A New or Improved Coat Hanger or Garment Suspender.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Coat Hanger or Garment Suspender.
We, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109, Brearley Street, Birmingham,
Hook and Eye Manufacturer, and Toм ERNEST SELLERS, of 16, Claremont Road,
Handsworth, near Birmingham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to manufacture, coat hangers, garment sus-
penders, and analogous articles in a new or improved manner, whereby the
cost of production of such articles is reduced and the article itself simplified in
construction.
According to our invention, we form the loop or hanger of metal wire, the
ends of which are bent to form hooks adapted to engage or hook into looped or
eyed shanks, attached to suitable discs or buttons. The looped shanks of the
discs are passed through holes formed at a suitable distance apart in the material
of the garment and the hooks engaged therewith, the hooks being preferably
formed with an indent or other means for preventing accidental unhooking.
The hanger or loop is preferably bent to a curve or in an ornamental manner
and is of a sufficient guage and suitable temper of wire to suspend the article
without becoming permanently bent out of shape.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
CAT FORT Suspender.
We, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109, Brearley Street, Birmingham,
Hook and Eye Manufacturer, and Toм ERNEST SELLERS, of 16, Claremont Road,
Handsworth, near Birmingham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of our invention is to manufacture coat hangers, garment sus-
penders, and analogous articles in a new or improved manner, whereby the
cost of production of such articles is reduced and the article itself simplified in
construction.
According to our invention, we form the loop or hanger of metal wire, the
ends of which are bent to form hooks adapted to engage or hook into looped or
eyed shanks attached to suitable discs or buttons. The looped shanks of the
discs are passed through holes formed at a suitable distance apart, in the material
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page_text: of the garment, and the hooks are then engaged therewith. The hooks are pre-
ferably formed with an indent or other means for preventing accidental unhooking.
The hanger or loop is preferably bent to a curve or in an ornamental manner,
and is of a sufficient gauge and suitable temper of wire to suspend the article
without becoming permanently bent out of shape.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts."
Figs. 1 and 2 are plan views, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail diagrams of the
discs or buttons.
Referring to Fig. 1, a is the loop or hanger formed of metal wire bare
buttons, the shanks 61 being passed through holes formed in the material c,
(shown by dotted lines) and the hooks a¹ passed through the eyed shanks or loops
of the discs or buttons. In Fig. 1 the hooks a' are shown turned towards the
material c.
Fig. 2 differs from Fig. 1. only in the form of the hooks a², which are shown
turned away from the material c.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the disc or button, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the
same. Fig. 5 illustrates another method of forming the loop 62; the equivalent
for the disc, 63, being of any suitable shape or pattern.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention; and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A new or improved coat hanger or garment suspender, consisting of a loop.or
hanger a, formed of metal wire, hooks, a¹ or a² integral therewith, capable of
being attached to a garment or other article by being passed through the looped
or eyed shanks or loops 61 or 2 of buttons or equivalent suitable means, sub-
stantially as described.
Dated 31st October 1899.
JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY.
TOM ERNEST SELLERS.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, 8, Quality Court, London, W.C.