Improvements in Garters or Bands for Supporting Stockings in Position while being Worn and for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: ate of Application, 1st Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garters or Bands for Supporting Stockings in
Position while being Worn and for other Analogous Purposes.
I STEPHEN BROOKS of Leeds Road North, Huddersfield in the county of York,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to garters or bands for supporting stockings in position while
being worn and for other analogous purposes.
A garter or band constructed according to one part of my invention consists of a
band or strip of clastic or other material the ends of which are secured in any con-
venient manner to hooks or pins made of wire which hooks or pins serve to secure the
garter or band to the stocking or other article or articles of dress to which such garter
or band may be applied. A portion of the wire of which the books or pins above
mentioned are formed 1 so bend or curve that the points of the hooks or pins will
be provented from entering or injuring the person of the wearer of the garter or
band.
In some cases I so bend or curve the wire of which the hooks or pins above men-
tioned are formed that such wiro will form a spring or springs or I connect the hooks
or pins to the band or strip of elastic or other material by means of a spring or
springs formed or composed of a separate piece or separate pieces of metal or other
suitable material.
In some cases I connect the hooks or pins above mentioned at each end of the
garter or band by means of a spring or springs of metal or other suitable material.
Dated this Thirty first day of August 1888.
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garters or Bands for Supporting Stockings in
Position while being Worn and for other Analogous Purposes.
I, STEPHEN BROOKS of Leeds Road North, Huddersfield in the county of York
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:-
My invention relates to garters or bands for supporting stockings in position while
being worn and for other analogous purposes.
A garter or band constructed according to one part of my invention consists of a
band or strip of elastic or other material the ends of which are secured in any con-
venient manner to hooks or pins made of wire which hooks or pins serve to secure the
garter or band to the stocking or other article or articles of dress to which such garter
or band inay be applied. A portion of the wire of which the hooks or pins above
mentioned are formed I so bend or curve that the points of the hooks or pins will be
prevented from entering or injuring the person of the wearer of the garter or
band.
In some cases 1 so bend or curve the wire of which the hooks or pins above men-
tioned are formed that such wire will form a spring or springs or I connect the hooks
or pins to the band or strip of elastic or other material by means of a spring or
springs formed or composed of a separate piece or separate pieces of metal or other
suitable material.

page_text: In some cases I connect the hooks or pins above mentioned at each end of the
garter or band by means of a spring or springs of metal or other suitable material.
In the accompanying drawing are shown several forms of garters or bands con-
structed according to my invention. The same letters of reference are applied to
corresponding paris in all the figures of the drawing.
Figs. 1 and 2 are views showing one form of garter or band constructed according
to my invention, Fig. 2 being a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1.
a a are hooks
formed of wire and provided with parts a¹ which may be inserted into the stocking or
other article or articles of dress to which the garter or band may be applied. The
hooks aa are provided with parts a² so bent that such parts a will prevent the
points a¹ of the hooks a a from entering or injuring the person of the wearer of the
garter or band. The hooks a a are connected by a band or strip b of elastic material.
When the garter or band illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is to be employed for supporting
a stocking in position while being worn one of the books a a may be inserted into the
said stocking and the other hook a may be inserted into another article of dress to
which it may be desired to attach the said stocking or one of the said hooks a a
being inserted into the said stocking the strip or band b of elastic material may be
strained to the extent desired and the other hook a may be inserted into the said
stocking so that the said band or strip 6 will by its tension cause the stocking to be
supported in position while being worn.
Figs. 3 and are views showing another form of garter or band constructed
according to my invention Fig. 4 being a view taken at right angles to Fig. 3.
c. c are books or pins formed of wire. The parts c of the hooks or pins c. c
resemble what are ordinarily called "safety pins " and may be inserted into the
stocking or other article or articles of dress to which the garter or band may be
applied. The parts c' of the hooks or pins c. c serve to impart a certain amount of
elasticity to the hooks or pins c. The hooks or pins c. c are connected by a band or
strip of elastic material. When the garter or band illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 is to
be employed for supporting a stocking in position while being worn one of the hooks
or pins c. c. may be inserted into the said stocking and the other hook or pin may be
inserted into another article of dress to which it may be desired to attach the said
stocking or one of the said hooks or pins being inserted into the said stocking the
strip or band 6 of elastic material may be strained to the extent desired and the other
hook or pin may be inserted into the said stocking so that the said band or strip b
will by its tension cause the stocking to be supported in position.
In place of the bands or strips of elastic material employed in the garters or bands
illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 bands or strips of material which is not specially
made to be elastic may in some cases be employed and in such cases the stocking or
other article or articles of dress to which a garter or band is applied will require to
be strained to the extent necessary to produce the desired degree of tension in the
band connecting the hooks, or books or pins of the garter or band, before the garter
or band is attached to the said stocking or other article or articles of dress.
In place of the bands or strips of elastic material employed in the garters or
bands illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 springs made of metal which may either be
spiral springs or be of the form of the parts of the hooks or pins c illustrated in
Figs. 3 and 4 may be employed.
Fig. 5 is a view showing another form of garter or band constructed according
to my invention.
The garter or band shown in Fig. 5 is provided with hooks or pins c. c. which
resemble what are commonly called "safety pins." One of the hooks or pins c c is
provided with a part which may serve as a hook which may when required be
inserted into an eye or loop with which the other hook or pin c is provided. When
the garter or band illustrated in Fig. 5 is to be employed to support a stocking in
position while being worn one of the hooks or pins c. c. may be inserted into the said
stocking and the other of such hooks or pins may be inserted into another article of
dress to which it may be desired to attach the said stocking and the part c³ is inserted
into the eye or loop c' so that the said stocking will be attached to the other article
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page_text: of dress or one of the hooks or pins c. c being inserted into the said stocking the
other of such hooks or pins may be also inserted into such stocking at such distance
from the hook or pin first inserted that the desired degree of tension may when the
part is inserted into the eye or loop c be imparted to the stocking and the said
part is inserted into the eye or loop ct. The tension imparted to the stocking will
then cause such stocking to be supported in position while being worn.
In Fig. 6 is shown a garter or band similar in every essential respect to that
shown in Fig. 5 but provided with parts c which serve as springs and impart a
certain amount of clasticity to the garter or hand. In place of the parts c³ spiral
springs may be employed.
If it be desired the garters or bands illustrated in and described in reference to
Figs. 1. 2. 3, 4, 5 and 6 may be provided at one end with a hook such as either of
the hooks a a shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and at the other end with a hook or pin such
as either of the hooks or pins shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Garters or bands constructed according to my invention may as above described
be employed to support a stocking in position while being worn; either by being
caused to impart to the stocking the tension necessary to secure such stocking upon
the leg of the person wearing such stocking or be employed to attach the said stock-
ing to any other suitable article or articles of dress.
Garters or bands constructed according to my invention are less likely to interfere
with the circulation of the blood when they are employed to tighten a stocking upon
the leg of the person wearing such stocking than garters or bands as ordinarily
constructed.
Garters or bands constructed according to my invention are also applicable to
other purposes analogous to supporting stockings in position while being worn, such
for instance as securing the waist-band of an article of dress around the person of the
wearer of such article of dress.
For securing the waist-band of an article of dress around the person of the wearer
of such article of dress either of the forms of garter or band shown in Figs. 5 and 6
is especially suitable.
The strips or bands of elastic or other material above mentioned may be made of
indiarubber, of woven or knitted fabric or other suitable material.
The hooks a or hooks or pins c above described may be made of any suitable size
and strength and the strips or bands of elastic or other material may be made of any
suitable width and strength.
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
1. The improved garter or band herein before described, provided with hooks a such
as are shown in and described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawing.
2. The improved garter or band herein before described, provided with hooks or
and 4 of the
pins c, such as are shown in and described in reference to Fig.
accompanying drawing.
3. The improved garter or band hereinbefore described provided with hooks or pins
such as c provided with a part and eye or loop c' such as are shown in and described
in reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawing.
4. For use in garters or bands of the kind hereinbefore described hooks a such as
are shown in and described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawing.
5. For use in garters or bands of the kind hereinbefore described books c, such
as are shown in and described in reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawing.
6. For use in garters or bands of the kind hereinbefore described hooks c pro-
vided with parts c such as are shown in and described in reference to Figs. 3, 4
and 6 of the accompanying drawing.

page_text: 7. A garter or band of the kind hereinbefore described provided with a hook
such as is shown in and described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accom-
panying drawing and with a hook such as is shown in and described in reference
to Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this Thirty-first day of May 1889
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.