A New or Improved Lady's Dress Suspender.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1891-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Lady's Dress Suspender.
I JAMES CAULKIN of No. 2 Charles Road Handsworth in the County of
Stafford Military Ornament Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
My invention consists of a lady's dress suspender the parts of which are
constructed and combined and operate in the manner hereinafter described.
I take an oblong metal frame preferably made of wire and I joint to the top bar
or suspending end of the frame a flat tongue or gripping piece extending nearly to
the bottom end of the frame. This jointed tongue or gripping piece is of less
width than the frame and works freely in it. To the bottom bai of the frame I
joint a second and shorter gripping piece or lever between which and the free end
of the tongue piece the dress to be suspended is gripped in the manner hereinafter
described. By means of a finger plate projecting from the joint of the second
gripping piece or lever it may be lifted out of the plane of the frame. By means
of side projecting ears on the gripping lever it is preserved when raised in the
plane of the frame. The dress suspender is connected to the waist of the wearer
by a cord passed through a ring at the top of the jointed tongue piece.
In using the dress suspender the portion of the dress to be held by it is passed
from the back through the frame and over the front of the short gripping lever
which is in its raised position on the frame and the long tongue piece being turned
down upon the dress on the gripping lever the said dress is turned back upon the
end of the tongue piece. The weight or pull of the dress causes the tongue pièce
to be pressed forcibly against the gripping lever and grip the dress securely
between the two parts and thus suspend the diess the greater the pull or weight
upon the tongue piece the tighter will the dress be gripped by the suspender.
To release the dress from the suspender the gripping lever is lifted by its finger
plate so as to withdraw it from the end of the tongue piece.
Dated the 10th day of March 1891
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Lady's Dress Suspender.
I, JAMES CAULKIN, of No. 2 Charles Road, Handsworth in the County of
Stafford, Military Ornament Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my 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 consists of a lady's dress suspender the parts of which are
constructed and combined and operate in the manner hereinafter described.
I take an oblong metal frame, preferably made of wire, and 1 joint to the top
bar or suspending end of the frame, a flat tongue or gripping piece extending
nearly to the bottom end of the frame. This jointed tongue or gripping piece is
of less width than the frame and works freely in it. To the bottom bar of the
frame I joint a second and shorter gripping piece or lever between which and the
free end of the tongue piece, the dress to be suspended is gripped in the manner
hereinafter described. By means of a finger plate projecting from the joint of the
second gripping piece or lever it may be lifted out of the plane of the frame. By
means of side projecting ears on the gripping lever, or by projections on the frame.
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the said gripping lever is preserved when raised in the plane of the frame.
dress suspender is connected to the waist of the wearer or to a belt around the
waist or wrist by a cord or chain passed through a ring at the top of the jointed
tongue piece or frame; or by a chain or cord otherwise secured to the wearer.
In using the dress suspender, the portion of the dress to be held by it is passed
from the back between the raised tongue and the frame and by turning down the
said raised tongue and bringing it in front of the short gripping lever and then
raising the latter the weight or pull of the dress causes the tongue piece to be
pressed forcibly against the gripping lever and grip the dress securely between the
two parts and thus suspend the dress, the greater the pull or weight upon the
tongue piece, the tighter will the dress be gripped by the suspender.
To release the dress from the suspender the gripping lever is lifted by its finger
plate so as to withdraw it from the end of the tongue piece.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in front elevation and
Figure 2 in side elevation (with a portion in section drawn to a larger scale) a
lady's dress suspender constructed according to my invention.
Figure 3 represents in front elevation and Figure 4 in side elevation, the dress
suspender with its jointed tongue m its turned back position and the short gripping
lever in its turned down position ready for the subsequent operations.
Figure 5 represents the same view as Figure 4 after the gripping tongue las
carried the doubled part of the dress in front of the frame prior to the turning
down of the gripping tongue in front of the short gripping lever and
Figure 6 represents the suspender in front clevation after the gripping tongue
has been turned down and the gripping lever raised and the dress gripped
between them.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
a is the wire (or other) frame of the suspender to the top of which the flat tongue
or gripping piece made preferably of wire is jointed by the eyes 62, 63, the joint
working stiffly upon the top bar of the frame. The said tongue or gripping piece b
extends nearly to the bottom of the frame a and its free end or nose is rounded;
e is the second or shorter gripping piece or lever which is jointed to the bottom of
the frame a by eyes at its back working in the loops d, d bent from the ends of
the frame a. Between the shorter gripping piece or lever c and the free end of the
tongue piece the dress to be suspended is gripped as hereinafter described; c is
the finger plate of the bottom lever or gripping piece e by which it can be turned
back or outwards into the position represented in Figures 3, 4 and 5 or raised into
the position represented in Figures 1 and 2. The loops d, d on the bottom of the
frame a constitute stops and preserve the gripping lever c, when raised, in the
plane of the said frame. Or side projecting cars may be made on the gripping
lever c for the same purpose.
The dress suspender is connected to the waist of the wearer or to a belt around
the waist or otherwise connected to the wearer, by a cord passed through the ring e
hooked by the hook to the top of the frame a.
In using the dress suspender the gripping levere is turned down and the long
gripping tongue moved outwards into the positions represented in Figures 3
and and the doubled portion g of the dress to be held by the suspender is passed
between the raised gripping tongue & and the frame a, the doubled portion of the
dress being held at the top of the suspender between the thumb and finger. The
gripping tongue 6 together with the dress in front of it, is passed through the
frame a m the direction of the arrow Figure 4 and raised into the position repre-
sented in Figure 5. The gripping levere being now pressed into its raised
position against the frame a the gripping tongue and the doubled portion of the
dress held by it are closed upon the front of the raised gripping lever c. The dress
is thereby firmly gripped between the said gripping tongue band the gripping
lever, the nose of the said gripping tongue being situated in the fold of the
portion of the dress and hence the greater the pull or weight of the hanging

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by the suspender.
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In order to release the dress from the suspender the gripping lever c is turned
outwards by pressing upon the finger plate so as to withdraw the lever c from
under the nose or free end of the tongue piece when the portion of the dress
being no longer gripped, the dress falls by its own weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner of performing the same 1 declare that I clain as my
invention:-
A new or improved lady's dress suspender consisting essentially of a metal frame
to the top of which a gripping tongue or piece is jointed and to the bottom of
which a second and shorter gripping piece or lever is jointed, the dress being
suspended by a portion of it being passed between the gripping tongue and the
frame and brought in front of the raised lower gripping lever and gripped between
it and the nose or free end of the gripping tongue substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 28th day of November 1891.
JAMES CAULKIN.