A NEW OR IMPROVED DRESS FASTENING, WHICH SAID FASTENING, IS, ALSO; APPLI- CABLE TO THE FASTENING OF BANDS AND BELTS IN GENERAL, AND TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Wilson, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Engineer and Gun Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A
NEW OR IMPROVED DRESS FASTENING, WHICH SAID FASTENING, IS, ALSO; APPLI-
CABLE TO THE FASTENING OF BANDS AND BELTS IN GENERAL, AND TO OTHER
LIKE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 16th December 1862, and dated the 23rd June 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Wilson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
June 1862.
I, THOMAS WILSON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer
and Gun Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED DRESS FASTENING, WHICH SAID FASTENING IS ALSO APPLICABLE
TO THE FASTENING OF BANDS AND BELTS IN GENERAL, AND TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
parts, one of which
the other part of the
article of dress to be
My said new or improved fastening consists of two
is fixed or sewn to one part of the article of dress, and
said fastening is fixed or sewn to the other part of the
fastened. One of the parts of the fastening consists of a flat piece of sheet
metal or other rigid material having a shape somewhat resembling that of a
horse shoe, that is, it consists of two parallel bars jointed at one end by an
arch or cross piece. This part of the fastening has ears or projections on its

page_text: outer edge, by means of which it is attached by sewing to the garment.
These ears are situated near the free ends, and at the arch or cross piece.
All the parts of this portion of the fastening are in the same plane. The
other part of the fastening consists of a disk or button, which is sewn to
the garment by its middle. In connecting the two parts of the fastening
together the button is inserted under the free ends of the horse-shoe shaped
piece, and is passed between the parallel bars until it arrives at the curved
junction of the said two bars, when the connection of the two parts is complete.
In separating the two parts it is only necessary to press the button with a
gentle pressure in a direction opposite to that by which it was connected with
the other part when it readily passes from under the other part. All the
parts of the fastening are flat, and are not injured by the pressure of mangling
or other like pressure.
Although for convenience of description I have described my Invention only
a dress fastening, yet my Invention is applicable to the fastening of
bands and belts in general, and to other like purposes.
My new or improved fastening may be made of sheet metal, or of wire,
or of other rigid material. Instead of being fixed or attached directly to the
dress the fastening may be fixed or sewn to à band or braid, and the band
or braid may be afterwards fixed or attached to the dress by sewing or
otherwise.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Wilson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th December 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WILSON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer and Gun
Manufacturer, send greeting.
•
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of June, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Wilson, Her special licence, that I, the said Thomas Wilson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Thomas Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,

page_text: exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
DRESS FASTENING, WHICH SAID FASTENING IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE FASTENING
OF BANDS AND BELTS IN GENERAL, AND TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Wilson, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Wilson, do hereby declare the
nature of the said. Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of a new or improved dress fastening, which said
fastening is also applicable to the fastening of bands and belts in general,
and to other like purposes constructed in the manner herein-after described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
My said new or improved fastening consists of two parts, one of which is fixed
or sewn to one part of the article of dress, and the other part of the said
fastening is fixed or sewn to the other part of the article of dress to bo
fastened. One of the parts of the fastening consists of a flat piece of sheet
metal or other rigid material having a shape somewhat resembling that of a
horse shoe, that is, it consists of two parallel bars joined at one end by an arch
or cross piece. This part of the fastening has ears or projections on its outer
edge by means of which it is attached by sewing to the garment. These ears
are situated near the free ends, and at the arch or cross piece; or holes or
piercings are made near the outer edges of the parallel bars through which
the thread is passed on sewing the part to the garment. All the parts of
this portion of the fastening are in the same plane. The other part of the
fastening consists of a disk or button, which is fixèd or sewn to the article or
garment by its middle or otherwise. In connecting the two parts of the
fastening together the button is inserted under the free ends of the horse-shoe
shaped piece, and is passed between the parallel bars until it arrives at the
curved junction of the said bars, when the connection of the two parts is
complete. In separating the two parts it is only necessary to press the button
or disk with a gentle pressure in a direction opposite to that by which it was
connected with the other part, when it readily passes from under the other.

page_text: part. All the parts of the fastening are flat, and are not injured by the pressure
of mangling or other like pressure.
Having described the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to explain
the manner in which the same is to be performed with reference to the
accompanying Drawing.
Figure 1 represents in plan and edge view one part of my new or
improved dress fastening, and Figure 2 represents in plan and edge view the
other part of the said fastening; Figures 3 and 4 represent the said parts of
the fastening secured to the parts of the dress to be fastened together;
Figure 5 represents the two parts of the fastening connected together, and
Figure 6 represents an edge view of the same.
The part a of the fastening consists of a flat piece of metal having the
shape represented, that is, baving a shape somewhat resembling that of a
horse shoe. The said part a is attached to the dress or article by passing the
thread around ears or projections e, situated near the free ends, and at the
arch or cross piece, as represented in Figures 3, 5, and 6. The other part b
of the fastening consists of a disk of flat metal or button, which is sewn or
fixed to the garment or article by its middle. The part a is fastened to the
outer side of the edge of one part c of the dress, and the part 6 is fastened to
the inner side of the edge of the part d of the dress. In connecting the two
. parts of the fastening together, the disk or button b is passed over the part a
until it arrives at the open end of the said. part a, when the said disk or button
is inserted under the said open end, that is, between the part a and the
dress c, and drawn towards and pressed against the curved junction of the
said part a, when the two parts of the fastening are securely connected
together, as seen in Figures 5 and 6. By moving or pressing the disk or
button towards the open end of the part a, that is, from the curved junction
of the said part a, the said disk or button is readily separated from the other
part a. The parts of the fastening are concealed when they are connected
together by the overlapping edge d of the dress, as seen in Figures 5 and 6.
Instead of attaching the part a to the dress or article by means of the ears
or projections e, Figures 1, 3, and 5, the said part a may be attached to the
dress or article by making holes or piercings near the outer edges of the
parallel bars of the said part, through which holes or piercings the thread is
passed on attaching the said part to the dress or article. This modification,
together with the disk, or button b, are represented in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, and 12, of the Drawing, and are marked with the same letters as cor-
responding parts in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and the description of the
said Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 applies equally to the said Figures 7, 8, 9,

page_text: 10; 11, and 12. The manner of sewing the part a, Figure 7, to the, dress
or garment will be understood by referring to Figure 9. In place of the
part 6 of the fastening, a disk or button, of the form represented in plan and
edge views, taken at right angles, in Figure 13, may be employed either with
the part a, Figure 1, or with the part a, Figure 7.
In the modification, Figure 13, a bar g² is made across the disk g, the said
bar being raised out of the plane of the sides of the said disk, the width of the
said part g2 being somewhat less than that of the space between the parallel
bars of the part a. At the end of the raised bar a shank or cross piece h is
made, around the ends of which shank or cross piece the thread is passed on,
attaching the said part to the dress or article, as illustrated in Figure 14. In
connecting the part Figure 13 with either the part a, Figure 1, or Figure 7,
the said part is inserted under the open end of the part a, and then drawn
forward to the arch or curved junction of the said part a, and the said parts
thus secured together, the raised bar 92 of the disk or button g nearly occupying
the space between the bars of the part a and the sides of the said disk or
button engaging between the said bars and the dress to which the said part a
is attached. Instead of being fixed or attached directly to the dress, the parts
of the fastening may be fixed or sewn to bands or braids, and the bands or
braids may be afterwards fixed or attached to the dress by sewing or otherwise.
Although I prefer to give the parts 6 and 9 of the fastening a circular form,
yet any other form which can readily engage under the other part may be
employed; and although, for convenience of description, I have described my
Invention only as a dress fastening, yet my Invention is applicable to the
fastening of bands and belts in general, and to other like purposes.
When I use my fastening for the fastening of bands or belts, I prefer to
connect it to the said bands or belts by means of wire, or by tongues or
projections attached to or formed on the said fastening, which are passed
through and clinched against the said bands or belts.
My new or improved fastening may be made of any size to suit it, to the
purpose to which it is to be applied, and an ornamental forin may be given
to it.
My new or improved fastening may be made of sheet metal, or of wire, or
of other rigid material.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details herein described and represented, as the
same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention; but
I claim as my. Invention a new or improved fastening for fastening dresses,

page_text: bands, and belts, and for other like purposes, constructed essentially in the
manner herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Wilson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
GEORGE' SHAW.
THOMAS WILSON. (L.S.)