US845321A - Garment-supporter or garter. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907 H. M. STIDHAM. GARMENT SUPPORTER OR GARTBR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC, 3,1906

WITNESS/5S" 1 M v 4/ I {/ATTOR/VEK HARLAN M. STIDHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' GARE'WENT filJPPQRTER QR GARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 26, 1907.

Application filed December 3, 1906- Serial No. 346,032.

To all whoml it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARLAN M. STIDHAM,

- a citizen of the United States, and a resident 'side only there, is certain to be, to some eX-' tent, a mutual drawing of the hose and garter' of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters or Gart rs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specie fication. l

My invention relates more particularly to garters for supporting gentlemens half-hose, and has in view the correcting of many of the objectionable features commonly found in garters.

The present style of mens garters while they vary in many respects all, as far as I am aware, extend down and are secured to the hose from one side (the inside) of the hose only. This, as is obvious, causes a sagging of the garter on the side attached to the hose and a corresponding drawing up of the hose in the neighborhood of the point to which the garter is secured. Numerous attempts have been made to prevent the garter fromv thus sagging; but it is quite obvious that wherever the'garter supports the hose from one together in the line where the two are attached. A single attachment to the hose with the corresponding sagging in the garter besides causing an uneven binding of the leg also gives the garter around the lega larger diameter (due to its'inclined position) than that of the leg, and unless the garter is suiliciently tight to cause it to be embedded, so to speak, in the flesh of the leg, it will, upon any jarring, such as in walking, (or especially in jumping) work down or drop, first very gradually and then quite rapidly, until it finally drops over the hose. In these styles of garters the entire strain upon the hose is applied at only one point, and therefore often tears the hose and. un'lits it for further use. The drawing of the hose upward at one point only also causes a distortion of the fabric composing the hose and a corresponding distortion. oi whatever figure or design the hose may be ornamented with and ruins the ell'ect that there would otherwise be. This distortion is perhaps most noticeable in hose made up of horizontal stripes or similar designs.

In my improved garter I have overcome these objectionable features by designing the parts to accommodate two side straps, thus enabling the hose to be secured at two points oppositely located. The webbing of the garter, instead of sagging, thus fits horizontally around the leg, which should be at about midway" of the calf and the knee. horizontal position it does not cut into the flesh, neither does it out or tear the Webbing, (as is often the case in the sagging garter.) It can accordingly be used for a much longer time. The hose is held up evenly from both 6 5 sides and all drawing or stretching overcome.

As will later be more fully described, my improved garter is adjustable throughout and can be readily varied in size, as is desired, in any instance. o

In the drawings forming part of this'specification', Figure l is a perspective view of improved garter. Fig. 2 is the part uponwhich is formedtthe. hook of the buckle for securing my garter. around the leg. Fig. 3 is 7 5 a sectional view taken on the line :1; w oi Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is the part upon which is formed the eye of the buckle for securing the garter around the leg. Fig. 5 is one of the hooks or clasps hung from the side straps of the garter 30 for securing the hose thereto. Fig. 6 is the hanger from which the adjustable side strap of the garter is suspended. Fig. 7 is the iris tion-slide for. varying the size of the garter.

The metal parts of my garter are all struck from sheet metal and (with the exception of the hook of the buckle) each piece is flat or in one plane. They therefore are simple and cheap to construct, and the metal parts being fiat and about the same thickness as the fabric used in the garter set snugly and symmetrically about the leg and give the greatest comfort to the wearer.

In the drawings, A and B are the members containing, respectively, the hook and the 5 eye of the buckle for securing the garter around the leg. The member A. is made by a single stamping and should be preferably of the form shown in Fig. 2, in which a and b are two slots substantially at right angles. To the vertical slot a is attached the webbing C of the garter that passes around the leg, and through the horizontal slot is passed the webbing D, forming .one of the side straps.

The hook of the buckle is formed by stamp- 10 5 ing a rectangular slot, the side of the rectan- In this 60 gle nearest the edge being stamped only part (about one-third) way up from either corner,

thus forming a neck 0 and tongue d. The

tongue dis ofisetto about the thickness of the metal forming a hook. Fig. 3.)

The member B is preferably of the form shown in Fig. 4 and has a transverse slot e near its rear edge, through which is passed the webbing C of the garter that passes around the leg.

In the front of Bis stamped the eye f of the buckle. The breadth across the front of this eye is approximately equal to the breadth of the neck a of the hook. The eye then gradually widens until it becomes of sufficient size to freely pass over the enlarged part d of the hook. The buckle as thus constructed is easy to clasp and unclasp, but owing to the fact that the eye must be carried sufficiently forward to allow the enlarged part at the rear to register with the tongue d before the buckle can become unclasped there is little or no danger of the buckle unclasping by accident. It is therefore possible to wear a much looser garter than would otherwise be the case without the accompanying danger of the buckle accidentally unclasping.

are the books or clasps suspended from the ends of the side straps F and D for at taching the hose to the garter. They are substantially in the form of hooks and are provided at their top with parallel slots g and h, for securing them to the side straps. The back of each hook is bowed outward, forming the angle i.

j is the crotch and is a well-known means for securing hose and other garments, it onl being necessary to gather (or pinch) a fold of the hose and pull it well down into the crotch in order to securely fasten the garment. As ordinarily used the crotch is formed in the bottom of a loop or elongated (diamondshaped) hole stamped in the metal; but this has the disadvantage that the fold in the hose cannot be made and forced in the crotch except by first laying the clasp against the place of the hose where it is to be secured and then forcing the fingers through and pulling the fold out and into the crotch. In my improved clasp it is only necessary to gather a fold of the hose at the point where it is desired to secure it and after the fold is made to hook th clasp on and draw it well up until 1tlhe crotch tightly pinches the fold of the ose.

G is the ha er, to which is secured the side strap F. is a slot extending across the lower end of this hanger, through which passes the strap F.

Z and m are two parallel slots, through which passes the webbing C, so as to allow the central portion of G to come on the inside (Best shown in the edges of the sides of the metal from contact with the leg.

H is the friction-slide and is provided with parallel slots 41. and 0% through which passes the webbing C. The end of the webbing after assing throu h the slot in the -member extends bac r again to the slide H and is secured around the central part thereof, thus forming an adjustable loo for varying the length of the garter.- T .e webbing O is passed through the slide H, so as to keep the edges of the sides of the slide from contact with the leg in a manner similar to that of the hanger G.

In assembling the different parts or my garter one end of the webbing C is passed through s ot a in member A and brought back and sewed to the webbing or otherwise made fast. through hanger G and slide H, respectively, in the manner already described. The free end of webbing 0 next is passed throu h slot e of member B from the outside, and the the central part of slide H and secured in the same manner as the other end of the garter already described.

The side straps D and F are secured in the following manner: One end of the webbing is passed through the up )er slot of the clasps E and brought bacli again and se cured in a manner similar to the ends of the webbing C. The free ends of the straps D and F are then assed through horizontal slots in the members A and G, respectively, brought down again and through the parallel slots in the clasps E (or around the central portion formed by these slots) the free ends finally extending upward between the folds thus formed in the strap. To alter the size of the garter in any instance it is only necessary to-shift the slide H in the direction de sired and to shift the hanger G correspondingly to bring the side strap F opposite the strap D.

' The length of the side straps are adjusted by drawing the free end of the Webbing through the slots of E in the desired direction. The side straps, slide H,'and hanger G are held in their respective adjusted positions by the friction afforded by the several parts.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In mens half-hose supporter the combina' tion of a band of elastic webbing, a buckle, secured to the, ends ofthe band, one end of the webbing secured to the hook of the buckle, the other end assed through the eye member of the buck ing-slide mounted on the band of webbing, the said hook member comprising a plate a, a tongue (1, offset from and parallel to this 1e, and secured to an adjust- 7 The webbing is then passed end brought back again and passed around plate and e eonummied neck a connecting the Plete wiji ll the tengue the eye of said buck} Qemg of smficient at its be fTeey pass over the tongue (1 and (101mm, its forward end to snug 1y engage the neck a to securely lock the buckle, two adjustable side straps suspended from the band, ene

from the book of the buckle, the other r0111 an adjustable hanger mnunteei on the bend and Clasps or hooks suspended from the slde traps substeutmliy as shown and describes.

M A. HELMKE, V. Be um

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