US842759A - Buckle. - Google Patents

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No. a42,v59. PATENTEI) 'JAN. 29, 1907. A. 0. BRUBAKER. BUCKLE.

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ALPHEUS O. BRUBAKER, OF SUGDEN, INDIAN TERRITORY.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed June 24:, 1905. Serial No. 266,831.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS O. BRU- BAKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sugden, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in buckles of the class designed particularly for securing the meeting ends of the usual elastic sleeve-holders of that class wherein an elastic band carrying a suitable buckle or other adjusting means is designed to encircle the arm and sleeve of the user to hold the sleeve in adjusted position.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of means in a buckle of the class described for gripping a portion of a shirt-sleeve or other garment, whereby to insure the position of the sleeve-holder in use and to retain the sleeve-holder in place when the garment has been'removed.

The invention will first bedescribed in the following specification with particular reference to the accompanying drawings, the novel features of the buckle forming the subject-matter of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a plan illustrating the use of my improved buckle in securing the meeting ends of the elastic sleeve-holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, the tongue being shown in elevation and a portion of the shirt-sleeve secured by the buckle. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the tongue of my improved buckle.

Referring to the drawings, my improved buckle comprises a base-plate 1, preferably of metal and rectangular in shape. The plate is formed near each end with a transversely-arranged opening 2, divided by a longitudinally-extended web 3, forming practically two longitudinal slots designed to receive the meeting ends of the elastic webbing 4, which are passed upwardly through the slot 2, over and around the web 3, and outwardly beyond the base-plate.

The baseplate is formed with a central opening 5, practically square in outline and designed to receive the buckle-tongue, as hereinafter described. Parallel with and on each side of the opening 5 the base-plate is cut out at 6, the cut-out portions, which are left integral with the base-plate at one end, being rolled to provide gudgeons 7 for pivotally supporting the tongue.

The tongue 8 is formed of an elongated strip of metal having a handle portion 9, a body 10, offset from the handle 9, and a locking-arm 11, oflset from the body 10, said offsets being preferably formed by suitably bending the material of the tongue, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.. The material of the body immediately adjacent the offset or wall joining the arm 11 is longitudinally slitted parallel with and adjacent the side edges of the body, said slitted portions being rolled to provide gudgeons 12, designed to cooperate with the gudgeons 7 of the baseplate to pivotally support the tongue. The locking-arm 11 of the tongue is of less width than the body 10 and is terminally provided with a vertically-projecting lip 13, preferably formed by bending the end of the arm 11 upward at right'angles to the plane of said arm.

The tongue is pivotally secured to the base-plate through the medium of a pivotpin 14, passing through the alined gudgeons 7 and 12 of the plate and tongue, respectively, the gudgeons 12 being spaced apart to fit between the gudgeons 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The locking-arm of the tongue when the parts are assembled operates on one side of the base-plate, while the body 10 and handle 9 rest upon the other surface of the baseplate. In this position of the parts the locking-arm 11 is passed through the central opening 5 in the base-plate, the wall connecting the arm and body of the tongue providing for this arrangement of parts, the length of the wall being such that in the use of the buckle the arm 11 rests squarely against the under side of the plate, while the body 10 rests squarely upon the upper side of the plate. The wall joining the handle and body of the tongue offsets said handle in a plane above the body, whereby to provide for the projection above the surface of the baseplate incident to the thickness of the end of the elastic webbing passing through the opening 2 underlying said handle, as clearly shownin Fig. 3. The lip 13 is designed when the parts are in locked position to seat within a transversely-arranged slot or opening 15, appropriately formed in the base-plate 1, the forward wall of said lip being spaced but slightly from the forward wall of the slot 15 and the length of the lip being approximately equal to the thickness of the base-plate, whereby to avoid unnecessary projection above the surface of said plate. The forward wall of the base-plate is provided with a knob 16, with which an opening 17 in the free end of the handle 9 is designed to cooperate, whereby to secure the tongue in locking or normal position.

In use, the buckle having been arranged to secure the meeting ends of the elastic webbing, as described, the sleeve-holder is placed on the arm, the handle end of the buckle ele vated, and a portion of the sleeve material arranged to overlie or engage the lip 13 of the arm 1 l. The tongue is then returned to normal position, forcing the engaged portion of the sleeve material into the opening 15 of the base-plate and binding said materialbetween the tongue and wall of said opening, the handle end of the buckle when moved to normal position engaging the spring-catch 1 6 and locking the tongue against accidental movement. The sleeve-holder is now positively engaged with the material of the sleeve and its accidental slipping in use is prevented. Furthermore, the sleeve-holder will remain in fixed relation to the sleeve after removal of the garment, insuring its proper position at all times without readjustment and permitting the garment to be taken off and put on without regard to the adjustment or arrangement of the sleeve-holder.

The structure provided is of simple economic construction and thoroughly practical and efiicient in use, and I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details of structure herein shown and described, as various changes and modifications thereof within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A sleeve-holder comprising a buckle, a strip of webbing having its ends secured to the buckle, and a tongue pivotally secured to the buckle and provided with means for engaging the material of the sleeve underlying the buckle when in place, and means for securing the tongue in operative position against strain tending to disengage the sleeve material.

2. A sleeve-holder comprising a buckle, a strip of Webbing having its ends secured to the buckle, a tongue pivotally connected with the buckle and terminally formed with means to engage the material of the sleeve underlying the buckle when in place, and means for securing the tongue in operative position against strain tending to disengage the sleeve material.

3. A sleeve-holder comprising a buckle, a strip of webbing having its ends secured to the buckle, a tongue pivotally connected to the buckle and having a part to cooperate with the under side of the plate, said latter part being terminally formed with an upwardly-projecting lip adapted to engage the material of the sleeve underlying the buckle when in place and force said engaged portion of the sleeve through an opening formed in the buckle-plate.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALPHEUS O. BRUBAKER.

Witnesses:

L. E. ROBERTS, J. T. CARLTON.

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