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No. 876,099, PATENTED JAN, 7, 1908, F. M. SCH MIDT. COMBINED AND FLY FRONT, APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1907, 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

1ffortie1 No. 876,099. PATENTED JAN, 7, 1908, F. M. SCH MEDT, COMBINED WAIST BAND AND FLY FRONT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1907. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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the Norts PErek's Co. wash instrow, p.c. f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. FRANK M. SCHMIDT, OF JACKSON VILLE, FLORIDA. COMBINED WAISTEBAND AND FLY FRONT. No. 876,099. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 7, 1908. Application filed May 22, 1907, Serial No. 375,147. To all whom it may concern: ment with the hook upon the fly. Fig. 12 is Beit known that I, FRANK M.SCIIMIDT, a a detailed view of a modified form of hook citizen of the United States, residing at Jack carried by the fly, and Fig. 13 is a detailed sonville, in the county of Duval and State of view of a which may be employed 60 Florida, have invented certain new and use upon the fly. fullmprovements in a Combined Waistband Reference now being had to the details of and Fly-Front; and I do hereby declare the the drawings by letter, A designates a waist following to be a full, clear, and exact de band, made preferably of two strips of ma scription of the invention, such as will enable terial having edges, and B and B' 65 O others skilled in the art to which it apper designate the two front flies which are inte tains to make and use same, reference being gral with or fastened to said waist band, as had to the accompanying drawings, and to may be desired. One of the flies B is pro the letters and figures of reference marked vided with socket members C having slots thereon, which form a part of this specifica therein with contracted portions adapted to 70 15 tion. receive the D, which are secured This invention relates to new and useful to the fly B' and have heads of shapes cor improvements in combined fly fronts and responding to the shapes of said sockets to which suspender engaging which they are adapted to engage. hooks and belt are fastened, and the B° lesignates an integral tongue upon said object of the invention is to produce a device fly B' and which has fastened thereto a hook of this nature as an article of manufacture to E, a detailed view of which before being bent or manufacturers, and adapted to be into hook form is shown in Fig. S of the draw stitched to the material out of which the ings, the portion of which hook has are to be made, thus making it pos integral spurs E' adapted to clench the 80 sible to expedite greatly the manufacture of tongue in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the trousers by having the completed strips in drawings. readiness to be adjusted in place. F designates a bar, a detail of which is My invention comprises various other de shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings, the barbed tails of construction and combinations and ends of which pass through slits formed in 85 30 arrangements of parts which will be herein the fly and upon either side and parallel with after fully described and then specifically de said bar is a row of stitching F adapted to fined in the appended claims. hold the bar in place, which stitching is I illustrate my invention in the accom adapted to pass through the material of panying drawings, in which:- which the trousers are made. In fastening 90 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a completed the flies, said hook E engages the bar F in the combined fly and waistband with the sus manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings after pender hooks and belt straps fastened thereto which the tongue B is turned in the opposite and in readiness to be applied to the trousers. direction, as shown in sectional view in Fig. Fig. 2 is an elevation illustrating the first 3 of the drawings, after which the fasteners 95 40 step in connecting the ends of the flies to H upon the fly B are made to engage the gether, said view showing in dotted line the socket members C to hold the flies securely fly turned back with the hook in a reverse together. position to that shown in solid lines. Fig. 3 K-K designate suspender engaging is a side elevation showing the flies fastened hooks which are used as substitutes for but 100 45 together. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through tons, a detailed view of one of said hooks be the flies and locking means shown in Fig. 3. ing shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings. It will Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. be noted that each of said hooks has an elon 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of gated head and a contracted shank portion Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detailed view of a sepa K", which is substantially U-shaped and is 05 50 rate fly. Fig. 7 is a view of a slightly modi provided with an integral eyelet K9 which fied form of a separate fly. Fig. S is a de serves as a rivet and adapted to be passed tailed view of a plate which is bent to form a through the waist band A and also a . Fig. 9 is a detailed view of a sus forming N in the manner shown in Fig. pender hook. Fig. 10 is a detailed view of a 4 of the drawings. After said eyelet has O 55 bar to be engaged by a hook upon the fly. been passed through the waist band and the Fig. 11 is a detailed view of a bar for engage belt forming strap, said eyelet is clenched 2 876,099 and serves to securely hold the parts to will be seen that the suspender engaging gether in the manner shown. It will be hooks, the bars and the fly holding members noted that the strap N, which is to form a are all placed a slight distance in from the 50 belt loop, projects beyond the upper edge of marginal edge of the waist band in order that the waistband and, after my combined my improved combination waist band and waist band and fly device is adjusted to the fly may be readily stitched to the trousers trousers adapted to be stitched thereto, said without in any way interfering with the said

straps N may be turned down in the manner hooks or fastening devices. Intermediate 55 shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings and its lower each pair of suspender engaging hooks is a 10 end stitched to the trousers forming any similar hook M, which is held to the waist length of loop desired. In the event of it band by means of an eyelet which clenches the not being desired to utilize the belt straps band, said hookM being provided for the pur which are made with the combination device pose of forming means to support drawers. 60 in readiness to be applied to the device, the From the foregoing it will be noted that, said straps may be off near the marginal by the provision of a combined waist band, edge of the waist band. It will be noted fly front with suspender hooks and belt that, by fastening the hooks to the waist straps, a finished article is afforded which band and also to the belt straps, said hooks may be offered to manufacturers of trousers 65 will be reinforced and the usual of can and in readiness to be applied to the goods, 20 Vas employed in making waist bands may thus effecting a great saving of time to the be dispensed with. It is my purpose to cont manufacturers incident to the assembling of struct these combination waist bands and the various parts to make up the fly and flies of various sizes and of different colors waist band attachments. . 70 and material, so that the tailors or manufac What I claim is:- 25 turers may order the same for any size of 1. As an article of manufacture, a combi trousers or for any color of goods which may nation waist band and fly front, belt straps, be desired. suspender engaging hooks having integral In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, I have eyelet rivets adapted to pass through the 75 shown detachable flies, designated by letters waist band and said straps and, when 30 O and Q, the former showing the ordinary clenched, designed to hold the parts to form of vertically disposed holes to gether, as set forth. engage the form of hook O', shown in Fig. 13, 2. As an article of manufacture, a com which is adapted to be fastened to a fly B bination waist band and fly front having 80 and, in Fig. 7 of the drawings, I have shown suspender hooks and belt straps fastened 35 the form of holes as turning at right angles thereto, a bar secured to one of the fly fronts, to the length of the fly and adapted to be en a hook mounted upon the overlapping fly gaged by an ordinary button, if desired to adapted to engage said bar, socket members use the same upon the opposite fly. In Fig. upon the bar carrying the fly and fasteners 85 12 of the drawings is shown a slightly modi upon the opposite fly adapted to engage said 40 fied form of hook, designated by letter R, socket members, as set forth. which may be substituted if desired for the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my hooks R', shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. signature in the presence of two witnesses. In order to further reinforce and hold the belt straps, rows of stitching T are made ver FRANK M. SCHMIDT. 45 tically in the waist band, as shown clearly in Witnesses: Fig. 1 of the drawings. A. Iu. HOUGH, By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it FRANKLIN H. HouGH.