Improvements in Garment Fastenings.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Garment Fastenings.
I, DAVID RICKETTS REYNOLDS, of 1604 Federal Street Philadelphia, in the
County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly describod and ascertained in and
by the following statement :—
This invention relates to garment fastenings adapted for use on gloves, belts,
corsets, general apparel, or for other purposes where found desirable and to which
the device may be applicable, and has for its object to simplify the construction of
devices of this character, and make the same adjustable so that the article to which
the same is applied may be expanded or contracted as found necessary by means of
one and the same device, and with this object in view the invention consists of the
construction and arrangement of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter
described and claimed.
In the drawing :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastening, showing the parts
thereof separated and as having two fastening points.
Figure 2 is a similar view of a part of the fastening, showing three fastening
points.
Figure 3 is a similar view showing the fastening as provided with a single
fastening point.
Figure 4 shows the improved fastening applied to a lady's glove.
Figure 5 shows the improved fastening applied to a man's glove and embodying
a slight difference in construction.
Figure 6 is a detail perspective view showing the two parts of the fastening
joined and illustrating the form of fastening shown applied in Fig. 5.
Figure 7 is a detail perspective view of a portion of a glove showing a different
form of fastening, embodying a single line of loops, as applied thereto.
Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a keeper, which, as shown,
may be formed with one or more fastening points, and with the exception of the
device illustrated by Fig. 7, consists of a pair of round wires or flat metal strips 2,
convergingly arranged, and having loops 3, formed therein and arranged oppositely
to each other to provide one or more entrance-throats 4 crosswise of the same, and
as a means of securement and support the said wires or strips are held in position
when applied by a suitable plate 6 or other analogous device. In the construction
of the keeper in all the figures except Figs. 6 and 7, the several wires employed
are preferably piano-wire bent into form, but it will be obviously apparent that
other wire of a different nature may be employed equally as well.
In Figures 6 and 7 the loops are constructed of flat stock that is bent into proper
form, and in each instance the said loops or coils 3 are resilient and yield when
engaged by the catch, which will be now referred to.
The catch consists of a plate 6, which is secured oppositely to the keeper, and is
struck up to form a cavity 7, to fit over the loops or coils 3 of the keeper. A wire
or flat strip 8 is bridged across the cavity 7, at any desirable point, either at one
end or centrally, and is secured at its opposite ends to the plate 6. In connecting
the catch to the keeper the wire or strip 8 is pressed downward between the loops
or coils 3 of the keeper to spread the said loops or coils apart until the said wire
or strip 8 reaches the base of said loops or coils, when the latter spring backward
over the said wire and the two parts of the fastening are held in firm connection.

page_text: By increasing the number of coils and consequently the length of the wires or
the keeper or other form of bridge-strip employed, the fastening is made adjustable,
whereby the article to which it is attached may be expanded or contracted as may
be found necessary.
This latter advantage is very useful and convenient and by the conatruction set 5
forth can be readily attained.
The convergent arrangement of the wires of the keeper increases the resilient
notion of the loops or coils and materially assists in holding the catch in connection
with said loops or coils against accidental disengagenient.
The form of keeper shown in Figure 6 is in all respects similar to the preceding
form of the same, with the exception that flat stock is employed in this connection,
and thereby materially simplify the construction of the keepor, as well as its
strength and durability heing increased, and in this form is especially adapted for
attachment to men's gloves, while in the preceding form the same is intended more
particularly for application to ladies' gloves.
In Figure 7 a still further simplification of the construction of the keeper is
illustrated, and in this instance a single line of coils 3 is employed that may be
formed with as many fastening points as desirable and made up of flat stock and
of one picco of material. This form of the device is also intended for application
to men's gloves, but can be used for other purposes if found desirable.
The fastening herein set forth may be readily applied to any form of garment
and if the adjustable feature is not desirable, the single form or fastening as shown
by Fig. 3 may be employed with the same advantage and operation. It will also
be understood that the fastoning may be made in varying sizes in order to ba
applicable to different uses, and when the size is increased, the parts of the keeper
and also those of the catch may be correspondingly enlarged.
Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the
advantages of this invention.
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 1
claim is :-
:-
1. In a garment fastening, a keeper consisting of a series of vertically-disposed
coils adjacently arranged, in combination with a catch adapted to transversely
engage between said rows of coils exteriorly of the same, substantially as
described.
2. In a garment fastening, the keeper consisting of a series of rows of vertically-
disposed coils arranged in juxtaposition, in combination with a catch adapted to
transversely engage between said rows of coils exteriorly of the same, substantially
as described.
3. In a garment fastening, the combination of a keeper consisting of oppositely-
situated pairs of loops or coils, those of each pair being disposed at an angle to
each other, and a catch to engage between said pairs of loops or coils, substantially
as described.
4. In a garment fastening, the combination of a keeper comprising a pair of
converging wires having loops or coils integral therewith and bent into shape
therefrom and positioned in vertical planes and oppositely-situated in pairs, and a
catch adapted to engage between said loops or coils, substantially as described.
5. In a garment fastening, the combination of a keeper consisting of oppositely
situated loops or coils and a catch to ongage said loops or coils, consisting of
plate with a cavity therein bridged by a cross-wire, substantially as described.
Daten this 2nd day of February 1902.
A
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.