Improvements in Skirt Supports and Belt Fasteners.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Skirt Supports and Belt Fasteners.
I, BLANCHE WILLIS EMORY, residing at Sullivan St., Cazenovia, in the County of
Madison, and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to skirt supports and belt fasteners, and has for its object the:
production of an improved device of this class which will be simple in construction and
operation, and comparatively inexpensive, while well adapted to hold the belt
in position and prevent the same from slipping upwardly, and not supporting the
skirt.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a skirt support and belt fastener which
is composed of a strip of spring metal bent adjacent to approximately the middle
point thereof to form a long loop one side of which is longer than the other.
The sides of said loop are brought substantially together, and the end of the shorter.
side is preferably curved outwardly slightly, and the end of the longer side similarly
curved to form a supplemental loop, said end being curved. upwardly and outwardly.
In use my improved skirt support and belt fastener is passed over the belt, the side
of the main loop passing downwardly back of the belt, and the other side passing-
downwardly in front thereof.
Then to the skirt is secured immediately below the skirt support and belt fastener
a fastening device or loop with which the supplemental loop of the skirt support and
belt fastener is connected.
This fastening device may consist of an ordinary eyelet or may consist of cords or
threads which may be connected with the skirt in any desired manner. In practice
I much prefer to use two of my improved skirt supports or belt fasteners, and it will
be apparent that when the same are placed in position as described, the belt cannot
slip upwardly nor can the skirt move downwardly, said parts thus being more securely
held in connection. The belt it will be observed, will also always cover the meeting.
point between the waist and skirt.
My improvement is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to
accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that the same.
may be made of any desired material.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Skirt Supports and Belt Fasteners.
I, BLANCHE WILLIS EMORY, residing at 212 South 15th St., Philadelphia, in the
County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, late of Sullivan Street, Cazenovia,
Co. of Madison, State of New York United States of America, Inventor, 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.
This invention relates to skirt supports and belt fasteners, and the object thereof
is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and
operation, and also comparatively inexpensive while being well adapted to hold the
ball in position, and prevent the same from slipping upwardly, and at the same time
to support.the skirt...
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement
are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in
which
Fig. 1, is a back elevation of a skirt showing a belt connected therewith; and the
application of my improvement:
Fig. 2, a back view of the device which I employ and,
Fig. 3, a side view thereof.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at 5, a part of the
ordinary skirt, and at 6 a part of the waist, and I have also shown at 7, an ordinary
belt, and in practice of my invention, I provide a skirt support and belt fastener 8,
two of which are shown in Fig. 1, and this skirt support and belt fastener is
composed of a strip of spring metal which is bent adjacent to the middle thereof,
as shown at 9, to form a long loop, one side of which is longer than the other, and the
sides of said loop are brought substantially together at 10, and the end of the shorter
side is preferably curved outwardly slightly as shown at 11, and the end of the longer
side is curved to form a supplemental loop 12, said end being curved upwardly and
outwardly as shown at 13.
In practice, my improved skirt support and belt fastener is passed over the belt 7,
as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the side 14, of the main loop passing downwardly back of
the belt, and the side 15, passing downwardly in front thereof, and in practice I
secure to the skirt immediately below the skirt support and belt fastener, a fastening
device or loop 16, with which the supplemental loop 12, of the skirt support and belt
fastener are connected.
The fastening device 16, may consist of an ordinary eye or may consist of cords or
threads which may be connected with the skirt in any desired manner, and in practice
I prefer to use two of my improved skirt supports or belt fasteners, and it will be
apparent that when the same are placed in position as described, the belt cannot slip
upwardly, nor can the skirt move downwardly, and said parts will thus be more
securely held in connection, and the belt will always cover the meeting point between
the waist and the skirt.
My improvement is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to
accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that the same
may be made of any desired material.
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
1. A skirt support and belt fastener constructed as herein described and consisting
of a long loop which opens downwardly, and one side of which is longer than the

page_text: other, and bent upwardly to form a supplemental loop, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A skirt support and belt fastener constructed as herein described, and consisting
of a long loop which opens downwardly, and one side of which is longer than the
other, and bent upwardly to form a supplemental loop, said supplemental loop being
adapted to engage with a catch or fastening device secured to the skirt, substantially
as shown and described.
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