US1471121A - Suspenders - Google Patents

Description

"throughout the several views.

. the upper end thereof" and'of a supporting; strap and loop connection connectediw th Patented Get 16, 1923.

LoUIs'W. sensation, on N W YdnK, N. Y

, i SUSPEND ERS;

1 Application filed e em er 28,1821. cram. 503,888.

To all to 720% it may 00mm .Be it knoufn thatlI Louis of the borough oi Bronx, city, county,and State ol New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvei'nents in Suspender o-E which the following is a specification. I This invention relates in general to garment 'sup-porter'sof theclass known as suspenders, and'has for itsprirnary' object to produce a device of a character stated, which is siinplein construction, effectivejin operation and durab le'in use: 1 v

Isiore particuIarlyQt-he. invention has for its object-to provide si'ispenders which will have all the capahilitie's 'o'f rubber elastic webbing without having; the tendency of rubber Webbing to Wearcut and becomefim eflective, To that end the lnv'ent onconslsts in providing suspenders With, compression.

springs which although sensitive action are durable and efficient hen in use.

With these and'other olnects 1n view hereinai'ter stated the invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts here,-

inafter more fully described "and illustrated iu'the a' mmpanying drawings in Which likedesignate corresponding parts numerals As illustrated in the drawingsf,

v "Figure lis a-perspee'tlvepf a embodyingithc inventlon;

Figure '2 is a per pect veoi": the connecting memhcr shown i'n liigure 1- detached from the body the suspender and a perspective of a suphortingstrap partly h'rokenavvay."

Figure is a 'sideelevatio'n eta. compres sion spring casinganda long tudinal secltlon' together Wltll of a covering for-said casing, I a-seotion of a connecting strap attached to the lower end thereof. 7 I o i Flgure 4 is side'elevation of the parts shown 111 Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section Figure 7 is a transverse section line 8 8 of Figure?) and Suspender takenon n Figure 9 is aisiniliar section taken on the p v l W. GRASNI a citizen of the United States, anda resident,

line 99' of-Figure ,5.

the usual garment supporting straps. 2 provided iwith button holes' 3 and if desired 'Withclasping sockets 4.

ATENr ..io i;=,r51ca is providedflwith "the usual crossed [body I :Inernbers '1 of inelastic webbing and with i Between the body ineinbers and the gar i J i ment'supporting straps,"connecting members ering- '8 containing the coil compression? spring casing 9. The strap 5 at'its fixed end may be attached to or connected with the upper 1 portion of the leatherflco vering 8. The opposite jV'allS of the casing 9 are pre'i e'r'ably indentedto form within the. casing parallelflchambers, Within which] are con talneid fcoll "compression springs 10 supporting' on their upper ends, socket heads 11 lwithi'n which is arranged'the knotted ends I 12 facordIS hich extends downwardly throughlone of saidsprings and outwardly from said casing forming a loop fl t and back up through the other spring, so 'thata down- Ward pullfon the loop 14 Willcause the springs 10 to be compressed, and when said pressure is released from said loopfthe;

springs will expand. :The lowerends of the springs 10 are supported, upon a plate 15, I

the margins of said plate being in turn sup portedupon the inturned edges 16 of the casing 9. .iFor ccnvenienceof construction I prefer to inake the: plate 15 separate from the body of the casing 9; in 1nost -cases,,al-

thoughsuchan arrangement'is, not anfess sential feature of the invention. f i

The connecting members attachedtothe I I back ends of the body portions are of the same general construction as i those attached to the T e manner of attaching the connecting straps tothe body portions isnot'essential although for most purposes I prefer to make front endsfivithout the adjustable" i jistra i.. i

thefconnections with the front-ends of the bodyl ortion by means of a link 17 and to pp y ends of the bodyxof the device directly to;

said member. I a

the connecting m'ember at the back, v

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