US2310040A - Belt attaching means for garments - Google Patents

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Feb. 2, 1943., J. SCHNEIDER BELT ATTACHING MEANS FOR GARMENTS Filed Dec. .5, 19'41 I nnentor wzas \Tcfineaaer j Ctttorne Patented Feb. 2, 1943 UNITED STATES ATEN OFFICE 2,310,040 BELT ATTACHING MEANS FOR GARMENTS Julius Schneider, Omaha, Nebr.

Application December 3, 1941, Serial No. 421,502

1 Claim.

The invention relates to belt attaching means for attaching belts to the inside of garments, for instance, trousers, slacks and the like, and has for its object to provide detachable button carried members within the garment, and through which the belt passes in a position below the buttons so that said belt may be easily removed and placed within another garment when desired.

A further object is to provide an interior belt within a garment supported on semiflexible tabs 01' members supported on buttons, 50 the tabs and belt can be easily removed from within the garment, and at the same time will not be necessary to change the garment construction for adapting the garment for the reception of the belt.

A further object is to position the button holes in the flexible members so that after the flexible members are placed thereon, and the belt passed therethrough, the buttons will positively prevent the upward displacement of the tabs.

A further object is to provide the semiflexible members with spaced vertical slots through which the belt is passed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper end of a pair of slacks or trousers, showing the belt applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the flexible members.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view in elevation of a portion of the garment and one of the flexible members, showing the belt extending therethrough.

Figure 6 is a view in elevation of a modified form of flexible member, showing a horizontal button hole therein.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the waistband of a pair of slacks 2, however it is to be understood the device may be used with trousers or other garments, where it is desired to conceal the belt from view. This is particularly true of slacks.

The belt 3 is of conventional construction and provided with a buckle 4 for the reception of the apertured end 5 of the belt.

In devices of this kind heretofore constructed they have involved the modification of the waistband of the garment, hence the belt supporting means is not interchangeable from garment to garment. To overcome this difiiculty the semiflexible belt supporting members 6,. preferably formed of leather, are provided with vertically elongated button holes 1 which receive the usual spaced buttons 8 on the inner side of the waistband of the garment. The flexible members 6 are provided with spaced vertical openings 9 through which the belt is passed, and through which the belt will slide during the tightening operation. The members 6 are placed on the buttons 8 after they have been properly adjusted on the belt and the buttons passed through the button holes 1 into a position above the upper edge of the belt, clearly shown in Figure l, and when in this position the belt, at its upper edge ID, will be in the plane of the button with the button securing means H in the upper ends of the button holes 1, therefore upward displacement of the belt and the flexible members will be prevented during the belt tightening operation. When it is desired to remove the belt and the supporting means from the buttons it will only be necessary to bend the upper edge In of the belt outwardly at the buttons and unbutton th flexible members. It'will be noted that the belt has a slight bend over the central bar l2 of each member 6, however this is not sufficient bend to prevent the belt from sliding during the tightening operation.

Referring to Figure 6, the upper end of the flexible member 6 is provided with a horizontal button hole 1a, which may be desirable in some types of garments.

From the above it will be seen that a belt attaching means is provided whereby a belt may be attached to the inner side of a garment without modifying the construction of the garment, and the attaching means, along with the belt, may be easily detached and applied to another garment when desired. It will also be seen that the flexible members 6 may be adjusted towards and away from each other according to the spacing of the supporting buttons, which would vary in different garments.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

In a belt, slides, each slide comprising a body member having spaced vertical slots forming a ton hole, said button having a connection to the garment which connection engages the upper end of the button hole when the lower side of the button is in engagement with the upper edge of the belt, whereby the body member will be positively held on the button and against upward displacement.

JULIUS SCHNEIDER.

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