US1253336A - Belt-buckle. - Google Patents

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H. BEAUDRY.

. BEU BUCKLE.

APPLICATION man MAR. 15, 1915.

Patented Jan, l5, 1915i www.,

HENRI BEAUDRY, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,408.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRI BEAUDRY, of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements` in Belt-Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de* scription of the same.

My invention relates particularly to means carried by the buckle for attaching theends/ of a belt together, and for preventing vertical displacement of the attached ends of the belt. The invention has for its object to provide for this purpose a buckle having a tongue and provided with a device distinct from the tongue and carried by the frame of the buckle to engage the top fastening of the trousers of the wearer.

The invention consists of a buckle, the frame of which carries in addition to the tongue a device presenting a linger extending parallel to the plane of the buckle-frame and spaced from the latter to accommodate the thickness of the material of which the trousers are made.

For full comprehension of my invention further reference must be made to the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein:

Figure l is a top view of the ends of a belt with the frame of my improved buckle in longitudinal sectional view on line A-A, Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a front view with a portion of one end of the belt broken away to show the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the buckle looking from the rear thereof constructed according to the preferred embodiment of my invention removed.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate in a similar manner as Fig. 3, two modications of my invention.

rIhe frame of the buckle is substantially rectangular in plan view, the rear and front bars being indicated at b and c respectively, the side bars at cl and at e.

A disadvantage experienced with buckles of this type7 when used to fasten the ends of belts for supporting trousers, is that the buckled ends become displaced, usually upwardly, and the belt fails to perform its function. This is overcome by my present invention by permanently attaching a hook to the buckle-frame and adapting it to engage one side of the front opening below the top fastening, and thus causing` this top fastening to prevent the undesirable upward displacement.

Referring first to Figs. l, 2, and 3. 1lhe hook in these cases consists of a single. strand of wire, having one end g bent around the rear bar b of the buckle and gripped in place by flattening7 as at 7n, the top and bottom sides of the engaged part and a portion of the rear bar of the buckle, which it engages, thus preventing rotation and lateral displacement of the hook on the bar. rihe remainder of this length of wire is bent to the form of a hook L.

Referring to Fig. 4: The hook in this case consists of a strand of wire folded upon itself to double its thickness and bent to the form of a hook m, the ends being ottset in opposite directions as at n and bent around the rear bar in close proximity to the side bars; this rear bar being flattened, as at It where each end of the hook engages it, to prevent rotation of the hook on the bar, lateral displacement being prevented by the spread of the ends and their location in close proximity to the sides of the buckle-frame.

Fig. 5: rlhe hook is formed by havin()l the ends of the piece of wire bent around the side bars of the buckle-frame, thus forming the hook from a single strand of wire into transverse legs n and finger m which latter is of double thickness and offset from the legs 2f to provide the necessary space between the finger m of the hook and the rear side 0f the buckle, to accommodate the material of the trousers.

l/Vhat l claim is as follows:

l. A trousers supporting belt buckle comprising a frame, a tongue pivoted upon the frame and a hook distinct from the frame and tongue and rigidly secured to the former and extending parallel to the plane of the tongue, said hook consisting of a single strand of wire having one end fastened to the frame adjacent to the said tongue and having its opposite end bent back and extending to within close proximity of its first-mentioned end whereby the bent back portion may engage a button on the trousers and prevent vertical displace ment of the buckle thereon.

2. A trousers supporting belt buckle comprising a frame, a tongue pivoted upon the frame and a book distinct from the frame and tongue and rigidly secured to the former and extending parallel to the plane of the tongue, said hook consisting of a single strand of Wire having one end bent around the frame adjacent to the said tongue and having its opposite end bent back and extending to Within close proximity of its irst mentioned end whereby the bent back portion may engage a button on the trousers and prevent vertical displacement of the buckle thereon. Y

3. A trousers-supporting belt-buckle comprising a frame, a tongue pivoted upon one end of the frame and a relatively narrow hook distinct from the frame and tongue and rigidly secured to the former and extending parallel to the plane of the tongue,

said tongue consisting of a single strand of Wire fastened to the frame and having its sides bent together in said narrow hook form with its end disposed Within close proximity of the end of the frame to which the tongue is pivoted whereby the said end may engage the device for fastening the trousers, for the purpose of preventing vertical displacement of the buckle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in theY presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HEWETSON, GORDON G. COOKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner et Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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