Improvements in Nursery Belts or Safety Carriage Belts for Infants.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nursery Belts or Safety Carriage Belts for Infants.
1, HANNAH MARY PEAK of 7, Wesley Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At the
This invention has for its object a belt for the use of young children for use in the
nursery and in the carriage, and is designed as a safety belt for the carriage; and is a
belt which will much lessen the fatigue of the nurse or mother in holding the child,
and in assisting it to walk and in other purposes. The belt consists of an ordinary
belt fastened by an ordinary buckle, or other fastening in the usual manner.
back there is however a loop fixed for the purpose of attaching a carriage strap to it,
and on each side of this loop, a second belt of smaller breadth than the first proceeds
from a fixed point at the back outward, and then inward and outward and again
inward so as to form one two or more loops with the main belt towards each end. The
ends of this subsidiary helt are fitted with a stick, stop, or bar, to prevent them from
being drawn out of the cuts or openings in the main belt, through which the subsidiary
belt passes, and the subsidiary belt is made about two inches longer at each end than
the main belt, between the points where the last cuts or openings through which the
belt passes, are placed. By these means when the subsidiary belt is drawn out by
the end, so as to be flat its usual position the hand can be placed through the loops
and any one of the loops expanded two inches, so as to accommodate the hand. The
mother or nurse can thus grasp the child by the loop instead of having to put her hand
through the belt or catch hold of the arm or dress of the child.
Dated this 26th day of March 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nursery Belts or Safety Carriage Belts for Infants
I, HANNAH MARY PEAK of 7 Wesley Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster,
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 has for its principal object a belt for young children applicable for
use in the nursery and in the carriage, and it is designed as a safety belt for the
carriage, and as a belt which will much lessen the fatigue of the nurse or other in
holding the child, and in assisting it to walk, and for other purposes.
In the drawings
:-
Figure 1 is a view of my improved belt opened out.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the belt in its closed or fastened position.
The belt consists of an ordinary belt A which may be fastened by an ordinary
buckle B or other fastening in the usual manner. At the front or back (when the
belt is in position) there is, however, a loop C, preferably of metal for the attachment
of a carriage or cot strap to it, the latter so adapted as to prevent the child falling
out of its carriage or cot. The loop is also applicable for the attaching to the belt of
toys, teething pads, or other articles. D is a secondary belt of smaller breadth than
the first, and interlacing with it. It is fixed at one or more points a, and proceeds
through suitable slits a in the main belt, first outward and then inward and outward
and again inward so as to form one, two or more loops D' with the main belt A. The
construction shown in the drawing is a convenient one, as by it the loop C is kept in

page_text: position by means of the second belt D which is fastened to the main belt A at a a as
described by means of two sets of stitches or their equivalent.
The ends of the subsidiary belt D are each fitted with a stop, or bar d to prevent
them from being drawn out of the cuts a¹ or openings in the main belt A through
which the subsidiary belt D is interlaced, and the subsidiary belt D is made about
two inches longer at each end than the distance on the main belt between the points
where the last cuts a¹, or openings, are placed. By these means, when the subsidiary
belt D is drawn out by each end so as to be flat (its usual position) the hand can be
placed through the loops D¹ and any one of the loops expanded two inches so as to
accomodate the hand, as shown in Figure 2. The mother or nurse can thus grasp the
child by the loop D' instead of having to put her hand through the belt A or catch
hold of the arm or dress of the child. Though the fastening of the two belts together
as at a a is very desirable it is not absolutely essential.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A waist belt consisting of a main belt having a suitable fastening device and at
its front or back a loop or its equivalent for attachment to a carriage strap, cot strap
or the like, and having also a second narrower belt interlacing with the main belt in
such manner that it will lie normally against said belt, but may, when desired, be
pulled partly through it at one or more points so as to form one or more holding loops,
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The improvements in waist belts taken as a whole, whereby the said belts are
applicable for fastening, holding or supporting the wearer, substantially as and for the
purposes herein described.
Dated this 24th day of December 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.