An Improved Clamp or Clasp for Suspending Gowns or other Garments.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clamp or Clasp for Suspending Gowns or other
Garments.
I, OTTO KEISSNER, of Uhlandstrasse 185/186, Charlottenburg, in the Empire
of Germany, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The clamp forming the object of this invention, is made of metallic wire in the
shape of a safety-pin, and may be of any desired size.
The two sides are furnished with rollers of india-rubber or other soft elastic
material, which are in contact with each other when the clamp is closed. The
closing of the clamp is effected in the same manner as that of a safety-pin.
For suspending a dress, the clasp is opened and the material of the dress drawn
through the open jaws, the clasp is then closed holding the dress very firmly.
By the aid of my improved clasp, gowns and other garments may be suspended
without being fastened by cords or perforated by pins.
The apparatus, when once placed in position, remains there, and needs no further
attention.
Dated this 20th day of Tul.. 1906
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Clamp or Clasp for Suspending Gowns or other
Garments.
I, OTTO KEISSNER, of Uhlandstrasse 185-6 Charlottenburg, Berlin, 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 :-
The dress suspender illustrated in the accompanying drawing has for its object
to release ladies from the troublesome holding up of the skirt with the hand and to
protect the material of the garment which is held without penetrating the same in
the best possible manner. It has further the advantage of acting automatically
without any special mechanism for holding it up and to be carried on the material
itself and be applicable to all purposes of the kind.
The apparatus consists of a frame of steel wire a b bent somewhat in the manner
of a safety pin, which can be closed and opened at the open end g in like manner.
To each of the inner sides of the arms a 6 of the apparatus there is attached a
cylindrical strip of moderately soft vulcanised rubber c d of such thickness that the
strips touch one another when the apparatus is closed. The attachment of the
rubber is effected by fixing it in iron rins ef which are soldered on to the wire

page_text: bars and bent round them. In order to limit the spring action of the bars by the
soldered pieces surrounding them as little as possible the soldering points are only
made large enough to effect a firm connection between the wire and the rubber
holders. According to the dimensions of the apparatus the india rubber strips are
secured by single, double, or treble holders.
As shown in Figure 4 the garment to be held is drawn up to the required height
as wide as possible and pulled through between the rubber pieces and secured by
closing the clip. By reason of its elasticity the apparatus carries itself without
allowing the material to slip and without damaging it, and effects when as wide a
piece of the material is taken up as possible an equable lifting of the dress.
The apparatus can be constructed in different sizes according to the requirements
and when used in the smaller sizes about two of the apparatuses are sufficient for
the holding of a lady's dress.
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 dress holder of bent wire in the form of a safety pin provided on its bars
inside with elastic cylindrical pieces c d which are in contact when the apparatus
is closed for the purpose of holding a garment in the manner indicated in Figure 4
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.