Improvements in Braces or Suspenders and in their Conversion into other useful articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1892-Accepted. 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces or Suspenders and in their Conversion into
other useful articles.
I, EDWIN ROBERTS 47 Chelsham Road South Croydon Surrey, Inventor do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of this invention is to provide a brace for bracing up trousers so that
the straps forming the same may be readily detached or disconnected and used for
various purposes.
To carry out this invention I provide two shoulder straps which are connected
together by a split ring upon which the strap which connects the back buttons is
connected by means of a hook and ring, upon the free ends of these shoulder straps.
A hook is provided which engages with a ring attached to the centre of the straps
which connects by means of hooks the front buttons. A leather pocket or purse is
provided upon one of the shoulder straps in any convenient part thereof for safely
depositing money. The brace is disconnected as follows. The straps in connection
with the buttons are disconnected from the shoulder straps and split ring and the
shoulder straps which are connected together by means of the aforesaid split ring,
may be used as a belt, the hook on the split ring (to which the back button straps
was connected) now being utilized to suspend a parcel therefrom; the small button
straps being three in number miz. two from the front and one from the back, may be
used for various purposes, such for example, a luggage strap, or straps or for
suspending the bottoms of trousers & etc.
In this case the back and two front straps are connected to the buttons by a hook,
button holes being dispensed with.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Braces or Suspenders and in their Conversion into
other useful articles.
I, EDWIN ROBERTS 47 Chelsham Road South Croydon Surrey, Inventor 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 this invention is to provide a brace for bracing up trousers, so that
the straps forming the same may be readily detached or disconnected and used for
various purposes.
To carry out this invention I provide two shoulder straps which are connected
together by a split ring upon which, the strap which connects the back buttons, is
connected by means of a hook and ring, upon the free ends of these shoulder straps.
A book is provided which engages with a ring attached to the centre of the straps
which connects, by means of hooks, the front buttons. A leather pocket or purse
is provided upon one of the shoulder straps in any convenient part thereof for
safely depositing money. The brace is disconnected as follows. The straps in
connection with the buttons are disconnected from the shoulder straps and split
ring and the shoulder straps which are connected together by means of the
aforesaid split ring, may be used as a belt, the hook on the split ring (to which the
back button straps was connected) now being utilized to suspend a parcel there-
from; the small button straps being three in number namely two from the front
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page_text: and one from the back, may be used for various purposes, such for example a
luggage strap or straps or for suspending the bottoms of trousers etc.
In this case the back and two front straps are connected to the buttons by a
hook, button holes being dispensed with.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a front view of a complete brace.
Figure 2 shows view of Figure 1 when the parts have been detached or separated
to form a belt.
Figure 3 shows view of straps disconnected.
a is a strap folded at 6 with the buckle c and ring and swivel hook d and ring d¹.
ee two connecting straps with eyelets e¹ e¹ secured to split ring f which carries a
hook g secured to the ring f by rivets or clips; h buckles to which one end of the
straps e are attached so as to shorten or lengthen the same; i purse attached to the
straps by rivets or such like manner. j. j¹ metal guides or strips to which
the hook is attached.
g
Referring to Figure 2. The straps a have been disconnected from the hooks
&d and straps e held together by the ring f may be used as a belt or any other
useful purpose and the straps a of which there will be three in number when
disconnected from the brace will also serve for useful purposes.
In this case the swivel hooks d upon the straps a clip the buttons upon the
trousers when in use, and thus button holes in the braces are dispensed with.
These hooks d come in useful when the straps forming the brace have been
When the strap_e
disconnected and allow the parts so disconnected to be fastened.
is in use as a belt (see Figure 2) the hook g serves as a carrier for parcels. If
desired the two straps e may be disconnected so as to form two single straps.
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'
<:laim is.
(1) A trouser brace combined consisting of two main straps carrying purses
secured at one end to a split ring to which a smaller strap carrying a ring is
attached by means of a hook and connected at their other ends by means of hooks
and rings to two smaller straps carrying swivel hooks.
Dated this 17th day of June 1892.
E. EATON, C.E., M.S.A.,
Patent Agent.