Improvements in Waist Belts.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
Improvements in Waist Belts.
We, HENRY JACQUES GAISMAN, of 18 Lafayette Place, and FERDINAND
SAMUEL MICHAEL BLUN, of 41 East 64th Street, both in the City of New York,
County and State of New York, United States of America, Merchants, 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 :-
The object of our invention is to provide a belt with improved means for
detachably connecting it with the buttons on a waist band of a pair of trousers, so
that the belt can be conveniently retained on the trousers in. the desired position.
around the waist.
In carrying out our invention we provide a belt on its inner face with a plurality
of fasteners each having a horizontal slot which is open at one end to permit the
entrance into said slot of the shanks or buttons on the waist band of a pair of
trousers so that the buttons will be held between the fasteners and the belt, whereby
the belt is detachably connected with the buttons.
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A further object of the invention is to provide a belt with a fastener at the
back for connection with the strap that is usually located at the back of a pair of
trousers.
The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement and the com-
binations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed
out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings wherein,
Figure 1 is a partly broken face view of the inner side of a waist belt provided
with our improvements;
Figure 2 is a detail face view of one of the fasteners for connection with the
buttons on the trousers; Figure 3 is an edge view thereof;
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Figure 4 is a detail of a modification; Figure 5 is an edge view thereof;
Figures 6 and 8 are detail face views of other modifications;
Figures 7 and 9 are edge views thereof respectively;
Figure 10 is a detail edge view of the fastener for connection with the back
strap of a pair of trousers, showing the waist belt in section on the line 10, 10, in
Figure 1;
Figure 11 is a detail of a modification; Figure 12 is a detail perspective thereof,
part of the belt being broken away;
Figure 13 is a plan view of a fastener stamped out of a piece of metal;
Figure 14 is an end view thereof.
In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 indicates a waist belt which may
e of suitable construction and provided with the usual or suitable buckle or
fastening 2 for securing the belt around the waist.
ttached to the inner face of the belt and adapted to be connected with the buttons
3 are our improved fasteners.
on the waist band of a pair of trousers (not shown). The fasteners 3, illustrated
n Figures 1 to 9, are shown as made of wire bent to form two side bars 4, having
slot or space
between them in which the shank of a button is, or the threads
which hold it to the trousers are, adapted to pass. The slot 5 is shown open at
ne end to receive the button shank and the sides 4 are raised or outside of the
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page_text: plane of the inner face of the belt, so, as to, allow the button to, pass freely between
the sides 4 and belt 1 (see Figure 3). At the open end of the slot 5 of the
fastener 3 the wire is bent inwardly to form shoulders 6 which act to resist the
spontaneous detachment of the button from the fastener, thereby normally holding
it in the. fastener, while allowing its detachment by a strong pull. The fastener 3
is attached to the belt 1 at its ends by means of eyelets, openings or holes 7, 8,
into which the ends of the fastener are sprung, the slot 5 then extending
horizontally.
The fastener 3, in Figures 1 to 9, is constructed as follows:-A piece of wire is
bent double at 9 to form a prong or end to enter eyelet or opening 7 on the belt,
and said wire is bent outwardly at 10, and then diverging at 11, and the sides 4 are
carried forward, substantially parallel, to form slot 5. The sides 4 of the wire are
then, bent inwardly at the outer end of slot 5 to form shoulders 6, and the wire is
then bent outwardly at 12, forming prongs, the latter being bent downwardly at 13,
and outwardly at 14, the parts 14 being about on a plane with the prong or end 9.
The manner of bending or shaping the wire to form the fastener is shown in
Figures 2 and 3. The fastener is secured on the inner face of the belt by first
inserting the prong or end 9 into the eyelet or opening 7 and then inserting ends 14
of the prongs 12 into the eyelets or openings 8. The fastener will thus be securely
attached to the belt but its ends 12 can have freedom of movement sideways within
the eyelets. 8 to permit the passage of the shank of a button between the shoulders 6.
As the sides 4 of the fastener are raised from the face of the belt the button can
readily enter the space so formed.
We have shown a fastener near each end of the belt, both fasteners extending in
the same direction and in position to receive the buttons on the front side of the
waist band of a pair of trousers. The belt is fastened to the trousers by placing
the button between the face of the belt and the shoulders 6 of the fastener and
then giving the belt a pull, whereupon the shoulders 6 will spread apart allowing
the button shank or threads to enter slot 5. The button will now lie between the
sides 4 of the fastener and the inner face of the belt and the belt will thus be.
attached to the waist band. The belt is thus prevented from slipping up and down
on the trousers and remains in proper position.. In detaching the belt from the
trousers the former is pulled sideways to snap the shoulders over the button
shank. The elasticity of the wire of the fastener causes the shoulders 6 to normally
remain in position to present an abutment to the button shank to prevent spontaneous
detachment of the fastener from the button. The belt thus fastened to the trousers
conceals the waist band.
In Figures 4 and 5 the prong or end 9 of the fastener is bent into circular form
and flattened, and can be passed through an eyelet in the belt or sewed thereto.
The prongs 12 in this case are shown bent down at 13 and then carried inwardly.
at 12 to a central point, the ends or prongs 14 then being bent forwardly and
curved where they may be sewed to the belt or slipped into a suitable eyelet or hole
therein. In this case only two eyelets or holes 7, 8, will be used they being in line
for prongs 9 and 14.
In Figures 6 and 7 the end or prong 9 is similar to that shown in Figures 1, 2,
and 3 and the prongs or ends 12, 12ª, are substantially like those in Figures 4 and 5
while the ends 14 are brought together and extend parallel to prong 9 and into the
eyelet 8 that will be in line with eyelet 7. In both of these modifications the
eyelets, 8 may be large enough to permit the sides 4 of the fastener 3 to separate
as the button sbank passes between the shoulders 6, or else the wire can be.
sufficiently elastic to separate as the button shank passes the shoulders 6.
In Figures 8 and 9 the ends or prongs 14 extend together or straight out from
the bends 13, at the shoulders 6, and enter the eyelet 8 that is in line with the
eyelet 7. In this case the button can be placed edgewise into the slot 5 and then
the sides 4 can be pressed apart to allow the button to snap through the slot, the
In all the arrangements
spring tendency of the sides 4 permitting this action.

page_text: shown it will be understood that the prongs 9 and 14 are about on a plane so that
the sides 4 will be raised from the face of the belt. 1 is a metal wear plate secured
between the webs of the belt and behind the eyelets 7, 8, to take the wear from the
prongs 9 and 14 of the fastener 3.
In Figures 13 and 14 the fastener is stamped out of a metal sheet. In this case
the slot 5 is cut in the metal sheet and the metal of the sheet surrounding said slot
is pressed outwardly forming raised walls 4*, the sides 4 of the slot 5 projecting
inwardly, as shown in Figure 14. The button can then lie within the space formed
between the walls 4ª. At the open end of the slot a spring 6 is located, which at
one end may be secured to the belt or to the plate 3. and at its free end it is curved
so as to rise into the path of the button to prevent the spontaneous escape of the
button from the fastener. But by pressing back the spring and giving the belt a
pull the button can pass the spring 6 to enable it to be withdrawn from the
fastener. The plate fastener can be secured to the belt by sewing, or by rivets or
eyelets, or by securing it between the webs of the material forming the belt.
The means for connecting the belt with the back strap of the trousers is as
follows: 15 is a hook or clip, preferably made of wire, and secured to the inner
face of the belt at its central part, the hook 15 extending upwardly so as to pass
under the back strap of the trousers. The hook 15 shown in Figures 1 and 10 is
made of wire and consists of a cross bar or wire 16 bent to form sides 17, which are
bent under at 18, again forwards at 19 and inwards at 20. The inward bends 20
enter a clip 21 which is shown consisting of a metal plate having an eye or bent
portion 22 into which the bends 20, of the hook 15 pass whereby the latter is
fastened to the belt. The clip 21 is shown secured between the webs of the belt I,
the eye or bend 22 passing through the inner web 1 of the belt, whereby the clip
is substantially concealed. The upper end of the hook 15 may be bent inwardly
at 16 to prevent spontaneous detachment from the strap of the trousers. With
the above arrangement the book 15, being secured to the belt, holds up the back
strap of the trousers, centrally by connection with the back strap, under which it
slips, and as the fasteners 3 keep the belt in proper position on the trousers the
combined action of the devices 3 and 15 serves to afford a complete and effective
article.
In Figures 11 and 12 the bend or eye 22 of plate or clip 21 extends upwardly, or
toward the upper edge of the belt, and the plate 21 has two such eyes or bends 22,
the hook 15 having its side bars 17 extending into said eyes, as shown in Figure 12.
The bars 17 will be held in the eyes 22 by friction, or by bending the wire, or as
found most suitable.
Our improved belt will be found very useful and comfortable as it is always
held in proper position on the trousers the latter thereby being supported in the
desired manner, the belt passing around the outside of the waist band and covering
the buttons and back strap.
We do not limit our invention to the precise details of construction shown as
they may be varied without departing from the spirit of our invention, and the
fasteners 3 can be used either with or without the hook or clip 15 for the back
strap. The fasteners 3 can extend along the belt differently from that shown in
Figure 1 if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. As a new article of manufacture, a flexible belt having secured thereto a
series of fasteners, each provided with a horizontal slot open at one end, said
fasteners being located on the inner face of the belt and being spaced apart.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a flexible belt having secured thereto a
series of fasteners, each provided with a horizontal slot open at one end, the metal
of said fasteners at the edges of said slots being raised from the face of said belt,
said fasteners being located on the inner face of the belt and being spaced apart.

page_text: 3. As a new. article of manufacture, a flexible belt having secured thereto a
series of fasteners each provided with a horizontal slot open at one end, said
fasteners being located on the inner face of the belt, and being spaced apart, and
means located at the open end of said slot to prevent the spontaneous removal of
the button through the open end of the slot under ordinary conditions of use, but
arranged to allow the button to be removed by a direct pull when required.
4. A belt having on its inner face a holding device provided with a slot open at
one end and adapted to receive a button, and a spring located at the open end of
said slot adapted to prevent spontaneous removal of the button through the open
end of the slot, said spring when depressed permitting the button to pass through
the open end of said slot.
5. A belt having on its inner face a holding device provided with a slot open at
one end, adapted to receive a button, the metal at the edges of said slot being
raised, and a spring located at the open end of said slot adapted to prevent the
spontaneous removal of the button through the open end of the slot, said spring
when depressed permitting the button to pass through the open end of said slot.
6. As a new article of manufacture a belt having a fastener to hold a button
consisting of two sides forming a slot to receive a button shauk or fastening
threads, and prongs or bends at the ends of the fastener attached to the belt.
7. As a new article of manufacture a belt having a fastener to hold a button
consisting of two sides 4 forming a slot 5 to receive a button shank or fastening
threads, one end of said slot being open, means at the open end of the slot to
prevent spontaneous detachment of the button from the fastener, and prongs or
bends at the ends of the fastener attached to the belt.
8. As a
new article of manufacture a belt having a fastener consisting of two
sides 4, forining a slot 5, to receive a button shank or fastening threads, and prongs
or bends at the ends of the fastener attached to the belt, said sides being raised
from the plane of said prongs to permit the entrance of a button between the sides
and the belt.
9. The combination of a belt having eyelets with a fastener having a slot to
receive a button shank and prongs at the ends of said fastener to enter said
eyelets.
10. The combination of a belt having eyelets with a fastener consisting of sides 4
forining a slot 5 open at one end and shoulders 6 at the open end of said slot said
fastener being attached to the belt.
11. The combination of a belt having eyelets, with a fastener composed of wire
having sides 4 forming a slot 5, a prong 9 at one end, a shoulder 6 at the open end
of the slot and outwardly extending prongs 12, the prongs 9 and 12 being connected
with the eyelets on the belt.
12. The combination with a belt having eyelets, of a fastener composed of wire
bent to form a prong 9 at one end and sides 4 forming a slot 5 open at one end, the
sides 4 being bent inwardly at 6 to form shoulders, the wire being also bent
outwardly at 12 to form prongs the prongs 9 and 12 being connected with the
eyelets on the belt.
13. The combination of a belt having eyelets, with a fastener composed of wire
doubled to form a prong 9, bends 10 and 11, and sides 4 forming a slot 5, said sides
being bent at 6 to form shoulders, the wire being bent sideways at 12 to form
prongs and outwardly at 13 and sideways at 14, the parts 9 and 14 being located in
said eyelets.
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14. The combination of a belt having eyelets, with a fastener having an end
prong 9, sides 4 forming a slot 5 and prongs 12 bent outwardly in opposite
directions from the slot to enter eyelets in said belt, the prong 9 also entering an
eyelet in said belt.
15. A fastener for connecting a belt to buttons consisting of a wire bent to form
sides 4, the latter forming a slot 5, and an end prong 9 at one end and two outwardly
extending prongs at the opposite end.
16. A fastener for connecting a belt to buttons composed of sides 4 forming a

page_text: slot, said sides being arranged to be pressed apart to permit the entrance of a
button, and means for securing said fastener to a belt.
17. The combination of a belt and means for attaching it to the buttons on a
pair of trousers, with a hook or clip secured to said belt and arranged to engage.
the back strap of said trousers.
18. The combination of a belt with a hook or clip secured thereto by a plate
having an eye to hold said clip, said clip being arranged to hold the back strap of
a pair of trousers.
19. The combination of a belt with a hook or fastener secured thereto on the
inner face and arranged to hold the back strap of a pair of trousers.
20. The combination of a belt with a clip composed of a wire having a cross.
bar 16, sides 17, reverse bends 18, 19, and inward bends 20, with a plate baving an
eye or bend 22.
Dated this Oth day of July 1805
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicants.