US2328486A - Stud-plate unit for hose supporters and the like - Google Patents

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Aug. 31, 1943- w. s. PAlNTr-:R

STUD-PLATE UNIT FOR HOSE SUPPQRTERS AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 27. 1942 Patented Aug. 31, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-*ICE STUD-PLATE UNIT` FORV HOSE SPPORTERS` AND THE LIKE Walter S. Painter, Middlebury, Connwassignonto Waterbury Buckle Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application october 27, 1942, serial No. 463,467

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in fittings for use on hose-supporters and other garment-supporters, and relates more particularly to improvements in stud-plate units for such supporters, i. e., fittings adapted to be suspended from webbing or the like and having a stud-projection for cooperation with a loop for holding hose or other itemsof personal wear.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a superior stud-plate unit which may be produced at a low cost for manufacture and which will eiectively serve as a garment-supporting member.

Another object of` the present invention is to provide a superior stud-plate unit which may be readily produced from sheet materials such, for instance, as from sheet steel, sheet brass, or sheet synthetic resin.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure, this invention includes all features in the said disclosure which are novel overthe prior art.

In theaecompanying drawing, in which certain modes of carrying out the present invention are shown for illustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a View in front elevation of the lower portion of a hose-supporter in which is included a stud-plate unit embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the stud-plate unit, detached;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a pierced blank from which the stud-plate unit of the preceding figures may be formed;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2, and showing another form o-f stud-plate unit embodying the present invention; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the stud-plate unit of Fig. 5.

The showing of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive In the device of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, a studplate I is provided which includes a transverse upper-bar Il, a transverse intermediate-bar I2 and a transverse lower-bar I3. All three of these bars II, I2 and I3, just referred to, are integrally united by side-bar portions III-I4.

Vertically between the upper-bar II and the intermediate-bar I2 is an upper web-receiving slot or passage I adapted to have a reach of webbing threaded therethrough, in a manner as will more fully hereinafter appear. Vertically be- CJI tween the intermediate-bar I2 and the lower-bar I3, the stud-plate is also formed with a lower web-receiving slot o1" passage I6 also adapted to have a reach of webbing threaded therethrough.

Formed integral'withand bent 4outwardly away from the front-face of the stud-plate IIl is the inner-arm Il of an L.'shaped' stud-projection, generally designed' by the reference .character I8. The inner-end of the inner-arm II is' integrally united with the upper-edge of the` intermediatebar l2. The said stud-projection I8 also includes an' outer-arm IS formed integral .with and bent downwardly from the outer-end of the inner-.arm I1 into parallelism with the front-face of the stud-plate I toward and over the slot .IISl and the lower-bar I3 of the said stud-plate. The said outer-arm' i9' of the L-shapedstud-projection I8 is wider than the inner-arm II thereof, so asl to provide two oppositely-extending projections which may be aptly designated asretaining-ears '2G-2l respectively located on'the opposite sides of the saidarrn I9.

The stud-plate Ijwith its integrali-shaped stud-projection I8, may be conveniently produced from sheet-material such as sheet-brass, sheetsteel, sheet-synthetic-resin, etc., by piercing out a blank 2l such as is shown in Fig. 4. For a ready understanding of the relationships between' the blank 2l and the fully-formed stud-plate I0 and the stud-projection IB, similar reference characters have been applied'to Fig. 4 plus the reference character a,' in order" to identify the parts of the blank 2| from which the corresponding features of the stud-plate IO'and its stud-projection I8 are formed. l g

The preferred inode of utilizing the stud-plate I0 is'to thread a suitable piece of web generally designated by the reference character 22, thro-ugh its respective upper 'and lower web-receiving slots I5 and lI, in a manner best shown in Fig. 2. In the gure referred to, it will be noted that the back-reach 22a of the web 22 extends downwardly beneath the upper-bar II of the stud-plate I0 and also beneath the intermediateand lowerbars I2 and I3 thereof. The web is then reversed. around the lower-edge of the lower-bar I3, so as to constitute a second reach 22D which extends upwardly across the front-face of the lower-bar I3 and thence rearwardly through the lower slot I5 and beneath the intermediate-bar I2 and then forwardly through the slot I5 and over the irontface of the upper-bar I I. A short distance above the upper-edge of the stud-plate I,'the reach 22b of the web 22 is reversely bent to forni a third reach 22c which is itself wrapped around the shown in Fig. 2. The reaches 22a and 221 of the` web 22 are preferably held together immediately above the upper-bar Il of the stud-plate I by stitchings.

When the lower portion of the retaining-loop 24 is hooked over the stud-projection i3, the respective side-bars thereof will be retained against outward displacement by the respective retainingears 2li-2U.

The stud-plate unit of Figs. 5 and 6 The stud-plate unit of Figs. 5 and 6 comprises a stud-plate 21 which may be conveniently formed of sheet-material and which comprises complementa-1 side-bars 28--28 between which laterally extend integral bars. The said bars include a single-thickness upper-bar 29, a double-thickness intermediate-bar 30 and a double-thickness lowerbar 3|. The double-thickness bars Sii and 3| 'are produced by reversely folding the lower-edge of a suitable blank backwardly upon itself.

From the upper-edge of the front lamination of the intermediate-bar 30 is bent a stud-projection 32 formed on each of the respective sides of its outer-portion with a pair of compleniental retaining-ears 33-33 adapted to function in the same manner as the retaining-ears 20 before referred to, in retaining the lower portion of a loop such as 24, against outward movement.

General considerations After the stud-plate units, above described, are formed from sheet-material, it is preferred that they be given a finishing operation such as will round off all sharp edges. This finishing operation may be conveniently accomplished by tumbling the parts in a manner well understood in the art.

It will be understood that retaining-loops, such as 24, are applied over the front of the various stud-plate units after a portion of the garment has been first placed over the frontor outer-face of the said stud-plate unit. Under these conditions, the loop 24 or its equivalent will dei-lect the material of the garment around the stud-projection in such manner that the slippage of the garment relative to the stud-plate unit is effectively prevented under all but extraordinary strain.

The invention may be carried out in other specie ways than those herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the 'appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. A stud-plate unit for hose-supporters and the like, comprising: a stud-plate having a transverse lower bar, a transverse upper bar and a transverse intermediate bar, the said stud-plate having a lower web-receiving slot located between the said transverse lower bar and the said transverse intermediate bar and having a relatively small dimension in a vertical direction, the said stud-plate also having an upper web-receiving slot located between the said transverse intermediate bar and the said transverse upper bar and having va relatively large dimension in a vertical direction; and a stud-projection formed integral with the upper edge of the said transverse intermediate bar of the said stud-plate and formed from material displaced from the said relatively large upper web-receiving slot, the said stud-projection extending outwardly and downwardly from one face of the said intermediate bar toward the said lower bar and into position for entry into the loop of a hose-supporter or the like.

2. A stud-plate unit for hose-supporters and the like, comprising: a stud-plate having a transverse lower bar, a transverse upper bar and a transverse intermediate bar, the said stud-plate having a lower web-receiving slot located between the said transverse lower bar and the said transverse intermediate bar and having a relatively small dimension in a vertical direction, the said stud-plate also having an upper web-receiving slot located between the said transverse intermediate bar and the said transverse upper bar and having a relatively large dimension in a vertical direction; and `an L.shaped stud-projection formed integral with the upper edge of the said transverse intermediate bar of the said stud-plate and formed from material displaced from the said relatively large upper web-receiving slot, the said stud-projection having one arm extending laterally outwardly away from one face of the studplate, the said stud-projection also having a second 'arm integral with the outer end of the rstmentioned arm and projecting therefrom toward the lower bar of the said stud-plate.

WALTER S. PAINTER.

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