US412097A

US412097A - Jacob katzenberg

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Publication number: US412097A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-10-01
Anticipated expiration: 1906-10-01

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(No Model.)

J. KATZENBBRG. SUSPENDERS.

No. 412,097. Patented Oct. 1,1889,

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. UNITED STATES JACOB KATZEN BERG, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,097, dated October 1, 1889.

Application filed July 18, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB KATZENBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference'being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The drawing is a perspective view of a pair of suspenders showing my improvements.

The view represents the shoulder-strap on the right-hand side turned wrong side out to illustrate one feature of my improvement more clearly. Y

My improvements relate to elastic crossed straps connecting the shoulder-strap in the rear and a peculiar construction of the ends in front, as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

Referring to the drawing, A A represent the shoulder-straps, which are of any suitable kind of webbing, either elastic or non-elastic.

B represents two cross-straps in the rear connecting the shoulder-straps and substantially in the form of the letter X.

I prefer to make the straps B of elastic webbing, although for some purposes nonelastic webbing will answer just as well. These straps are secured to the shoulderstraps in any suitable manner and either on the inside or outside of the shoulder-straps, although I prefer to secure them on the outside, so as not to hurt the back of the wearer.

At the lower ends of the shoulder-straps at the rear I provide the button loops or tabs D D, which I prefer to make of cord or braid secured, as indicated on the drawing, directly to the material composing the shoulder-straps.

At the front lower ends of the shoulderstraps and on the inner sides thereof 1 secure the buckles a, of any suitable character, one on each strap. It will be noticed that Serial No. 317,854. (No model.)

these buckles are secured to the shoulderstraps in a reversed position, so that the same will be held in proper position and the smooth finished or plated side of the buckle will be next the wearer and prevent injury, and also prevent injury to the shirt by corrosion.

Adjustably secured to the buckles are the short pieces of webbing O, and to the lower ends of these short pieces 0 the ends I) are secured, preferably by stitching, and covered by a leather or fabric tab, as at c. The ends may be secured by other means than stitching, as this feature-that is to say, the means of connecting the ends to the web 0- is unimportant. The ends themselves may be of any approved kind.

The cross-straps B at the back render the suspenders very comfortable to the wearer and prevent their slipping oif the shoulder and at the same time support the back.

It will be seen that there are no buckles or other metallic attachments on the outside of the suspenders, and that the inside is also practically smooth, as the finished side of the buckle is next the wearer. The usual ring, clasp, or other attachment for the cast-off is also dispensed with.

By my improvement I am enabled to construct a neat, ornamental, and comfortable suspender, and at the same time economize in the material used, as the shoulder-straps ers, and short pieces of webbing are utilized in the manufacture of the pieces to which the front ends are secured.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A suspender having crossed straps B connecting the shoulder-straps in the rear, substantially as described.

2. A suspenderhaving the buckles secured to the shoulder-straps on their inner sides and at some distance from their lower front ends and short straps or webs carrying the ends, adjustable in the buckles, substantially as described.

3. A suspenderhaving the buckles secured need not be as long as in ordinary suspendto the shoulder-straps on their inner sides at In testimony whereof I affix my signature in some distance from their lower front ends presence of twov witnesses. and short straps or Webs carrying the ends adjustable in the buckles, and cord or braid JACOB KATZENBERG' 5 loops atthe rear ends of the shoulder-straps WVit-nesses:

and secured directly thereto, substantially as FERNANDO BALTES, described. ELIAS R. PEOK.