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ber and susceptible of being formed with
button-holes in their end portions as shown
in our patent above mentioned, are mounted
loosely in and are supported at their centers
5 by the lower portions of the hooks 15, 16.
The tabs 22, 23 are adapted for engagement
with buttons on bifurcated garments such as
trousers, drawers and overalls, and are free
to move longitudinally in the hooks and also
io to be lifted out of the hooks manually when.
desired. The keeper 19 is adapted to be
mounted around the lower ends and across
the openings of the hooks 15, 16 and be se-
cured in closed position by engagement of
15 the sockets 20, 21 with opposite ends of the
stud 18.
It will be observed that either end of the
keeper 19 may be detached or attached in-
dependently of the other end to permit the
20 removal or replacement of either of the tabs
22, 23 independently of the other and when
one tab is removed the other is confined and
held in place. It also will be observed that
both of the tabs can be removed laterally
25 from the hooks, or replaced thereon, only
when both of the ends of the keeper are de-
tached from the stud 18. Herein is found
the utility of our improvement, illustrated
in this instance by the loop 17, in that said
30 loop engages and supports the keeper 19 at
its center when said keeper is partially or
wholly detached from the stud 18 for the
purpose of removing, simultaneously or in
near succession, the tabs from the hooks.
35 In the construction of the device as illus-
trated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the same clip 11 is
employed but the hooks are differently con-
structed. In this instance we employ a blank
24, preferably made of sheet metal, generally
40 of rectangular form with rounded ends and
having laterally projecting ears 25, alike in
construction, on its end portions. The blank
24 is adapted to be bent on its center as indi-
cated by the dotted line 26 in Fig. 5, to bring
45 its end portions into parallel relations and is
further adapted to be mounted through the
slot 13 of the clip and engage the lowermost
bar of said clip and be suspended thereby
at its center. The blank 24 either is made
50 sufficiently narrow to pass through the slot
13 freely with the ears 25 extended, or said
slot is made of sufficient width to receive
said blank with the ears at one end folded
flat to one side. Holes 27 are formed in the
55 blank and are adapted to register with each
other when the blank is folded as shown in
Figs. 3 and 4 to receive the double button
stud 18 above described. In this instance it
is the function of the double button stud 18
60 to grip, clamp and confine parallel portions
of the blank 24. Hooks 28, 29 are formed
on end portions of the blank 24 by bending
the substance of the blank on transverse
lines indicated by the dotted lines 30, 31 in
65 Fig. 5. A keeper or cast-off loop 19 carryingbutton sockets 20, 21 as above described is
mounted across the lower portions of the
hooks 28, 29 and is confined by bending the
ears 25 downwardly and inwardly across
and beneath marginal portions of said keeper in
contiguous to and on opposite sides of the
center thereof. Tabs 22, 23 are mounted in
the hooks 28, 29 as above described. In this
construction the keeper or cast-off loop 19 is
supported, when in open position at either 75
or both ends, by the hooks formed of the
ears 25.
In the construction of. the device as illus-
trated in Figs. 6 and 7, the clip 11 having
the transverse slots and the double hook 80
formed by the blank 24 having hooks 28, 29
at either end, the double button stud 18, the
keeper 19 or cast-off loop, the button sockets
20, 21 and tabs 22, 23 follow the same lines
as above described with the exception that 85
the ears 25 are omitted from the blank 24
and in lieu thereof, as a holding medium,
we employ a hanger 32 and a supporting
loop 33. The hanger 32 preferably is made of
sheet metal folded at its center to receive and 9o
support the loop 33 and pierced at its ends
to receive and be supported by the double
button stud 18. The supporting loop 33
preferably is of oblate form and is positioned
with its greatest dimension horizontally so 95
that the opening thereof will receive and
embrace the central portion of the keeper
or cast-off loop 19. In this instance it is the
function of the supporting loop 33 and
hanger 32 to carry the keeper or cast-off loop 100
19 at its center when said keeper is detached
at one or both ends from the button stud and
is in open position at either or both ends.
The construction illustrated in Figs. 8
and 9 combines the supporting device shown 105
in Figs. 6 and 7 with other elements shown
in Figs. 1 and 2. It employs the clip 11
having the transverse slots, the hanger
strap 14 extending through one of the slots
of the clip, the separate hooks 15, 16 ar- 110
ranged back to back between end portions
of the hanger strap, the sheet metal hanger
32 arranged between said hooks, the double
button stud 18 connecting the hanger strap,
hooks and sheet metal hanger, the support- 115
ing loop 33 of oblate fornj suspended in the
looped end portion of the sheet metal
hanger 32, the keeper or cast-off loop 19
extending at its center through and sup-
ported by the loop 33, the sockets 20, 21 120
carried by end portions of the keeper or
cast-off loop 19 and adapted to engage end
portions of the double button stud 18, and
the tabs 22, 23. In this instance it is the
function of the strap 14 to support the de- 125
vice on the clip 11 and it is the function of
the loop 33 and sheet metal hanger 32 to
support the keeper 19 at its center when
said keeper is detached and in open position
at either or both ends. 1802
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Mally, Frederick W. Suspenders., patent, January 13, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859688/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.