A New or Improved Device for Holding up Ladies' Dresses.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar 1602 Accented, 23rd Apr. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Holding up Ladies' Dresses.
1, HENRY MCCALMONT CHIR The Royal Hotel Ilkley Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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My invention relates to a new or improved device for holding up ladies dresses
and consists of a belt or band of any suitable material designed to be buckled or
otherwise fastened around the wearer's waist.
This belt or band is furnished inside at regular intervals with a number of short
vertical pieces of similar material sewn thereto and projecting slightly below the
belt where they are each fixed to a link carrying centrally a pulley frame or block,
through which passes above each pulley a cord furnished at one end with a safety
pin designed to be fastened to the bottom of the dress, while its other end is free
and serves to pull up the dress more or less. All these free ends pass through a
front opening in the belt and are tied or knotted together after the length of the
dress has been properly adjusted.
Dated this 8th day of July 1891.
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RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Holding up Ladies' Dresses.
I, HENRY MCCALMONT CHIR of The Royal Hotel Ilkley Gentleman 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 device for holding up ladies dresses,
and consists of a belt or band of any suitable material designed to be buckled or
otherwise fastened around the wearers waist.
This belt or band is furnished inside at regular intervals with a number of short
vertical pieces fixed' thereto, and projecting slightly below, carrying centrally a
pulley, over which passes above a cord furnished at one end with a safety pin or
hook designed to be fastened to the dress about six inches below the waist, while
its other end is free and serves to pull up the dress more or less. The free ends
are fastened together by tying or by clips, after the length of the dress has been
properly adjusted!
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 shows a back and Fig. 2 a front view of my improved dress suspender
applied to the dress and Fig. 3 a detail view of a modification.
1 is the belt fastened by a buckle or in any other suitable manner and having the
pulley frames 2 and 3, carrying the pulleys 4 and 5, projecting downwards. Over
the two pulleys at the back of the belt, the cords 6 pass from the front of the dress
to a short distance below the belt, carrying hooks or safety pins, fastened to the
skirt. Cords 7, fastened to the dress in the same manner, pass over the pulleys 5
to the front of the dress. Each set of cords is fastened at the front by tying or by
any suitable form of clip, the pulley frames 3 may be provided with a second
pulley 5 (Fig. 3) over which the cords 6 may pass so that the two cords may be
kept quite separate. The belt is worn under the jacket or dress and the ends of
the cords may either be concealed or pass through to the front of the dress.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I doclare that what I
claim is:-
A dress suspender consisting of a belt, two or more attached pulleys, and corre-
sponding cords carrying at one end a hook or pin to fasten to the skirt, and fastened
at the front by knotting or by a clip, substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 18th day of March 1892.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.