AN IMPROVED BELT AND SUSPENDER COMBINED
Year: 1885

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I, JACOB ADLER of 11 Sionsthal Cologne Germany, merchant do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED BELT AND SUSPENDER COMBINED
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention has for its object to prevent any one who wears suspenders, more
especially boys or young men from having a round back, which frequently happens
with the use of every kind of suspenders, and consists in means for holding pants,
while allowing of every facility of motion to the upper part of the body.
In all existing belts, the tightening of the same causes the pants to form creases
and are thereby painful to the body, and they let the back portion of the pants
down, when stooping, and the pants must be raised again when the body rises.
With my improved belt, the pants are brought back automatically to their
former position when stooping, and they do not give rise to creases or corporal
inconveniences.
Fig. 1 is a view of the belt, laid out flat.
Fig. 2 is a plan of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 & 4 are two similar perspective views of the belt, with certain parts in
different positions.
The belt is worn over the shirt and within or inside the pants.
A is a belt, say two inches wide, made of any suitable strong fabric, and buckled
in front. At the underside of the buckle d, is provided a bearing plate or device
(not shown) to avoid any painful pressure of the buckle against the body. Towards
the back portion of the belt A is a strong india rubber or elastic band B, its length
being about equal to the distance apart between the points at which the ordinary
buckle and its accessories are sewn onto the pants. The band B lays flat upon the
belt A and at one end, it is sewn or otherwise fastened thereto, whilst it is buckled
at the other end, as shown. T, 7 are two rings of any suitable fabric slipped onto
the band B at a distance apart of about one third the length of the said band.
The fastening of the belt to the pants in front is effected by means of a number
of buttons screwed onto a pin c secured to a metal plate f, the latter being sewn
or otherwise adapted to the belt A. After removing the button k, the pointed
pin, c is driven through the cloth of the pants, after which the button is screwed
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page_text: in place again. g is a little chain secured to the plate fat one end and to a ring
on the button k at the other, for the purpose of preventing the loss of the said
button.
The fastening of the belt A to the rear of the pants is or may be effected in a
similar manner, by means of pins c and buttons on the band B, their position
being shown by the letters c & k.
By the herein described arrangement of belt, the rear portion of the pants
carries along with it, when the wearer stoops, the elastic band B, and the pants are
automatically brought back to their original position, when the wearer rises, by
means of the said band.
It will be readily conceived that the herein described arrangement of belt is very
easy & comfortable for the wearer, that it simply requires to be buckled in front,
and that it avoids the troublesome buttoning of the ordinary suspenders to the
pants.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, I declare that what I claim is
The hereinbefore described device for holding or suspending pants, composed of a
belt A buckled in front and provided at its rear, for the purpose of supporting the
back portion of pants, with an elastic band B which is sewn at one end, and which,
after having received the rings 7, r is buckled at its other end, to the belt A, the
said device having buttons for supporting the front as well as the back portions of
the pants, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 92nd day of Jul 1885