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A. M. MORRISON.

SUPPORTING BAND PoR APRONS..

Patented Nv. 30, 1886.:

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UNITRD ST atras ANNIE M. MORRISON,

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SUPPORTING-BAND IFOR APRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,575, dated November 30. 1886.

Application led J' u1)` 27, 1886. Serial No. 209,256.

Togo/ZZ whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, ANNIE M. MORRISON,

Y a citizen of the United States. residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of 3. 5, l \lewv York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Aprons and Supports and Re tai'ners Therefor, of which the following is a "'specification.

t is very desirable to provide aladys apron which can be quickly applied to and removed from the person at will without the necessity of tyingvand untying strings or tapes. This has heretofore been effected by slipping a pocket along the upper edge of the lapron upon a -I g. hard-rubber spring-band adapted to clasp the waist of the person and have its ends connected by aslide; but in such no provision has been made for keeping the upper edge of the apron distended along the spring and held against shoving or `moving along the length of the spring, in consequence of which the apron when in use becomes displaced and the upper edge thereof must be frequently drawn at its ends to distend it upon the spring to keepit in proper position, which is very objectionable and annoying.

To avoid such objections and provide a novel spring-band and means of attaching the apron thereto, so that it is held in proper place under all circumstances, are the objects of my invention, whiohl accomplish by providing'a steel band, the tendency of which is to assume a eonvolute form, and attaching the ends of the apron-waistband to said sp1 ing by a hook or by slots and tapes, as hereinafter described and claimed.

`In the accompanying drawings', Figure l is a perspective view of an apron showing the position of the waistband when not in use;

4o Fig. 2, a detached perspective View of the convoluted steel band in its closed position; Fig. 3, a viewofthe apronshowing the tapes at the ends of the waistband for securing it to the steel band7 and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the steel band showing a modication for at- Jcaching the' ends of the apron-waistband;

' In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates an apron having, as here shown, a waistband, 2, -in the form of a tubular pocket, in which is (No model) 'tion of the steel band, is passed through the slots or openings 4 and then tied to their companion strings or tapes, thereby securely attaching the ends of the apron-waistband to the steel band and holding such. waistband against shirring or other movement along the length of the steel band. Thisattachment of the waistband to the steel spring-band not only prevents movement of the waistband along the steel band, but it also maintains the waistband in a distended position, so that it can never be displacd from proper position on the steel band. The eonvolute i'orln of the steel band bringsit into asmall compass when not in use, which is desirable, and it can be quickly Opened out and clasped around the waist, where it will support and retain the apron without other fastenings.

Instead of attaching the ends of the waistband to the steel band bystrings or tapes in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore stated, I may provide the steel band near or at each end with a pointed hook, 6, which may be passed through the endsof the apron waistband after the insertion of the spring.l

well as by two strings at each end tied through the slots.

The apron-waistband applied to the springsupport according to my invention is always preserved in a neat tightly-drawn shape,

' 50 inserted'zthe vconvoluted steel band 3, which thereby producing a very satisfactory article. 10o

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A convoluted-springhand for supporting an apron, having adjacent to its ends the lat- 5 erally-projecting hooks 6, for penetrating and thereby securing the ends of an apron-waistband, substantially as described.

2. A convoluted spring-band for supporting lan a 32, h'z'in, adjacent to its ends the ad- 1o justaole sliding plates 7, having attached hooks 6, for penetrating and thereby securing an apron-waistband, substan tially as described.

3. A spring-band for supporting an apron, having adjacent4 to each end a longitudinal yslot and a. laterally-projecting hook, 6, slb- 15 stantially as and for the vpurpose described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

,ANNIE M. MORRISON.

Witnesses:

J. F. WILLIAMs, J As. R. EDWARDS.

It is hereby certified that in the papers pertaining to the case upon which Letters Patent No. 353,575 have this day been issued to Annie M. Morrison, for' an improvement in Supporting Bands for Aprons, there is an amendment led November 20, 1886, in the following Words, to Wit: I do not here broadly claim un 'apron hut/ing d waistband provided dt its cnds with strings, in combination with u convoluted spring band applied to the apron waistband und hcl/ting a slot near euch end through which the upronstrings ure-passed und tied, as such constitutes the subject-matter of d separate application' for Letters Patent jtled by me November 20, 1886, which said amendment should have been incorporated 'in the speeication immediately preceding the claims; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 30th day of November, A. D. 1586.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

' Acting Secretary of the Interior.

lCrec-tion Ainv wLeiters 4uPatent lilo.. 353,575.

Countersigned R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner oflutents.

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