New or Improved Fastening for Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Fastening for Wearing Apparel.
I, ISABEL AUGUSTA MARGESSON, of 63 St. George's Road, South Belgravia,
in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved fastening which although it
may be used for other purposes is especially applicable for connecting the back of
a jacket, nlster, mackintosh or other overgarment to the waist band of the skirt or
to the sash where worn and so dispensing with the use of strings now usually
adapted for holding the jacket or other overgarment in position and as far as
possible preventing it assuming a loose appearance at the back.
My improved fastening I construct of two oblong or other suitably shaped
plates of metal or other desirable material hinged together end to end and one of
them provided with eyelet holes or other means whereby it may be secured in
position.
It will be seen that the point of the loose plate of a fastening so constructed
may be moved into such a position as to admit of it being passed through or under
the part which it is intended to grip without necessitating the corresponding
movement of the garment to which the fastening is secured or the part to which it
is intended to grip such as would be the case with an ordinary rigidly constructed
hook.
When found desirable a suitable spring may be provided to enable the plate
forming the point of the fastening to better retain the position to which it has been
adjusted.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, Loudon, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
New or Improved Fastening for Wearing Apparel.
I, ISABEL AUGUSTA MARGESSON, of 63 St. George's Road, South Belgravia,
in the County of London, 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:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved clip or hook, which, although
it may be used for other purposes, is especially applicable for connecting the back
of a jacket, ulster, mackintosh, or other overgarment to the waist band of the skirt,
or to the sash or band, where worn, so dispensing with the use of strings or books
and eyes now generally adapted for holding the jacket or other overgarment in
position and, as far as possible, preventing it assuming a loose appearance at the
back.
My improved clip or hook, as shown in perspective in the accompanying
drawing, is constructed of two oblong, or other suitably shaped, plates a, b, of

page_text: metal or other desirable material hinged together end to end, and one of them
provided with eyelet holes e, or other means whereby it may be secured in
position.
With a clip or hook so constructed it will be seen that the point a, the free end
of which may be turned up as shown when found desirable, may be moved into
such a position (shown in dotted lines) as to admit of it being passed through or
under the part which it is intended to grip without necessitating the corresponding
movement of the garment to which the hook is secured, or the part which it is
intended to grip, such as would be the case with an ordinary rigidly constructed
look..
When found desirable a suitable spring may be provided to enable the plate
forming the point of the hook or clip to better retain the position to which it has
been adjusted, whilst the under side of said plate a may be roughened or provided
with teeth to enable it to better grip the garment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same. is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
A fastening consisting essentially of two plates hinged together end to end
constructed arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 15th day of February 1895.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E:C.,
Agent for the Applicant.