US1183903A

US1183903A - Attachment for garment-supporters.

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Publication number: US1183903A
Application number: US2019415A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin F Orewiler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-04-09
Filing date: 1915-04-09
Publication date: 1916-05-23
Anticipated expiration: 1933-05-23

Description

B. F. OREWILER.

ATTACHMENT FOR GARNIENT SUPPORTERS. APPLICATION FILED mp9, 191'5A 1,183,903. Patented May 23,1916.

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zUerTo-r Y ey'am, ZOfPfz/f/zler BENJAMIN F. OREWILER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

, ATTACHMENT FOR GARtMENT-SUPPORTERS.

To aZZwwm t may concern.'

.Be it known that I. BENJAMIN F. ORE- wILER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook .and fState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attach- Y ments for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention yrelateslto an attachment in the form of a connecting piece adapted and intended to be used in conjunction with garment supporters, as n for yinstance the ordinary garter.

Thev object of the invention is to configure a single piece of metalin a manner. whereby it will serve to; first, provide a connecting piece between the suspendingstrap and the garment clasp; second, to act as aretainer for the upper end of the non-extensible fabric'or tape ofthe garment clasp; third,to retain the free ends of the loop of the ygarment clasp; and fourth, to reinforce and strengthen suoli looped portion against an undue separating or springingaction.

A further object of the invention is to make the attachment of a simple design whereby it is easily 'and' cheaply manufactured, and can be readily and quickly applied to the parts of the Vgarter with which it is associated. v .t

.The invention further consists in the features of construction andv combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 isa Afront view of a garter with the device or attachmentof the present invention in operative position; Fig. 2 is an edge view showing the attachment of the present invention together with the lower part of the suspending strap `in section and the garter clasp in elevation; Fig. I3 is a detail showing a section through the attachment of the present invention and showing the upper part of the loop member and tape Lof the garment clasp held in .position; F ig. 4 is a front view of the attachment ofthe present invention; and Fig. 5 is a lsection on line 5 5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the tape .of the garment clasp in clamped or secured-position. i

Speciiication of Letters Patent. i

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed April 9, 1915.. Seria1No. 20,194.

y In connection with the use of garment supporters a link or., connecting member is employed for joining the garment clasp to the elasticv suspendingstrap, and in korder to cover the metal upon the back of the clasp La jstrip of fabric, usually non-elastic tape, isemployed, and, of course, vmeans must .be :provided for securing and holding this .tape in place. -The clasp employsfa looped zmember, whichA vis contracted atv yits lower lend and .enlarged medially thereof. The lower contracted. end embraces the :stud

andserves .toholdthe fabric in wrapped conditionabout they stud.y Means must be provided for reinforcing or strengthening this looped member so that it will not possess .too great ,anamount of spring property,

otherwise itfwould spring apart to such an eXtent Lin use, as to'teliminate yits value as a means l'for holdingthe fabric yin' wrapped condition about thestud, and so far as I am aware, there/has never been produced an attachment formedy of a single piece of ymetal which will serve as a :means of connecting vthe garment clasp and suspending strap,

lof the =ordinary nature, to which is attached a buckle 7 for adjusting the length thereof. Thebuckle, however, forms no part of the .presentinventiom and, of course, can be of any vsuitable style. The clamping portion of the `gar-ment supporter consists of a stud base S'f-rom which rises a stud 9, both the ybase andstud being of any suitable construction. Agtape `or fabric 10gis attached to said stud base in any suitable manner, and this tape, as will be seen from the drawings, eX- tends along `the back of the clamping portion orv clasp, andr serves -to prevent any vmetal .of the clasp from coming Ain contact rwith the wearer.

The .other `part o`f the clamping portion consists of a looped memnumeral 14. This member is provided at its j.

upper end with a slot and the upper part of the member consists of a bar 16, which, when the member is attached to the suspendving strap 6, lies within the loop portion of said strap, as will be seen from Fig. 2, so that by provision of this slot and bar the member 14 serves as a means for joining or connecting the suspending strap and the garment clasp. The lower end of the member 14 is in the form of a depending neck 17, of a reduced width from the width of the remainder of the body, and this neck is bent back upon itself to kform a U-shaped piece 18. The portion 19 of the U-shaped piece which liesto the rear, terminates ina toothed edgeangularly extending flange 20, the toothed edge of which alines with a slot 21.in the body of the member. The slot 21 ylies below the slot 15 and for convenience may be termed the lower slot.y

v The tape 10 isY folded over the toothed edge of the flange 20, as will be seen from Figs. 2 and` 3, andthen by a swedging action the flange is forced forward crowding the tape intothe slot 21, as will be apparent from Fig. 5, thus securing this end of the tape inposition. The teeth of the flange 20 are not intended to besharp, since it is not desired to have a penetration or puncturing of the tape, but rather a forcing or ycrowding of the tape through the slot. The bottom wall of the U-shaped member 18 is cut away, as at 22. The free ends of the loop member 11 are insertedl into the U-shaped member 18, and the extremities 23 of the ends of the member 11 are bent slightly downward so that they project through the opening 22, as will be seen from Fig. 1, and when the ends are thus configured the loop member is heldl by the U-shaped portion against undue outward springing movement, and thus the loop member 11 isreinforced or strengthened against an undue springing action when in use, and this bendingof the ends of the loop members so that they project through a slot is deemed to be a novel configuration of the end portions of the loop member.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the member 14 serves asa means for joining the elastic suspending strap to the' garment clasp; serves asa means for retaining one end of the garment clasp tape in position; servesto retain the free ends of the wire loop of the garment clasp in position; and serves to reinforce and strengthen said wire loop against an undue outward springing action. It will also be apparent that the device is veryv cheap and simple of construction, and that the application of it to the other parts of a garter or garment supporter is very simple.

- I claim:

1. In combination with a suspending strap and garment clasp, a member formed of a single piece of metal having a slot therein and bent to provide a U-shaped portion adjacent its lower edge within which the ends of the garment clasp loop may lie, means for holding within the Ushaped portion the ends of the garment clasp loop against an outward spreading movement, a flanged upper end on the U-shaped portion alining with the slot and acting when pressed toward the slot to force one end of the garment clasp tape therein to retain that end of the tape in position, and means above said slot for retaining the suspending strap, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character specified, consisting of a body formed of a single piece of metal, and comprising Va relatively wide upper portion anda relatively reduced lower portion, means on the upper portion for receiving and retaining a suspending strap, and said upper portion being formed with a slot lat the lower part thereof, said lower portion of the body being bent back upon itself to form a U-shaped section, a flange on the upper end of said U-shaped section alined with said slot in said upper portion, and the bottom wall of the U-shaped section having a central notch therein, substantially as described. f

3. A device of the character specified consisting of a body'formed of a single piece of metal and having a slot adjacent its upper edge, thelower portion of said body being bent back upon itself to form a U-shaped section, said body being provided with a second sloty below the first mentioned slot, a flanged upper end on the U-shaped section, and said flanged end and second slot alining with one another, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character speciied consisting of a body formed of a single piece of metal and having a slot adjacent its upper edge, the lower portion of said body being bent back upon itself to form a U-shaped section, said body being provided with a second slot below the first mentioned slot, a flanged upper end on the U-shaped section,

. said flanged end and second slot alining with one another, and the bottom wall of the U- shaped section having a notch cut therein, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character specified conj sisting of a body formed of a single piece of metal and provided with a, lower slot and an with said lower slot, substantially as deupper slot, the lower portion of said body scribed. being bent back upon tself'to form a U- shaped section, a notch in the bottom wall of the U-shaped section, a flanged upper end Witnesses: on the U-shaped section provided Withka. ser- WM. P. BOND, rated edge, and said anged end alning EPHRAIM BANNING.

B. F. OREWILER.

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