US2071427A

US2071427A - Buckle for suspenders

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Publication number: US2071427A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1937-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1954-02-23

Description

Feb, 23, 1937.

A. R. PRICE BUCKLE FOR SUSPENDERS Original Filed May 21, 1935 7L ATTORNEYS. f

Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Original application May' 21, 1935, Serial No. 22,595. Divided and this application August 23, 1935, Serial No. 37,588

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in buckles for suspenders, and it consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

This application is a division of my copending application on a suspender filed May 21, 1935, Serial No. 22,595. In the parent application I show a suspender provided with a novel type of pivot means for connecting the two webs of the suspender together at the back of the wearer. This pivot means permits one of the webs to slide in a retaining member while still permitting the web to change its angular position with respect to the first web. I further show a novel type of buckle in which the web is clamped to a fiat surface by a clamping member. In the parent case I have claimed the pivot construction, while in the present case I will describe and claim the buckle.

As already stated the principal object of the buckle is to cause the web to lie flat against a surface, and to be clamped against this surface by a clamping member. This prevents the web from being folded and thus the life of the web is materially increased. The supporting tension between the buckle and the trousers is transmitted to a flat portion of the web rather than to a folded portion which is the general practice in a standard suspender.

I further set forth in the parent case how the buckles on the suspenders are disposed lower down on the web than on the standard suspenders. This reduces the wear of the buckles on the vest. The same is true in the present case.

The clamping member is adjustably carried by the buckle and has a turned-over upper edge which prevents the member from being removed from the supporting plate of the buckle when the web of the suspender is disposed in place. The device is extremely simple in construction and provides a novel means for adjustably securing the U-strap to the web at a place above the fold in the web.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of one end of a pair of suspenders showing the buckle in position;

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an isometric view of the supporting plate forming part of the buckle;

Figure 4 is an isometric view of the clamping member forming the other part of the buckle;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the supporting 5 plate; and

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the clamping member.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a, pair of standard suspenders and I show in Fig- 10

ures

1 and 2 only that portion of the webbing I that is designed to be connected to the front of the trousers. In actual practice there are two strands of webbing I used but since both strands are identical, a showing and description of one 15 will suflice.

In Figures 3 and 4-. I show the two parts of the buckle separated. The supporting plate indicated at 2 has a U-shaped portion 3 formed therein. The upper wall 4 of this portion has a slot 5 that extends substantially throughout the width of the buckle supporting plate. The lower wall 6 likewise has a slot I coextensive in length with the slot 5. The lower portion of the plate 2 is bent rearwardly as at 8. 2

Figure 5 clearly shows the lower portion 8 of the plate 2 provided with two openings 9. The function of these openings will be described hereinafter.

The clamping member is shown at II) in Fig- 30 ure 4. This member has a top edge curved back on itself as indicated at I I, and has a lower portion I2 bent at an angle with respect to the body of the clamping member. Figure 6 shows the rearwardly bent portion I2 as being provided 35 with teeth I3, while Figure 4 shows the body III enlarged at I4 so that the length of the toothed edge I3 is substantially equal to the width of the web I. In assembling the two parts of the buckle the clamping member III has its curved portion II passed through the slots I and 5 in the order named. The curved portion II is then moved away from the plate 2 and in its final position receives the upper edge I5 of the U-shaped portion 3 as indicated in Figure 2.

The web I is now passed in front of the plate 2 and in back of the clamping member Ill. The web is folded back on itself as at I6, see Figure 2, and the end of the web is passed through a slot II in the plate 2. The end of the web is stitched to another portion of the web by stitching I8.

A U-strap indicated generally at III has its leg portions 29 and 2| passed through the openings 9 in the rearwardly bent portion 8. The legs 29 and 2| extend at an angle from the head piece 22 of the U-strap. The legs are integral with the head piece. The lower ends of the strap, 1. e. the

legs

20 and 2|, are provided with button holes, and by this means the U-strap is removably secured to the front of the trouser.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.

Both front portions of the webs l are provided with buckles and the buckles are adjustably secured to the fiat portions of the webs in the manner indicated. The webbing I can be moved in the direction of its length past the clamping member I0 when the clamping member is in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2. After the proper adjustment has been made the clamping member ID is moved upwardly with respect to the plate 2 and this will cause the inclined portion of the clamping member to ride beneath the outer portion of the U-shaped part 3. This will cause the teeth l3 to engage with the web and to hold the web in adjusted position. It will be noted that all of the pull on the web during the actual wearing of the suspenders will be in a direction to move the web upwardly with respect to the buckle. This upward movement will tend to move the clamping member ID upwardly and the result will be a more secure clamping of the member 10 upon the webbing. Adjustment of the webbing! with respect to the buckle can be made from time to time, and to accomplish this the wearer first manually moves the clamping member l0 into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, whereupon the teeth l3 are disengaged from the webbing and will permit the webbing to be moved.

While I have shown only the preferred form of my invention, it should be understood that various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a pair of suspenders, a clamp comprising a plate with an opening therein and a band of substantially the same width as the opening and being spaced in front of the front face of the plate for receiving a suspender strap that slides between the band and plate, and lies flat on the plate, the top and bottom edges of the-opening extending parallel with each other and being spaced from each other a distance substantially equal to the width of the band, and a clamping member slidable between the strap and band and having teeth at its lower end for positively engaging with the strap and for clamping the strap to the plate, the clamping member being inclined with respect to the plate and band, whereby upward movement of the member with respect to 2. In a pair of suspenders, a clamp comprising a plate with an opening therein and a band of substantially the same width as the opening and being spaced in front of the front face of the plate for receiving a suspender strap that slides between the band and plate, and lies fiat on the plate, the top and bottom edges of the opening extending parallel with each other and being spaced from each other a distance substantially equal to the width of the band, and a clamping member slidable between the strap and band and having teeth at its lower end for positively engaging with the strap and for clamping the strap to the plate, the clamping member being inclined with respect to the plate and band, whereby upward movement of the member with respect to the band will wedge the member between the band and strap and drive the teeth into the strap for preventing upward movement of the strap, the top of the clamping member having a flange engageable with the band when the clamp is moved into released position, whereby the withdrawal of the member from the band is prevented so long as the strap is in place.

3. In a pair of suspenders, a clamp comprising a plate, a strap clamping member operatively connected to the plate, and a strap clamped to the plate thereby, the lower end of said plate extending rearwardly, a U-strap carried by the rearwardly extending portion and designed to support trousers, an end of the first mentioned strap depending below the plate, being folded back upon itself and passed between the legs of the U-strap, the folded portion of the first strap covering the rearwardly extending portion of the plate and being connected to the top of the plate for covering the entire rear surface of the plate, whereby the folded strap portion prevents the plate from creating any wearing action on the clothes.

4. In a pair of suspenders, a clamp comprising a plate with a U-portion therein and a rearwardly extending lower portion with openings therein, the U-portion having slots in its top and bottom walls, a strap passed through the slots and having its end looped back on itself and secured to the plate, and a clamping member slidable in the slots and being inclined for hearing against the base of the U-portion for clamping the strap to the plate, the clamping being accomplished on a flat portion of the strap, and a U-strap having its legs passed through the openings in the rearwardly extending plate portion, and having button receiving openings at their free ends.

ABRAHAM ROBERT PRICE.