US819794A - Suspenders. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

W. PIGOTT.

SUSPENDBRS.

APPLICATION PILBD OGT.7, 1905.

mm co.. FMIfO-LIYROGNA say, each guide-100p B and B is formed as a 'NITED STATES PATENT orrron.

WILLIAM PIGOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLIN OIS.

S S P E N D E FIS Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Oct0bor 7,1905. Serial No. 281.725.

shown in Fig. 1. The inner edges of each of the guide-loops B and B may be brought nearer together at the center, as shoWn at I) in Fig. 2, these opposing portions boing separated, however, a sufficient distance apart to permit the suspenders A and A to be readily inserted in position within the clasp. B v leaving an open space between the edges of the guide loops opposite the connectinghereof. plate I) the clasp can be readily placed upon The present invention has for its object to any pair of suspenders and will serve to hold provide an improved construction of clasp them in position for use, while allowing the for uniting the suspenders at their point of suspenders to move freel one upon the intersection, the purpose of the clasp being to other under strains to which they Will be suballow the suspenders to adjustthemselves jected. It will thus be seen that when in With ease and freedom to the various 1noveposition for use 1ny improved back clasp Will ments of the wearers body. remain with certainty at the crossing'point The invention consists in the features of of the suspenders regardless of variations in novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in height of the crossingpoint incident to the the accompanyingdrawings, and particufigure of the wearer, because the clasp is free larly pointed out in the claims at the end of t0 slide up or down to the point of interthis specification. section. Moreover, while the clasp adjusts Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair of suspenditself to different positions it also serves to ers embodying my invention. F ig. 2 is a dehold the suspenders together, and thus pretail planview of1nyimproved clasp with the vent their slipping clown over the shoulders. suspenders removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a It promptly responds also to the wearer, reface view, and Fig. 4 is a back view showing tmning always to normal position. a modified form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a In the preferred embodin1ent of my invensection on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. tion, which is that illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, A and A designate the suspenders, the and 5 of the drawings, the back clasp is back ends of which are rovided With suitable formed of two sections that are pivoted t0- buttonholes a or simi ar means for attach gether, each of these sections having an upment to the back buttons of the trousers and per 100p at one side of its pivotpoint and a the front ends of which are formed with the lower loop at the opposite side of said pivotusual buttonholeloops a or other similar point, the upper and lower loops of one secmeans for engagement with the front buttons tion being arranged opposite the correspondof the trousers. At their point of intersecing loops of the other section of the clasp. tion the suspenders A and A pass through en the sections are pivoted together, the the clasp which characterizes my present inupper guide-100p of one section and the lower vention. gu1dedoop of the other section form reversely In the form of my invention illustrated in 1nclined guides corresponding to the guide- Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the back clasp loops B and B in the construction hereinbeis shown as formed of a single plate of metal fore described. As shown in Figs. 3, 4, and having guideloops B and B and connecting 5, each of the pivoted sections may have its portion 6. Each of the guide-loops B and B upper and lower guidedoops cut away, if dehas its free edges b folded over to form the sired, to lighten the clasp; but this is 1101; esguide-loops which receive the suspenders A sential. Each of the sections C and 0 is and A, as shown in Fig. 1. The outer porformed at its upper end with a guide-100p by tion of each of the guide-loops B and B is turning over the metal of the section and is flared at an angle from the centerthat is to formed at its lower end With a similar guideloop made in like manner. The upper and lower sections are shown as cut away to lighten the clasp, so that the upper section has its uide-loops formed of the bars 0 and 0, while file lower guide-100p of this section is formed of U-shaped bars 6 and and si1ni No. 819,794. Patented May 8, 1906.

[0 all who7m izfi 7nay concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM PIGOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part channel that is reversely inclined from its centerthe walls of the guide-100p being separated at a sufiicient distance to receive the suspenders A and A when placed one upon the other within the guide-100p, as

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' tien of each side larly the section C has its upper 100p formed of the Ushaped bars 0 and c and has its 1ower guide-100p formed of the bars 0 and 6 The upper and lower guide-loops of each of the sections C and C is connected by an integral part of the section, and these sections are pivoted together, as at D, by a pin or rivet, so that the sections can move freely to correspond to the movement of the suspenders. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the guideloops of the sections C and 0 have their front edges arranged sufficiently far apart to permit the suspenders to be readiiy inserted into the loops, and when thus inserted the suspenders will be held in fiat and compact relation, and yet will be free to slip one upon the other in order to respond to the movements of the wearer. In practice I have found that no matter what point upon the suspenders the Clasp may be placed the strain upon the suspenders causes the clasp to be located at the proper point of.intersection of the suspenders, and the loops allow an easy movement of the suspenders not only conducive to the comfort of the wearer, but also avoiding eXcess wear upon the edges of the suspenders.

Having thus described n1y invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a pair of sus penders, of a back,clasp having guide-loops at each side thereof, the upper and lower por forming reverselyinclined portions receiving the suspenders, the edges of the guide-loops being arranged at a distance apart to permit the suspenders to be inserted in the clasp.

2. The combination with a pair of suspenders, tions pivoted together, each section hav1ng an upper 100p at one side of its pivotal point and a lower 100p at the opposite side of its pivotal point, the upper and lower loops of one section being arranged opposite the corresponding ioops of the other section Whereby the suspenders are adapted to lie in said loops on the same side of the pivotal point.

3. The combination with a pair of suspenders, of a back clasp formed of two sections pivoted together, each section having an upper 100p at one side of its pivotal point and a iower loop at the Opposite side of its pivotai point, the upper and lower loops of one section being arranged opposite the corresponding loops of the other section, the opposing edges of the loops being separated to permit the insertion of the suspenders whereby the suspenders are adapted to lie in said loops on the same side of the pivotal point.

4. The combination with a pair of suspenders, of a back clasp formed of two sections, each of said sections being made from plate metal with integral upper and lower loops connected together, said two sections being pivoted, and each section having an upper 100p at one side of its pivotal point and a lower 100p at the opposite side of said pivotal point,. the upper and lower loops of one section being arranged opposite the cor responding loops of the other section where by the suspenders are adapted to lie in said ioops on the same side of the pivotal point.

WILLIAM PIGOTT Nitnesses KATIARINE GERLAGH, LILLIAN PRENTICE.

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