US907241A - Collar-supporter. - Google Patents

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N. ILLOW AY.

COLLAR SUPPORTEB.

APPLIOATIO N FILED FEB. 19, 190B.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

%e2- Qf/a rney UNITED NETTIE ILLOWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Doc. 22, 1908.-

' Application filed February. 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N ETTIE ILLOWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Manhattan borough, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supporters, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

Th" 'nvention relates to a supporter which is particularly adapted for use in connection with lace or open-work collars such as commonly used by women for the adornment of the neck, and has for .its object to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive device of this character.

To these and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my invention comprises novel features of im rovement and arrangement of parts which l will now proceed to describe and finally claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof,

' fragmentary sectional view of one end of the supporter, the section being takenon aline b() in Fig. 3 Fig. 5 is an enlarged face view of another form of collar-supporter having mounted thereupon longitudinally adjustable gripping members; Fig. 6 is a vertical section thereof taken on a line c'c in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the slidable sleeve, and gripping membercarried thereby which I use in connection with the supporter as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the base portion of my improved collar-supporter, while 2 indicate-s the gripping-memers carried thereby. In order that the gripping members 2 can pass freely throu h the fabric comprising a, collar, I separate t e sai'd gripping members 2 from the base portion 1 by a separator or washer 3, (see Fig. 4) To render the gripping members 2 ad'ustable, in order that the fabric comprising t e collar can be easily pierced, I preferably pivotally attach the said gripping members 2 to the base portion 1, by means of an eyelet 4. In the event of the fabric, which comprises the collar, being thick the pivotally mounted gripping members 2 are advantageous, as a bers 6.

ing a horizontal disposition.

lever action will be produced, if the said gripping members are swung outwardly and caused to slightly penetrate the fabric, and then pushed inwardly. again to the normal position...

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, the base portion 1 is provided with longitudinally movable sleeves 5, the said sleeves being provided with pivotally mounted gripping memlieferring to Fig. 7 it will be seen that the sleeves 5 are of a box formation approximately the same size, in cross section, as the base portion 1. To cause the said sleeves 5 to firmly gripthe base portion 1, I preferably sever the' bottom member 7, of the sleeves 5, as at 8 (Fig. 7) and bend it inwardly, whereby a resiliency is produced, 111 other words, when the bottom 7 is bent inwardly the members 9 and 10 thereof become springs, and when the sleeves 5 are passed over the ends of the base portion 1 to perform the function of grip ing a collar, the spring members 9 and 10' eing in aso to speak compressed position, pressure will be exerted upon the base portion 1, whereby the said sleeves'are held in position.

The advantages arisin from the construction of the supporter as 1 ustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 are obvious, as the said sleeves 5 can be adjusted longitudinally of the base ortion 1, for the purpose of drawing of the collar taut. The adjustab e sleeves 5, also render the piercing of the fabric, by the grip ing members 6, an easy operation '1 1e uses ofthe invention are not restncted solely to that of a collar supporter, since by moving the pins 6, about their pivotal points, so that they are directed inwardly, or extend towards one another, the device can be used as a means of securing the ends of belts. In this use one pin is enga ed with one end of the belt, and the other pin with the opposite end of the belt, the body of the device assum- Again, by turning ins 6,- so that they are'disposed-at right ang es to the longitudinal axis of the body 1, they may be used in the place of hooks and eyes, forsecuring the ends of a collar or belt.

In this latter use both ends of the belt, or

the fa ric collar, are penetrated by each of the pins, in

an obvious manner. 4

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A collar supporter, composed of a base, a

pair of independent pins, and means for piv-g otally securing each pin-to said base said the fabric and thenmoved inwardly to said Bins bein arranged one at each end of said normal position at which they are caused to ase, eac of said pins being composed of a further penetrate the fabric.

short straight piece of metal havin one end Signed at New York, N. Y. this 13 day of 5 enlarged afluil formed 1:0 engage sai dsiiuringf February, 1908.

means, an av'ing t e opposite en ereo pointed, said pins normally occupying a po-" NETTIE ILLOWAX' sition in alinement with the longitudinal axis Witnesses: of said base and bein ada ted to be swung EDWARD A. JARVIS,

10 outwardly and cause to s ightly penetrate l MILDRED VIALLS.

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