Improvements in Suspenders for Garments.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders for Garments.
I, ADRIEN DUBOIS, of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in that class of coat suspender which is
formed of a curved yoke or bar provided with a suspension hook. These sus-
penders, owing to their curvature differing from the shape of the shoulders of the
coat, are liable to alter the set of the garment if suspended for a long time, besides
which the coat collar, receiving no support from the yoke, drops out of shape and
forms folds or wrinkles which afford a lodgment for dust. Moreover, the sus-
pension hook, which is usually made of iron, is liable to stain the collar with rust or
other marks, especially if made of velvet or satin. My improvements have for
their object to obviate the above disadvantages, to economize the space occupied
by the garments when suspended by means of these devices and also to provide
various methodical arrangements of the same, as hereinafter fully described.
According to my invention, I make a coat-suspender in wood or other material
of a shape to perfectly support the shoulders and collar of the garment, the curva-
ture adopted being that of the natural contour of the human shoulders and necks
so that every point of the garment will be supported by the yoke on lines in exact
harmony with the original cut of said garment, the coat collar also, owing to the
support afforded to it, is not liable to crease and is also prevented from coming in
contact with the suspension hook which is situate at a higher level. The edges of
the yoke are preferably bevelled so as to avoid all sharp arrises. By making the
yoke of the rational shape mentioned, garments such as coats and vests, ladies
dresses and mantles, etc., may be hung up without losing their shape, more
particularly as regards the collars.
My invention also consists in certain novel arrangements of the improved
suspenders herein described whereby to enable a number of garments to be sus-
pended one below and within the other. To this end a series of yokes or suspenders
are employed supported one below the other by means of a hanger constructed
of form, the limbs being passed through holes in the yoke and bent into the
form of hooks at their lower ends. The horizontal member of this hanger is
engaged upon the hooks of the suspender above whilst its hooks similarly receive
the horizontal member of the suspender below, the hangers of the several
suspenders being thus connected together like a chain. To prevent accidental
unhooking, a thrust arm may be pivoted in a slot in the top of each yoke so as
when turned up to bear against the horizontal member so as to draw up the vertical
limbs until their lower hooked ends abut against the underside of the yoke and so
imprison the next lower link in the hooks. Instead of employing -shaped
hangers or links, as described, for uniting the yokes, they may be connected by
pairs of hooks on the underside engaging in eyes screwed into the upper side of
each yoke.
The yokes may be of different lengths diminishing from the uppermost to the
lowermost when employed in sets as above described; or they may be made variable
in length by applying to each end of the yoke a loop or bow which may be made of
steel wire coiled, twisted, or otherwise arranged so as to have sufficient rigidity to
support the shoulders of garments, the said loop or bow being fixed at one end,
to the top edge of the yoke so as to project therefrom in the form of a bow or loop
when its other end is carried under the yoke and attached to the underside thereof
by a stud entering one or other of a series of notches on the underside of the yoke

page_text: or fastened in any other equivalent manner whereby the length of the yoke may be
varied to suit the garments to be suspended thereon.
My invention further consists in combining with the coat suspender herein
described, a clip suspender of the kind described in a previous application for
Letters Patent dated August 1st 1891, No. 13128.
According to one arrangement, beneath the yoke and to the ends thereof, is
fixed a cross rod upon which hang spring-clips by which to suspend one or more
pairs of trousers. To economise space in packing, the rod may be made detachable
from the yoke for which purpose the rod is slipped through eyes fixed to the yoke
and is bent up at one end so as to engage in a notch in the yoke so that by giving a
quarter of a turn to the rod, it may be disengaged from the notch and drawn out
of the eyes. The rod and spring-clips may be adapted for use separately from the
coat suspender in which case the rod would be formed with a central suspension
loop and would be connected to the yoke by its ends being received in tubular
sockets fixed beneath the ends of the yoke, one of said sockets being notched to
allow of the easy insertion and removal of the rod, the notch being closed by a
sliding sheath.
Dated this 27th day of April 1892.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders for Garments.
I, ADRIEN DUBOIS of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in that class of coat suspender which is
formed of a curved yoke or har provided with a suspension hook. These suspenders,
owing to their curvature differing from the shape of the shoulders of the coat, are
liable to alter the set of the garment, if the latter be suspended thereon for a long
time, besides which the coat collar, receiving no support from the yoke, drops out
of shape and forms folds or wrinkles which afford a lodgment for dust. Moreover,
the suspension hook which is usually made of iron is liable to stain with rust or
other marks the collar of the coat, especially if made of velvet or satin.
My improvements have for their object to obviate the above disadvantages, to
economize the space occupied by the garments when suspended by means of these
devices, and also to provide various methodical arrangements of the same, as
hereinafter fully described.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification,
Figure 1 of which represents a front view, Figure 2 a top view, and Figure 2bis
a cross-section of my improved suspender, a coat being shewn as spread thereon, in
dotted lines in Figure 1.
According to my invention, I make a coat-suspender of a yoke A in wood or
other material of a shape to perfectly support the shoulders and collar of the
garment, the curvature adopted being that of the natural contour of the human
shoulders and neck so that every point of the garment will be supported by the
yoke on lines in exact harmony with the original cut of said gariment, the coat
collar also, owing to the support afforded to it by the central rising portion of the
yoke corresponding to the base of the neck, is not liable to crease and is also
prevented from coming in contact with the suspension hook B which is fixed on
top of the central upwardly-projecting neck portion of the yoke and therefore well
above the collar. The edges of the yoke A are preferably bevelled so as to avoid

page_text: all sharp arrises. By making the yoke of the rational shape mentioned, garments
such as coats and vests, ladies' dresses and mantles, etc., may be hung up without
losing their shape more particularly as regards the collars.
My invention also consists in certain novel arrangements of the improved
suspenders herein described whereby to enable a number of garments to be
suspended one below and within the other. To this end a series of yokes or
suspenders are employed supported one below the other in the same plane (as shewn
in Figure 3) by means of a hanger C (Figures 3, 4, 5, and 8) constructed of П-form,
the horizontal member of which is bent at its centre into the form of a loop and
the limbs being passed through holes in the yoke A and bent into the form of
hooks c' at their lower ends. The horizontal member of this hanger is engaged
upon the hooks of the suspender above whilst its hooks similarly receive the
horizontal member of the suspender below, the hangers of the several suspenders
being thus connected together like a chain. To prevent accidental unhooking, a
thrust arm C (Figures 4 and 5) of T-form, may be pivoted in a slot in the top of
each yoke so as when turned up by pressing on its tail end c to bear against the
horizontal member of the hanger and draw up the vertical limbs until their lower
hooked ends c¹ abut against the underside of the yoke and so imprison the next
lower link in the hooks.
The yokes A may be of different lengths, diminishing from the uppermost to
the lowermost, when employed in sets, as shewn in Figure 3 or they may be made
variable in length, as shown in Figures 6 and 7, by applying to each end of the
yoke a loop or bow R which may be made of a covered flexible steel band of
sufficient rigidity to support the shoulders of garments, the said loop or bow being
fixed at one end to the top edge of the yoke so as to project therefrom in the
form of a bow or loop while its other end is carried under the yoke and attached
thereto by a studentering one or other of a series of notches on the underside
of the yoke or fastened in any other equivalent manner whereby the length of the
yoke may be varied to suit the garments to be suspended thereon.
My invention further consists in combining with the coat-suspender herein
described, a clip-suspender of the kind described in the Specification of previous
Letters Patent dated August 1st 1891 No. 13128, as shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, 8, 9,
10, 11, and 12.
According to one arrangement, shewn in Figures 1 and 2, beneath the yoke A
is attached a bent wire hook c with which may engage either the suspension
hook B of a second yoke A, as shewn in dotted lines in Figure 1, or a clip-
suspender.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 3, beneath the yoke A and to the ends
thereof is fixed, by means of ears and screws, a cross-rod D upon which hang spring
clips S, S, by which to suspend one or more pairs of trousers. To economize space
in packing, the rod may be made detachable from the yoke, as represented in
Figures 8, 9, and 10. For this purpose the rod D is slipped through eyes d fixed
to the yoke and is bent up at one end t so as to engage in a notch in the yoke so
that by giving a quarter of a turn to the rod, the end t may be disengaged from
the notch, as shewn in dotted lines, and drawn out of the eyes. In Figures 11
and 12 the rod and spring clips are shewn as adapted for use separately from the
coat-suspender A, in which case the rod D would be formed with a central
suspension loop (or hook as shewn in dotted lines) and would be connected to the
yoke by its ends being received in tubular sockets U, U', fixed beneath the ends
of the yoke, one of said sockets being notched at u to allow of the easy insertion
and removal of the end of the rod, the notch being closed by a sliding
sheath V.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―

page_text: to the shoulders and provided with a central rising neck portion whereby to
support the shoulders and collar of the coat without creases or wrinkles, as
specified.
2nd. The combination of two or more yokes of the form described and of means
of connecting the same, substantially as herein described and illustrated in
Figures 1 to 5, one below the other in the same plane for suspending garments one
within another, as specified.
3rd. The combination, with a yoke of the kind described, of the shoulder
extensions R made adjustable, as herein described and illustrated in Figures 6
and 7, whereby to adapt it for suspending garments of different sizes, as specified.
4th. The combination, with a yoke of the kind described, of suspension clips,
supported on a cross-rod, provided or not with a suspension loop or bow and
mounted at the underside of the yoke, either permanently or so as to be easily
detached, as described and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 26th day of January 1893.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.