US2384255A - Pants guard - Google Patents

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Sept G. c. MOORE, [SR 2,384,255.

PANTS GUARD Filed March 20, 1944 IN V EN TOR. qeorye C Moore, 5!.

Patented Sept. 4, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PANTS GUARD George C. Moore, Sr., Glendale, Calif.

Application March 20, 1944, Serial No. 527,197

4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for holding the bottoms of long pants, overalls, etc., in a folded condition tightly against the legs of the wearer. The means for accomplishing same consisting of a steel Wire of spring material that is preformed and adapted to snugly encompass the leg of the wearer when the guard is properly in place. The guard is arranged and configurated so that when it is properly positioned upon the leg of the wearer, it is invisible and does not .in any way make the bottoms or lower portions of the pants legs unsightly or unnecessarily rufiled.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to present a wire type pants guard that is invisible, sturdy and simple in construction, and economical to make and manufacture.

Another object is to provide an invisible type of pants guard made of wire stock that can be easily and quickly fastened into place for immediate use, and which can be easily and quickly removed, the pants guard being especially convenient for horseback riders, bicyclists, motorcyclists, sportsmen in general, chauffeurs, surveyors, linemen, military personnel and for many others too numerous to mention.

Other objects, advantages and features of my invention will appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description, the preamble of these specifications and the appended claims.

Applicant is now about to illustrate and describe one of the forms of his invention in order to teach one how to make and use the same, but it is to be understood that the drawing and description thereof are not to limit the invention in any sense whatsoever, except as limited by the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of one of the pants guard for the right leg.

Fig. 2 is also an elevational view, but of the other similar pantsguard for use on the left leg.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the guard shown shown and described as a fold-holding device or guard for the lower loose ends of a mans pants.

The pants fold-holding device, or trouser guard, in this particular form as illustrated, consists of a spring steel wire I designed for the right leg of a, person, and a spring steel wire 2 which is designed for the leftleg of a person. Since both wires I and 2 are the same except for the direction of the bends'therein, the left leg one numbered 2 of Figs. 2 and 3 will be described in detail and all similar parts in the other illustrated guard of Fig. 1 will be designated by the prime of the numerals as used in Figs. 2 and 3.

Now, referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the wire 2 has a major curved length or top arm 3 joined to a plurality of short lengths or arms 4, 5 and B. All

of the longarm 3 is terminated into a small loop 1 so that this end of the device will not catch or grip the material of ones trousers, and the other end of this arm joins the short arm I at the acute angle 8. The arm 4, for purposes of clarity. may be identified as the girth arm as this arm is curved to fit the girth of the leg just above the ankle. The girth arm 4 joins thearm 5 at the acute angle 9. The arm 5 is substantially straight and is identified as the fulcrum arm as it acts as a fulcrum rod, which will be subsequently explained. The short arms 4 and 5 form a bell-crank in that the girth arm 4 is forced to rotate about the fulcrum arm 5 when this latter arm is turned. The other end of the fulcrum arm 5 joins the arm 6 at the acute angle ID. The 'short arm 6 is identified as the lever arm in that it acts as a lever to hold the device in position and to rotate or rock the fulcrum rod or arm 5. At the free end of the short arm 6 is a loop I l, similar to the loop 1, into which is pressed and positioned a resilient non-skid element or rubber button l2, the small button portion thereof having been forced through the loop in a manner to present the face of the large portion thereof for engagement with the underside of a persons pants.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a lower portion of a man's right leg having the pants leg l3 and with the selvage I4 thereof above the shoe l5. In Fig. 5,

the leg of the pants is shown as folded to form the frontal flap i 6 having the crease l1 thereof pushed in the direction indicated by the arrow;

the long arm 3' being within the crease I1 and completely hidden from view. This is the first step in using the guard, that is, to place the long arm 3 within the pants leg and behind the frontal crease II. When the long arm 3 is so placed, note Fig. 5, the lever arm 6' is rotated about the fulcrum rod or arm 5' in the direction indicated by the arrow as this is the right leg of a person. This action naturally forces the fulcrum arm 5' against the inner fold la, the same having been made when the flap 16 was formed and the lever's motion is continued, while the arm 5' acts as a fulcrum rod, until the flap It is snug against the right side of the shank of the leg. When the flap is against the leg, the button I2 is forced under the selvage of the trouser leg as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

When the above steps are completed, the pants guard is secured and neatly holds the pants flap l6 snugly in place.-

The operation for installing the left leg guard is the same except that the other guard 2 would be employed and the short arm or lever 8 thereof rotated counter-clockwise to fasten it in place instead of clockwise as in the case of the right guard.

To remove the guard, it is only necessary to release the button I! from beneath the selvage of the pants leg, and such'a release thereof will allow the guard to readily fall from the pants leg.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of form, style, design and construction of the whole or any part of the specifically described 35 embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the limitations clearly expressed in the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A pants-fold-holding device comprising an elongated spring wire having a plurality of short arms and a long arm, the long arm having a curve to cling to the calf of a persons leg and toengage a length of the inner side of a trouser leg extending from the selvage thereof, one of the short arms next to the long arm having a. curve to engage the lower shank of a person's leg, the next short arm below thegirth arm having a straight portion to act as a fulcrum rod, and the final and terminal short arm providing a lever arm, the distal end of the lever arm being adapted to be forced beneath the selvage of the trouser leg and held thereby when the device is installed.

2 A pants guard comprising an elongated wire of spring steel having an upright arm integral with a plurality of other arms all arranged in end to end contact, the center arms having the form of a bell-crank, and the lower end arm having the form of a lever to provide means to operate the bell-crank arms.

3. The guard recited in claim 2 wherein the free end of the lower end arm is looped and provided with a removable element having a high coefficient of friction.

4. In a pants guard formed of a single piece of wire, one end thereof having a, long arm that is curved to snugly engage the calf portion of a person's leg and the other end made substantiallystraight with a button on its free end to engage an under portion of the selvage of a person's pants, a pair of intermediate arms bent to form a bell crank, and one portion of the bell crank having a curve to engage the girth of apersons leg Just above the ankle.

GEORGE C. MOORE, SR.

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