US225824A - Suspenders - Google Patents

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2 SheetsSheet 1.

J HAYDEN.

Suspender. No. 225,824. Patented Mar. 23, 1880.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. HAYDEN. Suspender.

Patented Mar. 23, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HAYDEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,824, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed January 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is such a construction of a pairof suspenders thatin every movement of the body and shoulders, whereby either suspender is caused to contract, there shall be a corresponding expansion of the other suspender, and vice versa in regard to the expansion of either suspender, whereby all possible movements shall be provided for with perfoot freedom, without any unusual strain upon any part of the suspenders and the nature of my invention consists of a double interlacing of the front straps, a like interlacingof the back straps, and also of doubleinterlacing back loops; the combination of the interlaced part of the shoulder-webbing with the upper link of the back slide; and a novel formation of the slides, in combination with the front and back ends and middle of the shoulderwebbing, so that by the raising of one shoulder and consequent lowering of the other, and the turning or twisting of the body or shoulders in any direction, whereby either s'us; pender is caused to contract or expand, there shall be also an automatic corresponding expansion or contraction of the other suspender, and hence an automatic adjustment of the suspenders to any position the body or shoulders may assume.

In the accompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the front ends of the shoulderwebs A A and parts in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a face view of the slide a on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3, Sheet No. 2, is a rear elevation of the back ends of the shoulderwebs and parts connected therewith.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A A represent the shoulder-webs of my improved suspenders, and B B are interlacing front straps. O G are interlacing back loops, each of which is connected at its ends with the rear ends of shoulderwebs, as shown in Fig. 3, and D D are interlacing back straps.

The front end of each shoulder-web A, as shown in Fig. 1, passes through the double link-slide a, and thence through the double link-slide a, and thence upward to the rear of 5 5 the slide a, and is lapped around the middle bars of the slide and confined thereto by stitching. The front interlacing-straps, B B,

of each suspender is passed through the lower link of the slide a and interlaced with each 6'0 other, and the ends of each strap provided with a button-hole, b, and the front end of each strap stitched and bound with the back end of the fellow strap, forming a doubled button-hole and thick end; and the rear end of each strap is likewise formed and connected with the rear end of the other strap, as shown in Fig. 1, forming a doubled button-hole and thick end.

By the peculiar interlacing of these straps,

as shown and described, they are constantly separated from each other on the slide-bar and prevented from lapping oneach other on the bar in their sliding movements.

The interlacing back loops, (3 0, connected with the upper link of the back slide, (1 cross each other and have their ends stitched to the bound back ends of the shoulder-webs A A, one edge of each strap being in line with the inner edge of one of the webs, and the same edge in line with the outer edge of the other web.

The inlacing back straps, D D, pass through the lower link of the slide a cross each other,

have button-holes b b, and are arranged and connected in the same manner as the front straps, B B, as above described.

It will be understood that by the connection of the front ends of the shoulder-webs A A,

as above described, the suspenders may be lengthened or shortened, as occasion may require, with the greatest ease and accuracy;

and that by the interlaced part of the shoulder-webs, (consisting of the loops 0 0,) connected with the upper link of the back slide, 9 5

by the body or shoulders, and that, hence, a

perfect adj ustability is provided for by means of the combination and arrangement of rigid shoulder-webs, back loops, and back and front ends, without the use of rubber, the cost of manufacture is diminished, while a superior article is produced, as the suspenders having rubber are liable to lose their elasticity while they are yet in the manufacturers hands, and thereby become almost Worthless.

By means of the connection of the interlaced back loops of the shoulder-webs AA with the upper link of the back slide, a and the adj ustable slides a a, in combination with the slides a a, a different adjustment may be made of the interlacing back loops, 0 0, so as to change the wearing-surface of the loops from the center to either side thereof. For instance, by lowering the slide a of one suspender and raising the slide a of the other suspender in a corresponding degree, one change is made to one side of the central bearing of the loops 0 G; or by giving the slides a reverse movement to that described the bearing upon the link is changed to the other side of the central part ofthe loops, and that, hence, three wearing-surfaces may be given to the loops, thereby increasing their durability threefold, this being the weak point.

All the slides above mentioned (one of which is shown in Fig. 2) are made of round wire, and hence have no burrs or rough edges, and are not liable to cut the straps and loops dur ing the sliding movement, as is usual in slides punched out of sheet metal.

It will be seen that the lower links of the slides, a a, and the links of the back slide, a are of the same width as the links of the slides a a, and that the straps and loops connected therewith and interlaced are of half the width of the shoulder-webs; and that hence, by the peculiar mode of interlacing, they are caused to be separated side by side and lie flat upon the link-bars without lapping one upon its fellow.

I claim as my invention, as an improvement in suspenders 1. The interlaced front straps, B B and B B, in combination, respectively, with the slides a/ a, the straps of each pair being arranged side by side upon the lower bar of the slide, so as not to overlap each other thereon in their sliding movements, and the ends of each strap being overlapped and stitched to the ends of its fellow strap, so as to form double buttonholes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination ofthe interlaced back loops, 0 O, with the shoulder-webs A A and interlaced back straps, D D, having doubled lapped ends and double button-holes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the double link-slides a a with the shoulder-webs A A, interlaced back loops, 0 G, link-slide a9, and back straps, D D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN USTIOK.

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