Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Mar., 1887.
I ROBERT LONGDON of 8 Wards Buildings Deansgate Manchester Insurance Agent
& Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To manufacture braces or suspenders for trousers which whilst giving all the comfort
& freedom of the most elaborate braces are fixed with very much less trouble.
I attach a cord with a loop or buttonhole at each end to the front & back brace
buttons of the trousers, the cord to hang slack & to have another loop running upon
it by means of a small pulley or roller, I then pass a strap or yoke over the shoulders.
with or without straps round the arms, on each side of this I attach a ring an inch or
so in diameter by a buckle & strap for adjustment, the rings will hang near the arm
pits, I then take the loops running on the cords attached to the trousers, pass them
through the rings & bring down to the middle brace buttons on the trousers; thus
the fixing of one loop & button on each side does all.
ROBERT LONGDON.

page_text: Improved Braces or Suspenders for Trousers and other similar
Garments.
I ROBERT LONGDON of Wards Buildings Deansgate Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Insurance Agent and 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:-
The object of this invention is to manufacture braces or suspenders for trousers,
which whilst giving all the comfort and freedom of the most elaborate braces are fixed
with very much less trouble.
The manner in which I construct my improved braces will be readily understood
upon reference to the annexed drawings and the following explanation thereof.
I employ a cord D D D in Fig. I. of the annexed drawing, with a loop (or leather
tab with buttonhole) at each end, and another loop or tab E capable of running freely
on the cord by means of a small pulley or roller.
I also employ a yoke or strap of cotton or silk webbing or leather or other suitable
material having a ring about an inch or two in diameter at each end, so attached as
to admit of adjustment in length; or I employ two straps of cotton or silk webbing
or leather or other suitable material F F F and GGG in Fig. 1. crossing one
another at (and having one end of each attached to one ring H, and the other ends
to another ring K, both of the kind mentioned above in such manner as to admit of
regulation in length, as shewn in Fig. 1. either by a strap and buckle as at A, or by a
slide buckle as at B, or by other suitable means. At the point C the two straps may
be fastened to each other, or may be allowed more flexibility by doubling one strap
for a few inches at the place of crossing and passing the other strap through the slot
so formed as in the diagram.
I then fasten one of the above mentioned cords on each side of the trousers, by the
loops at each end to the front and back brace buttons of the trousers, and having
placed the yoke or straps over the shoulders so that the rings hang under the armpits
or thereabouts, as in Figs. II. and III. I pass the free loops or tabs on the cords
through the rings & fasten them to the middle brace buttons of the trousers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The employment of rings and cords with loops or tabs for braces or suspenders for
trousers substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings annexed.