US1590985A - Garment supporter - Google Patents

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'June 29 ,1926. 1,590,985

J. M. SCALLEN GARMENT .SUPPORTER Filed March 4 '1924 INVENTOR. MAI. 6244,45

ATTORNEYS.

Patenteddune' 29, 1926.

* UNITED STATES;

JOSEPH M. soALLEN, or sm FRANCISCO,- cALfrormrA.

ARMENT sUPP'oR'rER.

' Application filed March 4, i924. SerialNo. 696,834.

This invention relates to fasteners as used on articles of clothing in place of'buttons," andhas for its particular object a device of c this character particularly adapted for use 5 on mens trousers to engagewith ends of the suspenders and withthe upper edge of the drawers. p

I carry out my lnvention by the structure shown in the accompanying draw1ng,- and "1 while the drawing shows a ready means of carrying it out, any other arrangementmay be used which will come within the scope of 'the'invention. Q The garment supporter shown inthe draw- 15, ing maybe made from wire. Assuming that it is made from wire, a loop't is formed This loop i's asew ing loop, that is, it affords means whereby,

at one end of the wire.

the deivce may be securely fastened to a garment. 'After forming a loop, the Wire is bent to form a U-shaped section 5. At the top of the U-shaped section 5, the wire is brought forwardly, downwardly-V and then upwardly forming a hook 6 which is made double ,by bending back the succeeding portion of the wire along the path taken by the loop 6, thus forming a double loop which is substantially at right angles to. the loop 5.

After forming the mentioned double loop,

thewire is bent to form a secondU 7 the '30 (legs of which are in the same plane as the 7 legs of the U5. The'two 'Us-thus form a W. Another sewing loop 8 is formedat the 'i outer end of the U 17.;

, In employingthe invention, the device 35 shown in the drawing inay lOBi-SGWBCl to the trousers at the eyelets or loops 4: and 8 and also along the/legs of the W if-desiredf The suspenders may be positioned between the loop 6 and the legs of the-device which form' 40, V I the letter W, while a strap fastened to an undergarment is hung on the'loop 6. v .Iclaim: 1

garment supporter of the character de- I scribed comprisinga wire bent to the form 45 of a WI-With'a-ll arms'on a. common plane the upper free ends of the W being eacl formed into asewing'loop, and the central} legs being elongated and bent forwardly anddown, then again forwardly'and up so asyto 50 5 '7 form two open hooks onedirectly back of the other, the'forward hook being adapted to suspend. an article and the rearward hook adapted to suspend the hook on an article c JOSEPH M. SCALLEN.

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