AN IMPROVED TROUSER GRIP
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM HERBERT WILLIAMS of 96 Newhall Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for AN
IMPROVED TROUSER GRIP to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object an improvement in the means for supporting
Trousers whereby the use of Braces or Suspenders as well as of Buttons are rendered
unnecessary for the purpose, and the Trousers securely supported round the waist
or hips.
My said invention consists of two short elastic bands joined together by an
ordinary slip buckle and having at either end a Lever grip Buckle.
The said Lever grip Buckle may be described as follows: the outer side consists
of a moveable plate which entirely covers the working part of the Buckle and is
fixed to the latter by a pin or rivet upon which it works for the purpose of opening
or closing. The inner or working part of the said Buckle consists of a metal frame
of the same size as the outer plate above described, and having three transverse flat
bars and one round bar. On the latter is fixed a swivel with three or more semi
circular claws and having also a small metal tongue which is put in action by the
opening or closing of the outer plate. The latter on being pressed down or closed
forces the metal tongue above named against the upper transverse bar and thus
acting as a lever presses down and closes the semi-circular claws. By lifting up
the outer plate the claws are again released.
The following is the method by which my improved Trouser Grip is attached to
the Trousers. The outside plate of the Lever Grip Buckle being thrown back, the
claws are thereby placed in position. The said claws are then forced through the
material of the Trousers near the waist and are again closed by the action of
the outer plate as above described, and the Buckle is thus, firmly attached to the
Trousers. The Trouser grip can then be tightened by the slip buckle as required.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Elastic Strap and Buckle for Supporting Trowsers.
I WILLIAM HERBERT WILLIAMS of 96 Newhall Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED ELASTIC STRAP AND BUCKLE FOR SUPPORTING TROWSERS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The improved elastic Strap and Buckle is made of India rubber webbing or any
other elastic material and consists of a short band having at either end a Lever
grip Buckle-and is capable of being lengthened or shortened by means of an
ordinary slip buckle in the centre of the Strap.
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The said Lever grip Buckle has two or more semi circular claws which are opened 1
or closed by the action of the outer plate of the Buckle. The following is the
method by which it is attached to the Trowsers.
The outer plate of the buckle being lifted up, the claws are thereby opened and
placed in position. The said claws are then forced through the material of the
hinder part of the Trowsers at or near the waist or hips and the outer plate of the 1
Buckle closed again, the claws being thereby thrown back into their original
position and thus becoming firmly attached to the material of the Trowsers. The
.strap can then be tightened or loosened as required by the slip Buckle.
I now proceed by the aid of the accompanying Drawings to describe more
particularly my said invention.
Figure 1 shows the back view of Buckle-closed.
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3 and 4 show detailed parts of said Buckle.
5 shows the front view of Buckle-closed.
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Having now, fully described the nature of my said invention and in what manner
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
The improved Lever grip Buckle having semi circular claws capable of being
forced through and closing upon the material of the Trowsers as before described.
Dated this twenty first day of November 1885.