Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments Dispensing with Buttons.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments Dispensing with
Buttons.
We HENRY ROBSON Art Metal Worker of 18 Ingrove Street Battersea &
AARON WISE (Tailor) of 36 Lavender Road Battersea in the County of Surrey
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
We claim an improvement in braces to support trousers without the use of
buttons by means of a double spring clasp made of any kind of metal mounted
with india-rubber on the discs of clasp to grip the trousers where the buttons now
stand which is secured by a loose collar to slide up and down the clasp to release
or tighten, and a hole or hook at the other end of the clip to attach to the brace.
Dated this 13th day of January 1891.
HENRY ROBSON.
AARON WISE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Brace Attachments Dispensing with
Buttons.
We, HENRY ROBSON, of 18 Ingrove Street, Battersea, Art Metal Worker, and
AARON WISE, 36, Lavender Road, Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Tailor,
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 :-
Our invention relates to an improvement in braces for supporting trousers or
other garments, and we carry this into effect without the use of buttons, by means
of a double spring clasp constructed of any suitable metal, to which india rubber
or any other elastic discs are fitted from which a spring grip is obtained, to discs
formed on the said clasps to grip the trousers or other garments, where the buttons
are usually fixed the said clasp being secured by means of a loose collar to slide up
and down for releasing or connecting the same to the trousers, and a hole is
provided for attaching the said clasp to the end of the brace as in common.
In order that our invention may be the better understood, we have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, and
Figure 2 a side view of the device.
In carrying our invention into practice, we construct the said spring clasp, of
oval, circular, angular, or of any other suitable section, on the lower ends A of
which we form circular discs B, for the purpose of attaching the rubber discs C. or
the like for giving the necessary spring grip to the trousers or other garments.
A sliding ring or collar D of any suitable form to suit the section of the clasp, is
passed over the top of said clip, as herein above described.
After the collar D is passed over connection is made to the brace by means of
chains
a¹ or the like connected to a top piece b to hook upon or otherwise attach
to the web.
a,
Figure 1 is a front view embodying our said invention A is the spring clasp.
B, B are the discs formed from one piece of metal, C, C³, shew the flexible discs
attached thereto, D is the sliding collar.
Figure 2, is a front view of the same shewn closed as when in use.
Like letters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
In a spring brace attachment the combination of the spring clasp A, metal
discs B, B', with flexible discs C, C with sliding collar D, substantially as, and for 5
the purposes described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 26th day of June 1891.
HENRY ROBSON.
AARON WISE.