Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1896--Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
I FREDERICK WILLIAM HUNTER of 112 Fore Street in the City of London,
Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:―
The object of this invention is to enable ladies' skirts to be securely fastened
without the aid of the hooks and eyes at present in use.
Now according to this invention I provide a hook or clasp preferably of "sheet
metal which is attached to one end of a skirt band. This hook or clasp engages with
one of a series of slots in a piece of sheet metal or other suitable material attached' to
the other end of the skirt band.
In some cases the pieces of metal or other material may be corrugated or bent in
such a manner as to strengthen the same and also to enable the hook or
clasp to be
inore easily brought into engagement therewith. Instead of sheet metal I may
construct the fastener of wire or cast metal.
The fastener may be made of any suitable size and shape and' any suitable number
of slots or bars may be formed therein to receive the hook or clasp.
Dated' this 14th day of November 1895
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E:C., Agent for the Applicant.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM HUNTER of 112 Fore Street in the City of London,
Manufacturers 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:-
.
The object of this invention is to enable ladies skirts to be securely fastened
without the aid of the hooks and eyes at present in use..
Now according to this invention I provide a hook or clasp preferably of sheet
metal which is attached to one end of the skirt band.
This hook or clasp engages with one of a series of slots in a piece of sheet metal
or other suitable material attached to the other end of the skirt band. In some cases
the pieces of metal or other material may be corrugated or bent in such a manner
as to strengthen the same and also to enable the hook or clasp to be more easily
brought into engagement therewith.
'Instead of sheet metal I may construct the fastener of wire or cast metal.
The fastener may be made of any suitable size and shape and any suitable number
of slots or bars may be formed therein to receive the hook or clasp.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
"explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which':
Fig. 1 represents front view of one portion of a skirt fastener constructed according
to this invention.
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page_text: Fig. 5 is front view of one portion of a fastener composed of wire.
Fig. 6 is side view of same.
Fig. 7 is front view of hook.
Fig. 8 is side view of same.
Figs. 9 and 10 show modified forms of this invention.
The same letters dénote the same parts in all the figs.
a is a piece of sheet metal or other suitable material having a hook,b at one end
formed by bending the material as shown at Figs. 2 and 4.
to
This piece of material is perforated with any suitable number of holes
allow of its being secured by stitching to one end of a skirt band: d Figs. 1 and 3
is a plate of sheet metal or other suitable material perforated with any convenient
number of holes to allow of its being secured by stitching to the other end of
the skirt band.
The plate d is corrugated at g g or in any other convenient manner to strengthen
the same and, is. curved to enable the said plate to lie close to the waist of
the wearer.
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The plate is provided with two or more slots h the metal between the slots
forming cross bars which bars are bent outwards as shewn at Fig. 3 to enable
the look b to be easily engaged therewith.
Instead of the fastener being made from sheet metal it may be formed by casting
in which case the cross bars may be round instead of rectangular in section.
According to the modification of my invention shown at Figs. 5 to 10 the fasteners
are made of wire.
The hook may be made from one piece of wire as shown at Fige. 7 and 8
the ends of the wire being formed into eyes kk to enable the fastener to be stitched
to the skirt band.
The other part of the fastener may be composed of several pieces of wire / linked
together as shewn at Figs. 5 and 6 or of one piece only as shewn at Fig. 9 or
two pieces of wire mn twisted together as shewn at Fig. 10 the ends of the wire
being-formed into eyes k k in all cases to receive stitches.
The portion o o of the fastener may also be stitched to the skirt band.
Fasteners constructed as herein before described will enable the skirt band to fit the
waist of the wearer when the thickness of the underclothing is varied the fastener
being made large enough to admit of thick and thin underclothing being worn
with the same skirt for example.
Instead of the plates being perforated they may be formed' with spikes or tangs
to enable them to be attached to the skirt band.
Having now particularly described and' ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is':―
1. A fastener for skirt bands-and the like consisting of a plate of inetal or other
suitable material having a hook at one end thereof and adapted to be attached to
one end of a skirt bant by stitching or otherwise and a curved plate of metal or
other suitable, material having slots therein to receive the said hook the portion of the
plate between the slots being bent outwards the plate being adapted to be attached
to the other end of a skirt band by stitching or otherwise all substantially as
hereinbefore specified and for the purpose stated.
2. A fastener for skirt bands and the like consisting of a hook of wire adapted to be
attached to one end of a skirt band or the like in combination with a frame of one or
more pieces of wire adapted to be attached to the other end of a skirt band or the like
substantially as hereinbefore specified and shewn by Figs. 5 to 10,of the accompanying
drawings.
a. In a fastener for skirt bands and the like substantially as hereinbefore specified

page_text: and claimed in Claim 1 corrugating the piece or plate d as shown at g g or in any
other convenient manner for the the purpose stated.
4. Fasteners for skirt bands and the like constructed as herein before specified and
shown by the accompanying drawings.
Deted this 26th day of February 1896
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E:C., Agent for Applicant.