Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 24th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 27th Jan., 1888
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of the Firm of Horn & Son, Patent Agents, of
151 Strand, Middlesex, (a communication to me from abroad by Calvin Voorhis, and
Abraham Shenfield, both of the City and County of New York, United States of
America) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in suspender ends,
and which invention has for its object to overcome several disadvantages common to
suspender ends as at present made and used.
Suspender ends have heretofore been made of cord, and also of chains, with button
hole loops at the ends of the cords or chains; but the button hole loop or fastening is
liable to turn partially around and the chain to twist; hence the button hole loop will
not always occupy the correct position to the button.
In this my said invention I make the suspender ends of wire, in the form of that
class of chains known as ladder chains which are well adapted for the purpose in as
much as they lie flat against the clothing, and furthermore being provided with two
eyes at the upper portion of each link they are not liable to twist.
The upper ends of the aforesaid chains are attached to a clasp by means of which
they are connected to the suspender, and which clasp is preferably cut or stamped out
of sheet metal and formed with a hook and spring tongue which prevents the hook
from becoming detached from the buckle of the suspender until the said spring
tongue is pressed back. To the said clasp inay be attached three or more chains, two
of which are used for supporting the trousers whilst the third may be provided with
any suitable clasp or loop, and be used for grasping the band of the drawers.
The lower ends of the chains are provided with button clasps which are made of
sheet metal and formed with wings which are bent over so as to partly close over a
tapering recess, into which the button passes, the widest end being upward, so that
the clasp is drawn up over the button from below, and the tension of the suspender
keeps the clasp with the button towards the lower portion of the said clasp ; but in
some instances where the suspender end becomes loose, from the person sitting down

page_text: or leaning forward, the button clasp may slip down and become disconnected from the
button. To prevent this, I cut in the sheet metal two diverging slots forming
between them, a spring tongue, that can be set backwardly to any desired extent, so
that the tongue presses against the face of the button to hold the same by friction
between the converging wings, and the extreme upper end of the tongue is bent
outwardly, so that the point of the tongue will be inclined, and it will be pressed back
by contact with the button as the sheet metal clasp is drawn up over the said button,
and the tongue will spring back over or against the button to hold the same in
position within the clasp.
Data is dataha
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page_text: I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the Firm of Horn and Son, Patent Agents of
151 Strand, Middlesex, (a communication to me from abroad by Calvin Voorhis and
Abraham Shenfield, both of the City and County of New York, United States of
America,) 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 certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Ends,
of which the following is a specification.
Suspender-ends have been made of cord, and also of chains, with button-hole loops
at the ends of the cords or chains; but the button-hole loop or fastening is liable to
turn, partially around and the chain to twist; hence the button-hole loop will not
always occupy the correct position to the button.
My invention relates to a suspender-end made of wire, in the form of a ladder
chain, that is connected by a metal loop at the upper end to the suspender-buckle
or fastening so as to lie flat and not become twisted, and at the bottom end there is
a spring-clip for grasping the button on the pantaloons.
In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the suspender-end formed with wire-
ladder-chains and sheet-metal button-clips at the lower-ends. Fig. 2 is a cross-section
at the linea, and Fig. 3 is a section at the line y y.
At the lower end of the suspender-end is a loop or clip for the reception of the
button, and at the upper end a connection for the buckle or other attaching device
upon the suspender itself. These parts may be of any desired character. I have,
however, shown a clasp, A, connecting the upper parts of the suspender-ends to the
suspender, which clasp is preferably cut out of sheet metal, with a hook, 2, to catch
over a ring or loop upon the buckle B, and with a spring-tongue, 3, that prevents
the hook separating from the buckle until the tongue is pushed back and the cross-
bar portion 4 receives the upper ends of the ladder-chains E, composing, with the
button-hole loops F, the suspender-ends, and it is usual to provide a third ladder-
chain, G, and a loop or clasp, H, for grasping the band of the drawers.
The button clasp is made of a piece of sheet metal, and formed with wings 6,
that are folded over, form a tapering recess, into which the button passes, the
widest end being upward, so that the clasp is drawn up over the button from below,
and the tension of the suspender. keeps the clasp, with the button, toward the
narrowest lower portion; but in some instances where the suspender-end becomes loose,
from the person sitting down or leaning forward, the button-loop may slip down and
become disconnected from the button. To prevent this, I cut in the sheet metal two
diverging slots formning between them the spring-tongue 8, that can be set
backwardly to any desired extent, so that the tongue presses against the face of the
button to hold the same by friction between the converging wings, and the extreme

page_text: upper end of this tongue is to be bent outwardly, so that the point of the tongue will
be inclined, and it will be pressed back by contact with the button as the sheet-metal
clasp is drawn up over the said button, and this tongue will spring back over or
against the button to hold the same in position within the clasp.
It will be apparent that the peculiar chain made use of by me is not liable to wind
or twist, because there are two eyes at the upper end of each chain, that are closed
around the cross-bar 4 and keep the chain in proper position, so as to lie flat against
the clothing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The suspender attachment herein described, consisting of the spring-hook having
a cross-bar, 4, at the lower part, the ladder-chains, each having its two end eyes
around the cross-bar, and a clasp at the lower end for the button, substantially as
specified.
2. The combination, in a suspender-end, of a button-hole loop of sheet metal, having
the wings 6, that receive the button between them, and the spring-tongue 8, with its
upper end bent backwardly, to spring over the button and hold the same in position,
substantially as set forth.