Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887,
I, WILLIAM BURT, of Lime Grove Cheadle in the County of Cheshire, Shoemaker
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to facilitate a stronger, more durable, simpler and
easier attachment of buttons to garments, than heretofore has been the case, and prevent
the garment from being damaged.
The invention consists in suitably providing the button with a shank of round, half-
round, or other shaped wire, the free end thereof being pointed and a little below the
button, formed screw-like similar to a cork screw, or with two curls.
When attaching the button to the garment, the said shank is passed through the
material by screwing the pointed part or curls into the material, and afterwards
pressing the same to the form of a base or plate by means of a suitable pair
of pliers.
Such pointed part or curls permit therefore of passing the shank through the
material without the necessity of having to pierce a hole previously, and also dispensing
with a separate back plate or base.
A modification of this invention consists in forming the said shank hook-shaped, its
free end being also pointed, and permitted to pass into a small recess or slot formed in
the under side of the button, or a catch fixed thereto, so as to bring the pointed free
end after being passed through the material of the garment, out of sight.
Instead of bringing the pointed end into the button as described, the same may be
bent, after being passed through the clothes outside the same, and against the shank,
thus forming a loop.
Dated thin 99th dow of June 1886
Pro WILLIAM BURT,
F. Bosshardt & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buttons and the Manner of Attaching the same
to Garments.
I, WILLIAM BURT, of Lime Grove, Cheadle, in the County of Cheshire, Shoemaker,
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 object of this invention is to facilitate a stronger, more durable, simpler and
casier attachment of buttons to garments than heretofore has been the case, and
prevent the garment from being damaged.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 & 14 are side views, and Figs. 3, 6, 9 & 13, plans, of
the buttons showing my improvements.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 3, I suitably provide the
button A with a shank a of round, half-round, or other shaped wire, the free end a²
thereof being pointed, and, a little below the button, formed with a screw-like part a¹
similar to a cork-screw, or with two curls b & b¹ see Figs. 4 5, & 6.
When attaching the button A to the garment, the said shank is passed through
the material B by screwing the point a² of the screw part a¹ or curls b & b¹, into the
material B, and afterwards pressing the same to the form of a plate or base C, see
Figs. 2, 3, 5 & 6, by means of a suitable pair of pliers in such a manner that the
point a is clenched close to the screw portion a¹ or curl 6 in order to prevent the same
from tearing the garment or doing injury to the wearer.
The point a of the screw part, or curls 6 & 6', permits therefore of passing the
shank a through the material B without the necessity of having to pierce a hole
previously, and also dispensing with a separate back plate or base.
A modification of this invention consists in forming the said shank a with a hook-
shaped part a³ see Figs. 7, 8 & 9, its free end a² being also pointed and permitted to
pass into a small recess or slot c in the underside of the button, formed or provided
with a catch c¹, so as to lock and bring the pointed free end a² after being pressed
through the material B of the garment, out of sight, and thus forming a loop D.
Instead of bringing the pointed end a into the button as described, the hook shaped
part a³, may be made shorter, and after being passed through the material, clenched
outside the same against the shank a of the button, see Figs. 11 & 12 thus also forming
a loop D.
If the material to which the button is to be attached is rather thin, it will be found
of advantage to use a plate E, see Figs. 11 & 15 formed with a loop e, through which
the pointed free end a³ of the shank a is passed, and which embeds itself into the
material B

page_text: Another modification consists in providing a base or plate C, see Figs. 12, 13 & 14
with a shank a which terminates in a screw part a¹ and point a² formed at about a right
angle to the base C. In this case however the button requires to be formed with a loop
or shank f, formed with a hole see Fig. 14, the shank a of the base or plate C being
passed into the material B by screwing the point a² and part a¹ through the same, the
button A. being attached thereto by hooking the loop or shank f of the screw part a²,
and afterwards bending the latter into a vertical position and clenching the point a
against the shank a of the base or plate C see Fig. 14.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim, is :—
In buttons, providing the heads of the same with a shank a, which below the same
is formed with a screw like portion a', curls 6 & 6 or hook a³, having a pointed end a²,
the latter serving for inserting the shank a into the material B, and the screw like
portion a', curls b, & b¹ or hook a³, forming a base (or loop D, respectively by being
clenched together, substantially as set forth.