Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces or Suspenders.
I, WILLIAM FREEMAN, of 138, W. 14th Street, New York City, County of New
York, State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improvement in suspenders and more particularly
to the guide frame uniting the several sections of the back cord,-the object of
the invention being to so construct said frame as to result in cheapness of manu-
facture without detracting from its efficiency to properly guide the sections of the
back cord.
With this end in view my invention consists in certain novel features of con-
struction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described
and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a pair of suspenders
embodying my improvement, and Figure 2 is a detailed perspective view of the
guide frame.
1 represents the ordinary shoulder straps, each of which is provided at its front
end with a buckle 2 for adjusting the same and each shoulder strap carries, at its
looped front end, a metal loop 3 for the accommodation of the button hole cord 4.
The shoulder straps are provided near their rear ends with loops carrying eye-
lets 6 and the extreme rear ends of the shoulder straps project beyond said
eyelets to form cushions for the latter and prevent them from coming in contact
with the shirt of the wearer. A cord 7 passes through the eyelets 6, at the rear
ends of the shoulder straps and is provided with loops 8 for attachment to the
rear buttons of the trousers. The top, side and bottom sections of the cord 7 are
connected by a guiding frame 9. The frame 9 is made of a single piece of stout
wire which is bent at several points to form an annular series of outwardly pro-
jecting loops 10, and the ends of the wire are welded, brazed or otherwise per-
manently secured together, said connection preferably constituting the cross bar
of one of said loops. Each loop 10 is bent inwardly so as to form two eyelets which
align with each other for the accommodation and free passage of back cord 7, the
respective sections of which pass through the respective pairs of eyelets, as clearly
shown in Figure 1. The portions of the wire frame between the loops 10 may be
slightly curved, as shown in Figure 2, or these portions may be made straight and
the frame may be made rectangular, in general form, instead of square, without
departing from the spirit or limiting the scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A pair of suspenders comprising shoulder straps, a cord attached to said
straps for connecting the same to the trousers and a guiding frame for said cord,
consisting of a wire bent to form fixed eyelets through which the cord passes.

page_text: 2. A pair of suspenders comprising shoulder straps, a cord for connecting the
rear ends of the straps to the trousers and a cord guiding frame engaging the
four sections of the cord and comprising a single piece of wire bent at intervals
to form integral fixed eyes for the reception of said cord.
3. A pair of suspenders comprising shoulder straps, a cord connected therewith
and adapted to be attached to the trousers and a guiding frame for said cord, said
guiding frame consisting of a single piece of wire having an annular series of
integral fixed loops, each bent upon itself to form a pair of eyelets, the respective
sections of said cord passing through the respective pairs of eyelets.
Dated this 25th day of October 1899.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C.