IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS OR SUCH LIKE MEANS OF CONNECTION TO WAISTBANDS OR BELTS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Thomas Williams, in the employment of Messieurs
William Blenkiron and Son, of Wood Street, in the City of London, Ware-
houseman, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS OR SUCH LIKE
MEANS OF CONNECTION TO WAISTBANDS OR BELTS."
Sealed the 13th June 1879, and dated the 16th December 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Thomas Williams at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th December 1878.
ROBERT THOMAS WILLIAMS, in the employment of Messieurs William Blenkiron
and Son, of Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehouseman.
" IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CLASPS OR SUCH LIKE MEANS OF CONNECTION TO WAISTBANDS OR
BELTS."
The object of the Invention is that the clasp or such like connection to the waist-
band or belt may be capable of being used, not only as a means for connecting
together the parts of the band or belt, but also as a means for holding pins, needles,
thread, buttons, scissors, coin, or other articles or things that may be required on an
emergency, and so as to be readily accessible by the wearer.
For this purpose I apply to or I form with the clasp or such like connection &
chamber or recess, perforated to receive the bodies of pins with their heads project-
ing therefrom, for facility of withdrawing them from the top and bottom or other
edges thereof, and which chamber or recess is lined or supplied with felt or other
suitable material to aid in holding the bodies of the pins in position. For other
articles this chamber or recess is formed as a box or case, with a lid or cover to retain
or enclose the articles, and such box or case may be formed to fit the articles to be
received into it.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Robert Thomas Williams in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
June 1879.
ROBERT THOMAS WILLIAMS, in the employment of Messieurs William Blenkiron
and Son, of Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehouseman. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CLASPS OR SUCH LIKE MEANS OF CONNECTION TO WAISTBANDS OR
BELTS."
The object of the Invention is that the clasp or such like connection to the waist-
band or belt may be capable of being used, not only as a means for connecting
together the parts of the band or belt, but also as a means for holding pins, needles,
thread, buttons, scissors, coin, or other articles or things that may be required on an
emergency, and so as to be readily accessible by the wearer.
For this purpose, I apply to or I form with the clasp or such like connection a
chamber or recess perforated to receive the bodies of pins with their heads projecting
therefrom, for facility of withdrawing them from the top and bottom or other edges
thereof, and which chamber or recess is lined or supplied with felt or other suitable
material to aid in holding the bodies of the pins in position. For other articles
this chamber or recess is formed as a box or case, with a lid or cover to retain or
enclose the articles, and such box or case may be formed to fit the articles to be
received into it.
But that the Invention may be the better understood I will, by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe means pursued by me in carrying the
some ints offent
Figure 1 shows a front view of the parts of a clasp arranged according to my
Invention; Figure 2 shows an edge view; Figure 3, a sectional view; and Figure 4,
a back view. In each of the views the same letters are employed to indicate corre-
sponding parts. a, a, represent portions of the waistband or belt to which the clasp
is attached; b represents the clasp; and c shows a double hook or fastening
applied to one part of the band a for attachment to the part 61 of the clasp b.
The clasp is chambered or recessed, and divided into compartments (1), (2), and
(3), but the number of these compartments may be varied according to the purpose
to which they are to be applied. As shown, the compartment (1) is formed to
receive ordinary dress pins, which are inserted through holes in the upper and lower
edges of that compartment, as indicated at c, c, and to prevent any tendency for the
pins too readily to come out, I apply in the compartment a piece of felt or other
suitable flexible material in position for the bodies of the pins to pierce, and be
thereby held as required.
The compartments 2 and 3 are formed with hinged covers d and e, and they may
be used for holding needles, thread, buttons, scissors, coin, or other articles, and the
form of the chamber may in any case be adapted to the purpose to which it is to be
appropriated.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise arrangement of parts shown and described, as variations may be made
therein without departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, but what I
do claim is, the improvements in clasps or such like means of connection to waist-

page_text: bands or belts, whereby the same are chambered for the purpose of holding pins,
needles, thread, buttons, scissors, coin, or other articles or things as may be required,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Thomas Williams, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
ROB. T. WILLIAMS.
(L.B.)