An Improved Combined Bow or Buckle and Safety Pin.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
I, CHARLES CROWTHER, of Dale Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a combination with a safety pin of either a bow or a
buckle as a means for suspending or supporting garments such as men's pants and
the like and for other uses.
In this invention I attach to a safety pin such as a on the accompanying
drawing, so as to form a part thereof either a bow as b represented in Figs. 1 and 3.
or a buckle c as Fig. 2.
This combined safety pin and bow or safety pin and buckle may be constructed
from one piece of wire or the bow may be attached to the top bar e of the safety
pin by being bent over and clipped thereon as at 6 or in other manner equivalent
thereto, or the bow may be formed of catgut, leather, cord, or other material as in
Fig. 3.
The precise form of bow and safety pin or buckle and safety pin, and the manner
of constructing the same, may be varied to suit the purposes or use for which they
may be required or applied.
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THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Bow or Buckle and Safety Pin.
I, CHARLES CROWTHER, of Dale Street, Piccadilly Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturers Agent, 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 a combination with a safety pin of either a bow or a
buckle as a means for suspending or supporting garments such as men's pants and
the like, and for other uses.
In the accompanying drawing in which my invention is illustrated
Figs. 1 and 2 represent a safety pin with a bow in combination therewith:
Fig. 3 is the same in the form of a buckle:
Figs. 4 and 5 show my invention applied.
In this invention I attach to the top bar c of a safety pin such as a, a bow as b,
by the ends of the bow being bent over and clipped thereon or otherwise secured
to the aforesaid bar c. The prongs d which form the buckle as represented in
Fig. 3 are in like manner secured to the bar c.
In applying my invention for the purpose of supporting pants, the safety pin is
secured to the pants e as in Figs. 4 and 5 and the tabs f of the brace passed through

page_text: the bow b. said tabs being then fastened to the buttons g on the garment g' in the
ordinary manner. The bow b may have a loop 62 formed therein as in Fig. 2 in
which to place a hook that may be attached to the centre portion of the brace or
other article.
The precise form of combined bow or buckle and safety pin and the manner of
constructing the same may be varied to suit the purposes or use for which they may
be required or applied, and the bow 6 may be formed of catgut, leather, cord or
other material in lieu of metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. The combination with a safety pin of a bow as b secured to the top bar of
said safety pin in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. The combination with a safety pin of a bow as 6 with prongs as a forming
a buckle secured to the top bar of said safety pin in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as herein before described.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.