US516258A - Suspensory pouch - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) Y J A. BAUER -& T. W. HEINEMANN.

SUSPENSORY POUCH.

Patented Mar. 13; 1894..

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' UNITED STATES ALECK BAUER AND THEODORE W.

PATENT OFFICE.

HEINEMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENSORY POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,258, dated March 13, 1 894.

Application filed April 11, 1893- Serial No. 469,951- (No model.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALEOK BAUER and THEODORE W. HEINEMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Suspensory Pouches; and We declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventron, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has for its object the productwo of a suspensory pouch and its accompanying devices for engaging it to the wearer, which shall be so constructed that it is suspended and held in position by but a single strap which is substituted for the two or three straps now employed and which shall be read ily engageable to and detachable from the pouch, at the will of the wearer.

The invention consists in a combination of devices and appliances hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suspensory embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail illustrating a variation.

In carrying out our invention, A represents a suspensory pouch of any desired construction. Upon the lower rear, or posterior edge is a loop B, while at each end of the top piece 0 is a loop as at DD'.

E is a strap preferably constructed of elastic material, provided on one end with a buckle c. As will be seen, this strap together with the loops through which it passes, formsthe sole support for the pouch. It is of course immaterial where the two ends of the strap join each other but, following the strap as shown in Fig. 1 it passes first through the loop D, thence back around the leg of the wearer as at e, thence through the loop B, thence around the other leg as at 6 through the loop D, thence back around the body as at e and is joined to the other end, preferably by buckling. The posterior portion of the pouch is thus held in position by the portions ee of the strap, while the front of the pouch is held in position by the portion a passing around the body.

Many advantages-are gained by providing the pouch with the loops 'BD-D and supporting it by a single strap passing loosely through the loops. portion of the strap bind too tightly the other portions will yield, thus preventing the novice from making too tight an adjustment of any one part and in that way prejudice him against the use of suspensories. Should any unusual strain be thrown on one portion by virtue of an unusual position of the wearer, the strain will be met by all the portions of the strap coacting. Again it is quickly adjusted since there is but the single buckle. By virtue of the ready detachability, the strap can be easily taken from the pouch when the latter is to be washed. This is a great advantage since the strap can be made of elastic material and the latter not be spoiled by contact with the water, Again the strap being easily attached by the wearer, a new strap can be purchased and attached when the old one wears out, thus prolonging the life of the suspensory very materially. Again there being but a single strap another difficulty heretofore encountered by manufacturers is obviated. That is the fact that where two or three sustaining straps are employed, it has been necessary either to make each one sufficiently long to fit the maximum sized person or to have the objection raised that some one of the straps is too short.

' While We have in Fig. 1 shown the strap slipping freely through each of the loops B- DD and the ends joined together at the side, yet it is obvious that for one of the loops DD might be substituted two buckles or their equivalents FF, one to receive each end of the strap, as shown in Fig. 2, and we would be understood as contemplating by our invention, such a construction. Again should either of the buckles F, F be dispensed with and the end of the strap engaged therewith be permanently attached to the pouch, such a construction would obviously come within the scope of our invention. Again, while we have shown the loops BDD' made of metal and while we prefer to use this form of a loop, yet it is obvious that a cloth loop, or a slot in the top piece, or any one of many different forms of loops might be employed without delies essentially in providing the pouch with three points of engagement for a single sup- For instance should one.

parting from the spirit of our invention,'which porting strap, at least two of said three points enabling the strap to slip freely through them in either direction.

What we claim is 1. The combinationwith a suspensory pouch of the supporting strap engaged to the pouch at three points, at least two of the engaging devices being loops through which the strap can move freely in either direction, substantially as described.

2. A suspensory pouch provided adjacent to its posterior edge with a loop and provided on its upper edge with two loops, one adjacent to each end, all said loops being adapted to receive the supporting strap, and allow the

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