US915228A - Garter. - Google Patents

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P. ESEIFFERT.

GARTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1908.

' 915,228, PatentedMar. I6, 1909.

Quwnfoz PAUL EARNEST SEIFFERT, OF QHIQAGO, ILLIN 01S ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAli-illi FRANKLIN GUENTHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL EAnNEsT SHIF- FERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

The use of the ordinary form of garter with short hose or socks, in which one end secured to'the hose, and its up of the' garter is attached to the sock and the body of the garter encircles the limb, is attended with certain objectionable features which it is the object of my improved form of garter to obviate.

1n the present form of garter the portion which encircles the limb constricts the same and causes impairment of the circulation therein. When such form of garter is wornwith short or knee drawers the garter is clasped about the bare flesh and is affected" by t is perspiration, causing the material to deteriorate, and to lose its elasticity.

My invention has for its object the provi-. sion of a garter which will be free fromthe defects recited, and which has its lower end er end pro vided with means for attaching it to the suspender or other portion of the a parel of the wearer at the waist line, whereby the body of the garter'extends in an-approximately straight line between the points of attachment and no ortion of the body of the wearer is encirc ed thereby.

A further advantage of my improved form of garter is that the garter is out of contact With the flesh-and is fects of perspiration t ereon.

With these objects in view my improvement consists of the various features of construction in the relation hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention in which like numerical desig nations are employed to indicate the same parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a side.

elevation, partly broken away, and showing the device in position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the garter, and Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section of the upper securing means.

' 1. represents the lower section of the garter made from elastic material and rovided at its lower end with the stud 2 an sock being 7 confined between the same whereby the lower end of the garter is re Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 14, 1908. Serial N 0.. 432,840.

protected from the cf 1 garter is preserved and the clip 3 with which the same engages, the edge of the Patented March 16, 1909.

movably secured to the sock in the usual manner. Any preferred form of fastening may be employed, same constituting no part of my invention. The upper end of the lower section 1 is carried vthrough a ring 4 and adjacent thereto is provided with a clasp or slide 5 by the movement of which the section 1 is lengthened or shortened in the usual manner.

6 designates the up er section of the garter which is preferab y made of inelastic material and the lower end of which is secured to the ring 4 adjacent to which end it is provided with the slide 7. Near its upper end this section 6 is doubled back upon itself forming a looped section 8, and

at the pointof junction of the-ends of such Y of what is known as safety chain and to the outer link of same is attached a small ring 12 carrying abar 18. The lower end-of section 1 of the garter being secured to the sock by means of the stud 2 and clip 3 the upper end of the section 6 is connected to any convenient part of the apparel at the waist line of thewearer; either the suspender or. any other convenient oint of connection, the. bar 13 being readi y connected and disconnected.

It will be noted that the lower section 1 being made from elastic material the garter will give with the movements of the wearer.

Also that no portion of the garter passes around the limbs, whereby all constriction and impairment of circulation is avoided. At the same time the material forming the usefulness of the device prolonged.

I realize that considerable variation is possible Shedetails of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form shown and describedexcept as limited by the appended claim.

I claim: i

A supporter for socks or short hosecome rising a lower elastic section provided its lower end with means for attaching it vto the sqck, van up per' inelastic sectionlaoped. .In tesfiiincny wne1 'of I afiix my signature a t its upperreni a ring connecting the two inpresence of two wltnessesi sccticns, slides on the sections for adjustin v. the iength thereof,- and means connected wit I .EARNEST SEIFFERT the looped ortion Off the upper sccticn fpr" Witnesses;

mjtaching t e supporter at: the-waist h'ne OLVER EDER, cf thdwearer. E. QWILSQN.

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