Improvements in Military Braces.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application. 2nd Mar., 1891-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Military Braces.
I, HENRY ELWIN HYDE, of East Dereham, in the County of Norfolk,
Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, 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 :-
Military braces as hitherto made have two rear straps which meet the waist belt
at an acute angle thus causing an oblique strain which has to be met by fastening
these straps to two D's or metal loops permanently fixed to the waist belt at points
equidistant from the centre of the back. And in order to prevent the D's or loops
from being shifted to one side and the braces being thereby put out of position
whenever the waist belt is lengthened or shortened it is necessary to provide for
letting out or taking up equally at both ends.
Now according to my invention I make the braces with a single rear strap which
meets the waist belt at right angles and is connected therewith by means of a
leather slide or loop which is large enough to slip easily over the right hand end of the
waist belt. The ordinary D's as hitherto used for fastening the rear straps can be
dispensed with. When the slide above described is in its proper place in the centre
of the back the whole strain is at right angles to the waist belt and therefore the
slide has no tendency to move to either side. With this single rear strap and slide
it is not necessary as hitherto to provide for adjusting the waist belt at both ends
because after the adjustment has been effected the slide can be moved to the centre
of the back.
Further I make the rear strap and the slide of sufficient width and provide them
with D's or metal loops to carry the mess tin which can thus be worn without
rubbing against the tunic.
The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention.
Figure 1 is a back view of the rear part of a pair of military braces made
according to my invention and
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.
a, a represent the two ordinary main straps which pass over the shoulders and are
connected at back to the metal ring or loop b. c is my single rear strap which is of
the same width as the waist belt it is permanently attached at the upper end to the
ring or loop while its lower end is passed through a metal loop d and then turned
up as shown and connected by means of one of the several adjusting holes therein
to a stud e which also passes through the outer part of the strap c. is the leather
slide or loop by which my single rear strap e is attached to the waist belt a portion
of which is represented at g. The slide f is attached at its upper part to the metal
loop d. h, h are two metal loops or D's for carrying the mess tin. They are
secured by leather loops i, i the one of which is stitched to the rear strap c and the
other to the slide f.
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 military braces, a single rear strap such as c in combination with a slide or
loop such as f to connect the said rear strap to the waist belt, substantially as and
for the purpose herein before described.
2. The combination with a single rear strap and a slide or loop as referred to in

page_text: Claim 1 of metal loops or D's such as h, h the one attached to the said rear strap
and the other to the said slide, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 28th day of February 1891.
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent.