Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Braces or Suspenders.
We, FRED TAYLOR and SMITH TAYLOR, trading as Abraham S. Taylor and
Sons, of 77 Spear Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Brace and Belt
Manufacturers, 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 the fittings for connecting or securing brace ends to
the buckles or clasps of braces by means of metallic clasps or clips formed with
two or more transverse bars through or between which the brace ends are
interlaced, and is designed to render such clips or clasps more compact and neat
in appearance.
It consists essentially in constructing the clip or clasp with the side or frame
piece which carries the cross bars placed so that it will not extend beyond the edge
of the brace end and the cross bars bent or turned over upon the side frame to.
receive the end of the leather or other material and enclose the side frame between
the two plics of the leather (or 'other material).
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which several ways of constructing the clips are illustrated, all the figs..
on Sheet 2 being drawn to a scale larger than the actual size of the clip.
Fig. 1. Front elevation of the clip or clasp in position applied to the front
buckle of a brace.
Fig. 2. Sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 3. Front perspective view of one form of the clip drawn to enlarged scale..
Fig. 4. Back perspective view of same.
Fig. 5. Extended blanks from which the clip is constructed.
Fig. 6. Front perspective view of another form of the clip.
Fig. 7. Extended blanks for same.
Fig. 8. Back perspective view of another form of the clip.
Fig. 9. Extended blank of same.
Fig. 10. Front perspective view of another form of the clip.
Fig. 11. Extended blank of same.
The clip A when constructed has the side frames a which carry the cross bars B.
sufficiently narrow that the edges of the metal do not extend beyond the edges of
the leather or brace ends C and the cross bars B are bent or doubled over upon
themselves or upon the sides a to form the loops wide enough to receive the leathers
or ends C.
The clip is also preferably formed with a tongue which is bent round the bar ₫
of the buckle D to prevent the leather C coming into contact with the bar d.
The clips may be stamped out into two or more separate pieces of metal or may
be stamped in one piece.
Referring to Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the sides a and the tongue a' are stamped out in
one piece and the cross bars B are stamped separate. They are each bent into the
form shown at B' and the ends b are passed through the slot in the centre of the
blank and then clamped down on the other side being folded back upon the sides a
and held in position by being clipped thereto the back and front cross bars being
inserted from opposite sides.
Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 the blanks are formed of two pieces the sides a and.

page_text: the front cross bars being in one piece and the back cross bar in another piece.
The tongue a' is formed of two pieces the inner sides of which are brought
together. The front cross bars B are bent or folded back double upon themselves
and on the sides a to form the loop to receive the leather or end C at the same
time the two parts that form the tongue a' are drawn together. The back cross
bar B is bent or folded into the form B' and the ends & inserted into the space
between the sides a and clamped down upon them.
Referring to Figs. 8 and 9 the blank is stamped in one piece the front cross
bars B are folded over on the sides a as in Figs. 6 and 7 and the tongue a' formed
in the same way.
The back cross bar is formed of the two projecting pieces 611
which are bent or folded over to form the loop for the leather or end to pass
into.
Referring to Figs. 10 and 11 the blank is also stamped in a single piece with the
front cross bars B the back cross bar is dispensed with and the sides a are turned
over to form longitudinal bars a¹ at the back which are tightly pressed down upon
and hold the leather or end C. The dotted lines indicate that back cross bars
may if desired be formed of two projecting pieces attached to the longitudinal
bars a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A clasp, or clip for securing the brace ends or leathers to the buckles or
fittings of braces formed with the s... the of so placed as not to extend beyond
the edge of the brace end of leather of other material and the cross bars bent or
folded back thereon to form loops to receive the end or leather substantially as
described.
2. A clasp or clip for securing the brace ends or leathers to the buckles or
fittings of braces formed substantially as herein described with reference to either
Figs. 1 and 2, Figs. 3, 4, and 5; Figs. 6 and 7; Figs. 8 and 9; or Figs. 10 and 11
of the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of March 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents..