Improvement in Cyclists' Trouser Clips.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cyclists' Trouser Clips.
WILLIAM PEARCE 52 Hylton Street Birmingham Jeweller do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists of a strip of metal bent upon itself with the two free ends
meeting.
The clip is bent into a curved form in order that it may follow and lie con-
formably on the curve of the ankle. The under portion is slit leaving a tongue of
metal, the free end of which points towards the bend of the clip. This tongue is
convex or concave as preferred and roughened or toothed if desired.
The upper part of the clip has a strip stamped out corresponding in size to the
tongue in the lower part aforesaid. This tongue projects slightly upwards & partly
fills the hollow in the upper plate giving by this means a firmer grip when in use,
preventing slipping of any material inserted between the plates of the clip.
An important point in the invention is the shape of the clip. At the part where
bent, the distance between the extremes of the bend is such that it freely admits a
fold or folds of cloth of considerable thickness and the side where the bend is
approaches that of a semicircle.
The clip is intended to be used by folding the bottom of the trousers on the
ankle and sliding the clip upon the inner or outer fold of the cloth and may be
attached either parallel to the bottom of the trousers or perpendicularly, thereby
holding the trouser away from the machinery of the cycle and keeping same from
becoming soiled.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cyclists' Trouser Clips.
WILLIAM PEARCE 52 Hylton Street Birmingham Jeweller 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 consists of a strip of metal bent upon itself with the two free ends
meeting. The clip is bent into a curved form in order that it may follow and lie
conformably on the curve of the ankle. The under portion is slit leaving a tongue
of metal the free end of which points towards the bend of the clip. The tongue is
convex or concave as preferred and roughened or toothed if desired. The upper
part of the clip has a strip stamped out corresponding in size to the tongue in the
lower part aforesaid. The tongue projects slightly upwards and partly fills the
hollow in the upper plate giving by this means a firmer grip when in use preventing
the slipping of any material inserted between the plates of the clip.
The clip is intended to be used by folding the bottom of the trouser on the ankle
and sliding the clip upon the inner or outer fold of the cloth and may be attached
either parallel to the bottom of the trouser or perpendicularly thereby holding the
trouser away from the machinery of the cycle and keeping same from becoming
soiled.
I will now proceed to explain more particularly how the invention may be
performed having reference to the accompanying drawings upon which are figures
and letters of reference, like letters referring throughout the several views of the
same thing or part and in which :-
Fig. 1 & 3 illustrate my spring clip in sections. The letter A shews the curve

page_text: into which the clip is bent. B is the tongue of metal partly pierced from the
under part, and raised towards the upper part of the clip. C represents the teeth
made in the tongue Fig. 3 or upon the edges of the slot in the upper part of the
clip Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 shews a complete view of the clip in agreement with the section shewn in
Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shews a complete view of the clip in agreement with the section shewn in
Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
A metallic spring clip constructed and arranged substantially as herein described
and illustrated upon the drawings in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 24th day of November 1001
WILLIAM PEARCE,
52, Hylton Street, Birmingham, Jeweller.