Improved Trouser Stretcher and Hanger.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Trouser Stretcher and Hanger.
I, FRANCIS JOHN BRADLEY, of 11, Morley Road, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a device which fits in the foot of each trouser leg, and by
which the trousers may be hung up, feet uppermost.
A piece of metallic wire is bent in the centre to form a single helix. To the ends
of the wire are pivotted wing pieces of sheet metal. These wing pieces are prefer-
ably stamped, and in stamping they are provided with lugs (by which they are
pivotted) and with a camber or curve, and have teeth or tongue pieces punched with
a dull punch.
The inetal wire helical spring is compressed and allowed to expand in the foot of
the trouser leg, so that the pivotted wing pieces bear against the inside of the leg
and their teeth enter the cloth. A device being thus inserted and expanded in each
trouser foot, the helices are hung on a peg or hook so that the trousers hang feet
uppermost. The weight of the seat and waist of the trousers thus tends to straighten
the legs, whilst the expansion of the device itself preserves the shape of the trouser
feet.
Dated this 4th day of February 1897.
J. A. COUBROUGH
Registered Patent Agent (Qual. by Exam.)
0 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.
Improved Trouser Stretcher and Hanger.
I, FRANCIS JOHN BRADLEY, of 11, Morley Road, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman, 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 a device which fits in the foot of each trouser leg, and by
which the trousers may be suspended, feet uppermost. The device is illustrated in
the annexed drawing.
A piece of metallic wire is bent in the centre to form a single helix, a. To the
ends b of the wire are pivotted wing pieces c, of sheet metal. These wing pieces are
preferably stamped, and in stamping they are provided with lugs (by which they are
pivotted) and with a camber or curve, and have teeth or tongue pieces d, punched
with a dull punch.
The metal wire helical spring is compressed and allowed to expand in the foot of

page_text: the trouser leg, so that the pivotted wing pieces bear against the inside of the leg
and their teeth enter the cloth. A device being thus inserted and expanded in each
trouser foot, the helices are hung on a peg or hook, so that the trousers hang feet
uppermost. The weight of the seat and waist of the trousers thus tends to straighten
the legs, whilst the expansion of the device itself preserves the shape of the trouser
foot.
By preference the helical springs of a pair of stretchers are united by a ring,
which latter possesses a hook by which the stretchers may be suspended.
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 :-
A device adapted to be expanded within and grip the feet of trousers, by which
the latter may be suspended feet uppermost, whereby the shape of the trousers feet.
is preserved and the trousers are stretched by their own weight, constructed
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
J. A. COUBROUGH
Registered Patent Agent (Qual. by Exam.)
10, St George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.