An Improved Trouser-brace.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Trouser-brace.
I, HENRY HAMPTON of 14 Great Castle St. Regent St. London, Tailor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved brace is constructed with a broad horizontal piece of webbing, leather
or other suitable material interposed between the front straps and back straps. I
call this horizontal band a yoke, and I place it so as to lie on the back across the
shoulders and high up near the neck of the wearer. attach the front straps to the
upper part of this yoke in an oblique direction, and I fasten the back straps to
the lower edge of the yoke, so that they fall perpendicularly. The ends of these
back straps are not single as in ordinary braces but are double, like those on the
front straps. The tape or narrow webbing of which they are usually made is passed
through loops formed on the buckle to receive them, so that their relative length is
adjustable automatically or they can be made adjustable by being passed over rollers
or in any other way. This duplication of the back ends necessitates an extra button
on the back of the trowsers to receive same.
By the foregoing arrangement and by setting the trowser buttons in suitable
positions several advantages are obtained. When the wearer is walking all the
buttons are used, and the trowsers are sustained uniformly and equally on all sides
without folds or creases. Moreover the yoke prevents any tendency in the straps
to drop too low on the shoulder or to bunch up the shirt. When the wearer is
sitting, riding a bicycle or horse or rowing a boat, he can by unfastening one of the
back ends, get great ease and freedom of action for the arms and shoulders, while
the yoke prevents the front straps from becoming slack or the trousers from dropping
in front.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate St., London, Agent for the Applicant.
I, HENRY HAMPTON of 14, Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, Tailor,
0 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 refers to braces for trousers, and is designed to supply a brace free
from the defects and discomforts of ordinary braces, and yet of a simple design
5 and easy to attach to, or detach from the garment.

page_text: My improved brace is constructed with a horizontal piece of webbing, leather or
other suitable material interposed between the front straps and back straps. I call
this horizontal band a yoke, and I place it so as to lie adjustably on the back across
the shoulders, and high up near the neck of the wearer. I attach the front straps
to the upper part of this yoke in an oblique direction and I fasten the back straps
to the lower edge of the yoke so that they fall perpendicularly. The ends of these
back straps are not single as in ordinary braces; but are double, like those on the
front straps. The tape or narrow webbing of which they are usually made is passed
through loops formed on the buckle to receive them, so that their relative length
is adjustable automatically, or they can be made adjustable, by being passed over
rollers, or in any other way. This duplication of the back ends necessitates an extra
button on the backs of the trousers to receive same.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1 shows a plan view of my pair of braces constructed on my system.
a, is the yoke; bare the front straps which can be shortened or lengthened in
the usual way.
cc are the back straps, which are also made adjustable like the front
straps; d, d, are the back double ends.
By the foregoing arrangement, and by setting the requisite number of trouser
buttons in suitable position to engage with the braces, several advantages are
obtained. When the wearer is walking, all the buttons are used, and the trousers
are sustained uniformly and equally on all sides without folds or creases. Moreover
the yoke prevents any tendency in the straps to drop too low on the shoulder or
to bunch up the shirt. When the wearer is sitting, riding a bicycle or horse, or
rowing a boat, he can by unfastening one of the back ends, get great ease and
freedom of action for the arms and shoulders, while the yoke and general formation
of the brace, prevents the front straps from becoming too slack, or the trousers from
dropping in front, or becoming baggy at the knees. The trousers are in fact
suspended in a superior and more conveniently adjustable manner throughout.
The position of the yoke is adjusted by making both the front and back
straps b, c, adjustable as regards length.
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
In a trouser brace, the combination of the yoke a, oblique straps b, adjustable
back straps c, and double back button pieces d, as herein described and set forth.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.