US729856A

US729856A - Waist-belt.

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Publication number: US729856A
Application number: US62379697A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry J Gaisman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1897-02-17
Filing date: 1897-02-17
Publication date: 1903-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 1920-06-02

Description

PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. H. J. GAISMAN.

WAIST BELT.

APPLICATION FILED 32B. 17, 1897.

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HENRY J. "GAISMAN, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y.

WAIST-BELT.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,856, datedfl'une 2, '1903.

Application filed February 17, 1897. Serial No. 623,796. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Waist-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means for attaching a waist-belt to a garment so that the garment and belt will always remain in relativeposition vertically and whereby the belt maybe adjusted around a persons waist to bring the buckle in the center at the front, while still connected to the garment at the back, notwithstanding that waists may be of difierent sizes relatively to a belt, but within-certain limits.

The invention consists in the combination of a belt with a bar or loop connected at its ends with said belt and means carried by said bar adapted to slide thereon and arranged for connection with means attached to a garment.

The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement and the combinations of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a face View of the inner side of a portion of a belt provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a face view of the outer side of the belt, partly broken to disclose the fastening device on the inner side thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 2, including improved means for holding the bar or loop upon the belt. Fig. 4 is a partly-broken detail perspectiveview of the fastening device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a movable button-holder that is carried by the bar on the belt. Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 5 looking from the other side thereof. Fig. 7 is a partly-broken plan view showing the connection of the fastening device with a garment. Fig. 8 is a View of a woman shown in the act of applying my improved belt to her waist, and Fig. 9 is a detail view of a modification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several Views, 1 indicates a belt, which may be of any suitable construction and providedwith suitable means for connecting its ends together, such as any suitable buckle 2.

3 is a bar or loop secured to the belt by any suitable means. This bar or loop 3 is shown connected at its ends with the belt, so that the part between its points of connection with the belt shall be free and unobstructed.

The bar or loop 3 may be conuectedwith the belt 1 by eyelets or rivets 4, (which may pass through the belt,) or the bar or loop may 7 be connected with the belt by means of an interposed lining 1, to which the bar or loop can be connected, as shown in Fig. 9. By preference, however, I attach the bar or loop 3 to a patch or short piece 1 of leather or other suitable material, which patch or short piece 1 is in turn secured to the inner face of the belt or to a lining carried by the belt. The patch or short piece 1 may be secured to the belt by stitches along its longitudinal edges and by glue at its ends or entirely by stitches or glue. The advantage of using this patch or short piece 1 is that the bar or loop 3 can be attached thereto in quantities, and then the patch can be quickly secured to the linings or the belts by'cement, sewing, eyelets, or otherwise. Furthermore, this patch overcomes the necessity of making holes in the belts or linings and takes the strain therefrom and distributes it more evenly, and the patches can be made of strong material, and will thereby stifien the belt at the point where it is to be attached to a garment, whereby the tendency of the belt to crease or wrinkle in line with the fastener will be'reduced or overcome. By preference the patch is elongated or extended sufiiciently to enable both ends of the fastening-bars 3 to be attached to it to resist the tendency of the belt to crease or wrinkle'and prevent tearing-out of the eyelets or rivets that hold thebar 3.

To further stiffen the belt at the part where the fastening devices are connected with it, I place a stiffening-plate 11 between the belt 1 and the patch 1 or lining 1, as shownin Figs. 1 and 9, which serves to resist the tendency of the belt to crease or Wrinkle between the points of connection of the fastening device with the belt. The plate is preferably made of metal and also serves as a wear-plate to prevent the eyelets or rivets that hold the bar 3 on the patch 1 from injuring the belt ICO and from causing protrusions to appear on the outer face of a belt. The stiffener or plate 11 may be held in place through the medium of the means that hold the patch upon the belt or otherwise.

I have shown the bar or loop 3 as curved to substantially correspond with the curve of a persons waist, so that when the belt is placed around a waist this bar will lie snugly to the waist without drawing the belt or causing it to become creased or wrinkled.

The bar or loop 3 carries means for detachably connecting it with means carried by the garment, which latter means will preferably be a button secured to the waistband of a skirt or to the lower part of the waist.

The means I have shown for connecting the loop 3 with a garment consist of a fastener 5, shown in the form of a plate having a slot 6, adapted to receive the shank or holding-threads of a button. This slot is shown open at one end to permit a button-shank or holding-threads to slide therein; but the fastener 5 maybe made of wire or other suitable material or form, and the slot or button-receiving opening 6 may be arranged otherwise than as shown, if desired. The fastener 5 is provided with means for connecting it movably with the bar or loop 3. The means I have shown for this purpose consist of arms 7, struck from the metal of the fastener and folded inwardly or toward each other to form a socket 8 to receive the bar or loop 3, whereby the fastener can slide along the bar without turning thereon when the bar 3 and the socket 8 are rectangular; but the bars 3 can be round like wire and the socket 8 of corresponding shape, and other means may be provided for movably connecting the fastener 5 with the bar or loop The bar or loop 3 is shown raised from the surface of the belt, so that the fastener carried thereby will have freedom of movement along said bar.

9 is a button or other suitable fastening device whichin Fig. 7 is shown connected with the waistband 10 of a skirt, or it may be connected with any other part of the garment. This button or fastener when used with ladies garments is preferably located at the vertical center of the back of the garment. Instead of connecting, the fastener 5 to the bar or loop 3 it may be attached to the garment by suitable means, such as by sewingthreads, and the button or similar fastener 9 may be attached to said bar or loop 8 by means similar to the parts 7 or their equivalent, as shown in Fig. 9. In Figs. 1, 2, and 8 I have shown the baror loop 3 as connected with the belt 1 below its horizontal center or median line, whereby the belt will be enabled to conceal the skirt-band and extend somewhat up the back, while still connected to the garment by the means shown.

In the arrangement shown the slot or opening 6 of fastener 5 extends horizontally, so that the upper and lower walls of said slot,

v in connection with the corresponding fastener 9, serve to prevent the belt from moving up or down relatively to the garment to which it is attached, and the open end of the slot can be sufficiently narrow to cause the fastener to grip the button-shank or holdingthreads to prevent the spontaneous detachment of the fasteners. Furthermore, the compression of the belt around the waist or the friction between the fastener 5 and the garment will tend to keep the fastener from sliding horizontally; but it is evident that the slot 0 can be otherwise arranged, as it could stand vertically, if desiredfor instance, having its open end extending upwardly-in which case the lower walls 6 of the fastener, in connection with the corresponding fastener 9, would serve to keep the belt from rising or the garment from descending.

It will be seen that the fasteners 5 and i) connect the belt and garment together, so as to keep them from moving vertically relatively to each other, and by having the fastener that is carried by the bar or loop 3 movably connected therewith said fastener will remain in connection with the fastener on the garment, while the belt can be adjusted more or less around the waist to bring the front fastener2 in the center of the body of the wearer. By this means belts of a given length will accommodate waists of different circumference, while enabling the belt to be symmetrically connected therewith.

The bar 3 and the fastener carried thereby form a simple and small attachment on a belt and one that will not cause the belt to protrude in line therewith when around the waist.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of construction shown and described, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A waist-belt having a bar or wire connected therewith near its ends on the inner face of the belt, the portion of said bar between its ends being unobstructed and free from the belt, and a fastener having a hearing to receive said'bar to slide on the same while concealed behind the belt, said fastener having means for connecting it with a garment, substantially as set forth.

2. A belt-holder comprising astrip adapted to be secured to the inside of a belt, a bar or wire secured to said strip and forminga longitudinal guideway thereon, a holder in the form of a plate and having a bearing forsliding on said guideway, said plate being formed with a slot formingjaws, and means to resist the spontaneous removal of a button from the slot, substantially as set forth.

HENRY J GAISMAN.

Witnesses:

JEssE W. WEINBERG, MAX DAVIS.