Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
TRUVIDIONAL DIMITTALION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
I, JOSEPH FRANK SCHOEPPL, of 926, Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Tailor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to hooks and eyes or like devices, its object being to enable
such devices to be readily attached to the garment and held securely in place
without the further necessity of stitching, if so desired.
My invention comprises, generally stated, a hook and eye or like connecting
device, having a body portion and having separate wings projecting from the body
portion at an angle thereto, each wing having shoulders extending on the opposite
side of the connection to the body portion so that when said wings have been
inserted into the material together with the wings extending beyond the body
portion it is practically impossible to withdraw said hook and eye by a drawing
strain brought to bear upon said hook and eye.
The book consists of the body portion on which is formed the hook proper
which is slit to form a tongue said tongue being bent to project downwardly and
having the end thereof rolled or bent up to form a lug to hold the eye within the
hook when in engagement therewith. As the metal from which the hook is
formed possesses a certain amount of resiliency the tongue cut therefrom will
possess
the same quality, so that when the hook is brought into engagement with the eye
said eye will overcome the resistance offered to its engagement with the hook by the
tongue and having passed said tongue the said tongue will spring back to its normal
position. In order to guide the eye into engagement with the hook, the body portion
thereof is provided with a downwardly-projecting guide. The inclined face of
this guide will always ensure the engagement of the eye at once with the hook
proper. This tongue acts also as a bearing face to support the hook and increase
its body so that when the connection. is made with the eye the hook will be
beld more rigidly in place. The body portion of the hook is slightly raised at or
about the centre thereof and slopes down gradually to the sides where project the
wings. These wings are of suitable length and converge toward each other at
their inner ends, the outer edges thereof being curved substantially in the form of
a horse-shoe. The inner ends of said wings are formed to enable them to readily
pierce the material. The outer ends of said wings extend slightly beyond the body
portion of the hook to form shoulders which act when the wings have been inserted
within the material to prevent the withdrawal of said hook. The wings may be
provided with openings for stitching the hook to the material, or tape may be
inserted in said openings and then sewed to the garment to add to the security of
the connection. The eye consists of the body portion or bar slightly raised at or
about its central portion and sloping down at its ends whence, as in the case of the
hook hereinbefore described, project wings similar to the wings of the hook and
acting in the same manner to engage with the material.
In a modified form of my invention the hook proper is enlarged and is adapted
to be used as a button, for example as a brace button, although it may be applicable
to other uses.
In securing the hook in place, the wings are made to pierce the material at
the point where it is desired to locate the hook. The wings are forced into
the material until the shoulders pass through the material. With the wings in

page_text: this position the hook is held securely in place and cannot be withdrawn without
drawing the material itself over the shoulders. By having the wings converging
toward each other at their outer ends substantially in the form of a horse-shoe, the
amount of material between the pointed ends of said wings and pierced by the
same, will lie evenly between the shoulders when said wings have been entirely
inserted, and will not fold or wrinkle, which might occur when said wings were
made parallel.
The hook member instead of being slitted may have the guide or tongue portion
extended to form a clamp member which projects to a point between the ends of
the wings. This extension is disposed in a plane in front of the side wings and
serves in connection with such wings, to securely clamp the hook to the fabric and
prevents such wings from turning outward from the fabric should the holding
stitches become broken, which occurs when such book has a short tongue. In this
latter construction the spring tongue or hump portion is formed in the said
extension. By forming the hook member solid, a smooth face is provided on
which may be impressed a suitable ornamentation or desired advertisement or
design.
In a simplified construction of hook and eye, more especially adapted for use
as a brace or trousers fastener, the spring tongue or keeper is dispensed with
and the clamp extension made solid. The wings are also made somewhat shorter
and for economy in manufacture and to impart a rigidity to such wings, the
same are made solid, that is without securing apertures, their ends being formed
into barb-like portions behind the shoulders of which the securing thread is
passed.
Dated this 12th day of Juna 1204
J. F. SCHOEPPL,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
I, JOSEPH FRANK SCHOEPPL, Tailor, of 926 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, in
the County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to hooks and eyes or like connecting devices its object
being to enable such connecting devices to be readily attached to the garment
and held securely in place without the further necessity of stitching, if so desired.
My invention comprises, generally stated, a hook and eye or like connecting
device, having a body portion aud having separate wings projecting from the body
portion at an angle thereto, each wing having shoulders extending on the opposite
side of the connection to the body portion, so that when said wings have been
inserted into the material together with the wings extending beyond the body
portion, it is practically impossible to withdraw said hook and eye by a drawing
etrain brought to bear upon said hook and eye.
My invention further comprises certain other details of construction, all of which
will be more fully hereafter set forth and claimed.
To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will describe
the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1, shows two parts of a garment joined by my improved hook and eye, the
hook and eye being shown in dotted lines.
Figure 2, is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1;

page_text: Figure 4 18 a like view of the hook.
Figure 5 is an enlarged plan view of the hook removed.
Figure 6 is a like view with a portion of the hook proper cut away.
Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 Figure 5.
Figure 8 is an enlarged plan view of the eye.
Figure 9 is a front view of the same.
Figure 10 is a modified form of my invention.
Figures 11, 114, 11B are views of another modified form of hook and eye, and
Figures 12, 12 and 12B are views of a still further modification of the hook and
eye, all of which will hereinafter be particularly referred to.
My improved hook and eye may be formed of any suitable metal having the
requisite strength. The hook a may be of any convenient shape, and consists of
the body portion b, on which is formed the hook proper c, which is slit to form the
tongue d, said tongue being bent to project downwardly and having the end thereof
rolled or bent up to form a lug e to hold the eye within the hook when in engage-
ment therewith. As the metal from which the hook a is formed, possesses a certain
amount of resiliency, the tongue d cut therefrom will possess the same quality, so
that when the hook is brought into engagement with the eye, said eye will overcome
the resistance offered to its engagement with the hook by the tongue d, and having
passed said tongue, the said tongue will spring back to its normal position. In
order to guide the eye into engagement with the hook the body portion 6 thereof,
is provided with the downwardly projecting guide f. The inclined face of this
guide will always insure the engagement of the eye at once with the hook proper.
This tongue facts also as a bearing face to support the hook and increase its body
so that when the connection is made with the eye the hook will be held more
rigidly in place. The body portion of the hook a is slightly raised at or about
the centre thereof and slopes down gradually to the sides where project the wings g.
These wings g are of suitable length and converge toward each other at their inner
ends, the outer edges thereof being curved substantially in the form of a horse-shoe.
The inner ends of said wings g are formed to enable them to readily pierce the
material. The outer ends of said wings g extend slightly beyond the body
portion of the hook to form the shoulders h, which act when the wings g have
been inserted within the material to prevent the withdrawal of said hook. The
wings g may be provided with openings i for stitching the hook to the material, or
tape may be inserted in said openings and then sewed to the garment to add to the
security of the connection."
The eye k consists of the body portion or bar slightly raised at or about its
central portion and sloping down at its ends, whence, as in the case of the hook
hereinbefore described, project the wings m similar to the wings g of the hook a,
and acting in the same manner to engage with the material.
In Figure 10 I have illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the
hook proper c is enlarged and is adapted to be used as a button. Its application
as a brace button is shown in Figure 1, although it may be applicable to other
uses.
I have illustrated my invention as applied to men's trousers. In securing the
hook a in place the wings y are made to pierce the material at the point where it is
desired to locate the hook. The wings 9 are forced into the material until the
shoulders pass through the material. With the wings in this position the hook
is held securely in place and cannot be withdrawn without drawing the material
itself over the shoulders. By having the wings converging toward each other at
their outer ends substantially in the form of a horse shoe the amount of material
between the pointed ends of said wings and pierced by the same, will lie evenly
between the shoulders when said wings have been entirely inserted, and will not
fold or wrinkle, which might occur if said wings were made parallel.
If desired the wings g may be stitched to the material, or tape may be passed
through the openings i and then sewed to the material,

page_text: The eye is secured to the garment in the same manner as the hook a.
In Figures 11, 11 and 118 I have shown a hook and eye, in which the hook
member C is not slitted as in Figure 5 and the guide or tongue portion is extended
to form a clamp member f¹, which projects to a point between the ends of the
wings g. This extension f¹ it will be noticed from Figure 11ª is disposed in a
plane in front of the side wings, and serves in connection with such wings, to
securely clamp the hook to the fabric and prevents such wings from turning
outward from the fabric, should the holding stitches become broken, which occurs
when such hook has a short tongue as in Figure 7. In this latter construction,
the spring tongue or hump portion is formed in the said extension 1. By forming
the hook member e solid, a smooth face is provided on which, may be impressed a
suitable ornamentation, or desired advertisement or design.
In Figures 12, 12 and 12º I have shown a simplified construction of hook and
eye more especially adapted for use as a brace or trousers fastener in which the
spring tongue or keeper is dispensed with, and the clamp extension f¹ made solid.
The wings glare also made somewhat shorter and for economy in manufacture
and to impart a rigidity to such wings, the same are made solid, that is, without
securing apertures, their ends being formed into barb-like portions behind the
shoulders of which the securing thread is passed as shown.
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 hook and eye connecting device having a body portion and having separate
wings connected to the body portion and projecting from such points of connection
at an angle thereto, such wings having shoulders extending from the points of
connection on the opposite side to the body portion, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. A hook and eye connecting device having a body portion and having separate
wings connected to the body portion and projecting from such points of connection,
said wings converging toward each other, and said wings having shoulders
extending from such points of connection on the opposite side of the body portiou,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a hook and eye or like connecting device, a body portion having a hook
extending from one side thereof and having wings projecting from the ends thereof,
and having a tongue projecting from said body portion between said wings on the
side opposite to the hook, substantially as set forth.
4. A hook and eye connecting device, formed of a body portion having a hook
extending from one side thereof, wings projected from the ends, and an extension
projected from the body centrally between the wings to a point beyond the hook
portion, as set forth.
5. A book and eye connecting device comprising a body portion having separate
wings, said wings having shoulders extended from the body in a direction opposite
the projecting direction of the wings proper, such wings having barbed ends
substantially as shown and described.
6. A hook and eye connection, comprising a hook body having its shank extended
laterally, wings projected in the direction of the hook, connected to the ends of
such lateral portions, said shank having a central forwardly extended clamp
member, having a spring tongue or hump portion formed therein, substantially as
shown and described.
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1005
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.