A-New or Improved Clip or Retaining Device.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A-New or Improved Clip or Retaining Device.
1, ORBY CECIL MOOTHAM, of 77 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, in
the County of Hampshire, Umbrella 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 relates to a new or improved clip or retaining device which is
specially though not exclusively adapted for use in connection with cuffs or
wristlets.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I append hereto a
sheet of drawings in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation,
Figure 2 a front elevation,
Figure 3 a back elevation with the parts in their normal position, and
Figure 4 a back elevation with the pip hereinafter to be mentioned shown as
moved on one side.
In carrying my invention into effect I take a strip or plate A about two and a
half inches long of metal or other convenient material and this I bend or fold upon
itself at a distance of about half an inch from one end so as to have two limbs a b
as shown in Figure 1. Close to the upper end of the limb b I rivet or otherwise
suitably attach a pin c of steel brass or other suitable material in such manner that
the said pin is capable of being moved angularly in a plane parallel to the plane
of the limb b. At the back of the limb b at a point opposite the free extremity
of the pin c I make a longitudinal notch or recess d whose function is to retain
the parts in their normal position.
My invention is designed to be attached to the inner surface of a coat sleeve and
its action is as follows. The clip is placed within the sleeve and the pin c with-
drawn from the notch d as shown in Figure 4. The pin is then thrust through the
lining or material of the sleeve in the same way as a pin of a brooch as employed
in ordinary practice and then moved angularly until its free end snaps into the
Botch d which it does by reason of the elasticity either of the limb b or of the pin.c
or of both. The clip is now firmly attached to the sleeve and should be fixed in
such position that the lower part or loop of the clip that is to say the part at which
the strip or plate A is bent points towards the hand or opening of the sleeve. Let .
us assume now that it is desired to lodge the shirt cuff or wristlet in the clip so as
to hold it withdrawn within the sleeve and protect it from being soiled. All that
it is necessary to do is to push the cuff or wristlet backwards and lodge it in the
space between the two limbs a and b where it is securely retained and from which
it can be easily removed at will.
In practice I find it convenient to make the piece A of sheet nickel and the pin c
of brass.
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 new or improved clip or retaining device substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. In a clip or retaining device the combination of limbs a and b, pin c and
notch d substantially as set forth.
Dated this 15th day of October 1804