Improved Apparatus or Devices for Suspending and Displaying Garments, Piece Goods, Drapery, Engravings, and other articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 28th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus or Devices for Suspending and Displaying
Garments, Piece Goods, Drapery, Engravings, and other
articles.
I, ADRIEN DUBOIS of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to suspenders and clips for supporting or displaying
garments, fabrics, drawings, engravings, prints, newspapers, etc. Some of these
suspenders may be made to run upon rods like those described in a previous Patent
dated April 12th 1890, No. 5584, and some may be mounted upon a pedestal or
movable stand to be placed upon a table or elsewhere.
The first form of suspender which I will describe consists of a cross-bar or yoke
of wood, ivory, celluloid, or other material provided at each end with a pendent
clip. At the middle of the yoke is an eyeletted hole adapted to slide upon a rod
supporting a greater or less number of similar supporters. The clips are formed
of two jaws or members pivoted together and closed by a spring and opened by
pressure on the tail end of one member, the tail end of the other member being
fixed in a slit in the end of the yoke or cross-bar by a rivetted eyelet which
firmly secures the parts together whilst preventing splitting of the yoke by the
strains upon it. When necessary, the jaws of the clip may be furnished with a
toothed locking eccentric pivoted to the tail end of the stationary member of the
clip and working through an aperture therein. The yoke may vary in form so
The ends
as to serve both to support the clips and also as a coat suspender.
of the yoke may extend beyond the clips and may have affixed to its ends the
ends of another yoke of upwardly-arched form to which is attached a central
suspension hook. To the rear face of the first-mentioned yoke is also attached by
pillars or studs a second arched yoke. These three yokes thus combined serve
to suspend a complete suit thus; the trousers are held in the two clips, the waist-
coat is brought over the last mentioned yoke, and the coat is hung above the
waistcoat on the second yoke.
Another arrangement of complete suit suspender consists of a yoke with spring
clips attached to its ends as before suspended by a hook beneath the neck and
shoulder portion of a lay-figure moulded in paper or other material, upon which the
vest and coat may be hung without folds the whole being suspended by a hook, the
trousers being held in the clips of the yoke.
The locking eccentric above referred to with which the clips are in some cases
provided consists of a single strip of metal bent to a curved form having the teeth
stamped up on its eccentric face, one end being formed into an eye through which
passes the pivot mounted in ears on the tail end of the fixed member of the clip, on
which the eccentric works. The toothed face of the eccentric engages with a
single tooth stamped up in the tail end of the movable member of the clip and
thus ensures the locking together of the jaws of the clip.
Instead of the yoke to which the clips are attached being a flat bar, it may be a
round wooden bar and the tail end of the clips are passed through slits in the ends
of the bar and are secured therein by rivets which are prolonged upwards and
stamped out or bent to form a suspension loop or hook, or the loop or hook may be
rivetted thereto.
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Besides, or instead of fixing the clips in slits in the ends of the bar, the clips
may have sockets rivetted to them through which the ends of the bar pass.
some cases the ends of the bar or hook may have longitudinal sockets bored in
them to receive the above mentioned socket heads of the clips, a slit being made

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n the lower side of the bar for the passage of the tail of the clip and caps being
applied to the ends of-the bar or yoke to close the sockets and secure the clips in
position. When clips provided with these socket heads are applied to a metal bar,
they are secured thereto by a cross-rivet.
According to another arrangement the clip portions of the suspender are
duplicated at opposite sides to the same cross-bar or yoke to which the clips are
rivetted the lower ends of the fixed portions of the opposite clips being kept apart
by distance pieces. By this means two separate articles may be supported by the
same suspender and by fixing the clips to the opposite faces of the yoke or bar,
is afforded for placing the fingers between them to open either clip separately.
Or the clips instead of being rivetted to opposite faces of the hook may have their
tail ends cranked and rivetted in slits in the ends of the yoke or bar. The latter
may be provided with a pivoted apertured U-shaped link or bail adapted to be hung
on a hook or slide upon a rod.
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In the same way as the single clips before described the double clips may have
cylindrical sockets or heads formed on, or rivetted to, them adapted to fit on the
ends of the crossbar or yoke or be received in sockets formed therein as described
for the previous arrangement.
When it is desired to reduce as much as possible the vertical space occupied by
the suspender, the spring clips are rivetted to metal strap pieces embracing the top
or bottom edges of the yoke or bar and secured thereto by the shank of a suspension
hook passing vertically through the strap piece on the yoke bar and secured by
rivetting. This mode of fixing the spring clips to the yoke bar is strong and
enables the clips to be fixed higher up on the yoke bar. Instead of the rivetted
shank of the suspension hook, an ordinary rivet may be used and the tail end of
the spring clip should be bent in the form of a hook to embrace the upper edge of
the yoke bar. The middle part of the yoke bar may be curved either upwards or
downwards, the latter form, when provided with a central suspension hook, reducing
the vertical space occupied by the suspender.
The suspension clips now about to be described are adapted to be supported upon
a vertical standard. The clips like those before described consist of a bar, of jaws
pivoted together and closed by a spring and to enable them to slide upon an upright
standard the two ends of the stationary member of the clip are apertured and bent
at right angles to the plane of the clip, the metal portion of the clip being
cambered sufficiently to produce enough friction against the upright rod which
passes through the apertured ends of the clip to maintain the clip at any height at
which it may be placed, two small bosses struck up at the middle of the cambered
part bearing against the rod and guiding the clip laterally thereon. This arrange-
ment enables two such suspension clips to be arranged back to back upon the same
rod. When the engraving or other sheet or object to be displayed is to be held
also at the bottom, another spring clip is placed lower down upon the same rod and
is formed of a single strip of metal bent in the manner of spring tongs, pierced at
the bow end with a central hole for the passage of the guide rod and guided
thereon by inwardly-bent and notched portions of its members embracing the rod
with sufficient pressure and friction to maintain it at the proper height.
By rivetting to the opposite sides of the bow of the spring clip last described,
two spring plates or jaws, I form a double suspension clip, these extra jaws pressing
against the two members of the U-shaped frame of the clip and being apertured
and provided with lateral extensions to permit of their being easily sprung back
from the frame to permit of the object to be suspended being easily inserted.
A modification of this clip enables four objects to be suspended. It consists of
a U-shaped centre portion sliding upon a rod as before and having pairs of ears on
its two members in which are pivoted flexible jaws pressing by their lower ends
against the members of the central portion to form one pair of clips and by their
upper ends against the rod to form another pair of clips, these upper ends being
inwardly curved and notched to embrace the rod sufficiently to guide the suspender
and support it by friction against the rod.

page_text: A simple form of suspender or clip consists of a single strip of metal apertured
in two places to give passage to the guide rod and cambered or curved between
these two holes so as to produce the necessary friction, the straight portion of the
device forming a spring jaw and terminating in an inwardly-curved end notched to
embrace the rod and guide the suspender thereon.
Dated this 1st day of August 1891
ADRIEN DUBOIS,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus or Devices for Suspending and Displaying
Garments, Piece Goods, Drapery, Engravings, and other
articles.
1, ADRIEN DUBOIS of 71, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France, Manufacturer,
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 suspenders and clips for supporting or displaying
garments, fabrics, drawings, engravings, prints, newspapers, etc. Some of these
suspenders may be made to run upon rods like those described in a previous Patent
dated April 12th 1890, No. 5584, and some may be mounted upon a pedestal or
movable stand to be placed upon a table or elsewhere.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this Speci-
fication, wherein
Figures 1 and 2 represent, in front view and cross-section, one form of suspender
which consists of a cross-bar or yoke A of wood, ivory, celluloid, or other
material provided at each end with a pendent clip. At the middle of the yoke is
an cycletted hole A' adapted to slide upon a rod T supporting a greater or less
number of similar suspenders. The clips are formed of two jaws or members S S¹
pivoted together and closed by a spring and opened by pressure on the tail end of
one member S' of the clip, the tail end S2 of the other member S being fixed in a
slit in the end of the yoke or cross-bar A by a rivetted eyelet o which firmly
secures the parts together, whilst preventing splitting of the yoke by the strains
upon it.
When necessary, the jaws of the clip may be furnished with a toothed locking
eccentric F, hereinafter described, pivoted to the tail end of the stationary
member S2 of the clip and working through an aperture therein, as shewn in
Figure 3.
The yoke may vary in form; thus it may, for example, be scroll-shaped at the
middle, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1, in order to facilitate its removal
from the suspension rod T while at same time securing it from accidental detach-
ment. Or the yoke may be suspended by means of an ordinary hook A', as shewn
in Figure 21.
The locking eccentric Fabove referred to as employed in some cases in com-
bination with the clips S S' consists, as shewn in Figures 4 and 5 which represent
a single suspender, of a strip of metal, bent to a curved form, having teeth stamped
up on its eccentric face, one end being formed into an eye through which passes the
pivot mounted in ears on the tail end of the fixed member S of the clip, on which
the eccentric works. The toothed face of the eccentric engages with a single
tooth stamped up in the tail end of the movable member S₁ of the clip (see
Figure 6) and thus ensures the locking together of the jaws of the clip.
This single form of suspension clip may also be varied; thus the loop or eye
by which it is hung may be replaced by a hook, as shewn in dotted lines in
Figure 4.
Instead of the yoke to which the clips S are attached being a flat bar A it may

page_text: be a round wooden bar, as shewn in Figures 7 and 8, in which case the tail ends S²
of the clips are passed through slits in the ends of the bar and secured therein by
rivets a.
Besides, or instead of, fixing the clips in slits in the ends of the bar, the
clips may have sockets s rivetted to them through which the ends of the bar pass,
as shewn in Figure 9.
The round bar A is shewn in Figure 7 as suspended by a hook A' screwing into
a metal socket a' at the centre of the bar. In Figure 10, the tail end S² is pro-
longed upwards to form a socket-head adapted for mounting either upon a wood
bar or metal rod. In applying this socket-head to a round wood bar, the ends of
the latter are bored, as shewn in Figure 11, to receive the above mentioned socket-
heads of the clips, a slit being made in the lower side of the bar for the passage of
the tail of the clip and caps A² being applied to the ends of the bar or yoke to
close the sockets and secure the clips in position. When clips provided with these
socket-heads are applied to a metal bar, they are secured thereto by a cross-rivet a
as shewn in Figure 12.
According to another arrangement the clip-portions of the suspender are
duplicated at opposite sides to the same cross-bar or yoke. Figures 13 and 14
shew front and end views of a suspender of this description, in which A is a
yoke or bar provided with a pair of twin. clips whose tail ends S² are cranked
and pass together through slits in said yoke and are secured therein by rivets o,
as before, the lower ends of the fixed portions of the opposite clips being kept
apart by one or more distance pieces E. By this means, two separate articles may
be supported by the same suspender and by fixing the clips to the opposite faces of
the yoke or bar, space is afforded for placing the fingers between them to open
either clip separately.
In the same way as the single clips before described the double clips may have
cylindrical sockets or heads formed on, or rivetted to, them adapted to fit either on
the ends of a round bar or yoke, as shewn at s Figures 17 and 18, or be received
in sockets formed therein, as described for the previous arrangement, as shewn in
Figures 15 and 16.
Figure 19 represents a twin suspender mounted on a metal rod provided with a
central suspension hook A'.
When it is desired to reduce as much as possible the vertical space occupied by
the suspender, I employ the arrangement represented in Figures 20 and 21 in which
the spring clips are rivetted to metal strap-pieces H the top and bottom ends of
which embrace the edges of the yoke or bar A and secured thereto by a pin r
passing vertically through the strap-piece on the yoke bar and secured by rivetting.
This mode of fixing the spring clips to the yoke bar is strong and enables the
clips S to be fixed higher up on the yoke bar. The middle part of the yoke bar
may be curved downwards, as shewn in Figure 21, with the same object of reducing
the vertical space occupied by the suspender.
Figures 22, 23, 24, and 25, represent a suspension clip adapted to be supported
on a vertical standard T. The clips, like those before described, consist of jaws
pivoted together and closed by a spring and to enable them to slide upon the
standard the two ends of the stationary member S of the clip are apertured and
bent at right angles to the plane of the clip, the metal portion of the clip being
cambered sufficiently to produce enough friction against the upright rod which
passes through the apertured ends of the clip, to maintain the clip at any height at
which it may be placed, two small bosses a, struck up at the middle of the
cambered part, bearing against the rod and guiding the clip laterally thereon.
This arrangement enables two such suspension clips to be placed back to back upon
the same rod, as shewn in dotted lines in Figure 22.
When the engraving or other sheet or object X to be displayed is to be held also
at the bottom, another spring-clip U is placed lower down upon the same rod, as
shewn more clearly in Figure 25, formed of a single strip of metal bent in the
manner of spring tongs pierced at the bow end with a central hole for the passage
of the guide rod T and guided thereon by inwardly-bent and notched portions u of

page_text: its members embracing the rod with sufficient pressure and friction to maintain it
at the proper height.
By rivetting to the opposite sides of the bow of the spring clip last described
two spring plates or jaws S³ as shewn in Figures 26 and 27, I form a double
suspension clip, these extra jaws pressing against the two members of the U-shaped
frame of the clip and being apertured and provided with lateral extensions to
permit of their being easily sprung back from the frame so as to enable the object
to be suspended to be easily inserted.
Figures 28 and 29 shew a modification of this clip, enabling four objects to be
suspended. It consists of a U-shaped spring centre portion V sliding upon a rod T,
as before, and having pairs of ears on its two members in which are pivoted
flexible jaws pressing by their lower ends V₁ against the members of the central
portion, to form one pair of clips and by their upper ends V2 against the rod, to
form another pair of clips, these upper ends being inwardly curved and notched
at vl to embrace the rod sufficiently to guide the suspender and support it thereon
by friction..
Figures 30 and 31 represent a simple form of suspender or clip constructed of a
single strip of metal Z apertured in two places to give passage to the guide rod T
and cambered or curved between these two holes so as to produce the necessary
friction, the straight portion of the device forming a spring-jaw and terminating
in an inwardly-curved. end 2', notched to embrace the rod and guide the suspender
thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
a
1st. A suspender for garments, drawings, engravings, prints, and the like,
characterized by the combination, with a yoke-bar or rod provided with
suspension ring, loop, or hook, adapted to slide upon a carrying rod, of a pair
of spring-actuated clips or gripping devices attached in any of the ways described
to said yoke-bar or rod and provided or not with means for locking the said clips
in the closed position, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described
and shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, and 21.
2nd. The combination, with a single spring clip, of a suspension loop or hook as
described and represented in Figures 4 and 5.
3rd. The combination, with a spring clip or suspender, of the herein described
toothed eccentric for locking the jaws of the clip in the closed position as represented
in Figures 4, 5 and 6.
4th. A double or twin clip constructed as described with reference to Figures 14,
15, and 17.
5th. A double suspender consisting in the combination, with a yoke-bar or rod,
of twin clips for supporting two separate articles, the double or twin clips being
constructed and connected to the yoke as described and represented in Figures 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.
6th. The combination, with a vertical slide rod or standard, of the respective
arrangements of single or double spring clip suspenders constructed as described
and adapted to slide and be held by friction at any height upon the vertical
standard, as described and represented in Figures 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
and 31.
7th. The combination, with a vertical rod, or standard, of the double spring clip
as described and represented in Figures 22 and 25.
Dated this 27th day of April 1892.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
A. DUBOIS,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.