US243742A

US243742A - Sigoueney wales

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Publication number: US243742A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-07-05
Anticipated expiration: 1898-07-05

Description

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)flZnessa 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGOURNEY WALES, OF WATERBURY, CON N EGTIOUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN E ASSIGNMENT, TO HARRIOT H. \VALES, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR SUSPENDER-ENDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,742, dated July- 5, 1881.

7 Application filed August 25, 1880. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIGOURNEY WALEs, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Oonnecticut,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Fastening Suspender- Ends to- Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The object is to provide for more conveniently fastening suspender or button-hole ends to buckles, slides, or to loop or hook plat'es forming parts of buckles without sewing, eyeleting, or other means, and so that they may be readily detached, when desirable, for attaching new ones.

My invention consists in a plate or frame for a buckle, or provided with means for attachment to a buckle, having in it two slots placed end to end and extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, and two other slots placed end to end under the firstmentioned slots and extending upwardly and outwardlyin opposite directions. A suspender or button-hole end is then adapted to be secured to the plate or frame by inserting its two ends through the upper or first-mentioned slots from the back, allowing said ends to pass down over the front of the plate or frame and through the lower slots from the front. In order to enable the said end to be more conveniently looped around that portion of the plate or frame between the two downwardly and outwardly extending slots, said slots are preferably curved downwardly and outwardly from their adjacent ends.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front view thereof with the suspender or buttonhole end attached. Fig. 3 represents a back view thereof with the suspender or buttonhole end attached. Fig. 4 represents my peculiar arrangement of securing-slots as ap plied to a loop-plate. Fig. 5 represents similar slots as applied to a hook-plate, and Fig. 6 represents a buckle of slightly-modified form.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A represents the plate or frame of a buckle, and B the tongue or clamp, attached thereto in an ordinary manner, the buckle being adapted for use as a suspender-buckle. Below the tongue the buckle is provided with or has formed in it, preferably by cutting or stamping, two slots, to, which are placed end to end I at about the middle of the length of the buckle, and extend from their adjacent ends downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions. The strap forming the suspender or buttonhole end 0 mayhave its ends inserted through the slots to from the back of ,the buckle, and then pass down over the front of the buckle, diverging as they extend downward. The inclination of the slots at relatively to a horizontal line takes up the surplus material as thesuspender-end is passed through them, preventing any doubling or folding of the material, and this result maybe'still further attained by making the slots a curved downwardly and outwardly, as clearly shown. This construction of the slots causes the ends to diverge properly from each other as they pass over the face of the plate or frame, it being clearly shown in Fig. 2, where the inner sides or edges of the end are curved at b and the outer sides are curved at 1).

It will be observed that in all the figures of the drawings the plate or frame, in which are two pairs of slots, is either made part of the buckle, or is provided with means for attachment to a buckle. I form in the plate or frame A, below the slots at, other slots, 0, which are also placed end to end, and which ex tend from their adjacent ends upwardly and outwardly. The suspender or button-hole end 0, after its insertion through the slots at. from the back, is inserted through the slots 0 from the front, and thus securely held in place. Below the slots a, and in this example. of my invention be tween the upper and lower slots, I cut away the metal so as to form a bar, (Land over this bar may be conveniently looped a smaller end or strap, 1), as shown in Fig. 4,fOI sustaining the drawers. The strap or end 1) passes beneath the end 0, and it may be conveniently adjusted along the bar 01 to regulate its length properly. If desirable, the bar d might be employed alone, the slots a being omitted.

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In Fig. 4 I have shown a plate having a loop, E, adapted to engage with a hook upon an ordinary buckle, and constructed with slots to c and bar 01, in all respects similar to those in the frame or plate A of the buckle just described.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a plate having a hook, F, adapted to engage with a loop upon an ordinary buckle, but in all other respects similar to the plate shown in Fig. 4.

The buckle represented in Fig. 6 is composed of a frame, A, and tongue B, like the buckle shown in Fig. 1, the frame being constructed with slots a sand bar d, exactly simi- I lar in form and arrangement to the slots and bar shown in Fig. 1, except the slots (0, instead ofbeing curved, as in Fig. 1, are straight, like the lower slots, 0.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide for the attachment of suspender or button-hole ends to suspender-buckles without sewing, eyeleting, or any operation other than simply passing them through the slots prepared for their reception, and that the material of the suspender or button-hole ends is not weakened, as when attached in some other Such mode of attachment also affords convenience for adjusting the suspenderor button-hole end longitudinally when desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plate or frame for a buckle, or provided with means for attachment to a buckle, having in it two slots placed end to end and ex? tending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, aud two other slots placed end to end under the first-mentioned slots and extending upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A plate or frame for a buckle, or provided with means for attachment to a buckle, having in it two slots placed end to end and curved downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, and two other slots placed end to end under the slots first mentioned and extending upwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SIGOURNEY WALES.

Witnesses R. J. Asnwoon, HENRY S. CHASE.