IMPROVEMENTS IN HOOK AND EYE FASTENINGS
Year: 1884

page_text: DEVIFICATION.
I, HARRIET WILLIAMS RUSSELL STRONG, of N° 566 Eleventh Street, in the
city of Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, one of the United
States of America, Capitalist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOOK AND EYE FASTENINGS: and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention relates to a new and useful hook and eye for fastening clothing,
garments, etc: and my invention consists in a double hook, the parts of which are
bent in opposite directions, and lie in the same continuous or flat plane, said hook
having a stem and double fastening loops also lying approximately in the same
continuous or flat plane with the hooks, and a double eye for engaging the hooks
and forming between its parts a spring socket for the reception of the stem of the
hook, said eye having a stem and double securing loops, all of which I shall
hereinafter fully explain.
The object of my invention is to provide a strong hook and eye, adapted by its
construction to form a complete and secure engagement, and to lie to a good
advantage, being readily concealed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a view of the hook with its stem and loops.
Figure 2 is a view of the eye with its stem and loops.
Figure 3 is a view showing their engagement.
A piece of wire A is bent to form the double hook a, at its front the rearwardly
extending shank or stem a', and the double loop a at its back. These are
preferably made of a single wire, and it will be observed that the loops a³, the two
parts of the stem a', and the parts of the hook a lie approximately in a continuous
Hat plane. The parts or branches of the stem a' lie very close together, and are
flattened sideways for a purpose I shall presently explain.
Another piece of wire B is bent to forin the double eye b, at its front the
rearwardly extending shank or stom b', and the double loop bant its back. The
loop and stem lie in a flat plane, but the parts of the double eye bare bent in a plano
at right angles to the stem, and are so curved at their upper portions as to causo
their tops to just meet, from which point of contact they diverge to the points at
which they blend into the branches of the stem, thus forming a socket c between
them.

page_text: The character of the wire renders the entrance to this socket a springy one which
opens to pressure to allow the passage of the stem a¹ of the hook, and then closes
again. In figure 3 I show the engagement of the hook and eye. The stem a' of
the hook is brought against the point of contact of the parts of the eye b, and is
forced down between them into the socket c. The parts of the double hook a are!
then drawn back, whereby they enter the parts of the double eye b, whereupon the
engagement is complete. The loops a³ and b³ are for attaching the hook and eye to
the material in the usual manner, though the attachment may be made by eyelets
if preferred.
It will be seen that both hook and eye are doubled, whereby the required
strength is obtained. By making them as flat as possible, they lie to better
advantage, and may be more easily concealed, and by providing for the engagement
of the stem of the hook between the double eye b, the parts are held straight and
have no tendency to disengage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what mannor the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
1. A, hook and eye, consisting of a double hook, the parts of which are bent
oppositely and lie in the same continuous or flat plane, and a double eyo adapted
to receive the double hook, substantially as herein described.
2. A hook and eye, consisting of a double hook, the parts of which are bent
oppositely in the same flat plane, said hook having a stem and a double fastening
loop, both stem and loop being in the same flat plane with the hook, and a doublo
eye adapted to receive the double hook, substantially as heroin described.
3. A double hook, having a stem and double fastening loop, and a double eye
having a stem and double fastening loop, constructed and engaging, substantially
as herein described.
4. A hook, consisting of a wire bent to form a double fastening loop, a stem and
a double hook all lying in the same continuous or flat plane, and an eye consisting
of a wire bent to form a double fastening loop, à stem and a double eye for
engaging the double hook, and forming between its parts a spring socket for the
reception of the stem of the hook, substantially as herein described.
Dated this thirtieth day of September 1884.
HARRIET WILLIAMS RUSSELL STRONG.