordinary safety
pin or hook attachment round or partially round from one position to another
so as to obviate the necessity of having to remove the safety pin attachment should
it be misplaced upon the curtain which is to be supported upon the cornice pole
or the like.
In carrying my invention into effect in one convenient manner I form upon
the upper member of the ordinary safety pin a central bow like projection having
the lower portion brought together so that both of the wires touch, and upon
the necked portion of the loop I place a hook like suspender having a ring like
end which passes around the neck of the bow so that the safety pin may swivel or
turn freely within the ring thus formed upon the suspending hook or carrier.
The upper portion of the suspending hook I make in any convenient manuer
and I form it from round, flat or other wire as may be required to suit the
particular strength of pin which is to be employed for any special purpose.
When constructing the swivelling safety pin attachment for use upon a small
rod or upon a bar or ring where it is required to lock the ends of the hook to
prevent its detachment from its carrying bar or ring I employ the same looped
or central bowed safety pin as before described but I arrange upon the carrier
or hook which is attached to the neck of the central bow a projecting hook like
end into which the prolonged stem or end of the hook itself can engage so that
the hook is made to be held in position by means of the projecting portion of
the loop upon or within which the safety pin swivels.
In another method of constructing the swivelling safety pin I form a bow upon
the safety pin by twisting the two portions of the wire together in such a manner
as to bring a ring like loop above the line of the portion of the safety pin, which
lcop projects beyond the twisted portion of the wires and into this loop 1 secure
the hook itself direct or I may employ the link between the hook and the ring
so as to enable a complete swivelling to be accomplished. When it is desired
to obtain only a partial rotation of the safety pin upon the hooked member I
attach the bent end of the hook direct to the bow of the safety pin without employ-
ing any intermediate link or connection.

page_text: In another simple manner for accomplishing the rotation or partial rotation
of the safety pin I introduce spring like hooks having each end fashioned in the
same manner so that by the removal of the hook from the one end and the inser-
tion of the hook which is bent in the opposite direction at the other end, I am
enabled to turn the curtain or to make the curtain hang in either one or the
other direction as may be required without having to remove the safety pin itself
from the fabric to which it is attached.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of bow
or any special shape of hook or connection, but I modify the form of the coil upon
the upper member of the safety pin making it sometimes single, double or treble
as may be desired to suit the form and strength of the attachment which is to
be made and the size of the wire which is to be employed in connection with the
safety pin.
this
Datça unis 9s (ray of Uctober 1898.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders for Curtains and like purposes.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM BROUGHTON, of 45 and 46, High Park Street, Nechells, in
the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: —
This invention relates to improvements in connection with suspenders for use
on curtain poles, portiere rods and other like supporting bars, the object being
to provide in connection with the suspender, means of turning the ordinary
safety pin or hook detachment round or partially round from one position to
another so as to obviate the necessity of having to remove the safety pin attach-
ment should it be misplaced upon the curtain which is to be supported upon the
cornice pole or the like.
The accompanying sheet of explanatory drawing illustrates various methods of
carrying my invention into effect.
In carrying my invention into effect in one convenient manner I form upon
the upper member A of the ordinary safety pin a central bow or loop like projec-
tion B having the lower portion of the bow or loop brought together to form a
neck and upon the necked in portion of the loop I place a hook like suspender C
having a ring like end D which passes around the neck of the bow B so that
the safety pin may swivel or turn freely within the ring thus formed upon the
suspending hook or carrier C.
To enable a good swivelling motion to be obtained, I place sometimes an
eyelet d within the ring D as shown at Figures 1 and-2.
The upper portion C of the suspending hook, I make in any convenient manner,
and, I form it from round, flat or other wire as may be required to suit the
particular strength of pin which is to be employed for any special purpose.
I sometimes dispense with the safety pin member as shown in Figures 2 and 24
when arranging for positions or for carrying articles where it is desired to readily

page_text: detach them from the suspender, and I then form the lower members of the
suspender with free or hook like ends E between or upon which the article or
articles can be carried.
When constructing the swivelling safety pin attachment for use upon a small
rod or upon a bar or ring where it is required to lock the ends of the hook to
prevent its detachment from its carrying bar or ring as illustrated in Figure 3
I employ the same looped or central bowed safety pin A, B, as before described
but I arrange upon the carrier or hook F which is attached to the neck of the
central bow a projecting hook like end f into which the prolonged stem or end f¹
or the hook itself can engage, so that the hook is made to be held in position by
means of the projecting portion of the loop upon or within which the safety pin
swivels.
In another method of constructing the swivelling safety pin as shown in
Figure 4 I form a bow upon the safety pin by twisting the two portions of the
wire together in such a manner as to bring a ring like loop D₁ above the line
of the portion of the safety pin, which loop projects beyond the twisted portion
of the wires and into this loop I secure the hook G itself direct or I may employ
a link between the hook and the ring so as to enable a complete swivelling to be
accomplished when it is desired to obtain only a partial rotation of the safety
pin upon the hooked member, I attach the bent end of the hook direct to the bow
of the safety pin without employing any intermediate link or connection as shown
in Figure 4.
In another simple manner for accomplishing the rotation or partial rotation
of the safety pin I introduce spring like hooks H as shown in Figures 5 and 6
having each end fashioned in the same manner so that by the removal of the
hook from the one end and the insertion of the hook which is bent in the opposite
direction at the other end, I am enabled to turn the curtain or to make the curtain
hang in either one or the other direction as may be required without having to
remove the ordinary safety pin A itself from the fabric to which it is attached.
In Figure 7 and 7 I illustrate another form of hook and pin, I make when
it is desired to reverse the direction of hanging of the fabric, the projecting loop
carrier, I form on the pin with a double end K K' from either of which the
hook L can be carried to suit the direction in which it is required that the free
end of the hook shall face.
Figure 8 illustrates a swivelling form of suspender having the neck or loop B
but with a double supporting hook L the ends 162 of the carrier being left free
for engaging with any fabric or for supporting any article thereon.
Figure 9 is a modified form of my hent neck suspender having the bow Bª
formed as a completed coil instead of a simple necked in loop as in Figure 1.
I sometimes make the upper portion of the projecting neck as a plain bar of
double wire instead of a bow or loop.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of bow,
loop or bar, or to any special shape of book or connection, but I modify the form
of the coil or bar upon the upper member of the safety pin making it sometimes
single, double or treble as may be desired to suit the form and strength of the
attachment which is to be made and the size of the wire which is to be employed
in connection with the safety pin.
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 suspenders for curtains and for other purposes the arrangement of a
necked in loop, har or bow standing above the upper member of the suspender
for securing a ring like end formed upon the hook for the purpose of enabling
one part to swivel or turn upon the neck of the other, substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The improvements in suspenders for curtain and for like purposes for

page_text: enabling the hook to be varied in position in relation to the suspender or attach-
ing pin substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 21st day
if Nagama 1808
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agents.