Improvements in means for Securing Buttons to Garments.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, ANNIE ELIZABETH BASSETT, of Jubilee House, Bridgerule, near Holsworthy,
Devon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with the securing of
buttons for garments and relates especially to trouser buttons, providing a means
by which these buttons can be fitted more securely to the trousers than is at present
the case.
In carrying out my invention I propose to form the button with a number of
projecting legs preferably four. These are formed of copper wire or other suitable
material and are intended to be forced through the material of the garment.
Behind the button a small metal ring is placed and the wire legs are passed
through this ring. They are then wound round it and again passed through the
cloth. This allows the button to be firmly fixed in position and as the ring cannot
be pulled through the cloth there is no danger of the button getting loose.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in means for Securing Buttons to Garments.
I, ANNIE ELIZABETH BASSETT, of Jubilee House, Bridgerule, near Holsworthy,
Devon, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with the securing of
buttons for garments and relates especially to trouser buttons providing a means
by which the buttons can be fitted more securely to the trousers.
In carrying out my invention I propose to form the button with a number of
projecting legs preferably four. These are formed of copper wire or other suitable
material and are intended to be forced through the material of the garment.
Behind the button a small metal ring is placed and the legs are passed
through this ring. They are then wound round it and again passed through the
cloth. This allows the button to be firmly fixed in position and as the ring cannot
be pulled through the cloth there is no danger of the button getting loose.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a button

page_text: constructed according to this invention showing its attachment to the garment
and Fig. 2 is a plan.
a
The button a is provided with four projecting legs b formed of copper wire
which are forced through the material of the garment. Behind the button
small metal ring c is placed and the wire legs bare passed through this ring c.
They are then wound round it and again passed through the cloth firmly fixing
the button in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
(1) An improved means for securing buttons to garments consisting in providing
the button with wire legs which are forced through the material of the garment
and in a ring behind the garment round which the wire legs are wound, the said
wire legs being then again passed through the cloth so as to firmly fix the
button.
(2) An improved means for securing buttons to garments substantially as
described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of January 1898.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.