IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES, WEARING APPAREL, BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Read, of Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR GLOVES,
WEARING APPAREL, BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Read at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th October 1875.
I, WILLIAM READ, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS
FOR GLOVES, WEAring Apparel, BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to fasteners used for gloves, boots, shoes, wearing
apparel, and all articles in which fixed studs or buttons in connection
with eyes, holes, or loops, are employed. Hitherto the studs or buttons
have been so fixed that when the articles are worn out or torn the studs
become useless and are thrown away; and it is to prevent this loss by
enabling the studs to be used over and over again that forms the object
of my Invention.

page_text: Instead of making the stud of one piece I make it in two parts, one
part having a head and projecting piece tapped as a screw nut, and
another part having a head or knob and screwed pin capable of fitting
the nut, so that when a hole is made in the article requiring the
fastener the screwed pin is passed through the hole and maintained
there by its head, and the screwed nut screwed on to the screwed pin,
thereby completing and forming the stud, and holding it firmly to the
material.
thereby completing and forming the stud, and holding it firmly to the
material.
The heads or buttons of the nuts can be made plain or ornamental,
and of any desired shape and material.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings Figs. 1, 1ª, and 1', represent
one arrangement; and Figs. 2, 2ª, and 2b, a modification of the improved
fastener.
a, Fig. 1, is a sectional view of the top or upper portion of a fastener
suitable for gloves, collars, cuffs, and like purposes; and b, a side view
of the lower portion of the fastener; Fig. 1", a view of the under side
of the top a; and Fig. 1', a top view of the lower portion b.
c, Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the top or upper portion of a
fastener suitable for use when considerable strength is required, such
as for boots, gaiters, and the like; and a, a side view of the lower
portion of the fastener; Fig. 2ª, a view of the under side of the top c;
and Fig. 2b, a top view of the lower portion d.
To attach the fastener the pins of the lower portions and d are
passed through the material of the article to be fastened, and the upper
portions a and c respectively are then screwed thereon, and the fastening
will be attached. A loop or button hole of the ordinary kind is is used
in connection with this fastener.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Read in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th April 1876.

page_text: year
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of October, in the of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Read, Her special licence
that I, the said William Read, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Read, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENERS FOR GLOVES, WEARING APPAREL, BOOTS, SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Read,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Read, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say):
This Invention relates to fasteners used for gloves, boots, shoes,
wearing apparel, and all articles in which fixed studs or buttons in
connection with eyes, holes, or loops are employed. Hitherto the studs
or buttons have been so fixed that when the articles are worn out or
torn the studs become useless and are thrown away, and it is to prevent
this loss by enabling the studs to be used over and over again that
forms the object of my Invention.
Instead of making the stud of one piece I make it in two parts, one
part having a head and projecting piece tapped as a screw nut, and
another part having a head or knob and screwed pin capable of fitting
5 the nut, so that when a hole is made in the article requiring the
fastener the screwed pin is passed through the hole and maintained
there by its head, and the screwed nut screwed on to the screwed pin,

page_text: thereby completing and forming the stud, and holding it firmly to the
material.
The heads or buttons of the nuts can be made plain or ornamental,
and of any desired shape and material.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Inven-
tion I claim the improvements in fasteners for gloves, wearing apparel,
boots, shoes, and other articles, substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Read, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Seventh day of April, in the year of
our Lord 1876.