Joint Metal Button to be worn on Garments, Boots, shoes, or Gloves. SELF-FASTENING BALL JOINT METAL BUTTON TO BE WO ON GARMENTS BOOTS SHO OR G
Year: 1885

page_text: Joint Metal Button to be worn on Garments, Boots, shoes,
or Gloves.
PETER SEYMOUR of Number 135 George Street West Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Tool Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE
MANUFACTURE OF A SELF-FASTENING BALL JOINT METAL BUTTON TO BE WORN ON
GARMENTS BOOTS SHOES OR GLOVES to be as follows:-
The construction of the button is so arranged that the shank is made to revolve
in a half ball or cup thus giving it perfect freedom of action, rendering it extremely
pliable, and at the same time relieving the strain upon the garment, boot, shoe, or
glove upon which it is worn and enabling the wearer to button instantaneously
and safely.
This construction consists of a blank with a receptacle raised in the centre to
receive the head of shank there is a small keyway into the receptacle for the .
shank and by closing this the shank is securely locked in the fastener.
The button will be manufactured in various sizes to suit any garment boot shoe
or glove.

page_text: An Invention for the Manufacture of a Self Fastening Ball
Joint Metal Button to be Worn on Garments, Boots, Shoes,
or Gloves.
I, PETER SEYMOUR, of 135 George Street West, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Tool Maker, do hereby declare, the nature of his invention for THE
MANUFACTURE OF A SELF FASTENING BALL JOINT METAL BUTTON and, in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
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The object of this invention is to make a button, and fastener of any shape or
size of metal, which button can be readily attached to any garment boot, shoe,
glove or other article, of wearing, apparel, without sewing on, and, at the same time
be more pliable, durable, and easier to button.
The construction of this button and fastener is entirely different (and certainly
in its most essential points) from any other button and fastener hitherto offered to
public notice.
Special attention has been directed to the important point of so manufacturing
this button and fastener as to allow the button itself a revolving action which
gives it perfect freedom by the person using the same whilst being, buttoned and
thus entirely, dispensing with that rigidity or stiffness frequently, if not in all cases
experienced by the wearer (as well as destructive to the garment boot shoe glove
or other article) as in the case of sewn on buttons or any other button hitherto
patented or fastened in any other manner.
The construction of this button as shewn in its complete form (Figure 1) is so
arranged that the shank (Figure 2) is made to revolve in a half ball or cup (the
top of which button is shewn in Figure 3, and the bottom part of the button and
mode of affixing same to body, of button, is shewn in complete section, Figure 4-
Figure 5 is a side elevation, with shank broken off short, a plan of the clasp, or clip
arrangement-Figure 6 is a plan of the clip, before the shank is put in, this gives
the button the perfect freedom of action, as before stated, and renders it extremely
pliable, and at the same time, relieving the strain upon any garment, boot, shoe,
glove, or other article, on which it is affixed, and enabling the wearer thereof, to
button, and fasten the same instantaneously, and safely.
The construction of the fastener is arranged on the most simple principal vizt:—
it consists of a piece of metal with a receptacle raised in the centre to receive
the head of shank there is a keyway into this receptacle for the shank and by
closing this with a slight pressure the shank is at once securely locked in the
fastener.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A special feature and novelty in this button is its solid lasting indestruetable
shank which renders it almost impossible for it to become detached or separated
from the button itself as so often occurs with the old fashioned shanked buttons
or other later improvements thereof.

page_text: 2. When once the fastener is pressed down it is impossible for the button (with
any ordinary amount of strain) to become detached from the article to which it is
attached no matter in what direction the button is turned by the wearer, and this
in itself is a novelty and a climax never attained by any manufacturer of buttons,
and further the shank and fastener which will be always composed of the most
durable and ductile metal which can be raised by the finger nail or a small pliers
and the button removed and affixed to any other article the wearer may desire.
3. The metal fastener of this button is so made and so ductile that it cannot
possibly at any time cause any injury either to the person (meaning thereby the
finger or fingers) or the boot shoe or in fact any other article of wearing apparel
of the wearer or user thereof, and its whole combination is (or the most essential
part of it is) novel and must and will in time give complete satisfaction to the
public at large.
4. The fastener itself combines those most essential qualities viz-strength
durability neatness and comfort by the wearer. When buttoned the fastener lies
perfectly flat on the material to which it is attached-thus as before stated
rendering it impossible to harm or injure the person or any portion of the dress
of the wearer.