Year: 1896

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 29th July, 1896
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 28th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 28th Nov., 1896
.Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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1, ISAAC HENRY PAUL, Jr., 81 Gregory Street, Bridgeport, County of Fair-
field, and State of Connecticut, U.S.A. Machinist, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved hose supporter and it consists in certain
details of construction to be more fully set forth in the following specification.
To enable others to understand this invention reference is had to the accom-
panying drawings in which ;
Fig. 1 represents an upper plan view of my improved hose supporter ;
Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the elastic band carrying the fastening button
or stud-attached thereto;
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the supporter with the fastening stud inserted
therein;
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the supporter attached to a piece of fabric or hose;
Fig. 5 is a detail upper plan view of the fastening stud attached to its elastic
strap.
Heretofore, hose supporters have been made of various forms, some have been con-
structed with the holding eye having an enlarged opening to admit the goods, which
eye, is contracted so that such goods can be drawn into this constricted or narrow
opening. This manner of holding is objectionable as very thin garments are liable
to give way under a slight strain. Another, and the form most extensively used,
consists of a thin metal supporter having an eye or opening to admit a stud, which
stud, forces a portion of the garments therethrough and an elongated opening or
prolongation of such eye into which such stud-covered with the goods-is forced,
so as to give the necessary grip thereto. This, too, is objectionable as it will not
maintain its hold on thin hose, such, for instance, as silk, or other like soft yielding
material, while my device is specially adapted to hold the thinnest of fabrics
without losing its grip.
Its construction and operation are as follows; 1 represents a skeleton shaped
supporter provided with the elongated side perforations 2, and the eye 3, which
perforations and eye, forms the narrow central portion or tongue 4. This tongue is
attached to the main body of the supporter both at the points a and-also-by
means of the bridge 5. This feature of fastening the end of the tongue to the
base piece by means of said bridge is of vital importance in the operation of the
devices, as will hereinafter be more fully explained.
The tongue or center 4 must-also-be carried above the plane of the base

page_text: piece 1, as shown at Figs. 2, 3 & 4, the purpose of which will presently be
explained, 6 is the usual elastic strap attached to the supporter having a branch 8
carrying the stud 9 with its base piece 10.
It will be observed that, when the base 1 of the supporter rests on the base
piece 10 of the stud 9, as shown at Fig. 3-nearly the full length of the stud-
under the head-is filled by such base and tongue so that, when the supporter is
laid upon the onter surface of the hose 11 Fig. 4 and the stud 9 against the
underside of the fabric and forced-with such fabric-through the eye of the
supporter and drawn down into the elongated part 3 of such eye, the space-
represented by the length of the stud from the underside of its head to its base, is
more than filled when the thinnest kind of fabric is used so that such tongue is
sprung downward by the pressure of the fabric between the upper surface of such
tongue and the underside of the head of the stud producing thereby a firm
unyielding grip.
The elongated side openings 2 are shown of about the same width as the sides of
the tongue. It will be understood, however, that the width of these openings
is immaterial so long as sufficient stock is left to form the connecting bridge 5
while such bridge 5 not only prevents the tongue being forced out of place when
the goods are inserted therein, but it also furnishes a support or leverage for the
vertical flexible action of such tongue when the supporter engages the fabric.
From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that my improved con-
struction will not only hold on the thinnest of fabrics like soft silk and lisle thread,
but it is equally adapted for beavier goods.
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 :-
First. In a garment supporter, of the character described, the combination, with
a base piece having an elongated central eye, of a spring tongue separated from
the base by well defined elongated side openings, a bridge connecting the forward
end of said tongue to said base and the opposite end of said tongue also connected
to such base, substantially as set forth.
Secondly. In a garment supporter, of the character described, the combination,
with a base having an elongated central eye adapted to receive a headed stud and
a portion of the goods or fabric of a garment, of a spring tongue separated from
the sides of the base, a bridge connecting the forward end of said tongue with
said base, the opposite end of such tongue also connected with such base, said
tongue normally elevated above the plane of the base.
Thirdly. In a garment supporter, of the character described, the combination,
with a base piece having an elongated central eye adapted to receive a headed
stud covered with fabric, of elongated side openings in the sides of such base and
running parallel with the central stud receiving eye, thus forming a narrow spring
tongue, a bridge connecting the forward end of said tongue with said base, said
tongue normally elevated above the plane of such base and thus provide a vertical
spring or movement to accommodate for different thickness of fabric.
Dated this 28th day of November 1896.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.