IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR SUSPENDERS FOR TROUSERS AND SIMILAR GARMENTS
Year: 1884

page_text: JOHANN SEBASTIAN RÖMPLER of Erfurt in the German Empire Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES
OR SUSPENDERS FOR TROUSERS AND SIMILAR GARMENTS" to be as follows:-
These improvements have for object the equal distribution of strain on the
different parts of the Suspender and buttons of the trousers or other similar
garment which it is desired to suspend.
For this purpose I attach to each of the front ends of the band or web a sliding
clip so as to form a loop at the front ends. These clips may be raised and lowered
over the band or web for loosening or tightening the suspender. The lower ends
of the front loops and also the back ends of the band or web carry swivelling
sheaths. A cord is passed through one of the back sheaths to and through one
of the front sheaths on each side of the wearer. At the ends of these cords which
are self adjusting are fixed button hole tabs of leather or other suitable material,
they are fixed to the cord and tab to which they respectively belong by means of
a metallic attachment formed in two parts which are rivetted or clenched together
through the button hole tab, the upper part being hollow and with serrated teeth
so as to grasp the cord and the lower part flat so as to fasten on to the button hole
tab. In addition to the button hole tab carried at each front end of each of the
cords there is also a second button hole tab carried by a sheath and sliding inde-
pendently on the cord so as to provide two button hole tabs for each pair of front
buttons. The sheaths are made in one piece of metal which when formed to the
proper shape is bent over so as to form a curved sliding sheath; it is then rivetted
to small metallic brackets or hangers so that it may freely oscillate thereon.
These brackets are held in the loops at the front ends of the band or web and
sewn into the back ends of the same. The independent button hole tabs are carried
in sheaths similar to the foregoing but without the bracket attachment.
The arrangement of sheath, sliding cord and tab attachment may be readily
adapted to the ends of the band or web of ordinary suspenders.

page_text: I, JOHANN SEBASTIAN RÖMPLER of Erfurt in the German Empire, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES
OR SUSPENDERS FOR TROUSERS AND SIMILAR GARMENTS " and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
These improvements have for object the equal distribution of strain on the
different parts of the brace or Suspender and on the buttons of the garment to
which it is attached.
For this purpose I employ the means shewn in the accompanying drawing in
all the figures of which similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
Fig. 1 shews a brace or suspender provided with the improvements of this
invention.
I attach to each of the front ends of the band or web A a sliding clip B by
means of which a loop may be formed at the front ends. The sliding clips B may
be raised and lowered over the band or web for the purpose of loosening or
tightening the brace or suspender. The lower ends of the front loops C and also
the back ends D of the band or web each carry a swivelling sheath E. A cord F
is passed through each of the back sheaths to and through each of the front
sheaths E. At the ends of the cords F which are self adjusting are fixed button
hole tabs G of leather or other suitable material. They are connected to the cord
to which they respectively belong by means of a metallic attachment H formed of
two parts h, h¹, (Figs. 2 and 3) one of which is formed with serrated teeth i and
which parts h, h¹, are clinched together and rivetted at k through the button hole
tab G by rivets m the upper hollow part with serrated teeth gripping the cord F.
In addition to the button hole tab G carried at each of the ends of the two cords
there is also a second button hole tab G¹ capable of sliding freely on the cord F by
means of the sliding sheath E¹. The sheaths are made of one piece of sheet metal
which when formed to the proper shape is bent round or doubled over so as to
assume the form shewn in the drawing, they are then fixed respectively to the
button hole tabs G¹ and to the hanging brackets / by rivets m². Fig. 4 is a side
view of sheath and connections.
The arrangement of sheaths, sliding cord and tab attachment may be readily
adapted to the band or web of ordinary braces or suspenders.
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
.
I. In braces or suspenders the employment of sliding and swivelling sheaths
and the method of their construction and attachment respectively to the band or

page_text: web and to the button hole tabs in combination with a sliding cord or band
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In braces or suspenders the method of connecting a sliding cord or band to
button hole tabs by means of the metallic attachment H and the method of its
construction and attachment, substantially as described and illustrated.
EMIL
CAPITAINE,
Agent for the Inventor,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C,