Improved Trousers Clip.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Trousers Clip.
ROBERT BLACKLOCK Jeweller 5 Rosslyn Terrace Sunderland do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Consists of a piece of flat metal (say about 1 inch long and in. wide), one end
of which is formed into two hooks or more. Teeth are cut about in. deep all
round the edge of the remaining part of the metal and the teeth are bent at right
angles. To fix. The teeth are pressed through the cloth from the inside of a
trousers leg near the bottom. After the teeth have been pressed through the
cloth, the surplus part of them is pressed down on the material, thereby making
the clip secure. The two hooks on the other end of the plate, being inside the
trousers leg and turned towards the cloth, are hooked into the cloth on the opposite
side of the trousers leg to which the teeth are pressed in, thus holding the trousers
bottom tight round the ankle, and forming an "attached trousers clip" which is
inside the trousers leg and always ready for use.
Dated this 1st day of April 1896.
ROBERT BLACKLOCK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Trousers Clip.
I, ROBERT BLACKLOCK of 5 Rosslyn Terrace Sunderland, in the County of
Durham, England Jeweller, 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 is intended to provide an improved clip or device primarily
intended to hold together the lower end of a trouser when gathered or folded
closely round the ankle, and it consists in forming such device of a plate or body
having teeth or tongues adapted to be passed through and bent down under the
fold of cloth which is turned up inside the trouser leg at the lower end thereof,
and having also hooks lying normally against the face of said upturned fold and
intended to he engaged with the cloth when required at some other point around
the circumference of the trouser leg after the lower edge of the latter has been
turned up and gathered together.
Such improved clip is shown in two forms in the annexed drawing. Figs. 1 and 2
being respectively perspective views of the said two forms of the clip ready to be
fixed to the trousers as aforesaid.
The clip comprises a plate C, teeth A and hooks B. These teeth may be formed
on the sides of plate C as shown in Figs. 1 or 2 and the same plate may also be
formed to comprise the hooks B B as shown in Fig. 1 or may have tongues as
at D Fig. 2 to be turned over to hold a wire or wires E the ends of which are
turned back to form the hooks B B as shown in Fig. 2. The clip is preferably
used as follows. Having pressed the same against the fold of cloth which is turned
up at the bottom of the trouser leg so that the points A pass through this fold and
are folded up thereunder to secure the clip without penetrating to the outside of

page_text: the trouser leg; the clip will be horizontally on the inner face of the trouser
where it remains ready for use at any time the hooks B being towards the stuff but
without engagement therewith. On now turning up the hem of the trouser the
clip will be outside and on folding the trouser together tightly around the ankle
the hooks of the clip may be caused to engage with the same at an interval from
the place where the clip is itself attached by the points A thus holding the trouser
leg gathered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
(1.) A trouser clip formed of a plate C having teeth A and hooks B substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
(2.) A trouser clip formed of a body having teeth A for permanent attachment
to the cloth and hooks B. B. for periodical engagement therewith substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
(3.) A trouser clip formed of a body having at its side edges teeth A A and
having at one end hooks B B on the same face of the clip as said teeth and having
their points turned back towards the body of the clip for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 12th day of June 1896.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.