Improvements in Means for Fastening Collars, Neckties, and other Parts of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Fastening Collars, Neckties, and other
Parts of Wearing Apparel.
I, WILLIAM CHALK, of 13 High Street, Shirley, near Southampton, Hampshire,
House Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Fasteners made according to this invention are intended to afford security against
collars and other articles coming undone.
The fastener is on one side provided with a button of an oblong or half moon form
for insertion through a vertical button hole formed in a piece of fabric sewn onto the
back of the shirtband in the place of the usual button for fastening the collar to.
When the oblong button is thereupon turned round into the horizontal position it
cannot come undone. The button is on a plate having an upstanding peg which by
preference is in a piece with the rivetted or button and to the lower edge of the plate
is hinged a spring flap having a hole to fit over the peg.
When the collar is placed with its back button hole ever the peg and the spring flap
let snap so as to close upon it the end of the peg enters the hole in the flap and
is by the spring held quite securely. The top of the flap may have a small hinged
or other hook which can be passed down over the upper edge of the neck tie
thus preventing the latter from slipping up. This fastener is also applicable to
the shirt band in front and to other parts of wearing apparel. Instead of the
oblong button I may form the fastener with a spring clip and peg for attachment
to the shirt band in a similar way as the collar.
Dated this 21st day of January 1800
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Fastening Collars, Neckties, and other
Parts of Wearing Apparel.
I, WILLIAM CHALK, of 13 High Street, Shirley, near Southampton, in the County
of Hants, House Decorator, 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 :-
Fasteners made according to this invention are intended to afford security against
collars and other articles coming undone.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the fastener attached to a piece of a collar d.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the fastener opened to receive the collar.
Figure 3 is a front elevation.
The fastener is provided on one side with a button h with an oblong or half moon
shank for inserting through a vertical button hole formed in a piece of fabric
sewn on to the back of the shirtband in the place of the usual button for fastening
the collar to. When the button with the shank is thereupon turned round into
the horizontal position as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2 it cannot come undone.
The button is on a plate or frame fhaving an upstanding peg 6 which by preference
is in a piece with the rivetted on button, and to the lower edge of the plate is hinged
at 9, 9, a flap a, working against a spring e, the said flap having a hole c to fit over or
under the peg b. When the collar d is placed with its back button hole over the peg b
LD C

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and the spring flap a let snap so as to close upon it, the end of the peg 6 enters the
hole c in the flap a and is by the spring e held quite securely. The top of the flap
may have a small hinged or other hook which can be passed down over the upper edge
of the necktie thus preventing the latter from slipping up. This fastener is also
applicable to the shirt band in front and to other parts of wearing apparel.
Instead of the button I may form the fastener with a spring clip and peg for
attachment to the shirt band in a similar way as the collar.
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. The combination of a metallic fastener for fastening collars, neckties, or any other
parts of wearing apparel, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawing.
2. The combination of a metallic fastener made of any material, shape or size, sub-
stantially as herein described.
Dated this 7th dore of Sontember 1800
WILLIAM CHALK,
Applicant.