Improvements in and Pertaining to Hooks or Fasteners for Boots and other Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Pertaining to Hooks or Fasteners for Boots
and other Articles.
I WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from abroad by Gottfried Klotz, of Mühlau, near Innsbruch,
Tyrol, in the Empire of Austria,) to be as follows:-
This invention of improvements in and pertaining to hooks or fasteners for boots
and other articles has reference to hooks or fasteners formed in one piece, and
comprising a dome shaped portion, a flat portion, two strips and a pointed tongue.
These parts have been bent into shape by bringing the dome shaped portion and
the flat portion parallel with each other and turning the two strips inward between
them in such manner that the said strips form a curved surface convenient for the
boot lace or other fastening material to rest against. In order to attach such a hook
or fastener to the leather or other material to which it is applied, a disc has been used,
formed of a ring with a connecting bar across its centre. This disc has been placed under-
neath the leather or other material, and the tongue of the fastener has been first bent so as
to be at right angles to the flat portion, its pointed end has then been passed through
the material and through one of the apertures in the disc, and then bent upwardly and
passed through the other aperture and into the material in which the point is thus
embedded. A good and strong fastening has thus been formed. According to the
present invention, in one arrangement à disc is dispensed with, and, instead of one
tongue, two tongues are employed, one being cut out of the material of the flat portion
of the fastener, and the other being formed by a projecting part of such flat portion.
The flat and the dome shaped portions, as also the strips between them, are bent and
disposed in the manner above indicated. The fastening of such a hook is accomplished
as follows:-The two tongues are passed through the leather or other material and
then bent in opposite directions, being by preference arranged so as to allow the points
to re-enter the leather or other material to which the hook or fastener will thus be

page_text: strongly secured, and this without the use of a disc. It is preferred to make the two
tongues broader at their roots, that is to say, near the flat portion of the fastener;
such broader parts remain embedded in the leather or other material. The parts
which are to be bent are somewhat smaller and by preference have pointed ends.
In some cases it is convenient to form the body of the hook or fastener without a
tongue, and to secure it to the leather or other material by a tongue forming part of
or connected to a disc. The flat portion of the hook or fastener in this case is provided
with a slot, and, at its edge, with a recess. The tongue of the disc is passed from
underneath through the leather or other material and through the slot in the flat
portion of the hook or fastener; it is then bent downward so as to cause its pointed
end to take into the recess above referred to, and to pierce the leather or other material
in which the point will be embedded. The tongue being of thin metal, it will not
obstruct the opening between the curved and flat portions of the hook or fastener.
Dated this 1st day of December 1887.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Pertaining to Hooks or Fasteners for Boots
and other Articles.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE of 46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent 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 :—
This invention of Improvements in and pertaining to hooks or fasteners for boots
and other articles has reference to hooks or fasteners formed in one piece (as shewn in
figs. 1 and 1 of the annexed drawing) and comprising a dome shaped portion a, a flat
portion b, two strips c c and a pointed tongue d.
These parts have been bent into the shape shewn in fig. 1ª by bringing the domed
shaped portion a and the flat portion b parallel with each other and turning the two
strips inward between them in such manner that the said strips form a curved
surface convenient for the boot lace or other fastening material to rest against.
In order to attach such a hook or fastener to the leather or other material e to which
it is applied (see fig. 1) a disc f (fig. 1b) has been used, formed of a ring with a
connecting bar across its centre.
This disc has been placed underneath the leather or other materiale and the tongue d
of the fastener has been first bent so as to be at right angles to the flat portion bits
pointed end has then passed through the material and through one of the apertures
of the disc, and then bent upwardly and passed through the other aperture and into
the material in which the point is thus embedded.
A good and strong fastening has thus been formed.
The present invention which is illustrated in Figs. 2, 2ª, 2, 3, 3" and 3b relates to
improvements in fasteners of the kind above described.
In fig. 2 the cut out piece or blank is shewn, similar to that in fig. 1, with its plates a
and 6 and the strips cc; but instead of one tongue d two tongues d d are employed,
one being cut out of the material of the flat portion and the other being formed
by a projecting part of such flat portion.
The parts ab and c c as also the strips between them are bent and disposed in the
manner above indicated, so as to form a solid hook and a conveniently curved
portion cc for the string or lace.
The fastening of such a hook is accomplished as follows (see fig. 2b).
The two tongues d d are passed through the leather or other material e and then
bent in opposite directions the points being by preference caused to re-enter the
leather or other material to which the hook or fastener will thus be strongly secured
and this without the use of a disc. It is preferred to make the two tongues broader
at their roots, that is to say near the flat portion of the fastener; such broader
parts remain embedded in the leather or other material.

page_text: The parts which are to be bent are somewhat smaller and by preference have
pointed ends.
In some cases it is convenient to form the body of the hook or fastener without
a tongue, and to secure it to the leather or other material by a tongue forming
part of or connected to a disc.
The hook or fastener in this case is formed from a cut out piece (fig. 3) which piece
is as in the two former instances constituted by plates a and b and strips ce, but
without any tongue.
The plate is provided with a slot m and at its edge with a recess n.
The parts
are bent as above described. In combination with this hook a plate or disc is used
and which is provided with a tongue d-The hook is placed on the material e the
tongue d pierced from underneath through it and through the slot m it is then bent
downward so as to cause its pointed end to take into the recess n and into the material e
in which the point will be embedded.
The tongue being of very thin metal it will not obstruct the opening between the
portions a and b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. The improved hook or fastening constructed with double tongues for attach-
ment to the material to which it is applied as described with reference to and shewn
in figs. 2 and 2 of the drawings.
2. The mode or method of attaching a hook or fastener of the kind referred to
in the preceding claim to leather or other material by passing the double tongues
through the said material and bending them up in opposite directions until their points
re-enter the material in the manner described with reference to and illustrated in
fig. 2b of the drawings.
3. The modification of the improved hook or fastening described with reference to
and shown in figs. 3 and 3" of the drawings, in which the said hook is provided with
a slot and a recess n to aid its attachment to the material to which it is applied.
4. The use in conjunction with the hook referred to in the preceding claim of
a disc or plate with a tongue that passes through the slot m and into the recess n,
as described with reference to fig. 3 of the drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of Santambor 1eee