Improvements in Cord Fastenings for Lacing Cords.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cord Fastenings for Lacing Cords.
A communication from abroad by FRANKLIN SCOTT MCKENNEY, of Detroit, State of
Michigan, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.L.M.F., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in
the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Civil 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in a cord fastening for a lacing cord, and
consists of the devices and their combinations as hereinafter specified and claimed,
and as more fully illustrated also in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a view of a glove to which this invention is applied.
Figure 2 is a separate view of the completed fastening.
Figure 3 is a view of the blank from which the fastening is formed.
Figure 4 is a separate view from the under side of the article, illustrating the
engagement of the fastening therewith.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view on the line X-X, Figure 1, showing certain features
distorted for the sake of greater clearness of illustration.
The invention is designed more particularly for use where a single lacing cord is
employed, and the inventor's desire, especially, is to provide fastenings which shall be
simple in construction and attachment, and which shall also be of superior efficiency.
The invention is carried out as follows :-
A represents a glove. While the application of the fastenings is not limited to
gloves alone, yet, for the sake of illustration, the invention will be here described in
connection therewith.
B denotes the improved cord fastening or hook.
C is a lacing cord which, in this connection, is designed to engage in a zig-zag
manner with the fastenings or hooks B. The said fastening, as shown more clearly in
Figures 2, 3 and 5, is formed from a single integral piece of metal, the entire fasten-
ing being struck therefrom.
As shown in Figure 3, the fastening B' in blank consists of a baso b, constructed
with projections on opposito marginal edges thereof and preferably near the
adjacent end of a shank 62. The opposite marginal edges of the base are also cut
away or recessed adjacent to said projections, as shown at 63. The invention is not
limited to the precise form of said recesses and projections, as the projections may be
formed in the nature of prongs or simple shoulders, as may be preferred. The
shank is formed with a head B'. The invention is not limited to any particular
length of the shank b².
It is preferable also to construct the base with a clamping lip b' struck therefrom.
The shank is bent over to cause the head to project in a direction opposite to its
direction in the blank, thus forming a hook, as indicated in Figures 2 and 5.
In the application of the devices to the article of apparel, the article is slitted to
permit the insertion of a portion of the base therethrough from the outside of the
article, the marginal edges of the slit of the kid or other material entering the
recesses b. The lip is also preferably bent outward from the base, so as to engage
the kid or other material between the lip and the rest of the base. It will thus be
seen that the head, together with the projections and lip will lie on the outside of
the material, while the balance of the base lies on the under side thereof as shown in
Figures 4 and 5. If these projections and lip be formed in the nature of prongs,
they are pressed into and clinched on the material, or if otherwise, they are simply

page_text: pressed or clamped down upon the material which is thus held between said projections
and tongue on the outside and the rest of the base on the other side. As so secured,
the fastening is firmly held in place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The integrally formed blank herein described consisting of a base constructed
with a clamping lip struck therefrom, marginal projections and recesses on
opposite sides of the base, said base provided with a head and a shank connecting the
head therewith, substantially as set forth.
2. An article of apparel having in combination therewith a fastener consisting of a
base constructed with a raised clamping lip, projections and recesses ³ on opposite
marginal edges thereof, a head and a shank connecting the head with the base, a
portion of said base passed through the material of said article said material entering
said recesses and firmly clamped between said lip and the body of the base, sub-
stantially as set forth.
3. As an article of manufacture a fastening consisting of a base provided with a
clamping lip struck therefrom, marginal projections and recesses on opposite
sides of the base, said base provided with a head and a shank connecting the head
therewith, said shank bent to form a hook, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of October 1800.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.