'Giant Grip' -Latch cover slide patent info:
"H. PERRINE LATCH COVER SLIDE Filed Oct. 18, 1924 - Patented Feb. 10, 1925.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE H. PERRINE, OF HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEVJ YORK, ASSIG-NOR TO SCOVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.
Be it known that l, Gnonon H. PERRINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hastingson-Hudson, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Latch Cover Slides, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of this invention is to provide a slide, or slide buckle, which is used for adjusting the length of suspenders or straps for use on wearing apparel, in which an added element is used in the nature of a combined cover and latch which serves to grip and conceal the bends made in the suspender or strap employed in order to connect the suspender or strap and the slide in adjusted position, and also to aid in holding the suspender or strap and slide in adjusted position, and also as a means for receiving an advertisement, name, brand or trademark, and also to prevent the spreading of the slide under strains. The invention consists of a slide, of the character described, having a series of transverse loop members, to one of which is hinged a cover-plate having at its opposite end a projection which engages the transverse member at the opposite end of the slide to hold the cover or latch in closed position and also to aid in preventing the spreading of the slide under strains of use."
