Improvements in Means or Apparatus for use in Suspending Garments or like articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for use in Suspending Garments
or like articles.
A communication from abroad by LEONARD GUY ABBOTT, of 717, Shonnard
Street, Syracuse, in the State of New York, one of the United States of
America, Gentleman.
1, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide novel means for securing the
connecting or suspending chains to garments or like articles in an attractive and
serviceable manner and by means whereby the chain cannot become disconnected,.
the chain attached in accordance with this invention presenting a very neat and
tidy appearance.
The invention consists in a garment-suspending loop consisting of a chain, a
two pronged staple connected to each end of the chain, the prongs of said staple
being adapted to pass through a single opening in the material, and a concavo-
convex anchor having a hole in the centre to receive both staple-prongs and
notches or openings at or near its base diametrically opposite each other, the
concaved side of the anchor being turned toward the material, the prongs of the
staple being extended through the centre hole over the outside of the anchor in
opposite directions and returned to the interior of the anchor through said
openings or notches, the extremities of the prongs being concealed therein,
substantially as described..
Dk CM 1900
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for use in Suspending Garments
or like articles.
A communication from abroad by LEONARD GUY ABBOTT, of 717, Shonnard
Street, Syracuse, in the State of New York, one of the United States of
America, Gentleman.
I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent 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 :-
Prior to this invention several different forms or varieties of chains have been
attached to garments inside the necks or collars by metallic anchors.
This invention has for its object to provide novel means for securing the
connecting or suspending chain to the garment in an attractive and serviceable
manner, and by means whereby the chain cannot become disconnected, and so as
to avoid any square corners or projections, the chain attached in accordance with
this invention presenting a very neat and tidy appearance.
Figure 1 represents part of a garment provided with a suspending loop embody-
ing the invention.
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page_text: Figure 3, an underside view of the fastening partially bent.
Figure 4, a bottom side view of the washer or anchor; and
Figure 5, a section on the line a¹, Figure 4.
In the drawings a represents part of a garment of any usual kind, and ↳ a chain
forming part of this improved loop or suspending device.
The attaching device consists of a two-pronged staple c, having a ring-like head d,
and' below preferably a washer d'.
At the opposite side of the material is a concavo-convex anchor e, having a
central opening 3 for the legs of the fastener and openings 2, 2, to enable the legs
passed through the garment a, and the central hole 3 of the anchor to be bent
back into the said openings 2, the extremities of the legs being inturned within the
concaved inner side of the anchor, as in Figure 2.
Turning the points of the legs inside of the concavo-convex anchor affords a
strong, smooth, and compact fastening which will not interfere with the set of the
garment and which will not tear out.
In Figure 2, the thickness of the prongs is exaggerated; but in practice the
entire substance of the ends of the prongs will be wholly within the concaved
rear side of the anchor and embedded into the material.
It is not intended to limit this invention to the exact shape shown for the
staple or fastening, as instead of the particular staple or pronged fastening
shown I may use any other usual two-pronged fastener, and in the event of
using a regular staple the crown will constitute a head in the sense in which the
term "head" is used in the claim.
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. The herein described garment-suspending loop, or like suspender, consisting
of a chain, a headed two-pronged staple connected to each end of the chain, the
prongs of said staple being adapted to pass through a single opening in the
material, and a concavo-convex anchor having a hole in the centre to receive both
staple-prongs and openings at or near its edge diametrically opposite each other,
the concaved side of the anchor being turned toward the material, the prongs
of the staple being extended through the centre hole over the outside of the
anchor in opposite directions and returned to the interior of the anchor through
said openings, the extremities of the prongs being concealed therein, substantially
as described.
2. The garment-suspending loop, or like suspender, constructed, or arranged
and applied as and for the purpose set forth in the foregoing Specification and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 12th day of July 1892.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.