US686887A

US686887A - Garment-supporter.

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Publication number: US686887A
Application number: US6832501A
Authority: US
Inventors: John W Conboy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-07-15
Filing date: 1901-07-15
Publication date: 1901-11-19
Anticipated expiration: 1918-11-19

Description

vN0. 686,887; Patented Nov. l9', l90I. J. W. CONBUY.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Jul 15, 1901.

(llo Modal.)

witnes sesr Im rentor \n] 3 Attorney UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. OONBOY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,887, dated November 19, 1901. Application filed July 15, 1901. Serial No. 68,325- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. OONBOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, (post-office address No. 828 Buckeye street,Hamilton, Ohio,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, pertaining to garment-supporters, relates to a clasp to be attached to the waist-hem of the trousers upon the inner surface of the trousers and adapted to engage the hem at the waist of the drawers and prevent the drooping of the same.

While the device has been designed particularly with reference to the supporting of drawers from the hem of the trousers, it is ob viously applicable for other garmen t-supporting purposes.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the waist-heme of the trousers and drawers provided with my improved supporter or clasp; Fig. 2, a face and an edge View of the supporter or clasp detached from thegarm ent; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the device detached from the garments; Fig. 4, an exterior face view of the supporter or clasp having attached to it a button by means of which it may be united to the waist-hem of the trousers; Fig. 5, an exterior face view of the supporter or clasp illustrated as being formed of wire, the other figures illustrating the device as being formed of sheet metal; and Fig. 6, a perspective View of the supporter or clasp when provided with a safety-pin attachment as a means for uniting it to the waist-hem of the trousers.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the waist-hem of the trousers; 2, the waisthem of the drawers, which it is desired shall be supported at aboutthe sameheight as that of the trousers, the object of my invention being to conveniently secure such support; 3, my improved supporter or clasp, the same being permanently or temporarily secured to the inner surface of the waist-hem of the trousers, preferably at positions corresponding with those of the Suspender-buttons, so that the weight of the supported drawers is imposed with substantial directness upon the straps of the suspenders, thus preventing the downward dragging of the hem of the trousers at points where such hem is unsupported by the suspenders, my preference being that a pair of my supporters or clasps be provided upon the waist-hem of the trousers, one at each side of the front center of the same; 4, a button attached permanently or temporarily to the waist-hem of the trousers and to the supporter or clasp, this button coming upon the outside of the hem of the trousers and serving as one of the suspender-buttons, Fig. 1 illustrating this button as being sewed at once to the hem of the trousers and to the head of the supporter or clasp,wh ile Fig. 4 shows the button as being permanently secured, as by riveting or otherwise, to the head ofthe clasp independent of the hem of the trousers; 5, the head or upper portion of the clasp, by means of which it is to be attached through the medium of the selected means to the hem of the trousers; 6, two prongs projecting downwardly from the head of the supporter or clasp; 7, a central prong projecting downwardly from the head of the supporter or clasp between the side prongs 6 and being deflected rcarwardlysomewhat out of the common vertical plane of the said prongs 6; 8, forwardly-projecting points or hooks at the lower extremities of the side prongs 6, the same being sharpened, so as to be adapted to grip orpenetrate the fabric of the hem of the drawers, and 9 in Fig. 6 a safety-pin attachment provided upon the head of the supporter or clasp and adapted to serve in lieu of sewing or a button as a means for securing the supporter or clasp to the hem of the trousers.

Referring to Fig. 1, let it be assumed that one of these clasps is provided upon the inner surface of the hem of the trousers in the neighborhood, preferably, of one of the suspender-buttons at the right and another one at the left, regardless of the means by which the supporters or clasps are secured to the hem of the trousers so long as the attachment is secure and leaves the prongs of the supporters or clasps free. The hem of the drawers is to be inserted upwardly against the rear face of the central prong 7 and against the front faces of the side prongs 6. Under those conditions the ordinary tangential and vertical strain upon the hem of the drawers causes the fabric of the drawers to bear against the hooks 8 and cause the latter to penetrate the fabric. The drawers are thus satisfactorily supported. To detach the drawers from the clasp, it is only necessary to press outwardly upon the fabric of the drawers near the hooks, thus unhooking them and permitting the hem of the drawers to slip down out of engagement with the prongs of the clasp.

The clasp may be made of thin sheet metal, as illustrated in the general figures of the drawings, or it may beformed of wire, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 5. It is dc sirable that the clasp be as light as possible consistent with strength. It is to be observed that in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 6 the central prong 7 has an opening in its center. This opening is a mere expedient for lessening the weight of the structure.

The clasp may, as heretofore stated, be either permanently or temporarily affixed to the hem of the trousers, which may be accomplished by sewing the head of the clasp to the trousers or by providing the head of the clasp with abutton, either an ordinary button or a so-called bachelor-button, to engage a buttonhole in the hem of the trousers or by providing the head of the clasp with a pin or analogous device by which it may be readily attached. In Fig. 1 I illustrate the clasp as sewed to the hem of the trousers by the same with the clasps when ready for sale.

sewing which attached the button thereto. In such case the clasp would be a permanent attachment of the trousers, and this is the plan preferably adopted for trousers provided Figs. 2, 3, and 5 illustrate the clasp as adapted for thus being sewed to the trousers either with or independent of a button. Fig. 4 illustrates the clasp as having a button 4 attached to it and adapted for engagement with a suitable buttonhole in the hem of the trousers. Such butt-on may thus serve merely as the means for attaching the clasp to the trousers,

- orit may, in addition, serveas one of the suspender-buttons. In Fig. 6 I illustrate the head of the clasp as provided with a safetypin attachment, permitting the clasp to be affixed to the hem of the trousers in an obvious manner.

The clasps, regardless of how they are affixed to the hem of the trousers, may be at tached at any desired points around the body or around the waist-hem of the trousers; but my preference is to attach them at points corresponding with front Suspender-buttons upon the trousers, thus causing the susponder-strap to give direct support to the drawers and avoid the downward dragging of unsupported parts of the hem of the trousers. This may be done, as illustrated in Fig. 1, by securing the clasp upon one of the suspender-buttons at one s ewing, or it maybe done by providing the trousers with buttonholes at the desired point to be engaged by a button provided on the clasp, as shown in Fig. at, such button serving to attach the clasp and to receive a suspender-strap.

When the device is used for the support of other garments than drawers or for supporting from other points of attachment than the hem of the drawers, the manner of attachment and use will readily suggest themselves to the user and may be fully comprehended in the instruction to attach the head of the clasp by any suitable means to the desired point on the garment which is to provide the support and to engage the prongs of the clasp with a presenting edge of the garment which is to be supported.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a garment supporter, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a head adapted to be attached to the inner surface of the waist-hem of trousers, a pair of prongs projecting downwardly from said head and adapted to engage the inner surface of the hem of the drawers, hooks or points provided upon the lower extremities of said prongs and adapted to penetrate the fabric of the drawers when laid against the face of said prongs, and a prong projecting downwardly from said head between the first-mentioned prongs and adapted to press the fabric against said hooks or points when the fabric is under strain.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a head adapted to be attached to the inner surface of the Waist-hem of, trousers, a pair of prongs projecting downwardly from said head and adapted to engage the inner surface of the hem of the drawers, hooks or points provided upon the lower extremities of said prongs and adapted to penetrate the fabric of the drawers when laid against the face of said prongs, and a prong projecting downwardly from said head between the first-mentioned prongs and deflected inwardly out of. the common plane of said first-mentioned prongs and adapted to press the fabric against said hooks or points when the fabric is under strain.

3. In a garment'supporter, the combination, substantially as set forth, of a pair of substantially parallel prongs, hooks on the extremities thereof adapted to penetrate a fabric laid against the face of said prongs, a third prong disposed substantially parallel with and having substantially the same length as the first-mentioned pair of prongs and adapted to press the fabric against said hooks, and a head integrally uniting said three prongs and adapted for attachment to the garment which is to furnish the support.

JOHN W. CONBOY.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. SEE, .ELMER R. SHIPLEY.