US767941A - Waist-belt. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED AUG. 1e, 1904.

` WpHARTUNG. WAISTBELTr ArrLloA'x'Ion FILED snPT. 12, 1902.

,N0 MODEL.

@ATTORNEY I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'V

Patented August 16, 1904.

vWARNER HARTUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORLTO HENRY J.

GAISMAN AND FERDINAND S. M. BLUN, OF NEINT YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,941, dated August 16, 1904. Application filed September 12, 1902. Serial No. 123,082. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WARNER HARTUNG, a

citizen of the United States, and a residentl of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVaist-Belts, of which the following is aspeciflcation.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of waist-belts that have a plurality of strap-like parts movably connected together, and in carrying outimy invention I connect'the strap-like parts together by hingey joints, and the ends of the belt are provided with means for connecting the belt around a waist. v A

The invention further contemplates the novel details of improvement that-will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had t'o the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figureilis a face View of a waist-belt embodying myinve'ntion. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail -view of the hinge-joint between two of the strap-like parts. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 8 3 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a'detail view of the hinge-joint. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing means for maintaining the edges of the straps in proper relation at the hinged ends. Fig. 5 is an edge view in section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modiiied arrangement of the hinge connecting the strap-like parts; and

Fig.7 is a section on the line 7 7 in Fig. 6.

looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar numerals of reference indicate'corresponding parts in the'several views.

In the drawings the numerals l 2 3 indicate the main or strap-like parts of a waist-belt,

- which are connected together at their adjacent ends by hinges. Y g Y In Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive,the tongues or members 1u 2iL 3 of the hinges are made integral with the strap-like parts 1 2 3, respectively,, by properly cutting the straps and'.

folding the tongues back upon the straps and securing them thereto, as by stitches, to form eyes, as l-b, to receive the pin 4. (See Fig. 3.) As shown in Fig. 3, I cut slots or openings lc near the end of the strap and fold the end lpart l back upon the straps to form the tongues and-eyes for the pin 4. As shown, the strap-like parts are connected together by intermeshing the several tongues at the adjacent ends of the straps and passing the pins 4 through the eyes.

As shown in the drawings, tongues l 2 38L are located at one corner of a strap; but at the adjacent corner of the same strap there'is no tongue, so that when the straps are made of such pliable material as leather considerable play may take place between such end of the strap andthe adjacent tongue of the next strap. To reduce such liability, I have shown in Figs. 4, and 5 a rigid or non-elastic connectionbetween the end of the strap and the pin 4, and the arrangement shown consists of a wire 5, coiled around the pin 4 and firmly connected to the adjacent strap. 4(See Figs. 4 and 5.) The wire 5 is shown bent toward the strap and passed between the lapping or folded parts that form'the part of the hingejoint, and the wire may be secured in place by the stitches 6, thatY hold the parts together at the hinge, or otherwise. The eye of the coil of wire 5 may swing on the pin 4, and the wire 5 serves tohold the adjacent edge of the strap in proper'alinement with the pin 4.

Instead of having the tongues of the hinges made integral with the straps l 2 3, the hinges may be made separately, as shown at 7 in Figs. 6 and 7, and secured to the adjacent ends of the straps 1 2 3, as by stitches or the like, and when such hinges are made of pliable material, su'ch as leather, the wire connections 5 may also be utilized.

The belt constructed as described is provided with means for connecting its ends together around a waist, such as a buckle 8 at one end. of the belt and holes at the opposite end, or in any other well-known manner.

The belt described will be found ldesirable in that the hinge-joint provides al strong connection between the strap-like parts and permits the belt to adjust itseltl properly in posi tion around a Waist, and the device is also simple to manufacture and strong in use.

1 While I have shown three strap-like parts composing the main portions of the belt., it is evident that one or more strap-like parts may be used and connected together as described.

Having now described my invention,v what I claim isl. A Waist-belt comprising a plurality of strap-like parts provided with tongues made integral therewith at adjacent ends, forming eyes, the tongues at adjacent ends of the straps being intermeshed and their eyes valined, a pin passing through said eyes and connecting adjacent tongues together, and means for connecting the ends of the belt together around a Waist, substantially as described.

2. A Waist-belt comprising a plurality of strap-like parts provided near their adjacent ends with slots providing tongues, the material ofthe straps beyond the slots being folded backwardly upon itself forming eyes, the tongues being` interlneshed and the eyes alined` a pin connecting the corresimnding eyes ot' adjacent straps together, and means for connecting the ends of the belt together around a Waist, substantially as described.

3. A waist-belt comprising a plurality ot strap-like parts connected together by a hingejoint, and a non-elastic connection between the hinge and the adjacent edge of a strap-like part, substantially as described.

4. A Waist-belt comprising a plurality oi strap-like parts connected together by a hingejoint, and a Wire having one end connected with the pin of the hinge and the other end connected with the adjacent end ot' a strap.y substantially as described.

TARNER HARTUNG VVitn esses:

SIMON WEIL, EDWARD S. LUCAS.

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