IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, STUDS, AND LIKE FASTENINGS TO GARMENTS, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN of Spencer Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick Manager of Works, and EDWARD HEMMING of Stoward Street,
Birmingham, aforesaid, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, STUDS, AND LIKE FASTENINGS TO
GARMENTS, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS" to be as follows:—
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in attaching
buttons, studs, and like fastenings to garments, boots and shoes, and other articles
of dress, consisting essentially of a button with a central stem or shank, having
jointed at its terminal end a movable double arm, which on being connected to an
article of dress, lies in the same axial line as the stem upon which it is jointed,
but after having been passed in this position through the said article and the
movable end turned outwards at right angles to the stem or shank, the button or
other fastening is thereby securely held or attached to the article of dress.
I will describe my invention as applied to a button.
The stem or shank on the back of the button has at its terminal end or extremity,
a double arm, which is jointed at its middle to the end of the stem or shank
described, and is capable of turning outwards or inwards; that is, the movable
end when in this position for inserting through an article of dress, lies in the same
plane or forms a continuation of the stem, but after its insortion and the stem
pushed fully home, the jointed end is then turned at right angles to the plane of
the stem or shank at the back of the article of dress, thereby securely connecting
the button thereto.
Where desirable, a disc or washer may be interposed between the material and
the movable end described.
In order to separate or detach the button, it is only necessary to place the
movable end in the same axial line as the stem, when the said stem can be
withdrawn.
Although I have only described my improvements in connection with rigid
shanks, yet my said invention may be applied to buttons and other fastenings
having yielding or flexible shanks.
Dated this twenty-first day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighty-.
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page_text: We, JoserП SHELDON WHITTEN of Spencer Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manager of Works and EDWARD HEMMING of Steward Street
Birminghain, aforesaid, Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING BUTTONS, STUDS AND LIKE FASTENINGS TO
GARMENTS, BOOTS AND SHOES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
"
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in attaching
buttons studs and like fastenings, to garments, boots and shoes and other articles
of dress; consisting essentially of a button with a central stem or shank, having
jointed at its terminal end, a movable double arm, which on being connected to an
'article of dress lies in the same axial line as the stem upon which it is jointed, but
after having been placed in this position through the said article and the movable
end turned outwards at right angles to the stem, or shank the button or other
fastening is thereby securely hold or attached to the article of dress.
We will describe our invention as applied to a button.
The stem or shank on the back of the button has at its terminal end or
extremity a double arm, which is jointed at its middle to the end of the stem or
shank described and is capable of turning outwards or inwards; that is, the movable
end when in position for inserting through an article of dress lies in the same plane
or forms a continuation of the stem, but after its insertion and the stem pushed
fully home, the jointed end is then turned at right angles to the plane of the stem
or shank at the back of the article of dress, thereby securely connecting the button
thereto.
Where desirable, a disc or washer may be interposed between the material and
the movable end described.
In order to separate or detach the button, it is only necessary to place the
movable end in the same axial line as the stem, when the said stem can be
withdrawn.
Although we have only described our improvements in connection with rigid
shanks, yet our said invention may be applied to buttons and other fastenings
having yielding or flexible shanks.
Having described the nature of our invention, we will now procced to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which our invention
is to be carried into effect.
Figure 1 represents a button or stud constructed according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of figure 1, while figure 3 is a plan of the washer in
which the movable or turned up end of the shauk lies when in use. Figure 4
shows the parts partly in section. Figure 5 shows how the button or stud is
applied, in connecting it to an article of dress. Figure 6 shows the movable end
turned outwards, crossing the stem T like, and so effectually securing the button
or stud to an article without sewing. Figure 7 shows the movable or T end turned
round at right angles to the opening in the hollow washer or casing in which the
movable end lies. Figure 8 is an underside view of figure 7, showing the movable
end crossing the opening in the washer. Figure 9 is an underside view, showing
the slot and end coincident-Figure 10 show the parts separately-Figure 11 shows
our invention applied to a solitaire. Figure 12 is an underside view of the same.
Figure 13 shows the application of our invention to the fastening of a scarf-stud

page_text: or ornament. Figure 14 is a back view of figure 13, the movable and being shown
in dotted lines crossing the long slot in the back of the washer.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
Drawings.
a is the head of the button or stud, is the shank, c is the jointed or movable
end, and d is the axis upon which it turns. e is a hollow washer for preventing
the end c from coming in direct contact with the person when applied to an article
of dress-e is the slot in the washer or case e, through which the end c passes in
making the connection. The movable end c is pointed at its end for facilitating
the passage of the stem through the material to which the stud or button is to be
applied. The stem or shank b has a slot or cut away part 6 in which the reduced
end c of the movable end c passes, when a connection is being made.
In connecting the button or stud to an article of dress, the jointed double arm c
lies in the same plane as the stem, as represented in figures 1, 2 and 4; that is, tho
movable part forms a continuation of the stem, which when in this position is
passed through an article of dress as in figure 5; with the hollow washer or shell e,
threaded on the shank, tho slot e² lying in the same plane in which the double
armed end moves, the end is then turned at right angles as represented in
figure 6, the washer or shell e is then slightly rotated as represented in figure 7
when the button or stud is effectually secured to an article or other garment
without sewing.
In order to separate or detach the button or stud from the garment or other
article, it is only necessary to place the movable end in the same axial line as tho
stem, when the stem and its movable end can be withdrawn.
In figure 15, the movable end is shown applied to an ordinary button, the joint
formned by twisting the wire around the metal of the shank. Figure 16 shows our
improvements applied to a button having a yielding or flexible shank.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The improvements in attaching buttons, studs and other like objects to garments
and other articles as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the several figures of
the Drawings; that is to say, a fastening consisting essentially of a jointed double
arm or cross piece, which turns upon the end of a central stem or shank; and
when in use, is turned (or lies) at right angles to the other part, for the purpose as
described and set forth; also the washer or shell marked e in which the turned up
end is concealed when in use.
Dated this twentysecond day of January 1885.