A Fastening Device for Gloves, Shoes, Gaiters, Corsets, and other similar Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1894
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A Fastening Device for Gloves, Shoes, Gaiters, Corsets, and other
similar Articles of Wearing Apparel.
I, CARL HÜTTEMEISTER, of the Firm of Kremp & Hüttemeister, of
11 Humboldstrasse Ludenscheid, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The subject of this invention is a fastening device for gloves, shoes, gaiters,
stays or other articles of wearing apparel, which in addition to its simple construction
and to the facility with which it can be attached to any article which it is desired
to fasten, offers the advantage that its employment enables the glove, shoe, gaiter,
corset or the like to be made wider or narrower according to requirements, so as to
ensure a better fit. A further advantage of the improved device is that it cannot
open of its own accord, and that one operation or "pull" is sufficient instantly to
open it.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8 represent several forms of the fastening rail or rod forming
the main part of the improved fastener to which this invention relates; each form
being shown in side elevation and in plan;
Figure 4 shows the spring-hook, being another part of the improved fastening
device, shown in side elevations and in plan;
Figure 5 is a side elevation and plan of the clamp, which completes the improved
fastener.
Figure 6 illustrates the manner in which the spring-hook and clamp are fastened
to the cloth or material, the attachment being viewed from below; and
Figure 7 is a plan or top view of the closed fastener attached to an article of
wearing apparel.
The fastener consists of three parts, as may be gathered from the figures, viz.:
the rail or rod (Figs. 1 to 3 and 8), the spring controlled or resilient hook (Fig. 4.)
and the clamp (Fig. 5).
The rol or rail may either have a raised portion as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or it
may be flat as shown in Fig. 3. According to requirements, it may be provided
with one or more circular or square apertures a and b adapted respectively to
receive the spring-hook and to facilitate the attachment of the rod to the cloth or
material.
The spring-hook, Fig. 4, consists of two hooks c c', preferably stamped or cut
out in one piece with the plate d connecting them, one of these hooks being, more-
over, provided with a counter-hook or retaining hook e. Two apertures h serve
for its attachment to the cloth or material.
If it be
The clamp, Fig. 5, consists of a base plate or foot, and two arms g.
desired to fasten the spring-hook in position otherwise than by means of the said
apertures, Fig. 4, this may be effected by means of the clamp. For this purpose
the arms g of the clamp should be passed through the material or fabric, and
through the apertures provided for the purpose in the spring-hook, and then
curved or bent towards each other in the manner illustrated in Fig. 6.
The spring hook is, in the manner above stated, secured to one part, and the rod
When it is
or rail to the other, part, to be joined by the improved fastener.
desired to complete the fastening operation, i.e. to joint those parts or edges of
the article of wearing apparel to which the device is applied, the spring-hook is

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simply pressed into one of the apertures a, which may be readily done owing to
the resilient nature of the hooks c c. The hook c' with its counter-hook e will then
engage with the rod or rail, passing underneath it, thus forming a firm and secure
connection which cannot become undone of its own accord. No "pull" in the
direction of the arrow r, Fig. 7, can sever the connection, as will be readily
understood, no more than a pull in the direction of the arrow s, Fig. 7, inasmuch
as the retaining hook e is in close contact with the lower side of the rod. But a
pull in the direction of the arrow t, Fig. 7 enables the fastener to be quickly
opened, since in that direction there is no obstacle hindering the disconnection.
Owing to the circumstance that the number of apertures are provided in the rod
for the reception of the spring-hooks the wearing apparel to which the fastener is
applied may be enlarged or reduced in width with a view to a better fit.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A fastening device for wearing apparel of all kinds, the main feature or part of
which is a rail or rod provided with apertures or perforations a into which a spring-
hook, provided with a counter-hook or catch e, is adapted to be pressed for the
purpose of forming a connection capable of increasing or reducing the width or
tightness of fit of the article thereby fastened, and of being severed only by a "pull"
exercised in one predetermined direction, substantially as described and illustrated
in the drawings.
Dated this 5th day of July 1801
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.