Trousers-belt-attaching device.

(Application filed Sept. 12, 1900.) (No Model.)

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THE NORR>» PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON, 0. C.

United States Patent Office.

WILLIAM KLEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS-BELT-ATTACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,017, dated January 1,1901.

Application filed September 12,1900. Serial No. 29,763. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, William Klein, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State 5 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Belt-Attaching Devices, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it apio pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for use in connection with the waistband of trousers for holding a belt in position; and the object thereof is to provide an improved, device of 15 this class which may be used for the purpose specified and also for the purpose of an attachment for the suspenders when suspenders are used; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device for 20 the purpose specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, ih which the 25 separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which—

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved device; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a 30 plan view of the blank from which the device is made, and Fig. 4 a similar view of a hook which I employ in the manufacture of the device.

In the practice of my invention I provide 35 a blank a, consisting of an oblong strip of sheet metal, the corners of which are rounded at one end, as shown at a², and said end is provided with a flat projecting knob or head a³. The opposite end of the blank a is pro40 vided with a hook member aⁱ of the form shown in Fig. 3, and in practice the end of the blank a provided with the head a³ is folded at the dotted line a³ parallel with the body portion of the blank, as shown in Fig. 45 2, and the hook member a⁴ is then formed into a hook a⁶, as shown in Fig. 2, and bent in the same manner as the opposite end. It will be observed that the body portion of the hook projects in a direction opposite to that 50 of the head a^s; but the hook portion projects substantially in the same direction as the head a³.

In forming the hook from the hook member α⁴1 preferably employ a steel hook &amp;. (Shown in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. .55 3.) This hook d is placed on the side of the hook member a,⁴ of the blank a, and the hook member is folded around the same, so as to form the hook a⁶. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

The blank a is preferably composed of 60 brass, nickel, or other similar material, and the purpose of using the steel hook &amp; is to give strength to the hook member of the device; but it will be apparent that the hook may be formed from the hook member itself, 65 if desired, or it may be independently formed and secured to the blank a.

In practice the device is connected with the waistband of the trousers by passing the hook a^e thereinto and turning the device so that 70 the hook will be entirely within the waistband, in which position the head a³ will project downwardly, and the.belt is passed thereunder, that part of the device with which the head a,³ is connected overlapping the belt and 75 forming a loop a⁸ for this purpose.

When suspenders are worn, the hook is passed through the buttonholes in the button-straps before it is passed into the waistband of the trousers, and the device may 80 thus be made to serve as means for connecting the suspenders with the trousers.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended and 85 is also comparatively inexpensive.