IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF BUTTONS TO BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Laurentius Andreas Waldemar Lund, of Chandos Street,
in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
CONNECTED WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF BUTTONS TO BOOTS AND OTHER
ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Laurentius Andreas
Waldemar Lund at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
27th January 1882.
LAURENTIUS ANDREAS WALDEMAR LUND of Chandos Street in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF
BUTTONS TO BOOTS AND OTHER ARTICLES."
According to this Invention I construct a kind of staple the ends whereof are
turned slightly up the staple is to pass through the shank of the button the ends
of the said staple pass through a hole or holes in the material to which the button
is to be attached and then through a metal plate or disc having also two holes
therein and in order that the staple may be inserted in the holes in the plato
or disc the metal thereof is cut from one hole to the other and there are also
two other cuts from the holes so that a piece of the metal may be turned back and
the ends of the staple be passed through and when such flap is brought back to its
normal position it firmly holds the staple in the plate or disc.
According to another method of retaining the staple in the material the said
staple is recessed near the two ends so that when passed through the material it
shall take into the said recess and a stud is pressed through from the back in order
to force the ends of staple slightly outwards and thus fix it firmly in the material.
And in order that plates or studs fixed in boots for example may not be uncom-
fortable to or hurt the wearer according to this Invention I cover the said plates
or discs with a cap of india rubber suitably formed or it can be stretched over the
back of the said plate or stud this india rubber cap. may be covered with silk or
other material if desired.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and of an
Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Laurentius Andreas Waldemar
Lund in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th August 1882.
LAURENTIUS ANDREAS WALDEMAR LUND of Chandos Street in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF
BUTTONS TO BOOTS OR OTHER ARTICLES."
According to this Invention I construct a kind of staple composed of wire round
in section the ends whereof are turned slightly up. The staple is to pass through
the shank of the button. The ends of the said staple pass through a hole or holes
in the material to which the button is to be attached and then through a metal
plate or disc having also two holes therein and in order that the staple may be
inserted in the holes in the plate or disc the metal thereof is cut from one hole
to the other and there are also two other cuts from the holes so that a piece of the
metal may be turned back and the ends of the staple be passed through and when
such flap is brought back to its normal position it firmly holds the staple in the
plate or disc.
According to another method of retaining the staple in the material the said
staple is recessed near the two ends so that when passed through the material it
shall take into the said recess and a stud is pressed through from the back in order
to force the ends-of-staple-slightly outwards and thus fix it firmly in the material.
And in order that plates or studs (fixed in boots for example) may not be uncom--
fortable to or hurt the wearer according to this Invention I cover the said plates
or discs with a cap of india rubber suitably formed or it can be stretched over the
back of the said plate or stud this india rubber cap may be covered with silk or
other material if desired.
And in order to explain my said Invention more fully I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying Drawing which is on an

page_text: corresponding to the hole in the plate which will firmly fix the staple c in the
plate & and material has shewn. The plate d or stud i may be covered with an
india rubber cap formed so as to stretch over the same so that the said plate or
stud may not hurt the wearer when applied for example to boots.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature and object of my said
Invention and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect I would
remark in conclusion that what I claim as my Invention is attaching buttons to
boots and other articles by the means substantially set forth.
In witness whereof I the said Laurentius Andreas Waldemar Lund have
hereunto set my hand and seal this Third day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
L. A. WALDEMAR LUND. (L.S.)