US1391298A - Hose-supporter - Google Patents

Description

J. H. BURT.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1920.

1,391,298. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

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WITNESS:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. BURT, OF SPRINGFIELD. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS TO THRIFT-GARTER CO., INC., 015 NEW YORK,

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

N. Y., A

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Application filed July 29,

T 0 all whomit may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BURT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts. have invented a new and useful Hose-Supporter, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices worn on the leg below the knee for the purpose of supporting hose, and consists essentially of an elastic band to encircle the leg, which is provided with certain peculiar fastening means, and one or more depending elements for attachment to the stocking or to which the stocking is attached, such element or elements being attached or connected in a special manner or by special means with said band, together with such other parts and members as may be necessary or desirable in order to make the supporter complete and render the same efficient in every respect, all as hereinafter set forth.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a hose supporter the several parts of which are connected without the aid of sewing or stitching, so that such supporter is very cheap to manufacture, and yet the same is strong, durable, and convenient, being as much so and as practicable and eflicient as supporters which are made up by stitching the parts together.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which is adapted to encircle the leg in a manner similar to that in which a belt encircles the body, so that the force applied to the leg is equally distributed and the strain on the encircling band of the supporter is also equally distributed, instead of being more pronounced at one point than another as is commonly the case with the ordinary suporter. This is a very important feature, Eecause the comfort of the person wearing the supporter is enhanced, and the life of the supporter prolonged.

Still another object is to produce a hose supporter which is more durable and lasting in its elastic part than other hose supporters. This is due partly to the above-noted belt construction, and partly to the absence of stitching or sewing and of the doubling of the elastic part such as is required in the old construction. The strain on my sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 399,730.

porter band is evenly distributed throughout the same, and one part of the rubber portions thereof is not liable to break sooner than another part.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description.

I attain the objects and secure the advantages of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hose supporter which embodies a practical form of my invention, such supporter having two depending attaching elements for the stocking, and being represented with the band unhooked or disconnected at the ends; Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical section through the connection between the band and one of the aforesaid hose-attaching elements; Fig. 3, a plan of the buckle used in the aforesaid connection and which forms part of the fastening means for the band whereby the latter is attached to the leg; Fig. 4, a plan of the buckle employed in the connection for the other stocking-attaching elements; Fig. 5, a plan of the male member of the aforesaid fastener, and, Fig. 6, a plan of one of the male members of the stocking fasteners.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Although I have shown a hose supporter which included a pair of attaching elements for the stocking, it is to be understood that only one of such elements need be employed in many cases, and that in such event the other of said elements is omitted.

The supporter herein illustrated comprises an elastic band 1 which is designed to belt or encircle the leg below the knee, depending tabs 22 and 3-3, buckles 4 and 5 by means of which said tabs are connected with said band, a male fastening member 6 which is adapted to engage with said buckle 4 for the purpose of securing said band to the leg, a male fastening member 7 for the stocking at the lower end of each of said tabs 2, and a female fastening member 8 for the stocking at the lower end of each of said tabs 3.

There are two narrow, transverse slots 9, an intermediate, narrow slot 10, and a wide slot 11 the ends of which converge from the inner to the outer sides of said last-named slot, in the buckle4. The slot 10 is between the slots 9 and adjacent to the bottom edge of the buckle 4.

The buckle is slotted similarly to the buckle 4 except that said buckle 5 is shorter than the other and does not have therein the slot 11, but only the slots 9 and 10.

The buckle 6 has therein two transverse slots 12 adjacent to one end, and has struck therefrom a tongue 13 adjacent to the other end, said tongue having converging edges and being adapted to enter the slot 11 in the buckle 4 and thereby engage and interlock withsaid buckle.

The members 7 and 8 are similar to the other male and female members used in connection with hose and for other garmentsu porting purposes. Each member 7 has a lieaded stud or post 14 projecting from one side thereof, and slots 15-15 on opposite sides or above and below said post. Each member 8 is adapted to be engaged with its associated post or stud 14, after the garment or the stocking has been caught over said stud, to secure the engaged portion of the fabric in place, all in the usual and well-known manner.

The band 1 consists of a single piece, and the tabs 2 and 3.in each stocking-supporting element are formed out of one piece, as will presentl more clearl appear.

In ad ition to the s ots 12, in the buckle or male member 6 of the band fastener, there is a large slot 16 from which the tongue 13 is cut, althou h said slot 16 is lon er than said tongue. ne end of the band 1 15 passed from the inside of the member 6 outwardl through the slot 16, next inwardl throug the outer slot 12, then outwar ly again through the inner slot 12, and finally inwardly again throu h said slot 16, a short length, as 17, being eft on the inside of the band proper. The frictional resistance afforded by the contact between the parts thus connected is sufficient to hold the member 6 in place on the band 1, althou h said member ma be adjusted on said ban if desired, as Wlll be readil seen. -The tongue 13 is inside of the doub e thickness of material which passes throu h the slot 16, and when said tongue is hoo ed into the slotted part at 11, of the buckle or female member 4 of the band fastener, such part is received between said material and said tongue.

The other end of the band 1 is passed from the inside outwardly through the right-hand slot 9, in the female member 4, and thence to the left and inwardly through the lefthand slot 9 in said member, leaving an exterior horizontal loop 18, a short len th, as 19, of said band extending behind t e slot 11 and be end the left-hand end of said member. a vhen the tongue 13 is in the slot 11 and in looking engagement with the member 4, the part 19 of the band 1 is behind said tongue and adjacent portions of said member. The member 4 is adjustable on the band.

Themember 6 is hooked into the member 4 and unhooked therefrom in the manner usual in fasteners of this general type, and when said members are in engagement with each other the band 1 is held securely on the leg, and the parts 17 and 19 protect the leg from said members.

The tabs 2 and 3 which are attached to the member 4 are formed and the connection between said tabs and the band 1 is made in the following manner: Starting with one end of the strip of tape or other material, with which said tabs are produced, against the inside face of the member 4, as represented at 20 in Fig. 2, said strip passes up over the top of said member, down on the outside thereof through the loop 18, and below said member to be looped to receive the attached fastener 8 and formthe short tab of this stocking-attaching element, and then passes upwardly through said loop 18 again; next said strip passes over the top of said member down behind the same to and forwardly through the slot 10 in said member, and below the latter to be looped to receive the attached fastener 7 and form the long tab of said element, the descending portion of said long tab passing behind and under said last-named fastener, and the ascending portion thereof passing rearwardly through the bottom slot 15 and forwardly through the upper slot 15 in said last-named fastener; and, finally, said ascending portion passes rearwardly through said slot 10 and upwardly between the back sides of said member and the terminal portion of the strip at 20 and the" inside of that portion of the strip of which mention was first made as passing down behind said member, over the top of said member between the two portions of the strip already on top thereof, and down to end at the opposite terminal, at 21, between the two thicknesses of tape already mentioned as being in front of said member. Thus formed and united with the member 4 and the band 1 the tabs 2 and 3 are held securely in place by frictional engagement, and without sewing or stitching, so also is said member on said band, unless the parts be loosened to enable the former to be adjusted on the latter.

The fastener or buckle 5 is united with the band 1 and the tabs of the second stockin gattaching element are formed and the connection between them and said band is made in precisely the same manner as previously described relative to the first stocking-attaching element. The fasteners 7 and 8 in the second pair are attached to their IL spective tabs or the latter are attached o them just as in the first case.

It is now clearly to be seen in what manner I am able to produce a strong, durable, and serviceable hose supporter by relying simply and solely on friction to hold the parts in place, without the aid of any stitching, sewing, or similar securing means.

The supporter is applied in much the same way as other types of supporters for short hose, and further explanation relative thereto is not deemed to be necessary.

When the supporter is in place the band 1 encircles the leg like a belt, and the advantages accruing therefrom, of which mention has been made, are obtained. There are no stitches in the band to impair the same, and no looped or doubled portions thereof to cause the strain and wear to be unevenly distributed. The tabs are properly positioned and. adapted to function to the best advantage.

More or less change in the shape, size, construction, and arrangement of some or all of the parts of this supporter may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.As an improved article of manufacture, a hose supporter comprising a band adapted to encircle the leg, slotted fastening members connected with the terminals of said band, and solely dependent on friction to hold them in place, said band having a looped part along one side of and between two of the slots in one of said fastening members, and tabs independent of said band and carried through another slot in and over the top of said last-named fastening member, and between said member and said looped part of the band, and also solely dependent on friction to hold them in place, said tabs being provided with stocking fastening members.

2. The combination, in a hose supporter, with a band adapted to encircle the leg, of

a fastening member having therein two narrow and a wide parallel transverse slots. and a longitudinal slot intermediate of said firstnamed two slots and adjacent to and parallel with one edge of said member, one terminal of said band being passed through said narrow transverse slots and looped on one side of said member, a fastening member having therein two narrow and a wide parallel transverse slots, and provided with a tongue to enter the wide slotin said first-named fastening member, the other terminal of said band being passed through said wide and narrow slots and back through said wide slot in said second-named fastening member, a strip looped to form tabs and passing between said first-named fastening member and the looped portion of said band, and through said longitudinal slot in said firstnamed fastening member, and stocking-fastening members connected with said tabs.

3. In a hose supporter, a band adapted to encircle the leg, a buckle on said band, said buckle having therein parallel transverse slots and an intermediate longitudinal slot at right angles to said transverse slots, and said 7 band passing through said transverse slots and forming a loop on one side of said buckle, a strip looped to form two tabs, and having two thicknesses thereof between said buckle and said loop of the band, and two thicknesses on the other side of said buckle and passing through said longitudinalslot, one terminal of said strip being between two of the thickness thereof and the other terminal of said strip being between said buckle and the adjacent thicknesses of the strip, stocking-fastening members supported by said tabs, and means to secure said band to the leg.

JAMES H. BURT. Witnesses F. A. CUTTER, A. C. FAIRBANKS.

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