US382834A - Chaeles - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

0. H, SCALE S.

; 'SUSPENDERQATTAOHMENT.

Patented May-15. 13

I A 1 1 s I I m 4 r N B Q Q ATTORNEYS.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 382,834, dated May 15, 1888,. Application filed Dcccmber30, 1887. Sen'alNo. 259,397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES H. SCALES, of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement .in Suspender Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates, mainly, to an improvement in buckles for connecting the continuous doubled straps forming the ends of self-adjusting suspenders to the webs of the same,while allowing the straps to run freely to accommodate the movements of the wearer.

The principal object of this improvement is to secure the ends against displacement when not fastened to a garment to be sustained thereby.

The invention comprises certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described, and distinctly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view illustrating a buckle embodying my improvement adapted and applied to the front of a suspender. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of buckle embodying my improvement suited to the back ofa pair of suspenders; and Fig. 3 is a face view of another modified form of backbuckle.

The body A of the buckle, taken to illustrate my improvement, is formed of wirebent to form a transverse axis, B, on which is mounted a long friction-roller, C, over which the continuous strap forming one pair of ends, D, runs, members E, extending upward from opposite ends of the axis B, and arms F, projecting outward from the upper ,ends of the members E.

The outer ends of the arms F may be curled to form eyes to receive a shackle, H, for connecting the buckle to the hook of an ordinary adjustable clasp, I, on the front of the suspeuder-web K, as shown in Fig. 1, or the arms F may be extended and bent inward toward each other to form a cross-bar, I1, for attachment to the rear portion of the suspender-web K, as shown in Fig. 2; or, if it is desired to connectv a-continuous web, K at the. back loosely to the buckle after the manner of the strap forming the ends D, the wire body may have an upper portion in reverse duplicate of its lower portion just described, as shown in Fig. 3, the continuous web running freelyover the friction-roller Oon'the upper duplicate axis, B. C

To the outward-projecting arm F of the wire bodies shownin all the figures, andalso to the arms F ofthe duplicate body shown in Fig. 3, are in each case loosely attached the free ends of a pair of fiat branches, M, which run exteriorly along the sides of the body and considerably beyond the axis 13 of the same, 7

and are rigidly connected by a pair of flat ob-' 7 long loops, N, attached end to end and open ing away from the friction-roller. The end strap runsupward through one loop N to the friction-roller, and thence downward through the other loop N, the loops thus serving as guides to the roller and as keepers to hold the ends I) in place when not attached to a garment. I

For fastening the ends D delachably to the garment R, I prefer to provide them with snap-hooks 0, adapted toengage the closed outer parts of split rings 1?, the split ends of which are bent outward at a rightangle to form projecting lugs P, and which are attached to the garment by doubled tabs Q, stitched thereto, looped over the split portions of the rings, and having their folds fastened together near the lugs? by wire clutches P, so as to hold the rings 1? somewhat stiffly in projecting position for ready'engagement by the snaphook. This forms an extremely durable and convenient fastening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is g 1. The sus'pender-buckle A, formed of a single 'piece of wire bent upon itself, thereby forming an axis, B, adapted to receive the friction-roller C, said ends contracted abovesaid axis and extended and bent to receive the end 7 of the suspender, substantially as shown and I described.

2. In a suspenderbuckle, the combination, herein described,with a skeleton body having a transverse friction-roller axis, upward-pro- IOO jecting members, and outward projecting l and adapted to receive the suspender-end, as arms, of a pair of oblong guide-loops rigidly shown, of the skeleton plate M, connected to connected end to end, and rigid branches on the outward projection of the buckle A, and the loops connecting them to the outwardprovided with guide-loops NN, arranged ex- 5 projecting arms of the body, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the buckle A, formed of a single piece of wire, formed with a. transverse axis, B, provided with a friction- 10 roller, 0, and its ends extended and projected for the purpose specified.

CHARLES H. SCALES. \Vitnesses:

F. WV. MEAGHER, W. F. MoGEE.

terior to the said buckle, substantially as and 15

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