Improvements in Clasps for Garment-supporters.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
CUMI LEIM
[Communicated from abroad by HERBERT FREEMAN WINSLOW, of Beverly,
Essex County, State of Massachusetts, in the United States of America,
Real Estate Agent.]
Improvements in Clasps for Garment-supporters.
1, DAVID YOUNG, Patent Agent, of the Firm of D. Young & Co., 11 and
12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., 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 an improved device which is designed to be attached
to a garment supporter strap, and to receive and hold firmly a garment, hose for
example, inserted therein. My said invention consists partly in a metallic plate
bent back upon itself to form jaws, the top part having a hole cut therein, and a
clamping device pivotally attached thereto, and adapted to be pressed down upon
the garment inserted between the said jaws.
It further consists in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described
and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved supporter clasp showing the supporter-
strap attached thereto;
Figure 2 is a vertical central section of the same;
Figure 3 a view similar to that shown in Figure 2 with the garment in
position;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the clasp showing the slot in the front vertical
wall and the set-off in the front and bottom depressed; and
Figure 5 a vertical central section of the same, illustrating a slight modification
of my improved clasp.
Like reference letters indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the
drawing.
In the
a represents the lower, and b the upper jaw; c is the supporter-strap.
upper jaw is a hole d in which is pivotally hung an angular clamp composed of a
lever e and footf adapted to press and hold the garment as shown in Figure 3.
The strap is attached to the clasp by being inserted under a loop 9 surrounding
the plate at the inner or bent end, thence passing along the bottom to the front
end, thence turning upwardly and thence down through a slot in the front end of
the base, a portion of the base being set up to form a free space; to receive the
end of the strap. Thus arranged the end of the strap is not below the plane of
the base, but makes the bottom perfectly smooth. To increase the holding
capacity of the clamp, I make a slot k, in the vertical wall and an off-set m on
the end of the foot fadapted to force the garment into the slot as seen in
Figures 4 and 5.
To lessen the distance between the jaws and to further increase the holding
power of the clamp, I make a depression n in the base in the path of the foot, as
shown in Figures 4 and 5, so that the foot presses the garment down therein as
in Figure 5. In order to prevent the clamp from swinging completely over,
1 form it with shoulders or lugs o which limit the backward motion as seen in
Figures 1 and 4, the said shoulders striking against the bottom of the top plate
when the clamp is turned back to the position shown in Figure 2. The loop g is

page_text: prevented from working forward over the base of the clamp by lugs p extending
cut on either side thereof in the path of the loop.
In using my improved supporter the edge of the garment is inserted between
the jaws and the foot of the clamp is pressed down upon it, as seen in Figures 3
and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a garment-supporter clasp, a metallic plate folded back upon itself to form
jaws, the open end of the base extending beyond the top and being set up to form
underneath a space to receive the free end of the fabric supporter and on the
inside a stop to receive the clamp, a transverse slot in the said set up portion, an
opening in the top jaw, and a clamp pivotally mounted on the said jaw, and
adapted to swing in the said opening, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
2. In a garment-supporter clasp, a metallic plate folded to form jaws, the base
extending beyond the top and having an upwardly extending set-off and a
transverse slot in the said set-off portion, the top having a hole therein and a
clamping device pivotally attached to the said top, a loop passing loosely around
the back part of the jaws and means for preventing the said loop from drawing
back over the base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a garment-supporter clasp, a metallic plate bent to form jaws, the base
having an upwardly extending set-off, a transverse slot in the said set-off, the top
having a hole therein and a clamping device pivotally attached thereto, a loop
passing loosely around the back end of the jaw in combination with a fabric
supporter having one end inserted through the said transverse slot and under the
said set-off portion and terminating in front of the vertical part of the set-off and
the body part bent around the end of the jaw and carried along the base over the
end of the fabric and thence passing under the said loop, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
4. In a garment-supporter clasp, a plate folded to form jaws, the base having an
upwardly extending set-off therein, near its forward end and a slot in the vertical
wall of the said set-off, the top having an angular clasp pivotally attached thereto,
one end adapted to press the garment down upon the base and forward into the said
slot and the other end serving as a lever, and means for attaching the clasp to the
supporter-strap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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5. In a garment-supporter clasp, a plate bent to form jaws, the base having an
upwardly extending set-off therein near its forward end and a slot in the vertical
wall of the said set-off, a clamping jaw pivotally attached to the top and having
set-off on its lower extremity adapted to enter the said slot, and means for attaching
the said clamp to the supporting strap, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
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6. In a garment-supporting clasp, a metallic plate bent to form jaws, the base
having an upwardly extending set-off therein near its forward end, a clamping
device pivotally attached to the forward end of the top, the said device having
shoulders projecting from the sides thereof adapted to limit the rotary motion of
the said clamping device, and means for attaching the said clasp to the supporting
strap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
7. In a garment-supporter clasp, a plate folded back upon itself to form jaws,
a clasp pivotally mounted in the top jaw having a lever arm and a locking arm,
an upward set-off in the base and a portion of the base at the back of the said
set-off depressed below the plane of the base, the said locking arm being adapted
to press the garment forward against the said set-off, downwardly upon the
depressed portion of the base and laterally against the side walls of said depression,
and means for attaching the supporter strau, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth

page_text: 8. In a garment-supporter clasp, a plate folded back upon itself to form jaws, an
upward set-off in the lower jaw, and a depression in the lower jaw at the back of
the said set-off, a slot formed between the said upward set-off and the forward
extremity of the said depression, a clamp pivotally attached to the upper jaw and
having a lever arm and a locking arm, the said locking arm being adapted to
swing in the said depression and to hold the garment inserted between the said jaws
by pressing it forward against the set-off, downwardly upon the bottom of the
depression, and laterally against the side walls of the said depression substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 21st day of February 1895.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,.
Agents for the Applicant.