US743617A - Cuff-holder. - Google Patents

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No. 743,617. I PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

E. A. CLARK. CUFF HOLDER.

APPLIOATION rum) MAY 9. 1903.

H0 MODEL.

Patented November 10, 1963.

PATENT OFFICE.

EGBERT A. CLARK, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 743,617, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed May 9, 1903. Serial No. 156,334. (No model.) I

11) a whom, it may concern:

Beit known thatI, EGBERT A. CLARK, a subject of the Kingof England, residing at Wash ington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cuff-holders, garment-supporting devices, dtc; and it consists in the provision ofa clasp comprising two springactuated jaws adapted to engage the lining of a coat-sleeve and provided with a flexible spring-arm-designed to frictionally engage the edge of a end and hold the same in any suitable position with relation to the end of the sleeve, whereby the cuff may be easily adjusted to project beyond the end of the sleeve or be held within the sleeve.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the views, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my cud-holding device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the device in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cuff-holding device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a slight modification in details of construction ofthe cudholder, and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing the manner in which the frictionplate in Fig. 5 is held to one of the jaws of the clasp.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A and A designate the two jaws of the clasp, each of which is provided with integral ears a, which are apertured to receive the pin B, on which the two jaws are pivotally mounted. Said jaw A has a series of serrations 0 along one end thereof, and the jaw A, which is made, preferably, of a single piece of metal bent upon rations G, formed in the end of the jaw A. The portion of the jaw A which is bent back upon the latter and designated in the drawings by letter E in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is flexible and is bent at an angle at E, with substantially one-half its length bearing fiat against the outer face of the jaw A, thus providing a considerable area of contact-surface for engagement with the inner face of a cud, which is to be clamped by said flexible arm to the jaw A. The free end of the flexible arm E is outwardly bent, as at- H, while the adjacent end of the jaw A is extended beyond the curved end H, affording a slight space serving to guide the edge of the cud between the flexible arm and the jaw A when the device is applied to the cuff. In order to obviate any interference of the rear end of the jaw A with the lining of the coat, the end of said jaw is preferably inwardly curved, as shown.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slight modification of my device, in which instead of making the flexible arm A of one piece I make the plate E similar in construction in all essential features to the arm E, excepting that it is a separate piece and provided with integral lugs K, one on either side thereof, which are adapted to be bent over the edge of the jaw A and engage notches N, formed in the opposite edges of the jaw A, as shown clearly in the detail view Fig. 6. In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the serrations would be formed in the end of the jaw A instead of in the portion which is bent upon itself, as disclosed by Figs. 1 to 4., inclusive.

In applying my device to the sleeve of a coat one of the meeting edges of the cuff is slipped between the flexible bar E and the adjacent jaw A, said bar yielding to allow the edge of the cuff to enter, and the cuff will be securely held by frictional contact between the members. After the device has been applied to the end the latter is inserted in the end of the sleeve of a coat, and the jaws of the clasp may be easily opened by the operator depressing the outer ends thereof and pushing the teeth of the jaws against the lining in order to grasp a fold of the lining between the jaws, and after pressure is relieved from the latter the clasp will be held in a fixed position to the portion of the lining engaged by the clasp. The opening and closing of the jaws of the device may be easily accomplished by the operator inserting one finger or thumb inside a cuff, while a second finger or thumb may be applied to the outside of the sleeve directly adjacent to the clasp, and by depressing the ends and pushing the clasp toward the lining the clasp may be adjusted at any desirable location with reference to the end of the sleeve. When the clasp is thus attached to the lining, it will be evident that the distance at which it is desired to have the cuff extend beyond the end of the sleeve may be regulated by pulling or pushing upon the cuff, the latter sliding be' tween the flexible bar and the adjacent jaw, but at all times being held with sutficient fric: tional force to retain the cuff in its adjusted position.

By the provision of my improved cuff-holding device it will be observed that the fastening of the cuff to the shirt-sleeve is entirely dispensed with, and the end may be held attached to the sleeve after the wearer removes his coat.

'W'hile Ihave shown the invention as adapt ed for use particularly as a cuff-holder, it will be understood that the same may be utilized for various purposes in supporting garments-as, for instance, in connection with trousers, skirts, &c.and in which application of its use the jaws could be clamped to any suitable portion of a garment with the flexible arm or bar disposed in a vertical position to utilize a hook over which a loop could be caught for supporting any garment.

It will also be understood that while Ihave shown a particular construction of garmentsupporting device embodying the principle of my invention I may alter the construction of the device in various details, if desired, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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

1. A cuff-supporting device comprising a pair of spring-actuated pivotal jaws one of which is serrated, a flexible clamping-plate fixed at one end to one of said jaws adjacent to its serrated portion, a portion of said clamping-plate held yieldingly against the adjacent jaw to which it is fixed and opposite the pivotal points of the jaw, as set forth.

2. A cuff-holding device comprising two spring-actuated pivotal jaws, one of said jaws being bent upon itself along its clamping edge, and forming a flexible plate yieldingly held against the adjacent face of the jaw of which it is an integral part, and adapted to frictionally engage and hold a cuff against the last-named jaw.

3. A cuff-holder comprising two spring-actuated pivotal jaws, one of which is bent upon itself and forms a flexible plate held yieldingly against the adjacent face of the jaw of which it is an integral part, a series of teeth in the edge, which is formed by bending the jaw upon itself, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EGBERT A. CLARK. Witnesses:

A. L. I-IoUcH, NELLIE A. MAYHEW.

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