An Improved Suspender for Paint-pots and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Suspender for Paint-pots and the like.
We, WYNDHAM WILLIAMS, of the George Hotel, Aberdare, Engineer, and
WILLIAM EDWARD LEWIS, of 1 Seymour Street, Aberdare, Master-painter, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in an improved appliance, for use, more particularly by
painters and house decorators, for suspending paint-pots to ladder rungs and other
convenient supports.
The appliance in which this invention consists is a bracket of brass, iron or
steel having two parallel arms bent at the lower end to form an eye to receive the
handle of the paint-pot to be suspended thereon. At the upper end the rods are
curved to form a larger eye or partial ring. The ends of the rods overlap at the
upper eye which is thus constituted a split ring. When it is desired to suspend a
paint-pot or like vessel in the appliance the upper eye or ring is opened by
spreading the rods and the handle of the paint pot is inserted and made to rest in
the lower eye. The upper eye is in like manner opened out for suspension to a
ladder rung. The ring closes after the manner of a spring and the appliance then
serves as a secure support for the pot suspended to it.
Dated this 18th day of June 1892.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Suspender for Paint-pots and the like.
We, WYNDHAM WILLIAMS, of the George Hotel, Aberdare, Engineer, and
WILLIAM EDWARD LEWIS, of 1 Seymour Street, Aberdare, Master-painter, 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 consists in an improved appliance, for use, more particularly by
painters and house decorators, for suspending paint-pots to ladder rungs, and other
convenient supports.
The appliance in which this invention consists is a bracket of brass, iron or
steel having two parallel arms bent at the lower end to form an eye to receive the
handle of a paint-pot or other article. At the upper end each rod is curved to
form a hook or partial ring. The hooked portions of the rods overlap and form
together a split ring. When it is desired to suspend a paint-pot or other article in
the appliance the upper eye or split ring is opened by spreading the rods. The
handle of the paint-pot or other article is introduced between the hooks and passed
down to rest in the lower eye. The upper eye is then again opened out. for
suspension of the appliance to a ladder rung or other support. The ring closes
after the manner of a spring and the appliance then serves as a secure support for
the pot or other article suspended to it.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation, Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 a plan of our
improved appliance for suspending paint-pots and other articles.
It will be convenient to describe the appliance as applied to a rung of a ladder
for the suspension thereto of a paint-pot. Obviously, however, the suspender may
carry other articles and be suspended to other supports.

page_text: The appliance consists of a pair of rods a and a¹ made in one piece of brass, iron
steel or other suitable metal or material. At the lower end of the appliance the
rods are bent to form an eye b. At the upper end each arm terminates in a hook,
and the hooks overlap each other so as to form a split ring e, as shown..
In order to hang a paint-pot in the suspender the upper or hooked portions of
the arms are forced apart sideways and a way is thus provided for introducing the
handle of the paint-pot. The handle having been thus introduced is passed down
between the rods to rest at the bottom of the eye b. The appliance is suspended
to a rung of a ladder or other like support by again spreading the hooked portions
of the rod so as to permit the introduction of the rung which after introduction
rests against the inner side of the eye or ring c.
It will be seen that the appliance constitutes a handy, convenient and safe
suspender for paint-pots or other vessels or articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
claim is :-
An improved appliance to serve as a link or hanger for indirectly suspending a
paint-pot to the rung of a ladder (or for like suspension of other articles to other
supports) consisting of two rods such as a and a' formed in one piece of brass,
steel or other suitable metal or material, bent at the lower end to form an eye such
as b and hooked at the upper end, the hooked ends overlapping so as to form a
split ring or loop such as e, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference
to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.