A Method or System for Combining the Upper and Lower Garments of Wearing Apparel by Means of a Double Suspender Waistband.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method or System for Combining the Upper and Lower Garments
of Wearing Apparel by Means of a Double Suspender Waistband.
LACY COLBERT RICHARDS, Waterloo House, 51, High Street, Newport, Isle
of Wight, Tailor's Cutter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
A method or system for the combination of upper with lower garments of wearing
apparel such as:-Cricket suits, boating suits, lawn tennis suits, cyclists' suits,
sailor suits, knickerbocker suits, Norfolk suits, football suits, or billiard players'
costumes, of all sizes for men or boys, by means of a double suspender waistband so
constructed that when one part is fixed to the upper garment & one part to the
lower garment as described in process affixed hereto, and fastened by buttons or
any other fastenings, or permanently fixed by stitches, will form one band on which
to place any accessory suspenders, such as braces, or buttons or hooks on which to
fasten suspenders, sidestraps, backstraps, with or without buckles, beltloops, or
sashloops, all of which will be invisible when in actual wear.
The aforesaid suspender waistband to be cut to any shape to fit wearer. The
bracebuttons, belt loops, sashloops, backstraps or sidestraps to be placed (all or
either) in any position to suit wearer.
To be made from any material, in any colour or combination of colours.
PROCESS.
Fig. 1 of drawings represents a portion of the right half of an upper garment.
The edge A Fig. 1, is fixed to the edge A¹ Fig. 2, (part of suspender waistband),
edge E Fig. 3 is fixed to edge E, Fig. 4. The two parts of waistband are then
brought together so that edge J, Fig. 2 fits on edge J Fig. 3 & edge A¹ Fig. 2 on
edge E Fig. 3. which are then securely fixed either by buttons or stitchings or any
other method, then all necessary accessories can be fixed as shewn at Fig. 2.
K backstrap. D sidestraps C beltloops bracebuttons. Fig. 5 illustrates one
form of garment to shew how the waistband & all accessories will be invisible
during actual wear.
In the event of the two parts of the band being sewn together the garment would
remain a permanent combination, and the upper part would require to be taken off
(from the shoulders) before the lower could be removed, but this can be accomplished
almost as quickly as the ordinary method of removing braces.
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. The production of a suit giving absolute ease and comfort with perfect freedom
of action, which
2. Can be made in all styles, whether with wholefalls, smallfalls, or flyfronts,
forming one complete garment.
3. The whole can be put on at once in a few seconds.
4. All suspender arrangements invisible during wear.
5. Can be worn with or without braces, backstraps, sidestraps or beltloops.
6. Avoids the continual re-adjustment of superfluous material as in old methods.
Dated this 20th day of January 1891
LACY COLBERT RICHARDS.