improvements in Ladies' Dress Suspenders.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
improvements in Ladies' Dress Suspenders.
We, JAMES DURIE, Senior, Musical Instrument Maker, 35, Rose Street,
Garnethill, and THOMAS SCOTT, Shorthand Writer, 157, Onslow Drive, Dennistoun.
both in the County of the City of Glasgow, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in ladies' dress suspenders which will
make same more efficient in action and more effectual for the purpose intended
than such suspenders as heretofore constructed.
According to our invention we form on a waist belt of leather or other suitable
material any number of, but preferably five, eyelet holes at spaced intervals apart,
to which are suspended by cords, bands, chains or other equivalent devices, spring
clips of an improved construction.
These spring clips are formed of two parts fulcrumed at the centre by a pin
passing through a pair of cheeks on each part and having a spiral round said
fulcrum pin the tails of which acting on the tails of the clip keep the jaws of
same firmly closed. The jaws of the clips are slightly modified to suit our require-
ments, that is, they are made broad at their acting or gripping part and the part
to which we secure the cords or other suspending devices, would overlap and curve
in front of the other part the jaw of which would curve downwards preferably into
a groove in its companion for the purpose of securing better gripping power. The
free tail piece of the short gripping jaw is used for actuating the clips,, and each
jaw may have serrations or teeth on same is found desirable.
The cords for suspending the clips may be made adjustable lengthwise by loops
or by any of the well known devices for that purpose, or may be detachable so
that any suitable number could be used when necessary.
The advantage of these improvements will be thus clearly seen that in wet
weather the dress can be suspended evenly all round thus preventing when wearing
a waterproof the annoyance of wet skirts, and the bespattering of same with mud
from dirty roads.
Dated the 12th L
T1000
Improvements in Ladies' Dress Suspenders.
We, JAMES DURIE, Senior, Musical Instrument Maker, formerly of 35, Rose
5 Street, Garnethill, now of 158, George Street, and THOMAS, SCOTT, Shorthand
[Price 8d.]

page_text: Writer, 157, Onslow Drive, Dennistoun, both in the County of the City of Glas-
gow, 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;-
According to our invention we form preferably three eye-holes on a frame
made of a single piece of strong wire, shaped like an inverted isoceles triangle,
the base of which is four inches and the sides four and-a-half inches long, said
eyeholes being at spaced intervals apart on the base of the triangle, the vertex of
which is modified to slide into the waistband of a lady's skirt or waist-belt at
the back; or we place on a waistbelt of leather or other suitable material pre-
ferably half-an-inch broad any number of but preferably five sliding hook plates,
three-quarters-of-an-inch long by half-an-inch broad, provided at bottom with
an eye-hole, to all of which eyeholes are suspended by chains, or cords, or other
equivalent devices, preferably, four inches long, spring clips of an improved con-
struction..
These spring clips are formed of, two parts, each about one inch-and-a-half
long by half-an-inch broad, fulcrumed at the centre by a pin passing through a
pair of cheeks on each part and having a spiral spring round said fulcrum pin
the tails of which acting on the tails of the clip keep the jaws of same firmly
closed. The jaws of the clip are slightly modified to suit our requirements, that
is, they are made half-an-inch broad at their acting or gripping part and the
part, which we secure the chains, or cords or other suspending devices, overlaps
and curves to the extent of one-eighth of-an-inch in front of the other part the
jaw of which curves to the extent of one-eighth-of-an-inch downwards preferably
into a groove in its companion for the purpose of securing better gripping power.
The free tail piece of the short gripping jaw is used for actuating the clip and
each jaw may have serrations or teeth.
The chains or cords for suspending the clips being attached to the waist-belt
by sliding hook plates any suitable number can therefore be used;
In the accompanying drawings Figure I shows the inverted isosceles triangle
referred to, A, with chains, B and clips, C, attached, while Figure 2 shows the
chains and clips attached to waist belt, D, by means of hook plates E. Figure 3
shows the different parts of the clip, F being the fulcrum pin, G a front and Ha
side view of the spiral spring, I and J give side views of the parts of the clips
with cheeks, K being a back view with eye hole at top for attaching the chain,
and L showing the overlapping gripping jaw at foot.
The advantage of these improvements will be thus clearly seen that in wet or
dusty weather the dress can be suspended to any height from the ground, thus
preventing the annoyance of wet or soiled skirts; and further, no sewing is
required, and the fabric of the dress is not destroyed by the use of this suspender.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
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The herein described and illustrated improvement which consists essentially
in the construction and combination of a wire frame, or waist belt with sliding
hook plates, and chains, or cords, and clips with overlapping jaws substantially
in the manner described herein with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this Second day of March 1899.
JAMES DURIE, SENR.
THOMAS SCOTT.