A New or Improved Device for Sustaining or Holding in Place Men's Drawers and other Articles of Apparel.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1390
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Sustaining or Holding in Place
Men's Drawers and other Articles of Apparel.
I, ISAAC WESLEY HOUSSER, of 11, Lilly Street, Winnipeg, Selkirk County,
Manitoba, Canada, Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My Invention relates to a supporter for men's drawers and other articles of apparel
of similar nature; and has for its object to provide a simple device which is capable of
being conveniently and expeditiously attached to the waist-band of the drawers
whereby the latter may be effectually clamped against the waist band of the
trousers.
The device consists of a head (which resembles preferably in general contour a disc-
like button) having its inner face dished or concaved and its outer face convexed and
smooth, and a clip formed of a strip of spring metal bent upon itself to approximately
U-shape and secured to the inner face of the head. One member of this clip is
ordinarily of greater length than the opposite member and the latter at its extremity is
carried outward at a right angle to the body and rivetted soldered or otherwise secured
preferably at the centre of the dished face of the head, the extremity of the longer
inember being turned up to form a smooth enlarged section located upon that side of
the member opposed to the head. The upper or bow portion of the clip is preferably
somewhat enlarged.
The contour of the head may of course be changed or varied and the inner face
may be made straight or flat.. The enlargement of the bow portion of the body
may also be dispensed with, and likewise the enlarged section of the longer body
member.
In applying the device, one is secured to each sido of the waist band of the drawers
at a convenient distance from the ends of said band, the attachment being effected by
forming an aperture in the waist band of the drawers and passing the clip through
said aperture from the inner side, whereby the said waist band will be securely
clamped between the head and the contiguous face of the shorter member of the
body.
The head of the device is thus located upon the inner face of the waist band and, in
order that it may not injure the garment, the edge of the head is preferably made
smooth. The clip is located at the outer side of the waist band.
These devices are so placed upon the waist band of the drawers that the clip may
be passed over the waistband of the trousers between the buttons to which the front
brace tabs are fastened.
Doted this 94th day of Danomhan 1000
I. W. HOUSSER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Sustaining or Holding in Place
Men's Drawers and other Articles of Apparel.
I, ISAAC WESLEY HOUSSER of 11, Lilly Street, Winnipeg, Selkirk County,
Manitoba, Canada, Accountant, 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 :--
My Invention relates to a supporter for men's drawers and other articles of apparel
of similar nature, and has for its object to provide a simple device which is capable
of being conveniently and expeditiously attached to the waist band of the drawers
whereby the latter may be effectually clamped against the waist band of the
trousers.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
specification, in which figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; figure 2 is a
front elevation of the same illustrating the application of the device; and figure 3 is
a section on line 3-3 figure 2. Similar letters and figures of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the views.
The device consists of a head 10 (which resembles, preferably, in general contour a
disc-like button) having its inner face dished or concaved and its outer face convexed
and smooth, and a clip formed of a strip of spring metal bent upon itself to
approximately U-shape and secured to the inner face of the head. One member a of
this clip is ordinarily of greater length than the opposite member a¹, and the latter at
its extremity is carried outward at a right angle to the body, as best shewn in figure 1,
and rivetted soldered or otherwise secured, preferably, at the centre of the dished face
of the head, the extremity of the longer member a being turned up to form a smooth
enlarged section 12 located upon that side of the member opposed to the head. The
upper or bow portion of the clip is, preferably, somewhat enlarged, as seen in the
drawings. The contour of the head may, of course, be changed or varied and the
inner face, which is shewn dished, may be made straight or flat. The enlargement of
the bow portion of the body may also be dispensed with and likewise the enlarged
section 12 of the longer body member a, but the construction illustrated in the
drawings is preferred.
In applying the device one is secured to each side of the waist band of the
drawers 13 at a convenient distance from the ends of said band the attachment being
effected by forming an aperture in the waist band 13 of the drawers and passing the
clip 11 through said aperture from the inner side whereby the said waist band 13 will
be securely clamped between the head and the contiguous face of the shorter
member al of the body, as is best illustrated in figure 3. The head of the device is
thus located upon the inner face of the waist band, and, in order that it may not
injure the garment, the edge of the head is preferably made smooth. The clip 11 is
located at the outer side of the waist band 13, as will be seen. These devices are so
placed upon the waist band 13 of the drawers that the clip may be passed over the
waist band 14 of the trousers between the buttons to which the front brace tabs 15 are
fastened, as best shewn in figure 2.
It will be observed that the waist band of the trousers is securely clamped between
the opposed faces of the clip and that the drawers are positively held in engagement
with the trousers and effectually prevented from slipping down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a supporter for drawers or other
garments comprising a head and an essentially U-shaped body of spring material
attached at one and to the said head substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 2. A supporter for drawers or other articles of apparel, comprising a head and an
essentially U-shaped body portion having members of unequal length, the shorter
member being attached to the rear portion of the head, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
3. As an improved article of manufacture, a supporter for drawers or other articles
of apparel comprising a head having a dished inner face and an essentially U-shaped
body the members whereof are of unequal length the shorter member being carried
outward at an angle and attached to the dished face of the head and the longer
member being provided with a smooth enlarged portion upon that face opposed to the
head, substantially as shewn and described.
Dthin 10th dow of Fehru 1800
I. W. HOUSSER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.