Improvements in Loops for Suspending Coats and other Garments.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 24th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loops for Suspending Coats and other Garments.
I JAMES TILLETT, of 5 Castle Street, Falcon Square, in the City of London,
Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:
Whereas the ordinary loops attached to coats and other garments and the method
of attaching the same to the garment are very defective.
In substituting chains for the ordinary materials, screws and nuts, or their
equivalents in the form of buttons, have been used to attach the same; but the
chafing of the screw in the garment, and its projection outside the nut or button,
are serious defects in such method of fastening.
Now the object of my invention is to attach loops to coats and other garments in
an improved manner, and to obviate the before mentioned defects.
garment.
My invention consists of two male screws and two female screws, one at each end
of the chain or loop. Each male screw has a head which presents a broad flat surface
to the coat, and each female screw has a cylindrical projection, which passes through
the material, and impinges against the male screw head, when attached to the
This cylindrical projection prevents the screw coming in contact with
the garment, and presents a smooth surface thereto. The female screw is provided
with a similarly formed head to that of the male screw, or assimilating thereto, so as
to present a broad flat surface to the material. The male screw does not pass
through the female screw, and therefore there is no external projection, both the
heads being fair and smooth.
I fit a ring to cach pair of screws, between the screw head and the cloth or other
material. To these rings 1 attach the loop, which may be formed of chain, tape,
cord, or any other suitable material, and whereby the garment may be suspended
without any danger of fretting and wearing away the material.
Dotad this 7th day of Winch 1900
GEO. DOWNING,
S, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loops for Suspending Coats and other Garments.
1, JAMES TILLETT, of 5 Castle Street, Falcon Square, in the City of London,
Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
Whereas the ordinary loops attached to coats and other garments, for the purpose
of suspending the same, are very defective. Chains have sometimes been substituted
for the ordinary materials in order to render the loops more durable; and, in so
substituting chains, screws and nuts, or their equivalents in the form of buttons or
eyes, have been used to attach the same; but the chafing of the screw in the garment
and its projection outside the nut or button, are serious defects in such method of
fastening.
Now the object of my invention is to attach loops to coats and other garments in an
improved manner, and to obviate the before inentioned defects.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig 1 is a plan view of our invention.

page_text: Fig. 2. 15 an elevation.
Fig. 3. a section on an enlarged scale, and
Fig. 4. is a horizontal section on the line x ..
Each of the fastenings consists of a male screw a, and a female screw b, each pair
of screws forming one of the fastenings. Each male screw has a head a', forming an
annular flange, which presents a broad flat surface to the coat or garment, and each
female screw consists of a disc b' with a screw threaded tube b to receive the male
screw a, which does not pass out beyond the surface of 6.
The cylindrical part of the female screw passes through the material of the garment,
and impinges against the sunk portion of the male scrow head, when attached to the
garment. This arrangement effectually prevents the screw coming in contact with
the garment, and presents the smooth surface of the cylinder thereto, thereby
preventing all chafing action and consequent damage to the material.
1 fit a ring or link d to each pair of screws, between the flange and the cloth
or other material. To these rings I attach the loop e which may be formed of chain,
tape, cord, or any other suitable material, and whereby the garment may be suspended
without any danger of fretting and wearing away the material. ecare small holes
provided in the heads and flanges, through which thread is sewn to the garment to
prevent the attachments becoming unscrewed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved method of attaching loops to coats and other garments for the
purpose of suspending the same, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. The general combination and arrangement of the several and respectivo-parts;.
together forming my improvements in loops for suspending coats-and-other garments,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
1500
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.