Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr.. 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Feb.,.. 1887.
I FRIEDRICH LOOS, of Nuremberg in the Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :→
This invention has for object to dispense with the use of needles and thread for fasten-
ing to garments or other articles buttons formed with holes, the means adopted to this
end comprising a peculiar metallic clip and a base plate or disc provided with a lid or
cover. The clip may be stamped out of sheet metal such as brass; it comprises a
central portion with as many prongs as there are holes through the button; con-
veniently it may have four holes and the clip a like number of prongs. The central
portion of the clip may be made to assume the form of a hemispherical or similar head
from which the prongs proceed in a direction approximately parallel to one another
like so many legs. The prongs are pointed. To fix a button to a piece of clothi, or
other material (I will assume it to be cloth) the button is placed against the material,
the prongs of the clip are passed through the holes in the button and forced through
the cloth, then at the opposite side of the cloth to that at which the button is situated
the base plate or disc is applied. This base plate or disc is formed with the same
number of holes as the button or as many as there are prongs to the clip, and it is
provided with a lid or cover which may be hinged or jointed to it or may be connected
by a connecting strip of metal. Thus the base plate and the lid or cover may be
stamped out of a single piece of metal. After the prongs of the clip have been passed'
through the base plate the prongs are bent down over the surface of the base plate,
then the lid or cover is turned over the base plate or disc and a small projection with
which it is provided is bent around the edge of the base plate or disc so as to secure tlie
lid or cover.
Thus the button is securely fastened to the material and the lid prevents
bending up of the points of the clip even should there be a strong pull upon the
button likewise it prevents loosening of the button, as also any injury by the points of
the clip to the under dress or to the body of the person wearing the material to which
the button is applied. In order to remove the button the lid is opened, the points of
the clip are bent back and the clip is pulled out. According to a modification the
button is of improved construction comprising a pressed disc and a small cup with a
rim the holes through which the prongs of the clip are to pass being formed in the
bottom of the cup.
In this case the clip is inserted into the cup its prongs being
passed through the holes and through the material and secured as before described,
after which the pressed disc is placed upon the cup and its edges are bent over the
rim thereof.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; W.C
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a plan of the circular metallic clip before the prongs are bent.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the clip after the prongs have been bent as required for the
purpose of this invention,
Fig. 5 is a side view of the clip after the prongs have been bent.
Fig. 6 is a side view of the base plate with its cover or lid.
Fig. 7 is a plan of the same.
Fig S is a plan view showing the button fastened according to this invention.
Fig. 9 is a vertical section showing the button fastened according to this invention.
Figs. 10-12 show an improved button with clip according to this invention..
Referring to Figs. 1 to 9 of the drawings is a clip which may be stamped
out of sheet metal such as brass, it comprises a central portion with as many prongs
as there are holes through the button; conveniently it may have four holes, and the
clip a like number of prongs as shown. The central portion of the clip may be
made to assume the form of a hemispherical or similar head from which the prongs
proceed in a direction approximately parallel to one another like so many legs as shewn
Fig. 5. The prongs are pointed.
To fix a button to a piece of cloth or other material (I will assume it to be cloth);
the button is placed against the material g; the prongs of the clips are passed
through the holes in the button and forced through the cloth; then, at the opposite
side of the cloth to that at which the button is situated, the base plate or disc a is
applied. This base plate or disc is formed with the same number of holes as the button
and as many as there are prongs to the clip, and it is provided with a lid or cover
which may be hinged or jointe: to it or may be connected by a connecting strip of
metal as illustrated by Fig. 7. In this case the base plate and the lid or cover may
be stamped out of a single piece of metal. The lid or cover is further formed with
a projecting portion c. After the prongs of the clips have been passed through the
base plate a. the prongs are bent down over the surface of the base plate; then the lid
or cover bis turned over the base plate or dise and the small projection e with which
it is provided is bent around the edge of the base plate or disc a so as to secure the
lid or cover b.

page_text: Thus the button is securely fastened to the material, and the lid prevents bending
up of the points of the clips even should there be a strong pull upon the button,
likewise it prevents loosening of the button, as also any injury by the points of the
clip to the under dress or to the body of the person wearing the material to which the
button is applied. In order to remove the button d, the lid is opened, the points
of the clips are bent back, and the clip is pulled out. According to the modification
shown in Figs. 10-12 the button is of improved construction and comprises a
pressed disc d'a small cup with a rim, the holes through which the prongs of the
clips are to pass being formed in the bottom of the cup d². In this case the clip is
inserted into the cup, its prongs being passed through the cup and through the
material and secured as before described after which the pressed disc is placed
upon the cup and is secured thereon by bending the edges of the disc d' over the
rim of the cup as shewn in Fig. 12,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-
1. A button fastener comprising a clip and base plate with lid or cover whereby
buttons with holes can be attached to cloth or other material without needle and thread
substantially as described.
2. In a button fastener such as referred to in the preceding claim forming the
clips with a hemi-spherical or dome shaped head substantially as described.
3. In a button fastener such as referred to in claim 1 the base disc a connected with
the closing lid by a joint or by a narrow strip the said lid liaving a nose c which is
pressed over a to secure it, substantially as described and shewn.
4. The improved button fastener substantially as shewn in and described with
reference to Figs. 1 to 9 and comprising the clips with hemispherical head, the base
plate a and the closing lid the latter being connected with a by a narrow strip or
by a hinge and having a nose e that is to be pressed over a.
5. The button with fastener represented in Figs. 10 to 12 and comprising the
disc and cup d² into which is inserted a clip whose prongs pass through the holes
in the bottom of the cup and through the material to which the button is attached
the cover being attached to the cup substantially as described.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.