An Improved Dress Fastener or Suspender for Ladies' Dresses or Dress Skirts.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1896'
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Dress Fastener or Suspender for Ladies' Dresses or
Dress Skirts.
1, DAVID KIRK, of Rook Holme, Gledholt, Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to suspenders for suspending or holding ladies dresses or
dress skirts clear of the ground without having to use the hand.
My improvements consist principally in combining with the form of clip or jaw
employed, two or more pins or fine pointed projections secured or formed one or
more on each inner or opposing face of the clip or suspender.
The said pins or fine pointed projections may he slightly inclined up or down
or placed or formed at right angles, or at two different angles to the clip, the pin
or pins on one side preferably occupying positions between the pins on the other
side and arranged in such a manner as will give a good and firm hold of the dress
skirt without being liable to tear or damage tender or delicate fabric or material
secured in the clip. The suspender may be of ordinary construction and closed by
spring, or it may partake of the form of a double acting spring, or nipping jaws,
and is preferably designed so as to occupy a vertical and flat position with respect
to the fold of the skirt inserted therein.
The suspender is adapted to be supported by a cord from the waist or by a hook,
but if an upper and lower fold of the skirt be inserted in the clip, it will be supported
thereby without the aid of a cord.
The projecting pins or fine points prevent the sides of the clip or suspender from
meeting and they penetrate through the fold of the skirt inserted therein from
both sides and at different positions so that it cannot he accidentally withdrawn nor
will the material be crushed, creased, or dragged and torn by the weight of the
skirt as is the case when the ordinary forms of suspenders are used.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1896.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Dress Fastener or Suspender for Ladies' Dresses or
Dress Skirts.
I, DAVID KIRK, of Rook Holme, Gledholt, Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
5 in and the following statement:-
My invention refers to suspenders for suspending or holding ladies dresses or
dress skirts clear of the ground without having to use the hand.

page_text: My improvements consist principally in combining with the form of clip or jaw
employed, two or more pins or fine pointed projections secured or formed one or
more on each inner or opposing face of the clip or suspender.
The said pins or fine pointed projections inay be slightly inclined up or down or
placed or formed at right angles, or at two different angles, to the clip. the pin or
pins on one side preferably occupying positions between the pins on the other side
and arranged in such a manner as will give a good and firm hold of the dress
skirt without being liable to tear or damage tender or delicate fabric or material
secured in the clip.
The suspender may be of ordinary construction and closed by spring, or it may
partake of the form of a double-acting spring, or nipping jaws, and is preferably
designed so as to occupy a vertical and flat position with respect to the fold of the
skirt inserted therein.
In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification-
Fig. 1 is side elevation of a suspender or fastener for dresses or dress skirts, to
which my improvements are applied; and
Fig. 2 is front elevation of same.
The suspender comprises the two members or limbs a, a, pivoted together on a
stud or pin & wherein is placed a coiled spring c the ends of which bear against
the limbs a, a, above the fulcrum b and press the lower ends thereof towards each
other, like a spring clip or nipping jaws. The said lower ends of limbs a, a, are
provided on their inner or opposing faces with pins or spikes d, those on one side
preferably occupying positions between, or on a different plane to those on the
opposite side or face.
I have shewn the pins or spikes d arranged at right angles to the limbs of the
clip or suspender which I find to answer very well, but they may be slightly
inclined up or down on one or both sides or otherwise placed at different angles.
The suspender can be opened by hand and a fold of the skirt seized hold of
without removing the gloves; the fold being confined between the jaws of the clip
and the pins or spikes piercing the material.
The suspender is adapted to be hung by a cord e from the waist, or by a hook,
but if an upper and lower fold of the skirt be inserted in the clip, it will be
supported thereby without the aid of a cord. I find it, however, advantageous to
suspend three of my improved clips or suspenders by cords e from a waist band f
as illustrated in Fig. 3 so that the two sides and the back of the skirt or dress
can be held up, the cords e being movable along the waist band to any position
required.
When not in use the suspenders can be gathered together and put into the dress
pocket.
The projecting pius or fine pointed projections d prevent the sides of the clip or
suspender from meeting and they penetrate through the fold of the skirt inserted
therein from both sides and at different positions so that the fold cannot be
accidentally withdrawn, nor will the material be in the least crushed, creased or
dragged and torn by the weight of the skirt as is the case when the ordinary forms
of suspenders are used.
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 suspender or clip having pins or spikes projecting from its lower opposing
sides or gripping jaws in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein
shewn and described.
Dated this 20th day of Narambon 1000
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.