Improved Means for Attaching Buttons to Boots and Shoes and other Garments or Articles."
Year: 1888

page_text: Improved Means for Attaching Buttons to Boots and Shoes and
other Garments or Articles."
I, RICHARD DAVID SANDERS, of Hillside House, Berkhamsted, in the County of
Hertford, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improved means for attaching buttons to boots, shoes and
other garments or articles without sewing.
According to my said invention I provide a plate or disc on one side of which is
formed or secured a hooked shank; and the free end of the hook is bent so close to
the plate that only sufficient space is left to allow the metal forming the eye of a
button to be passed therethrough.
In using my improved device in connection with a button the eye of the latter is
first passed through the material and then the hooked shank is connected therewith.
The button is then pulled so that the plate is drawn up close to the material and the
hook into or through the same, the space between the end of the hook and the plate
is thus filled thereby preventing the button from being moved.
G. F. REDFERN. & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: other Garments or Articles.
I RICHARD DAVID SANDERS, of Hillside House, Berkhamsted, in the County of.
Hertford, Engineer, 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:—
My invention relates to improved means for attaching buttons to boots, shoes and 5
other garments or articles without sewing:
According to my said invention I provide a plate or disc on one side of which is
formed or secured a hooked shank and the free end of the hook is bent so close to
the plate that only sufficient space is left to allow the metal forming the eye of a
button to be passed therethrough.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I. will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved fastener ;. and,
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
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***Figure 3 is a view representing the fastener in connection' with a piece of material 1
and having a button attached thereto.
Figure 4 is a view illustrating the method of applying the fastener...
Figures 5 and 6 are a transverse section and plan respectively of the plate or disc
of the fastener.
Figure 7 is a view of the hook portion of the fastener detached, and,
Figure 8 illustrates the mode of connecting the hook to the fastener.
a is the plate or disc of the fastener having the hole 6 at its centre for the shank
and the slot c at its edge for a purpose hereinafter described; and d is the shank one
end of which is formed into a hook e while the other end is provided with a head ƒ to
retain the shank in connection with the said plate or disc.
The shank dis loosely secured to the plate a that is to say, it is free to yield to any
strain upon the button, for instance as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1 so that
the plate bears evenly upon the, fabric. or material; and. the space g between the free
end of the hook and the plate is only sufficient to allow the shank of a button'to be
passed through it...
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h is a button having an eye or shank i, and j is a piece of fabric or material.
In using my improved fastener in connection with a button, the eye of the latter
is passed through an opening k in the material, as shown in Figure 4, and then the
hook e of the fastener is connected therewith. The button is then pulled so that the
plate a is drawn up close to the material ; and the hook e through or into the slot k as 3
shown in Figure 3. The space is thus closed whereby the button is prevented
from becoming detached. The detachment of the button is further prevented by
reason of the fact that the shank is pulled over by any strain tending to detach the
button, whereby the space g is reduced in width as indicated by dotted lines in
Figure 1.
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page_text: In practice I prefer to bend the hook e before attaching the shank to the plate a
and in order to effect the connection of the same I-form the slot c herein before
described so that the hook can be inserted as indicated in Figure 8.
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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 :-
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(1) In a button fastener the combination of a plate or disc adapted to bear against
the surface of the material to which a button is to be attached and a hooked shank
loosely connected to the said plate the space between the end of the hook and the
surface of the said plate being only of sufficient size to allow the passage of the
shank or eye of the button, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
(2) The manufacture and use of button fasteners substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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Dated the 28th day of January 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.