US366536A - Calvin vooehis - Google Patents

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O. VOORHIS.

SUSPENDER END.

N0. 366,666. Patented July 12,1887.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN VOORHIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ABRAHAM SHENFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,536, dated July 12, 1887.

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To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CA-LVIN Voomns, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Suspender-Ends, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Suspender-ends have been made of cord, and also of chains, with button-hole loops at the ends ofthe cords or chains; but the buttonhole loop or fastening is liable to turn partially around and the chain to twist; hence the button-hole loop will not always occupy the correct position to the button.

My invention relates to a suspender-end made of wire, in the form of a ladder chain, that is connected by a metal loop at the upper end to the suspender buckle or fastening,

.so as to lie flat and not become twisted, and

at the bottom end there is a spring-clip for grasping the button on the pantaloons.

In the'drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the suspender-end formed with wire ladderchains and sheetmetal button clips at the lower ends. Fig. 2 is a cross-section at the line am, and Fig. 3 is a section at the line 3, y.

At the lower end of the suspender'end is a loop or clip for the reception of the button, and at the upper end a connection for the buckle or other attaching device upon the suspender itself. These parts may be of any desired character. I have, however, shown a clasp, A, connecting the upper parts of the suspender ends to the Suspender, which clasp is preferably cut out of sheet metal, with a hook, 2, to catch over a ring or loop upon the buckle B, and with a spring tongue, 3, that prevents the hook separating from the buckle until the tongue is pushed back and the crossbar portion 4 receives the upper ends of the ladder-chains E, composing, with the buttonhole loops F, the suspenderends, and it is usual to provide a third laddcnchain, G, and a loop or clasp, H, for grasping the band of the drawers.

In Letters Patent No. 221,474, granted November 11, 1879, a buttonhole loop for a sus pender-end is shown as made of a folded piece of flat braided cord received at its ends into a clasp of sheet metal. This may be used at the bottom of the ladder-chain suspender-ends; but I have shown and prefer to use the sheetmetal button-clasp represented in the drawings, the same being an improvement upon that set forth in Letters Patent No. 353,893,

granted to G. WV. Stewart December. 7, 1886. In this sl1eet metal button-clasp the wings 6, that are folded over, form a tapering recess, into which the button passes, the widest end being upward, so that the clasp is drawn up over the button from below, and the tension of the suspendcr keeps the clasp, with the button, toward the narrowest lower portion; butin some instances where the suspenderend becomes loose, from the person sitting down or leaning forward,the buttouioop may slip down and become disconnected from the button. To prevent this, I cut in the sheet metal two diverging slots, forming between them the springtongue 8, that can be set backwardly to any desired extent, so that the tongue presses against the face of the button to hold the same by friction between the converging wings, and the extreme upper end of this tongue is to be bent outwardly, so that the point of the tongue will be inclined, and it will be pressed back by contact with the button as the sheet-metal clasp is drawn up over the said button, and this tongue will spring back over or against the button to hold the same in position within the clasp.

It will be apparent that the peculiar chain made use of by me is not liable to wind or twist, because there are two eyes at the upper end of each chain, that are closed around the cross-bar 4 and keep the chain in proper position, so as to lie flat against the clothing.

I claim as my invention 1. The Suspender attachment herein described, consisting of the spring-hook having a cross-bar, 4, at the lower part, the ladderchains, each having its two end eyes around the crossbar, and a clasp at the lower end for the button, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a suspender-end, of a button-hole loop of sheet metal, having the wings G, that receive the button between them, and the springtongue 8, with its upper end bent backwardly, to spring over the button and hold the same in position,substantially as set forth.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINcKNEY, WVILLIAM G. Mo'rr.

Signed by me this 21th day of February,

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