An Improved Fastening between the Main Strap and Back Button Straps of Braces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening between the Main Strap and Back Button
Straps of Braces.
I JAMES KINSELLA of No. 243 Franklin Street Melbourne in the Colony of
Victoria Brace Manufacturer 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 improved fastening which I employ between the
main strap and the back button straps of braces or suspenders of the class in which
the main strap is made in one continuous length and quite plain from end to end in
order that when all fixings are removed it may be used as a strap for any purpose
or as a bandage.
The main feature in my invention is a triangular shaped metal fastening or clasp
having a slot preferably of curved shape near its upper edge to receive the main
strap and with a loop formed upon the angle opposite to the slot to receive the
button leathers. The main strap is secured upon the fastening by being passed
through the said slot and then over its loop end so as to grip upon the inclined sides
of the fastening.
My invention will now be described aided by a reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1. is a view of a complete brace or suspender having my fastening at its
back.
Fig. 2. shews the metal fastening by itself and
Fig. 3. the back part of main strap as folded in readiness for being passed through
the slot in the fastening.
A is the main strap of brace made either of elastic or rigid webbing or any other
suitable material B is the metal fastening to the loop B' of which the back button
straps C are attached in any ordinary manner such as by an eyelet, rivet or
otherwise D are the front button straps which together with their clasps or buckles
are of any approved type. The fastening B is made of thin metal and of the
triangular form shewn and with the loop B' at its lower and the slot B at its
upper part. The fastening B may be made to any ornamental design so long as the
slot loop or ring and two inclined sides are retained.
To fix the strap A upon the fastening B it is only necessary to fold the back
central part of the main strap into the form of a flattened collar shaped loop as
shewn in Fig. 3 the outer part of the folded strap crossing at a so that the fold a¹
at the right hand side leads towards the left shoulder and the fold a' at the left
hand side leads either under or over the other fold to the right shoulder. This
folded part of main strap is then passed through the aforesaid slot B³ in the
fastening B and the back leathers C and loop B' are passed through the end
opening a of the fold when by drawing the main strap A tightly it will firmly bind
upon the inclined sides of the fastening as shewn in Fig. 1.
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.) An improved fastening between the main strap and back button straps of
braces or suspenders consisting of a triangular shaped metal piece as B having two

page_text: inclined edges, a loop as B' and a slot as B* as and for the purposes herein
described and as illustrated in my drawings.
(2.) The combination of a triangular shaped metal fastening as B having two
inclined edges a loop B' and a slot B' with a main strap as A which is made in one
piece and folded and attached to the fastening as and for the purpose herein
described and as shewn in the drawings.
Dated this lot dom of 1..1.. 1805
JAMES KINSELLA.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.