US697596A

US697596A - Hose-supporter.

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Publication number: US697596A
Application number: US7865801A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mildred Anderson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-10-14
Filing date: 1901-10-14
Publication date: 1902-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 1919-04-15

Description

No. 697,596. Pa tent ed Apr. I5, I902. m. ANDERSON. HOSE surronnzn.

(Application filed Oct. 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNI ED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

MILDRED ANDERSON, OF OLYPHANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,596, dated April 15, 1902. V

7 Application filed October 14, 1901. Serial No. 78,658. (No model.)

supporters in which a web or tape of elastic material is used to suspend the hose from the corset of the wearer; and the objects of the invention are to provide supporters of the kind which are easily separable and readily fastened and which hold the hose or stocking back and front to join both of the supporters and otherwise render them more convenient.

To these ends the invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, as specified herein and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a back view showing a set of my supporters in use. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a clasp entering into the construction of myimproved supporters. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section taken on the line a: g] of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of a safety-pin attachment member entering into my invention. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the method of cutting plate metal to form the attachment member shown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a View of the safetypin attachment member, taken at right angles to that of Fig. 5.

Similar characters of reference denote like and corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes a corset, and 2 denotes the hose or stockings to be supported by supporters stretched between the said corset and the hose.

3 3 and a 4 designate back or rear attachments of my supporters to the hose, while 5 5 and 6 6 denote corresponding front attachments. These attachments are all similar and consist of the usual slotted clasp well known in supporters, four of these being used for each hose or stocking to be supported, each end of the strips or

loops

11, 12, 13, and 1 being supplied with one of said clasps, and

the said strips being either secured to or sliding through the bail 23. The weight of the hoseis supported by

elasticstrips

7, 8, 9, and 10, secured to the corset or other article of clothing at the

points

19, 20, 21, and 22 by means of attachment members constructed from plate metal and having-a pin, as shown in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, the ends of the elastic strips being drawn through the slots of the plate 27 and secured there by sewing, riveting, or any other suitable means. In using the safety attachment member the pin is directed inward, and the plate being broad prevents tilting or turning, so that the plate side of the member remains exposed outward and is held in the fiat position by the clothing.

The front and rear straps 8 9 and 7 10 are respectively connected by bands or

straps

17 and 16 made from similar. material and designed to extend around the outside of the leg of the wearer. Bythis means the separate ends are prevented from tangling and the parts are more readily accessible to the user. A band 18 likewise connects the two rear straps 7 and 8, whereby all of the parts are united into one article of apparel when separated from the corset. Four clasps (designated 15in the drawings) unite the loops to the main supporters. These clasps are separable by compression of the thumb on the thumb-piece 24, and thus disengaging the catch 25 from the opening 26 in the main part of the clasp. The main straps or supports are drawn downward through the sheath 32 and are adjustable and fastened thereto at the proper length by means of a projecting portion 33, extending into the sheath 32 and engaging with the elastic tape. This being a common form of buckle or clasp for such purposes, it is not claimed as new. I render it convenient for my purposes by securing the bail 23, through which the loops are passed, to the lower member of the clasp by hooking it to the said lower member, as shown at 34:. The safety pin attachment member which I use is designed especially for my supporter and is constructed from a plate member 27, having a plurality of slots through which the strap or tape may be drawn. A pin 30 is connected at 31, the point end of the pin being slipped under a hook 28, which is made integrally from the plate, as suggested in Fig. 6. The point of the pin is further protected by a shield 29, bent up on the end of the plate.

The use of my supporters is readily explained. The four attachments to the corset or other corsage of the wearer having been made, the straps are drawn through the sheaths 32 until the proper adjustment is found. Then the attachments to the hose are made by the four clasps to each hose, as shown, and the clasps are then connected by taking one part in each hand and sliding them together until the hooks engage in the openings 26, as explained. In removing the fastenings the

clasps

3, 4, 5, and 6 are not disengaged from the hose, but a disconnec tion of the clasps 15 is simply made, connection and disconnection being much more readily effected by means of them.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described hose supporter comprising front and back straps, with means for attaching the same to the corsage of the wearer, in combination with front and rear loops adapted to be connected to the front and rear parts of the hose to be supported, and each of said loops provided with a clasp attachment to one of the straps aforesaid, together with transverse bands connecting a front and rear strap at each side, and an additional transverse band connecting the rear straps, whereby the main part of the supporter is united, and the several loops aforesaid made easily separable therefrom, substantially as specified.

2. In a hose supporter of the kind described, the combination With front and back supporting-straps, transverse bands connecting a front and back strap at either side, the

upper ends of said straps having suitable con- MILDRED ANDERSON.

\Vitnesses .T. J. IIEALEY, D. G. MORAN.