An Improved Device for Suspending on Walls Plates, Saucers, and other Articles and Objects of a Decorative or other Nature.
Year: 1889

page_text: ate of Application, 22nd Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Suspending on Walls Plates, Saucers, and
other Articles and Objects of a Decorative or other Nature.
I, RUDOLPH GEORGE EVERARD LEMPRIERE of Beechen Cliff Cottage, Holloway,
Bath, in the county of Somerset, commercial traveller, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved device in which this invention consists is composed of a band of
india-rubber or other like elastic material and having a claw of brass or other metal
at both extremities. The plate, saucer, mirror or other article or object which is to
be suspended in the device is grasped between the claws, one of which is first engaged
at one side with the rim or edge of the article, the other claw being made to engage
at an opposite point after stretching the band sufficiently therefor. By a ring
through which the band is passed the article is suspended either directly or by a
wire or cord to a pin, hook, nail or other support driven into or otherwise secured in
the wall. The said ring is adjustable on the band and is locked in place after
adjustment by a second ring through which the band is also passed. Thus the
suspension ring is capable of being removed to and held in a position in which it
allows the plate, saucer or other suspended article to lie evenly against the wall or
other surface on which it is raised.
Dated this 21st day of Jonnan 1880
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Suspending on Walls Plates, Saucers, and
other Articles and Objects of a Decorative or other Nature.
I, RUDOLPH GEORGE EVERARD LEMPRIERE, of Beechen Cliff Cottage, Holloway,
Bath, in the county of Somerset, commercial traveller, 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 improved device in which this invention consists is composed of a band of
india-rubber, or other like elastic material, having a claw of brass or other metal at
both extremities.
The plate, saucer, mirror or other article or object which is to be suspended in the
device is grasped at the back between the claws, one of which is first engaged at
one side with the rim or edge of the article, the other claw being made to engage at
an opposite point after stretching the band sufficiently therefor. By a ring through
which the band is passed the article is suspended either directly or by a wire
or cord to a pin, hook, nail or other support driven into or otherwise secured in the
wall.
The said ring is adjustable on the band and is locked in place after adjustment by
a second ring through which the band is in part projected. Thus the suspension
ring is capable of being removed to and held in a position in which it allows the
plate, saucer or other suspended article to lie evenly against the wall or other surface
on which it is raised.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 thereon
represents a back view, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a front view of a plate or
plaque having applied thereto my improved device for suspension of the plate or
plaque upon a wall or in any like position. The endless band a of india-rubber,
or like elastic material, is furnished with two claws b, preferably fashioned in wire.

page_text: The claws are placed upon the band by passing a limb of each over the inside
face of the band and so bringing the claws into the position shown. The attachment
of the band to the plate c is made by first hooking one of the claws over the rim of
the plate and, after sufficiently stretching the band, then hooking the other claw at
a point opposite or approximately opposite the claw first engaged. The appliance
thus becomes firmly secured upon the article by virtue of the elastic property of the
band.
The doubled band is passed through a ring d which is locked, after adjustment,
by the ring e through which the doubled band is brought, as seen more particularly
at Fig. 2 of the drawings. By the ring d the plate or plaque c is suspended to a
nail, cord, wire, or other suitable support. The ring d, which is capable of being
moved to any point on the band, is, after having been adjusted at the point most
suitable for suspension of the plate, mirror or other article to which the clip is
applied, prevented by the ring e from shifting.
Additional hooks may be applied to the band for the purpose of suspending
additional articles, as, for instance, a cup, which may be made to hang in front of a
saucer grasped by the clip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved clip, for grasping plates, "plaques," mirrors and other articles,
consisting of an india-rubber band, or its equivalent, fitted with claws or hooks
engaging, when the band is stretched or in tension, with the said articles at opposite
points and fitted also with rings such as d and e adjustably arranged on the band,
the ring d, for suspending the article, being passed below that part of the band
which is contained within the locking ring e, substantially as bereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 94th day of Sentember 1889
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.