Improvements in Braces.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces.
A communication from PAUL RICHARD NOETZOLD and ERNST MORITZ
WEICKERT, both of Dresden, Saxony, in the German Empire, Merchants.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 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 :-
The peculiar feature of these improved braces is that they are formed of one
single band, so folded as to form two suspending slings. For this purpose the
band is adapted to move in guides so as to accommodate the movements of the
body. Thus greater ease of motion is afforded to the wearer, while at the same
tine damage to the trousers, through abrupt movements, is avoided. The braces
being laid crosswise on the back, while leaving the chest free from any pressure or
strain whatever the result is obviously most favourable from a sanitary point of
view, the desideratum being for a person in good health that the chest should
freely expand forwardly and the shoulders recede.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view representing the braces in use.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the crosswise arrangement at the back, together with
the piece guiding one member of the braces against the other, and
Fig. 3 illustrates the manner of attaching the braces to the trousers.
one
In the manufacture of the band a forming the braces I prefer to employ the
material now largely used for belts, which consists of canvas having india-rubber
or other elastic threads interwoven with it. The ends of the band are connected
at (Fig. 1) or in an easily accessible point on the front side of the body, the
connection being made by means of a hook or loop in the usual way. In Fig. 3 it
is assumed that a hook b is employed for this
which engages with
purpose,
any
of a number of openings 661 in the other end. For the adjustable connection of
the braces with the trousers the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 is also preferably
adopted. The band a runs over a small roller or sleeve c¹ mounted on a buckle or
loop c, on to which is hooked the hook d attached to the trousers. This attachment
is best effected by means of an additional stripe of strong material stitched in
between the outer fabric and the lining of the trousers. A brace-connecting device
of this description is arranged on each side, nearly in a line with the shoulder, and
the brace-band passed through each of them, extends upwards, over the shoulder
and across the back to the other device, so that, as will be understood, a cross is
formed by the two portions of the band.
To facilitate the use of these braces, and to avoid the loss of time involved in
adjusting them crosswise each time that they are put in, a guide fis provided at
the point of intersection, as shown in Fig. 2. This guide may consist of a piece of
leather through two parallel slots of which one part or member of the braces is
passed, while the other member passes between the first one and the leather. This
arrangement may however be altered or omitted altogether without departure from
the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,―
A brace or suspender consisting of a single band such as a adapted to be con-
nected with the trousers at two points from either of which it extends over the

page_text: shoulder and across the back upon which consequently a cross is formed sub-
stantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of May 1892.
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Chartered Patent Agent.