A Combined Solitaire and Cuff-suspender.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Solitaire and Cuff-suspender.
I, GEORG KALKBRENNER Manufacturer, of Giessen, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
and German Empire 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 stateinent:-
This invention relates to a device which is a combination of a solitaire with a holder
for cuffs and which can be attached to the shirt button. This invention greatly
simplifies the buttoning and unbuttoning of cuffs and at the same time connects the
cuffs with the shirt causing them to be held thereby in any suitable manner and
adapting them to be adjusted as required.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 illustrates the manner of fixing the cuff holder and solitaire to the cuff and
the mode of attaching the said cuff to the shirt.
Figures 2 and 3 are respectively a side and a rear view of the cuff holder
proper.
The new holder consists of a wire handle a, which is curved or bulged at several
parts thus forming openings of various sizes at b, c, d, e, and carries at its end f,
which is bent over, a solitaire 9, of suitable shape and size, and of a more or less
ornamental appearance. The other end h, of the cuff holder is likewise sharply bent
over to prevent it from being squeezed flat in the washing and to enable the said
holder to be readily inserted in the cuff. The widest opening e, of the handle or
frame a, allows of the button attached to the wrist band of the shirt being easily
inserted therein. The openings b, c, d, serve to hold such button in the cuffs having
a more or less protruding position. If the shirt button is inserted in the opening d,
the cuff will assume its most protruding or outward position, while if on the contrary
it is inserted in the opening b, the cuff is drawn back and does not protrude so much.
The cuff holder is made of wire or other suitable material. The combined cuff holder
and solitaire is attached to the shirt in the following manner :-
The holder is inserted by means of its curved end e, through the two superposed
button holes of the cuff until the solitaire g, bears upon the latter, the holder being
inside the cuff. In order now to fix the cuff to the shirt the large curved end e, is
placed over the button usually sewn to the wrist band of shirts and the holder is
pulled down along the said button until the latter is inserted in the opening b.
The cuff is then drawn in as much as possible. If it is desired that the cuff should
protrude more upon the hand of the wearer, the holder is pulled out until the open-
ing cord coincides with the said shirt button. To remove the cuff, the latter is
drawn out and the same with the holder is automatically released from the shirt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
A cuff holder combined with a solitaire for fixing the cuff to the shirt button
characterized by the wire frame or handle a, furnished with a solitaire and parts of
which are curved or bulged at b, c, d, e, while its front end is bent at f, the widest
opening e, serving for the insertion of the shirt button, while the other openings b, c, d,
serve to hold the shirt button after the holder has been drawn through the cuff.
Dated this Sixth day of Anonst 1890.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.