US1559291A - Belt - Google Patents

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Oct. 27,1 2 1,559,291

F. C. SIMMONS BELT Filed June 17. 1924 InUenZor:

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Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK C. SIMMONS, OF HIGHLAND PARK. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PIO- NEER SUSPENDER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BELT.

Application filed June 17, 1924.

lle it known that I. Fnnnnnrck (Y Qinnox's. a citizen of the United State residn at l ighland Park. in the county of l )elaware. l tate of Pennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Belt. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in belts, especially to that type of belt in which retaining loops are provided for securing the free end of the belt. after the same has passed through the buckle. Two retaining loops are usually employed. and these. in genera practice. are secured loose y by a narrow strip of leather or similar material. nneeted to the main body of the belt. This narrow strip is usually attached to the belt at s parated points by elements of the post and socket devices which disengageably secure the main body of the belt with the turned over end of the belt which forms the buckle loop. The distance between the points of attachment of the two post and socket devices forms the limit of adjustment of one retaining loop which is secured between the strip and the be t and between said two points of atti'ichn'ient, The other retaining loop is secured by a loop formalion of the narrow strip which extends beyond one of the said fastening devices. The tension of the narrow strip between the two po n s f attachment and th friction lneen he strip and the substantially rigid adjac nt wall ol the belt. tend to mainlain the retaining loop thereby secured in any desired position of adjustment. The long and unsecured loop of the narrow strip. which extends beyond or outside the two fa tening devices and secures the other re taining loop. provides no such tension or friction for holding its retaining loop in position of adjustment. It merely serves to prevent its moving beyond a maximum distance from the other retaining loop. It does not prevent the, two retaining oops from approaching too close together for useful service. One of the objects of my invention is to provide means for overcoming this disadvantage. The other object is to utilize such means for indicating the size of the bolt, the trademark or the like.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate merely by way of example a suitable embodiment of the invention Serial No. 720,532.

Fig. 1 is a front view of the end of the belt to which the buckle is attached.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of same with the post and socket fasteners separated and the buckle removed.

Fig. 2 shows in plan and elevation on enlarged scale. the size and trade-mark attachment or rivet member.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the end of the be t enlarged.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The ma n body 4 of the belt is formed with the return bend or loop 5 for securing the buckle 6. The bent-over part 7 is dis engagcably secured to the main body 4 by the post and socket fasteners 8. 8. The retaining loops 9 and 10 are threaded on the main body 4. Loop 9 is secured between a narrow strip 11. and the belt body 4. and between the fasteners 8. The tension of this strip 11 is such that. in cooperation with the comparatively still or rigid body 4, that the loop 9 is held in any desired position of adjustment. The retaining loop 10 is engaged by an extension of strip 11 passing beyond a fastener R and returnii'ig back and secured upon itself and the body 4 by said fastener 9. thus forming a loop formation 12 of this extension of strip ll. 'hen this loop formation 12 is entirely open. as is the usual practice. there is nothing to prevent the re tainiug loop it) from sliding along the body portion 4 to and from the fastener Q and to and from the end of said loop forn'lation 12. Thus the two retaining loops 9 and 10 may be brought accidentally into close juxtaposition, which is objectionable.

In accordance with the present invention however, the two extensions of the folded over portion 12 are secured together at. a point, as at 13. in close proximity to the retaining loop 10. when the same is at the extreme outer end of loop formation 12. By this means a close fitting pocket is provided for loop 10. whereby little or no play is permitted of the retaining loop member 10 in the loop formation 12. and thus the retaining loops 9 and 10. when the belt is pressed flat against the body of the wearer are normally kept a substantial distance apart. The means for securing the two parts of strip 11 together at point 13 comprises a rivet member or similar device provided,

with ahead or disc 14 upon which may be displayed the size number of the belt, the tradeunaflkcthe nameof the maker or similar device. The disc 14 is provided with a stem or shank 15 which passes through both extensions of strip 11 and is clinched on the underside thereof" as at 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In order also to increase the stability of the position of the retaining loop 10 in respect to the belt and to cover more completely the means for fastening the two ends of the strap forming the said loop 10, the portion of the strip 11 which comprises the loop formation 12, is increased in width to substantially the width of the belt, so that nearly theentire underside of the retaining loop 10 is covered thereby. This wide part-tapers from the rivet members 14 and 15 to the narrow dimension of the balance of the strip 11. It will be noted that the rear side of retaining loop 9 is covered by the turned over portion 7 i of fullbelt width.

hat- I claim is 1. The combination of a belt having a bent over end to form the buckle engaging loop, fastening devices for securing said bent over end to the main body of the belt, retaining loops for the other end of the belt which projects through the buckle, means for securing said retaining loops loosely to the main body of the belt, comprisinga flexible strip secured to the belt by elementsof said fastening devices, one retaining loop secured between said strip and belt and between said fastening elements, said flexible strip having a substantial extension beyond a fastening element and having a folded over part, the layers of which are secured together at a distance from the bend corresponding approximately with the width of the retaining loop to form a pocket for securing and maintaining the other retaining loop at the extreme end of the said folded portion.

2. The combination of a belt having a bent over end to form the buckle engaging loop, fastening devices for securing said bent over end to the main body of the belt, retaining loops for the other end of the belt which projects through the buckle, means for securing said retaining loops loosely to the main body of the belt,ioompr isingy a flexible strip connected to the body of the belt by said fastening devices with one retaining loop between the strip and the belt and two said fastening devices, the other retaining loop secured by a loop formation of said flexible strip projecting beyond one of said fastening devices. and a body having a display disc and a rivet stem for securing together the two extensions of the loop formation at a point distant from the end of the loop formation corresponding approximately with the width of the retaining loop.

FREDERICK C. SIMMONS.

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