Improvements in the Attachments for the Suspension of Trousers and other such Articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1891-Accepted. 10th Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Attachments for the Suspension of Trousers
and other such Articles.
I, JOSIAH CAVE ADKINS of 35 Silchester Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, in the
County of Sussex, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in the attachments for the
suspension of trousers and other such articles; which may be readily fastened or
unfastened without the many disadvantages which arise in connection with the
ordinary button and strap to the braces which are very often difficult to fasten &
especially when the leather is new or when the fingers are weak whereas in the
case of my improved fastening they can be readily attached and detached and as
they are much more lasting are consequently cheaper in the end.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1., is a broken off view of part of a pair of trousers X and shirt Z shewing
my new attachment in use.
Figure 2., is a front elevation of the part A for attachment to the trousers.
Figure 3., is a side elevation of same."
Figure 4., is a front elevation shewing a modification.
Figure 5., is a side elevation of same.
In carrying my invention into effect I cut and stamp out the plate A with the
projecting spring hook a' and which is provided with the holes a³ for sewing to
the trousers X as shewn in Figure 1. In place of the ordinary leather button hole
I provide the ring &' at the end of the brace B which for attachment only requires
to be slipped on the curved end a² of the spring hook when the slight raising of
the shoulder of the individual will raise the brace and cause the ring to pass into
the top part of the spring hook where it is prevented by the spring of the hook
from becoming detached. In place of having the plate and hook stamped and cut
out of one piece, the hook a¹ may be rivetted on to the plate separately or the
attachment may be form in skeleton by wire as shewn by Figures 4 and 5 where
the wire is bent to form the projections a' for attachment by sewing to the trousers
while the spring hook a is bent over as shewn to take the ring b' as before described.
The amount of spring at the neck a² may be very slight so long as sufficient to
keep the ring from slipping off when the wearer stoops.
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 :-
The improvements in attachments for the suspension of trousers and other such
articles substantially as and for the purpose and such as herein set forth and shewn
upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1891
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.