Improvements in Olips or Suspenders for Stockings, Dresses, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Olips or Suspenders for Stockings, Dresses, and
the like.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton-on-Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to clips or suspenders for gripping and suspending stockings,
dresses, and the like, the constructional form of the said devices being, according
to my invention, of simple character, the same being easily and quickly operated,
and when applied, gripping the articles in a firm and secure manner.
According to my invention, the device is composed of two parts, namely a yoke
piece, and a gripping part.
The yoke piece is generally formed with two depending arms, and a top con-
necting part; each arm has at its lower end a slot, into which pass trunnions on the
gripping part, the latter being situated between the depending arms. I have found
that the yoke piece may be conveniently formed (by bending and stamping) from
one piece of metal of suitable outline, having an aperture centrally, this piece being
folded together and riveted at the top part, and the depending arms separated at
their ends to form the slots, although it will be understood that the yoke may be
otherwise manufactured if desired.
The gripping part consists of a piece of metal bent so that the ends thereof form
jaws normally held open by the resilience of the metal, the sides of each jaw being
provided about midway of the length thereof with trunnions of, say, an oblong
shape, these latter taking into the slot of the yoke piece aforesaid.
When the gripping part is placed in the same plane as the yoke piece, the jaws
are held closed by the trunnions thereon being brought and held together in and
by the yoke-piece slots, and when the gripping part is placed at right angles with
the yoke piece, the jaws are allowed to open by reason of the trunnions sliding
apart in the length of the yoke piece slots as aforesaid. When the yoke piece is
suitably made, say in one piece as described, the metal surrounding the slots may
be caused to have a spring action, and so render the turning of the square
trunnions smoother. The gripping jaws may be hinged together and provided
with a spring instead of being formed in one piece, if so desired.
Dated this 8th day of October 1892
HENRY MANNING KNIGHT.
Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clips or Suspenders for Stockings, Dresses, and
the like.
I, HENRY MANNING KNIGHT, of Hampton-on-Thames, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention refers to clips or suspenders for gripping and suspending stockings,
dresses, and the like, the constructional form of the said devices being, according
to my invention, of simple character, the same being easily and quickly operated,
and when applied, grippping the articles in a firm and secure manner.
My invention will be readily understood with reference to the accompanying
drawings, of which

page_text: Fig. 1 is a side view of a clip or suspender made according to my invention,
shewn when closed; but for the sake of clearness it is drawn on a larger scale than
the actual size.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a side view shewing the clip or suspender
open.
Figs. 4, 5, 6, are similar views of a modification, and
Figs. 7 front and side elevation of a yoke which may be employed.
According to my invention, the device is composed of two parts, namely, a yoke
piece A and a gripping part B.
The yoke piece is generally formed with two depending arms a a and a top
connecting part b; each arm has at its lower end a slot A', into which pass
trunnions C C on the gripping part B, the latter being situated between the
depending arms a a. I have found that the yoke piece A may be conveniently
formed (by bending and stamping) from one piece of metal of suitable outline, as
shewn at Figs. 7, having an aperture centrally, this piece being folded together
and rivetted at the top part E, and the depending arms a a separated at their ends
to form the slots, although it will be understood that the yoke may be otherwise
manufactured if desired, and as, for example, as illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6.
The gripping part consists of a piece of metal bent so that the ends B thereof
form jaws normally held open by the resilience of the metal, the sides of each jaw
being provided, about midway of the length thereof with trunnions C C of, say, an
oblong shape, these latter taking into the slot A¹ of the yoke piece A aforesaid.
When the gripping part B is placed in the same plane as the yoke piece A, as
shewn at Figs. 1 and 4, the jaws are held closed by the trunnions C C thereon being
brought and held together in and by the yoke-piece slots A', and when the gripping
part is placed at right angles with the yoke-piece, as shewn at Figs. 3 and 6, the
jaws are allowed to open by reason of the trunnions C C sliding apart in the length
of the yoke-piece slots A¹ as aforesaid. When the yoke-piece A is suitably made,
say in one piece, as described and illustrated at Figs. 7, the metal surrounding the
slots A may be caused to have a spring action, and so render the turning of the
square trunnions CC smoother. The gripping jaws B B may be hinged together
as shewn at Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and provided with a spring F instead of being formed
in one piece, if so desired.
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:
1. In clips or suspenders for stockings, dresses, and the like, the yoke-piece A
with slot therein, substantially as described and illustrated with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. In clips
or suspenders for stockings, dresses, and the like, the gripping parts
with trunnions thereon substantially as herein before described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
3. In clips or suspenders for stockings, dresses, and the like, the yoke piece A
with central apertures A¹ in combination with the gripping part B with trunnions
thereon, combined and acting substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. The general arrangement and combination of parts for the manufacture of
clips or suspenders for gripping and suspending stockings, dresses, and the like,
constructed, arranged, and acting substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings, together with any mere
modification or modifications thereof.