An Appliance for Connecting Braces or other Suspenders to Garments.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Connecting Braces or other Suspenders to
Garments.
We, EDWARD LUSCOMBE EVENS, of Malvern, and ALFRED BONNIN, of
Adelaide both in the Province of South Australia, Solicitors, 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:-
This invention relates to an appliance for suspending garments, the special
object being to distribute the strain over a larger extent of the garment than is
the case with ordinary buttous, so that the appliance can take the place of two or
more buttons, as for instance those for fastening braces, in which case the ends of
the braces do not require to be doubled, a single appliance according to this.
invention being substituted for the usual pair of buttons requiring only one.
operation instead of two for fastening or unfastening.
We shall describe the invention referring to the accompanying drawings which
illustrate several forms of fasteners, and in which similar letters are employed to
denote like parts.
The appliance, as shewn in Fig. 1, consists of a metal bar A having a loop B for-
engaging a suitable hook C such as is shewn in side view by Fig. 2.
Slots and holes D and projecting tongues E serve for securing the appliance to-
the trousers or other garment that is to be suspended.
The hook C consists of a strip of elastic metal bent to opposite hands as shewn,.
and preferably made with round indentations F which prevent the loop with which
the hook is engaged from becoming disengaged unless some force is applied to drag-
the loop past the indentations.
The appliance shewn in Fig. 3 is made in three parts the end parts being hinged
at G to the middle part, so as to allow the appliance to suit itself to a curve.
As shewn in Fig. 4, slots D, instead of holes may be used for attaching the
appliance giving a certain amount of longitudinal motion.
This may also be given, as shewn in Fig. 5 by forming the loop B with an eye-
embracing a round bar A the ends of which have slots D for fixing to the
garment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An appliance for connecting braces or other suspenders to garments, consisting
of a metal bar having its ends provided with slots or holes for attaching them to.
the garment, and its middle formed as a loop to engage a hook of the brace-
or suspender, substantially as described.
2. The modification according to which the bar has its end parts hinged to its
middle part, substantially as described with reference to Fig. 3.
3. The modification according to which the loop is formed with an eye to slide-
along the bar, substantially as described with reference to Fig. 5.
4. In combination with an appliance such as is above referred to, a hook.

page_text: consisting of a strip of elastic metal bent to opposite hands and indented,
substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
Dated this 11th day of December 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.