US92123A - Improvement in safety-pockets for attachment to suspenders - Google Patents

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J. SUMMERS, -O'FWI/NCHES'IIER, VIRGINIA Letters Patent No. 92,123, dated June' 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N SAFETY-Fockers FOR vAT'.rAcHli/rrNT To sUsPnNDERs.

'lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

l To all whom. 'it may concern Be it known that l, J. SUMMERS, of Winchester, in the county of Frederick, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and improved Suspender-Pocket; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full. clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompa way, without the knowledge of the wearer.

ln the drawings- A is the pocket, the sides a a. and bott-om, a', being firmly` stitched together, and the upper end of the front part, l), forming a l'lap, which buttons to the back part at c.

D D are two straps, one ateaeh lower corner, which hutten to the waistband of the pantaloons at the ordinary suspeiuler-buttons.

When the iiap b has been buttoned to the back part of the pocket, (or, it' desired, while the llap is unbutf toned,) the suspender is buttoned to the pocket, atb c, so that the pocket itself forms the only connection between the suspender and the pantaloons.

The front side of the pocket is covered with interlaced metallic chains, c, (preferably steel,) in order to protect the pocket from being cut open.

rlhis device thus saves the necessity of wearing the leather straps at the lower ends ofthe Suspenders, as heretofore, which, in a little while, become soiled by use, and present a very unsightly appearance. At the saule time, it enables the wearer to make use of avery safe device for containing his money, watch, and other valuables.

evident that it cannot 'be unbnttoned nor detached without the owners instantly feeling the change."

cannot be disturbed without the owners knowledge;

Thee-haies not only protect the pocket, but add to its beauty, and prevent it from becoming soiled.

The wholeor any part of the pocket may be made of leather, cloth, 85o., ot any convenient form, containing any number of apartments and openings on either front or rear side, and ornamented according to the taste of the wearer.,

I'do not claim tobe the irst inventor ot' an attachable safety-pocket, designed to be supported by the Suspenders, the latter' being constructed as now in common use, and the pocket merely adapted to be fastened to'their front side, Ifor I ain aware that such a device has heretofore been used by J. F. Clark and others; but f .i

What Ido claim as my invention, and desire to securefbyLettei-s Patent, is the following, viz:

t'ially, of the part A, having the front flap, l1, adapted to button to the back part by means of the button c, the button c adapted to button the fiap, andV also to connect the pocket to the lower end of the suspender, the straps D D fixed to the lower corners of the pocket, and adapted to be att-ached to the pantaloons, and the interlaced chains e e, covering and protecting the pocket, saidparts being constructed and arranged as and for the purpose herein set forth.

. Witnesses: J. SUMMERS.

It. 13. YEAKLEY,

W. S. ZORKLE. n o

If the suspender be bnttoued over the flap l), it is The pocket is kept pressed against the person, and

I claim, as a new article oi manu'iiictnre, the safety i suspender-pocket herein described, consisting, essen--

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