A TROUSER STRAP
Year: 1885

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ARTHUR JAMES EMERY 26 Broad Hinton Rd Clapham S W. Surveyor, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for A TROUSER STRAP to be as follows:-
Whereas the trouser strap at present in use for Riding is extremely difficult of
application to the trousers causing much inconvenience to the wearer my improved
strap can be applied with very much less trouble.
Instead of the buttons in ordinary use a brass plate, raised in the centre with
a tee shaped slot cut in it is sewn to the trousers on each side.
Pieces of tee shaped brass are attached to the portion of the strap passing under
the foot (which could be made of leather cloth or catgut,) of such a shape & size
that they would pass into the slots prepared for them & drop down.
To prevent these pieces of brass being jerked out, a small spring is riveted on
behind the slot in the plate.
Improved Trouser Strap for Riding.
I, ARTHUR JAMES EMERY, of 26 Broad Hinton Road, Clapham, in the County
of Surrey, Assistant Surveyor Royal Engineers Department do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVED TROUSER STRAP FOR RIDING, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement; that is to say :—
My invention relates to what are known as trouser straps, used to keep the
Improved Trouser Strap for Riding.
I, ARTHUR JAMES EMERY, of 26 Broad Hinton Road, Clapham, in the County
of Surrey, Assistant Surveyor Royal Engineers Department do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVED TROUSER STRAP FOR RIDING, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement; that is to say :-
My invention relates to what are known as trouser straps, used to keep the
Tider's trousers in place whilst on horse-back, and it is designed to obviate the

page_text: difficulty and inconvenience attaching to the present method of fastening same to
the trousers by means of buttoning.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed, reference
being had to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Like letters refer to like parts throughout the figures.
Figure 1 is a general view of my device in position.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the latch plate.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same.
Figure 4 is a section of the same through X-X.
Figure 5 is a plan of tee piece or latch.
My device consists of :-
A strap A of any suitable material such as leather, cloth, or cat gut, to pass
under the foot.
A pair of tee pieces or latches B of any suitable material, such as brass or other
metal, which are each formed with a hole or holes, or in any convenient manner
to permit of secure attachment to the ends of the strap A.
A pair of latch plates C of any suitable material, such as brass or other metal,
which are pierced with holes or otherwise formed to permit of their secure
attachment, by sewing or otherwise, to the inside of the trousers leg.
The latch plates C are centrally bulged or domed, and in the dome of each is
formed a tee slot somewhat larger than the tee piece or latch.
The heads of the latches B are dropped into the tee slots, and, engaging there-
with, form the fastening. A small spring D is rivetted or otherwise fixed to the
back of the latch plate and is curved so that it shall be sprung back by the
insertion of the latch B; but shall return into position, when the latch is at
the bottom of the slot and shall offer sufficient resistance to prevent its being
accidentally jerked out of place, though not sufficient to hinder the easy disengage-
ment of the latch when it is desired to unfasten the strap.
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
In a trouser strap, the combination of a strap and tee latch attachment; with
a correspondingly slotted, domed, and spring backed latch plate, substantially as
and for the purposes specified.