Improved Sock and Stocking Suspender, and Clips therefor.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIÓNAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Sock and Stocking Suspender, and Clips therefor.
I, SIDNEY EDNEY, Junior, of Cannington House, Upper Belmont Road,
Montpelier, Bristol, in the County of Somerset, Blake Sole Sewer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is a sock or stocking suspender so constructed that
the upper parts of the socks or stockings may be connected to the lower part of the
shirt or undergarment of the wearer, improved clips being used for this purpose.
In the practical construction of my suspender I use a piece of elastic of suitable
length and width on to which I thread three clips, metal bars being then secured
across the ends of the tape to prevent the clips escaping.
These clips I form by cutting away the interior of a rectangular metal plate so
that two rectangular openings are formed therein, one being only large enough to
admit of the tape being passed through it. Hinged to that part of this plate lying
between the two openings is a second plate fitting loosely the larger of the two
openings, and immediately opposite the loose end of this second plate is hinged to
the first mentioned plate a third plate bent to an U-shape and having projections
on its side to prevent it moving through the larger opening in the first mentioned
plate.
To secure a clip as above described to the sock, stocking, or shirt, the edge of
the latter is placed over the loose end of the second plate and this end is then
caused to project between the parallel parts of the U plate.
The middle of the three clips is for securing the suspender to the wearer's shirt
or other undergarment, and the two outer ones for securing it to the sock or
stocking.
If found desirable the tape may be divided into two lengths connected together
by a suitable buckle, thus permitting of the length of the former being adjusted.
Dated this 28th day of August. 1893.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Sock and Stocking Suspender, and Clips therefor.
I, SIDNEY EDNEY, Junior, of Cannington House, Upper Belmont Road
Montpelier, Bristol in the County of Somerset, Blake Sole Sewer, 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:-
The object of my invention is a sock or stocking suspender so constructed that
the upper parts of the socks or stockings may be connected to the lower part
of the shirt or undergarment of the wearer, improved clips being used for this
purpose.
In the practical construction of my suspender I use a piece of elastic of suitable
length and width on to which I thread three clips one of the outer ones of which I
secure to one end of the elastic by turning the end of the latter back and securing
at by sewing or in any other suitable manner whilst the second outer one I secure

page_text: at the other end of the elastic by turning the end thereof back and securing it by
a buckle so that the length of the elastic may be adjusted as required.
The clips I form by cutting away the interior of a rectangular metal plate so
that two rectangular openings are formed therein, one being only large enough to
admit of the tape being passed through it. Hinged to that part of this plate lying
between the two openings is a second plate fitting loosely the larger of the two
openings, and immediately opposite the loose end of this second plate is hinged to
the first mentioned plate a third plate bent to an U-shape, and having projections
on its side to prevent it moving through the larger opening in the first mentioned
plate.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a back view of a person shewing the application of a pair of suspenders
constructed according to my invention;
Fig. 2 an enlarged view of a suspender, and
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 enlarged details of the clip.
The three clips a b and c are threaded on to a piece of elastic d of any suitable
length one of these clips a being permanently secured to one end of the elastic d
by turning back the end of the latter and sewing or in any other suitable manner
while the second outer one is secured at the opposite end of the elastic by turning
back the end of the latter and securing it by means of a buckle e of any suitable
form thereby providing means whereby the length of the elastic may be adjusted
as found desirable.
The clips a b and c are each constructed by cutting away the interior of a
rectangular plate (Figs. 3, 4 and 5) so as to form a large and small rectangular
opening therein. A plate g loosely fitting the larger of the two openings hinged to
the bar lying between these openings and a second plate k bent to an U shape
and having projecting lugs on its sides to prevent it moving through the larger
opening, is hinged to the plate fat the opposite end of the larger opening.
To secure a clip as above described to the sock, stocking or shirt, the edge of the
latter is placed over the loose end of the plates g and this end is then caused to
project between the parallel parts of the U plate kas illustrated in Fig. 2.
The middle of the three clips is for securing the suspender to the wearer's shirt
or other upper undergarment and the two outer ones for securing it to the sock or
stocking, but where found desirable the middle clip may be dispensed with and a
pair of the suspenders used for connecting each of the socks or stockings to the
shirt or other upper undergarment.
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.) Sock and stocking suspenders constructed and arranged to connect the socks
or stockings to the shirt or other upper undergarment substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
(2.) Clips constructed substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of May 1894.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention " Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.